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MEARS' TREASURE
ALLEGED FINDING OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF
MONEX IN VIRGINIA.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD)
OHANCOCK, Feb. 23, 1888,-eports have reached
here of the Anding of a hidden treasure in the lower
part of Accomack county by one Lorenzo Meare
who lives as a tenant on & form that fronts on Nan
dus Creek, a broad and bold estuary of the Chesa
peake Bay.
The place is one of the oldest
t battlements on the
eastern shore of Virginia, and was once the seat of
the Queen of Nandua, who hold away over the Ind-
ian tribes of that region nearly three hundred yeard
aga. A tradition has long been rife in that socality
that a wealthy Englishmen lived there at the begin-
ning of the Revolutionary War, and that, not being
in sympathy with the colonies in their struggle
against the mother country, he buried his horde of
gold and sliver and went back to England, where be
soon died, without having revealed to any one the
exact spot where he had hidden the treasury.
It is well known, however, that many years after
ward, and in the memory of persons now living
some of the descendants of this wealthy Englishman
came to Accomack and pant manob time and money
In looking for the hidden treasure. At last they gave
up their fruitless quant and returned to England, leav
tug in this country as gld negre, the former clave of
the Revolutionary proprietor of the farm, whom
they brought-over from England and who to the day
of his death maintained that his old master bad
burled the money somewhere near the house and
olose to the banks of the beautiful sals water creek.
But the old negro died many years ago and noth
Ing further was beard about the hidden treasure ul
several days are, when it leaked out as is had been
accidentally discovered by Lorenzo Nease while
planting come fence poste around the old
colonial bonse. Mears tried to keep is
a secret, but his little nephew, who lives with him,
went to the neighboring village of Pungoteague yes.
torday and told come persons there that bis uncle.
Rensy bad found an iron pot so full of money that
is required two strong men to carry it to the house.
Mearn is still reticent about the matror, but he has
shown some of the coins 10 several of his neighbors.
They are old English colon, come of them being
stamped with the image of Charles II. and others
with that of George IIL
SELF-CONFESSED MURDERER
PIETRO TOBELLO, THE BLAY B OF FANDELLA
IN THE HANDS OF THE POLICE
MONTREAL, Qua. Feb 24, 1888.-An Italian named
Grail Torello entered Notre Dame Church last night
pamed down the centro dale to the railing of the
canctuary, and, alternately kneeling and stand-
ing track to breast with bis hands and
Agoumedhalf of murder. Dr.
of the Notre Dame Hospital, was called,
and he declared the mas insane, Dr.Bouchard this
morning made sa chcial examination with the ins
result. Meanwhile Detective Carpenter bad tele
graphed to Inspector Byrne, or New York, and re-
Colved a reply that the tallay was witted is
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Bridgeport Past - Telegram.
Sunken treasure goal
of Virginia salvage firm
NEWPORT NEWS DAILY PRESS
Pieces of eight off Virginia's
emeralds bigger than golf balls?
Eastern Shore? Gold doubloons,
A Virginia Beach, Va., marine
salvage company will find out in the
snagged by a scallop trawler two
next several weeks if artifacts
years ago are from an 18th-century
record-breaking treasure.
Spanish warship that might yield a
"We're 99 percent sure it's the
Juno," said Glynn H. Rogers, chair-
man of Quicksilver International,
the company that is preparing to
send diving teams 180 feet to the
ocean floor about 40 miles east of
the island's Virginia end.
The treasure hunters' salvage
ship, a converted 155-foot trawler,
in Newport News, Va.
is docked at the small boat harbor
Rogers said that if the rudder
post and bronze bell retrieved from
the location off Assateague were
from the three-masted frigate Juno,
which sank with 425 people in a
storm Oct. 28, 1802, the value of the
wreckage's riches could reach $500
million.
Treasure hunter Mel Fisher
holds the current salvage record of
[AD] $400 million retrieved from a Span-
ish galleon he located off Key West,
Fla., in 1985.
Fisher's find included golf ball-
size emeralds.
Juno from experts hired by Quick-
silver. They include a marine ar-
-cheologist, a historian and re-
searchers who pored through
Spanish archives.
The Juno was built in Spain in
1789. Its length was 158 feet, its
draft was 17 feet, and it had a cargo
capacity of 583 tons.
Experts cannot pinpoint when
the frigate left its home port of
Cadiz. The specifics on its final
journey begin at Veracruz, Mexico,
from which the Juno departed for
home Jan. 15, 1802.
