The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . venient night they sailed tothe Lagoon in Dunhams openboat—there was no bridge orBeach Road in those days—dug up the cash and crosse^ithe Sound to Falmouth, The night was a bitter andtempestuous one, and all wereseverely frost-bitten, so muchso that they made a bad messof landing and attracted con-siderable attention. Some onesaw them bury the gold andplace a flag over it, while theywent to a nearby farmhouseto thaw ou
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . venient night they sailed tothe Lagoon in Dunhams openboat—there was no bridge orBeach Road in those days—dug up the cash and crosse^ithe Sound to Falmouth, The night was a bitter andtempestuous one, and all wereseverely frost-bitten, so muchso that they made a bad messof landing and attracted con-siderable attention. Some onesaw them bury the gold andplace a flag over it, while theywent to a nearby farmhouseto thaw out. The news wasspread that there were pirates on the beach, and a party wasorganized which dug up the money, deposited it in the Fal-mouth Bank and then arrested the two captains. Dunham re-ceived a six-quart tin pail full of silver dollars for his share ofthe nights work, but they do say that the pirates stole someof it back before landing; other tellers of the story say thatwhen it was discovered that the money was stolen the authori-ties took away from him what little his passengers had agree that the ferryman got little but experience for hisnights Tliey made a bad mess of landlnj?. 76 MARTHAS VINEYARD. i Some remember thatone of the men confessedthat only half of themoney had been removedfrom the Lagoons shoreby the pirates; others thatthe fact that treasure hadbeen buried thereaboutsleaked before any of ithad been taken away. Atany rate, the story got outat some point in the gameand excitement ran swarmed all alongthe shore with iron rodsor bean poles, or otherhandy implement for tak-ing soundings in the man tells me that hedug so near it that, hadthe sand not been frozen,it must have caved and exposed the treasure, but the moneywas not found until the authorities came with a chart, givingthe proper bearings—57 feet due nothe from Rufus Davissboat house, now gone, this being not five rods from the end ofthe present oridge. The fact
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