Show j w- w UP lIff w WHEN N w IN COMBING Sf SEA SEAr A r r K Eugene C. C May Scholar 2 and Chemist Ends All ti by Severing Arteries SOUGHT i IN SUNKEN WEALTH f 11 Made Two Attempts to toM II M Locate Spot Where J Ship VI Went en Down Dow i in n 6 66 60 f- f l OAI Cal Cat March t 17 AP The ashes of oC Eugene C. C May lar scholar chemist and adventurer ad f fm will m sink Deneath the waters of oC the Pacific to rest upon the treasure trove he sought so hard hart but but failed all d' d to find In life flay Ia ly died yesterday In the coun coun- 1 Y hospital from knife wounds self Inflicted as a result of disappointment disappointment disappointment dis dis- appointment over repeated failures to reach the treasure box of ot the of-the the schooner General Grant which sank sankIn In a a. storm off the Auckland Islands In 1866 while carrying a 0 s group roup of ot miners from the Ballarat gold cold old fields In Australia to their w homes In Jn England There were 83 In the ships ship's company and but bul 15 were saved One Ono of the survivors showed ved May where the Grant was sunk in but a few tew fathoms of ot water This survivor also told him Mm that there TV was as In good Ballarat bullion bullion bullion bul bul- lion and dust In the ships ship's strongbox strong strong- strong strong- box ABANDONS CRUISE Fired by the nearness of ot the treasure rE May fitted out an expedition expedition expedition in Australia In 1912 He lie was ready to square re away away to the when the Titanic went event down There was a hu hue and cr cry around the world for tor costlier and safer ship equipment and May Ia could not meet the demand He abandoned the expedition after atter losing some Later ater he tried again I pr planning to start from California But once mor more the scheme f failed while the in sunken gold continued to taunt him I Other ventures collapsed and sick and despondent he finally gave up and put a knife to his wrists In his cheap Oakland lodgings ings Friends found him before death came and had him sent to the hospital where he be died TO SCATTER ASHES F F. H H. Simpson a friend Is to take his ashes to the with an expedition that he is fitting up tor 1101 another try at the Grants Grant's long submerged treasure The ashes will be spread over the ocean ocean c an above the place where the Gr Grant nt went down May who was 68 yas was a 0 graduate of three universities an expert chemist and a soldier of ot fortune He obtained some rich farming f lands in Mexico a number of oC years rears ago but Pancho Villa YUla came along later and stripped him of of these holdings He lIe was a native nathe of ot France but was naturalized In 1880 |