He explained that a ship return-
ing to its motherland from the co-
lonies then routinely carried much
wealth in addition to its official
cargo.
Rogers said, "Normally Spanish
ships carried coins in a 90-10 pro-
portion: 90 percent silver and 10
percent gold.
"We've talked to the same bro-
ker who handles Mel Fisher's pre-
cious metals, and he said the mar-
ket value today for 120,000 silver
pesos is about $45 million.'
A researcher's account of the
Juno voyage, published in 1867,
said the ship left Veracruz accom-
panied by the frigate Anfitrite,
"with much wealth."
The account said the two ships
carried 2 million silver pesos and
"other valuables" worth 1 million
pesos.
"It's not certain from the ac-
count how this wealth was distribu-
ted between the two ships, but the
value of just the pesos today would
be staggering," said Stockton W.
Much has been learned of the "Buck" Rouzie Jr.
Quicksilver's dreams are bigger.
"The Juno was bigger than Fish-
er's ship," said Rogers, a former
mortgage banker.
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Mordasy
May 1989 pose
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Bridgeport, Com
ACCENT
CONNECTICUT POST
Monday, October 16, 2006
B5
Beaches and history draw searchers with metal detectors
By ALISON FREEHLING
McClatchy-Tribune
From Yorktown Beach, Va., alone,
Ina Finn has filled a long tray with
silver and gold. A 10-carat white gold
ring with 10 small diamonds lies next
to a small button dating back to the
Civil War era. There's a tag for a dog
named Oliver who apparently once
frolicked on the beach.
Finn found all of it buried in the
sand. And with her metal detector, the
Suffolk, Va., woman never knows what
she'll add to her collection next.
"It's all about the hunt," she said.
"You don't know what's under there.
It's also very solitary, very peaceful.
You're out in the fresh air and in your
own little world."
W
Most beach lovers wouldn't trade
sunbathing and swimming for
swinging a metal detector as they walk
the shore. But a growing number of
locals are trying the hobby, according
to Finn and other members of the
Tidewater Coin & Relic Club. The club
holds monthly meetings-about 30
people might attend at a time- and
two organized treasure hunts a year.
For most people, the draw isn't
uncovering riches, said Sherry
Ferguson, a Suffolk resident and
spokeswoman for the group.
In fact, she looks for original owners waterproof electronics and can go
whenever possible. Although most
jewelry has no identifying information,
class rings tend to have clues, and lost-
and-found advertisements in
newspapers can help. Lost glasses go to
the Lions Club, which distributes them
to people in need.
"You get a lot more satisfaction by
returning something, or knowing
someone is using it," Ferguson said.
Gary Gray, who has been metal-
detecting for 11 years, has returned at
least six rings. But his favorite find is
an 11-inch-long Civil War artillery
shell. Where did he find it? Gray keeps
that a secret because he might venture
to the same spot again.
"Somewhere in southeastern
Virginia," he said with a smile.
Metal-detecting takes practice, said
Finn, a 10-year veteran. The detectors,
which can cost anywhere from $140 to
more than $1,000, create beeping
sounds when their circular heads pass
over buried objects. The tone varies
depending on what's there-high
frequency for coins, for example, and
mid-to-low frequency for gold.
The key is to keep the head, also
called a coil, parallel to the ground and
as close to the ground as possible.
Detectors can sense objects buried 6 to
10 inches underground. Some have
underwater.
"It takes knowing your machine,"
Finn said, "and a lot of patience.'
Treasure hunters walk alone
because detectors can interfere with
each other. They carry
long-handled
scoops to dig up objects and carry away
trash, usually a lot of bottlecaps and
soda tabs. Some people keep machines
at home to test the authenticity of
jewels.
Wet sand at the ocean's edge tends to
be a promising place to search,
especially during low tide on busy
beach weekends. That's where many
people lose jewelry they were afraid to
leave in their hotel rooms. Some metal
detectors also venture into wooded
areas and have even helped police track
down bullets at crime scenes.
Ferguson was in downtown Suffolk
when she found a big copper coin from
1830 about a half-inch underground.
Although she estimates its value at $5,
she likes having it in her collection.
"It's a piece of history," she said.
Earlier this year, a man approached
Finn at Yorktown Beach and begged
her to look for his grandmother's ring
from the 1800s. The heirloom had
slipped off his finger as he was
throwing a football.
McClatchy-Tribune
Tidewater Coin & Relic Club members Sherry Ferguson, left, Gary Gray and Ina
Finn comb the beach on the Yorktown, Va., waterfront for metal objects. The
group goes to many locations to pursue the hobby of metal detecting.
