SEARCH FOR MILLIONS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 6, 1 July 1911, Page 10

SEARCH FOR MILLIONS

SVCI'KSS AKTKU MANY FAILURES. After many efforts to locate the buried treasure in the Cocos Islands, a report has been received from America that the steamer Eureka bad arrived from the islands, to the south of Honduras. The vessel report that onet of the expeditions that hail been searching for the buried tensure has been successful. It was stated that the party had located ,C.">,(HI<).(MIO worth of treasure.

The story is that in 1835 the British barquentino Mary Dier, loaded with treasure, iinCuKfett bn'e night'under a Peruvian fort near Oallao. The anxious garrison, afraid of their Chilian besiegers, placed the .great treasure under the Bitish llag. Captain Thompson and his crew, proving false to their trust, iled 1 lirough the night, buried the Peruvian millions, gold and jewels, on the lonely island of Cocos.

The treasure had lured on many to seek, buti failure always followed them. I'u ISD7 Captain Kral/llackett, of Victoria, British Columbia, sailed on the Aurora on the iirst of his ill-fated expeditions. Others have tried, including Lord Kit/Williams, Admiral Pulliscr and Roland, but, like the rest, they were doomed to failure. All claimed to have. the inside information in the way of charts and the blood-scrawled directions of followers of the sea.

The San Francisco cablegram does not state which particular search party discovered the treasure. It may be, howeve, that woman haa succeeded where man failed. For some months past two women have been encamped on the island. The party is from England, and consists of Mrs. Mary Till. Mrs. Susie Davis, A. E. L. A. Mackintosh, F. Bickerton, L. Atherton, 0. Stubbing, J. Morales, and L. Bernard. Accompanying it i, s Mr. (!. M. Salver, of the Costa llu-an l.uvcnilncnt, from whom the treasure hunters received permission to make their explorations, upon the proposition that the (loveniment receives one-third of the spoils. Mrs. Till and Mrs. Davis, who are heading the expedition, are connected with t.hc British Seamen's (iuild. Mr. Mackintosh is well equipped in experience for the present adventure, having been a member of Lieutenant Shackleton's party which made the dash for the South Pole a couple of years ago.

The women claimed to have a chart marking the exact spot where the vast treasure was buried many years ago. These they secured from a dying seafaring man, who had been cared for by the charitable institution to ■which they belonged.

While on his deatn-bcd the old mariner confessed that he was in some, way connected with an ancient expedition which went to find the buried loot, and turned over to those who had been kind to him the data through which they hoped to find the long-lost treasure. Mrs, Davis and Mrs. Till declared to the officers of the steamer Stanley Dollar, which landed them at the island a, short time ago, that if their quest were successful, the proceeds would be used in the interests of their beneficial organisation. The expedition left England quietly, nnd little was known of its movements until news of it was brought to San Kranciseo by tlie Stanley Dollar. After completing negotiations with the Oosto Rican Government and arranging for a gunboat to call for them later, die party made a special arrangement, wiih the representative* of the' Stanley Dollar for their transportation to Cocos Island, •which lies 5110 miles to the uorlh-wos-t. 'Plic Stanley Dollar arrived ~li' I lie isIhtkl at 11 a.m. and April 11. and after landing her mysterious passengers, continued her voyage three hours later. The party was well provisioned, iwo lons of si ores being landed with Ihem. The provender was fa ken :ishore in (he party's own small boat, ami handled by Ihem to the bench, as Capiain l'arker d ; d not care to take any chances about a bill of lie.'ili.h bv lelli'm; ane oi' Ms en * land. 1 Xo rev- <-->■ v.« i.-ide !,' 'be I iv-i ■ I Mire liimliTA as io :lie cell-Is | l t , • loot, hli! ':li' : v declared licit Ihev woid : ] :;.nl the -':i;V iini.Uv and wil'iovi. diili-l cully. 411! -the bland were ..,-i-u a mie'be,' of .'iiiipiilnted huls. the remains of pr-v'-rfOlie io ;he i-!;mds d'lri!';.' the pa.-t iifiy yftj.i'S. .It is said, that ; here is only one inai-V'Ji-viii'g on tile island, which is live willfliibj' - ;', a Herman. wiiiflKj^'th'era