Show HAVE FOUND SMUGGLERS A HOARD 1111 nals men unearth arth tT oa on an island near borlo ric 0 A smugglers treasure of bidden hidden on a email small island a couple of hundred ralles miles from porto rico has been found by philo reude and abe foat I 1 ot at herrick a little city la the southern part of illinois during the dall ef vil war a party of halt half a dozen smug ailers 1 were engaged in the slave trade between porto rico and the anted states As there was constant danger of capture they marged merged their wealth amounting in all tp about and concealed it in a stone embankment on a small 11 island 00 miles south of porto rico at the close ot at the war they started for the island to recover their hidden treasure but the elements interfered nd ad they were wrecked there ere but two survivors and they returned to this country while at new orleans one of these died and the other being financially nanci nanc ally lally unable to recover the money kept his secret until just before his death when he revealed it to hia his kinsman rhude ju just t recently the latter confided in bla friend Is fogle arid slid together they organized the porto rican prospecting company several prominent citizens of shelbyville Shel byville took stock in the company and were greatly rejoiced to get this message dated at porto rico amount all 0 K reude thie this message la Is taken to indicate that they had found the treasure and were in possession of it |