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before she dug up the ring while
standing in knee-deep water. "It was
like finding a needle in a haystack,"
she said. "I got a $100 reward, but that
was nothing compared to the thrill of
Finn searched the beach three times how happy he was.'
Still, treasure hunters sometimes
invoke the "finders keepers" rule. Finn
might have one ring she found at
Yorktown Beach cut to fit her finger.
"I might wear it as my wedding
band," she said. "It's just beautiful."

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Ancient Indian camp found in Virginia
United Press International
FAIRFAX, Va. Archeolo-
gists digging near a highway cir-
cling the nation's capital unearthed
a rare, ancient American Indian
camp where a family may have
lived shortly after the time of
Christ, a researcher said Friday.
Stone artifacts and pottery frag-
ments found at the excavation, lo-
cated near the construction site of
an office park, date as far back as
200 A.D., Fairfax County archeol-
ogist Mike Johnson said.
The Indian camp is one of
about 700 uncovered throughout
Fairfax County in the last several
years. Most of the others are older,
some dating back 12,000 years,
Johnson said.
However, the site near the Capi-
tal Beltway is rare and important
because it is "far from the banks of
the Potomac River, it has pottery,
which is unusual, and it's not hea-
vily disturbed," he said.
He said he believes only 10 such
sites have been found in the Mid-
dle Atlantic states.
Washington area have been found
Most Indian settlements in the
on the Potomac River shoreline,
he said.
He said several hundred pieces
of clay pottery and thousands of
stone artifacts were unearthed
from an area "about the size of a
living room" that probably served
as a family camp.
The site's location in Virginia
leads archeologists to believe the
Indians who lived there may have
belonged to a group of tribes
known as the Algonquian.
Because the pottery appeared to
have been brought inland to the
camp, a closer examination of the
artifacts may "give us a better idea
of the settlement pattern of these
people, how they lived and how
they adapted," Johnson said.
He said a method known as ra-
dioactive carbon dating shows the
objects date back between 200 and
950 A.D.
He said a team of volunteers,
who began digging at the site two
months ago, would continue the
painstaking work of removing arti-
facts as bulldozers rumble nearby.
19 Oct 1785p7 New Have Register, Sat,
Conn

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THE
NATION
USA TODAY THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1998.9A
1802
shipwreck in the eye of a modern legal storm
A treasure hunter,
Spain, the state of
Virginia and
archaeologists are
staking a claim
By Maria Puente
USA TODAY
The ferocious storm raged for
hours until the Spanish ship Juno
could take the pummeling no more.
It plunged to the bottom of the sea off
Virginia with 425 men, women and
children and possibly a half-bil-
lion dollars in treasure.
Now, 195 years later, another kind
of storm is swirling around the Juno.
It's a legal squall involving a mil-
lionaire treasure hunter who says he
has found the wrecked ship; archae-
ologists; and the governments of Vir-
ginia, the United States and Spain.
The tangled affair threatens to
turn into an international flap over
who owns what could be one of the
richest shipwreck finds ever. If trea-
sure hunter Ben Benson really has
found the Juno, the wreck's remains
could include 700,000 old coins:
22 tons in silver worth as much as
[AD] $500 million.
A maritime court is expected to
review competing claims this month.
The intrigue began when Benson,
38, a former Michigan timber com-
pany owner, declared in November
that he had found the Juno just 1,500
Md.
DC-
Del.
Va.
A
Miles
N
Assateague
Island
National
Seashore
SI
Chincoteague
Bay
Md.
Va.
Photos by D Kevin Elliott for USA TODAY
Chincoteague
Island
[AD] $500 million in treasure may be waiting: A diver from Ben Benson's Sea Hunt, armed
with a metal detector, prepares to search the waters off Virginia April 24.
feet off Virginia's Assa-
teague Island National
Seashore.
Benson believes that he
also has found the wreck
of another Spanish ship,
La Galga, which sank in
1750. Some believe La
Galga was the source of
the famous ponies whose
wild descendants now are
protected on nearby Chin-
coteague Island.
Benson
Virginia, which has jurisdiction
over the seabed off Assateague, is-
sued Benson a permit to determine
whether the wrecks are the Juno and
La Galga. The state would
get 25% of whatever trea-
sure Benson finds.
But for the first time in
memory, Spain is claim-
ing ownership of its ship-
wrecks in U.S. waters.
Spain argues that the
ships were warships and
thus Spanish property un-
der international law and
custom.
Lawyers in the U.S.
State Department, Department of
Justice and National Park Service
agree. Several times in the past 50
years the United States has used
Del
Atlantic
Ocean
La Galga's
location
Juno's
location
By Grant Jerding, USA TODAY
these long-established rules to obtain
protection for its sunken warships in
foreign waters. Nearly 1,600 U.S.
shipwrecks are scattered around the
world.
But Benson notes that Spain never
tried to claim the shipwreck finds of
Mel Fisher, America's most famous
treasure hunter.
Fisher found the Spanish galleon
Nuestra Senora de Atocha in 1985 off
the Florida Keys and brought up
[AD] $400 million in gold, silver, jewelry
and artifacts. Much of that was sold
after a long legal battle that affirmed
the law of "finders keepers" in cases
of abandoned shipwrecks.
"These (shipwrecks) are our cul-
tural heritage," says Pat Clyne, vice
president of Fisher's company, Sal-
vors Inc., and a Benson supporter.
"We don't go to Spain and try to take
their shipwrecks."
The Juno was a frigate on its way
back to Spain from New World ports
in Mexico and South America, where
it had taken on soldiers and their
families and coins meant for the
Spanish treasury. Then the ship ran
into the storm on Oct. 28, 1802, and
disappeared from history.
For nearly two centuries, the Ju-
no's precise location has been un-
known. Some treasure hunters have
been looking for it in international
waters 40 miles away from Assatea-
gue.
Interest has grown over the years
as cannonballs, old Spanish coins
and other intriguing items turned up
on Virginia beaches or in fishing
nets.
But even now, it's no sure thing
that Benson has found the long-lost
ship. And other questions remain as
well.
"There is no treasure on the
Juno," declares Rafael Conde at the
Spanish Embassy in Washington,
D.C. He says Spanish records show
that the treasure was transferred to a
nearby ship before the Juno sank.
Meanwhile, archaeologists say
Benson's salvage plan threatens a
historic grave site on public lands.
Salvors should not be allowed to
profit at the expense of science, ar-
chaeologists say.
"We're not opposed to careful
study of shipwrecks. What we oppose
is destruction without a good rea-
son," says Kevin Foster, national
maritime historian for the Park Ser-
vice.
Shipwrecks "should be document-
ed in place and left alone," he says.
Adds the Spanish Embassy's Con-
de: "Why should a memorial be dis-
turbed? For what reason?"
Benson, who has spent $1 million
in one year on the project, has a
ready answer.
"Because my curiosity is up," he
says. "The reason I got into this is be
cause I like being on the sea and I
like history. I wasn't expecting a
monumental battle, but right now
I'm hooked."

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SIGNIFICA/continued
The Beale Ciphers
you're good at code-breaking, |
you might want to try your hand at
the Beale Ciphers. Solve them, and
you'll walk off with $20 million in
buried treasure. But be forewarned:
The ciphers have baffled cryptanalysts
for more than a century.
They are the work of
prospector
Thomas Jefferson Beale, who shared
in a huge gold and silver strike in the
Colorado Territory in 1818. Beale
carried the treasure back to his na-
tive Virginia and buried it near present-
day Montvale. Four years later, he
returned west but left behind a pad-
locked chest in care of innkeeper
Robert Morriss, instructing him to
open it in 10 years.
Morriss waited 23 years before
opening the box. Inside, he found
three mysterious sets of numbers and
a letter from Beale promising to send
the keys to the encoded messages-
but he never did. For 10 years, Morriss
tried on his own to decode the num-
bers before finally relinquishing them
to his friend James B. Ward.
Ward figured out that one of the
ciphers was based on a consecutive
numbering of all 1322 words of the
Declaration of Independence. The
message, when decoded, revealed
the contents of the treasure-2921
pounds of gold. 5100 pounds of sil-
ver, and jewels worth $13,000. The
two other codes, it said, would re-
veal the 30 heirs named by Beale
and, more important, the treasure's
precise location.
Since then, cryptanalysts have
employed every known deciphering
device and invented others-to
crack the two remaining codes. No
one, including computer experts and
clairvoyants, has had any luck. For
more information and copies of the
ciphers, send $1 and a large stamped,
self-addressed envelope to Beale Ci-
pher Association, P.O. Box 216,
Medfield, Mass. 02052.
The Female Paul Revere
During the American Revolution. |
16-year-old girl named Sybil
Ludington took a midnight ride for
the rebel cause that was more dan-
gerous and far longer than the famed
ride made by Paul
Revere.
On the night of
April 25, 1777,
2000 British
soldiers landed
in Connecticut,
marched inland to
the town of Dan-
bury and proceed-
ed to destroy the
rebels' storehouse
of food and arms.
Diverted by hogs-
heads of rum, the
Danbury, and alerted Sybil's father,
who was commander of a militia
regiment. Colonel Ludington had a
grave dilemma: If he rode off to notify
his 400 volunteers, he might not re-
Wayne Begasse
turn in time to lead
them in battle.
Sybil offered to go
in his place.
Sidesaddle on
a big bay horse,
she rode 40 miles
-26 miles more
than Revere
through a danger-
ous no-man's land
between British
and American
lines that was in-
fested with desert-
Redcoats there- Danbury statue honoring Sybil's ride ers and hostile In-
upon got drunk, shot off their guns
and began burning the town.
At 7 p.m., a messenger with a
bullet in his back rode up to the
Ludington house, 20 miles west of
dians. As she rode, she banged on
doors with a stick and shouted the
summons. The night almost over,
she returned home and slid, exhaust-
ed, from her horse.
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1982. Irving Willen Davul Wallechinsky Ann Watc
PARADE AUGUST 15, 1982 17

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Va. man finds
rare Bible
in trash bin
The Associated Press
DANVILLE, Va. - Electrician
Michael Hoskins is not averse
to browsing when he drops off
trash at the Route 41 dump bin.
And a recent visit rewarded his
curiosity: He said he discovered
a 188-year-old King James Bible.
Now he's fending off offers
approaching $1,000 for the find.
"I go up there all the time to
drop off my household trash, and
there it was," Hoskins told the
Danville Register & Bee. "There
were three or four boxes of books
leaning up against the concrete
wall behind the Dumpsters. I
found the Bible in four pieces,
put them together and took it
home.
While otherwise intact, the
Bible appeared to have fire dam-
age and had watermarks on some
of its inner pages. The sheepskin-
covered book was printed in
Pittsburgh in 1818 and, accord-
ing to Hoskins' research, is one
of less than a half-dozen copies
in existence.
With word of his discovery
spreading, Hoskins said he's had
offers from rare book shops and
others, all of which he's resisted.
"No, this Bible has made it
through a lot," he said. "I am
going to hold on to it for now. I
will sell for the right price, but
[AD] $900 is not realistic, not with only
six of them left in existence."
2006
30 July
Sunday posets

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The study was designed to
Va. man finds
rare Bible
in trash bin
The Associated Press
DANVILLE, Va.
Electrician
Michael Hoskins is not averse
to browsing when he drops off
trash at the Route 41 dump bin.
And a recent visit rewarded his
curiosity: He said he discovered
a 188-year-old King James Bible.
Now he's fending off offers
approaching $1,000 for the find.
"I go up there all the time to
drop off my household trash, and
home."
there it was," Hoskins told the
Danville Register & Bee. "There
were three or four boxes of books
leaning up against the concrete
wall behind the Dumpsters. I
found the Bible in four pieces,
put them together and took it
While otherwise intact, the
Bible appeared to have fire dam-
age and had watermarks on some
of its inner pages. The sheepskin-
covered book was printed in
Pittsburgh in 1818 and, accord-
ing to Hoskins' research, is one
of less than a half-dozen copies
in existence.
With word of his discovery
spreading, Hoskins said he's had
offers from rare book shops and
others, all of which he's resisted.
"No, this Bible has made it
through a lot," he said. "I am
going to hold on to it for now. I
will sell for the right price, but
[AD] $900 is not realistic, not with only
six of them left in existence."
'Sunday'
NEW HAVEN REGISTER, CONN pose A5, call 30 July 2006-

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2 N.V. Hould
12
QUEER STORY OF
HIDDEN TREASURE
Philadelphia Man Said to Have
Dug It Up on Island Off
Georgia Coast
CAVE OF GIANTS
IN CALIFORNIA
Remarkable Cavern Found in
Providence Mountains
Is Explored.
DIRECTED BY OLD SAILOR BEAUTIES BEYOND TELLING
Money Was Buried There by
Starkes of Virginia During
the Civil War.
[SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.]
SAVANNAH, Ga., Saturday-Has the treas-
ure of the Starke family, of Virginia, known
to have been buried on Warsaw Island, thir-
ty miles from this city, in 1863, been discov-
ered?
There is certain circumstantial evidence
going to indicate that the treasure trove hus
been found and taken by J. II. Haslip, who
said he was a Philadelphia junk dealer, but
nothing positive can be learned. Haslip was
much in evidence here two weeks ago, ac-
companied by a son. He talked freely, and
gave the newspapers some good stories of
sea chases, buried gold and the like. So
talkative was he that the reporters made
light of his narratives, which he said he had
from an old Confederate blockade runner
Great Cathedral-Like Room and
Statuary Hall Are Among
the Wonders.
SEATTLE, Wash., Saturday.-A mammoth
cave has been discovered in the heart of the
Providence Mountains, Southeastern Califor-
nia, which is named the "Cave of the
Giants," and rivals in splendor and beauty
other renowned caverns of the globe, If
graphle descriptions are to be credited.
George L. Berg. who discovered the cave
and explored its recesses, has taken up his
residence in Seattle. It was Mr. Berg's love
for scenic beauty which took him into the
Providence Mountains.
Looking across the Fo Shea pass from
Goldstone camp every evening at sunset
there are outlined on the face of the immense
limestone cliffs that form the northern wall
of the pass two glant masks, formed by the
contour of the rocks and the evening shades.
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ne nad vefriended, And WHO, On his
death bed, confided to him the secret of
wealth hidden in the sands of Warsaw.
Haslip camè provided with canvas bags
and a steamer trunk in which to transport
the recovered gold and plate. He made three
trips to Warsaw Island. On the first two
trips he declared that he verified certain
landmarks shown in an old parchment
drawing, alleged to have been made in Libby
Prison, where the old Confederate was a
guard after having left the navy. Haslip
was enthusiastic after his second trip, and
told the newspapers that he would have a
sensation for them when he returned from
the island again. But on his third return he
arrived in the dead of night and took the
train for Philadelphia at ten o'clock in the
morning. He d not go to the hotel at
which he had previously stopped, did not
visit the newspaper offices, and did not even
go to a restaurant for supper, notwithstand-
ing that he must have been without food for
five to seven hours.
Had a Very Heavy Trunk.
It appears he engaged a hack at the wharf
and drove rapidly to the station with his
Pon. The hackman who transferred them
pays the two men had with them a small
trunk that was so heavy it took both to lift
it, and two canvas bags that would appar-
ently hold about eight quarts each. He did
not know the men, had never heard of treas-
ure hunters and hence did not suspect any-
thing At the station it was learned that a
man had checked a small trunk to Philadel-
phia as ordinary baggage, that the trunk
was heavy and that the man had explained
the weight by saying it contained scientific
apparatus Persons who have visited War-
Raw recently report the mysterious actions
of two strangers there during the last two
werks, but if they discovered any buried
treasure nothing is known of it on the isl
and Marks of digging have been found, but
that is all
In this cis the pecallar action of Haslip in
allpping away in the middle of the nicht.
without visiting hotel or restaurant, after
having been so affable and talkative pre-
viously, is regarded as favorable to the
theory that he really had something to con-
real He seemed to have lects
with his head pillowed on the brow of the
mountains and eyes closed in slumber. The
other. face is that of a low browed, sallow
cheeked and sullen Moor, with scraggy chin
beard and mustache, gazing vacantly into
space. The great limestone cave which has
just been explored is underneath and back
of these sentinels.
The existence of the cave was revealed to
Mr. Berg by an aborigine known as "Indlan
Joe," who lived on the west slope of the
Providence range. By markings on the
ground he vividly described the entrance
leading to great depths, where winged mon-
sters lived. Describing his exploration of
the cave with Charles Staubin Mr. Berg
said:-
"We found the cave as 'Indian Joe' had
described it. Great spire-like peaks stand
above the entrance, casting long dark shad-
ows down the precipitous sides of the
cañons. It was a long, hard climb to the
large balcony at the entrance to the cave,
which overhangs a deep cañon.
Had to Turn Back.
"Our first trip was stopped by declivities
we dared not attempt to descend without
ropes and grappling hooks, but we saw
enough to prompt a second expedition.
The Sunday following our first visit Stau-
in and 1, accompanied by my wife, who is
T expert mountain climber, returned to the
cave, prepared to see more of it. This time
We were equipped with hooks and ropes and
an abundance of candles and a flash light
camera.
"We wound our way through one of the
several corridors, a distance of hundreds of
feet, coming on a main hall or grotto that
leads due south. The last rays of daylight
were soon left behind, and with miners'
candles in our hands we went down a
gradual slope. The floor was rough and
sharp edged crystals of lime ground beneath
our feet and cut our shoes. The roof soon
disappeared from view and the walls, too.
but they reappeared again further down to
the width and height of an ordinary door.
bringing us out on what appeared to be a
small balcony. Our dim lights seemed like 4
mockery in the gloom that hung about us
like a pall.
Squeals of the Bats.
"But we were not the only living things.
Attracted by our lights, shadowy forms
circled around our heads. We felt the flap
of their wings before we discerned the dim
outlines of the bats. These were the 'evil
spirits that had scared Indian Joe' and
drove him from the cave. The squeals of the
startled creatures reverbrated through the
grotto. The echo of our own, voices sounded
like
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Haslip came provided with canvas bags other face is that of a low browed, BATO
and a steamer trunk in which to transport
the recovered gold and plate. He made three
trips to Warsaw Island. On the first two
trips he declared that ho verified certain
Jandmarks shown in an old parchment
drawing, alleged to have been made in .ibby
Prison, where the old Confederate was a
guard after having left the navy. Haslip
was enthusiastic after his second trip, and
told the newspapers that he would have a
sensation for them when he returned from
the island again. But on his third return he
arrived in the dead of night and took the
train for Philadelphia at ten o'clock in the
morning. He d not go to the hotel at
which he had previously stopped, did not
visit the newspaper offices, and did not even
go to a restaurant for supper, notwithstand-
ing that he must have been without food for
five to seven hours.
Had a Very Heavy Trunk.
It appears he engaged a hack at the wharf
and drove rapidly to the station with his
son. The hackman who transferred them
says the two men had with them a small
trunk that was so heavy it took both to lift
it, and two canvas bags that would appar-
ently hold about eight quarts each.. Ele did
not know the men, had never heard of treus-
ure hunters and hence did not suspect any-
thing. At the station it was learned that a
man had checked a small trunk to Philadel-
phla as ordinary baggage, that the trunk
was heavy and that the man had explained
the weight by saying it contained scientific
apparatus. Persons who have visited War-
Baw recently report the mysterious actions
of two strangers there during the last two
weeks, but if they discovered any burled
treasure nothing is known of it on the Isl-
and. Marks of digging havo been found, but
that is all.
In this city the pecullar hction of Haslip in
allpping away in the middle of the night,
without visiting hotel or restauránt, after
having been so affable and talkative pre-
viously, is regarded as favorable to the
theory that he really had something to con-
real. He seemed to have plenty of money
while here, and made no debts, hence there
was no reason for him to run away.
Haslip's story was to the effect that ten
cheeked and sullen Moor, with scraggy chin
beard and mustache, gazing vacantly into
space. The great limestone cave which has
just been explored is underneath and back
of these sentinels.
The existence of the cave was revealed to
Mr. Borg by an aborigine known as "Indlan
Joe," who lived on the west slope of the
By markings on the
Providence range.
ground he vividly described the entrance
leading to great depths, where winged mon-
sters lived. Describing his exploration of
the cave with Charles Staubin Mr. Berg
Bald:-
of the
"We found the cave as 'Indian Joe' had
described it. Great spire-like peaks stand
above the entrance, casting long dark shad-
ows down the precipitous sides
cañons. It was a long, hard climb to the
large balcony at the entrance to the cavo,
which overhangs a deep cañon.
Had to Turn Dack.
"Our first trip was stopped by declivities
we dared not attempt to descend without
ropes and
grappling hooks. but we Baw
enough to prompt a second expedition.
The Sunday following our first visit Stau-
bin and 1, accompanied by my wife, who is
THI expert mountain climber, returned to the
cave, prepared to see more of it. This time
We were equipped with hooks and ropes and
an abundance of candles and a flash light
camera.
"We wound our way through one of the
Beveral corridors, a distance of hundreds of
feet, coming on a main hall or grotto that
leads due south. The last rays of daylight
were soon left behind, and with miners'
candles In our hands we went down EL
gradual slope. The floor was rough and
sharp edged crystals of lime ground beneath
our feet and cut our shoes. The roof soon
disappeared from view and the walls, too.
but they reappeared again further down to
the width and height of an ordinary door,
bringing us out on what appeared to be a
small balcony. Our dim lights seemed like i
mockery in the gloom that hung about us
like a pall.
Squeals of the Bats..
"But we were not the only living things.
Attracted by our lights, shadowy forms
circled around our heads. We felt the flap
of their wings before we discerned the dim
outlines of the bats. These were the 'evil
spirits that had scared 'Indian Joe' and
drove him from the cave. The squeals of the
startled creatures reverbrated through the
grotto. The echo of our own volces sounded
like the clang of broken bells and gave us
more of a start than the screams of the bats.
"We took soundings of the place by drop-
ping pebbles to see how far we would fall
if we should step into the dark depths below

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years ago Amos Berrien, an old man, came
to his place in Philadelphia, ill and hungry,
and asked for food and medicine. Betrlen
was cared for, and when he became strong
enough to work he was given odd jobs to do
. about the junk shop. Berrien was a moгose
man, though not III tempered. He seemed to
be brooding over something.
Told of the Treasure.
Six months ago Berrien fell desperately ill.
He lingered for weeks, but after a time
called his benefactor to his bedside and told
him the story, directing him to a trunk
where he would find a map, drawn on the
parchment of an old drum head, that would
give the location of the Starke treasure.
Berrien sald he was first mate on the block-
ade runner Lucy Verne, out of Baltimore, in
1863. On one trip the Verne had on board as
passengers bound for Nassau the Starke
family of Virginia. Off the Georgia Capes
the blockade runner was chased by a thre
masted bark, flying the union flag. The
chase continued three days. Off the Georgia
const the steering gear of the Verne became
disabled and the vessel was practically help-
less.
At this juncture it was determined to send
ashore all the treasure aboard and bury it.
Mr. Starke assisted in preparing the chest
and accompanied the burying party ashore.
Berrien, us matе, was officer in charge of the
expedition. He took bearings and made a
map of the hiding place of the chest.
Returning to the Verne, they found that
the steering gear had been patched up. The
pursuing burk was only a few miles away.
Ball was made and In the darkness the
Verne escaped.
Berrien, at the time he came to Haslip's
junk shop. had reason to believe that he
was the only survivor of the company and
the only person who had a map of the loca-
tion.
Haslip aald that Berrien told him the
chest contained about $25,000 in gold, several
thousand dollars in silver coin, jewelry and
plate.
Philadelphia la Pussled, as It Has No
J. H. Haslip, a Junk Dealer.
[SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Saturday. No such
name no J. H. Haslip can be found in the
city directory. Inquiry among the junk deal-
ers falls to give a trace of any such man.
JS OLDEST MINISTER
We ascertamed by this method that the next
floor was nearly one hundred feet below us.
We then threw stones in every direction, and
came to the conclusion that the cavern had
the proportions of a vast cathedral.
"We retraced our steps and found a wind-
Ing stairway that took us down to the floor
of the great grotto which we had just left.
No cathedral ever had richer carvings or
more beautifully tinted walls than this dark
Strange serpentine forms of petrified
snakes and lizards of divers kinds were en-
crusted in the walls of what resembled beds
of delicately tinted moss.
cave.
Rich mosaics of design and pattern as
regular as if, fashioned by man after some
geometrical plan covered walls and pillars.
Above us hung great stalactites of snowy
whiteness, resembling huge icfcles.
A Statuary Hall.
"We next passed into a statuary hall. We
thought of the museum of the ruler of Siam.
The statues take many and grotesque forms.
We found many strange shapes, carved, as
It were, by the hand of nature out of translu-
cent stone. A candle thrust into a small
chamber of the vast grotto revealed a frost-
like tracery of crystals on the waИs, so dell-
cate that it crumbles at the touch of the
fingers. At the narrow entrance to the south
grotto is a huge human face outlined on the
wall.
"I threw a rope up a steep declivity and it
was caught on a short, stout post, set on the
edge of a terrace. At the top of this terrace
is another marvel of nature's handiwork.
Before us stretched a gallery with an ex-
quisitely dellcate pattern of lime crystals
that sparkled in the light of the candles like
frost in the sunlight. The floor was as
smooth as a billiard table. From the roof
hung stalactites, some long, some short,
others flat, and still others as thin as a
shingle.
"Still we pasesd on from alcove to cham-
ber, noting truces of a mysterious beauty
now done in brackets and again th scroll
work.
"The last object to arouse our curiosity
was a glant toadstool, Ilke a huge umbrella,
large enough to shelter a dozen people under
it. After passing the toadstool the nature of
the cavern changes. There is a rapid de-
scent toward the bowels of the earth. The
white limestone gives way to blackened
walls and the passage has the appearance of
having been used as the flue of a great fur-
Masses of rock of different kinds ap-
pear fused as by heat. A faint smell of sul-
phur la noticeable.
лace.
"We reached the edge of a deep plt and
lowered lighted candles attached to one end
of three hundred feet of rope in an effort
to find the bottom.
"It took us several hours to retrace our
way from the caverns.
IN METHODIST CHURCH NUTS AND TOMATOES