Jean Lafitte Treasure Found ????

[bja3908]

This story was told to me several years ago by a man in his 80 s Back in 1940 or 41 two men hired to clean up around what is said to be Lafittes red house disapeared after a few days. One of the men was found living in east Texas where he had bought a farm. The other went north later over seas where he was killed during WW2. The man who was killed left an estate of 60,000 in cash plus land in Mississippi. Thats a lot of money for a man who was a laborer just a few years before. The man who told this did not or would not tell me the names of the two men. If anyone has heared or knows any more info please let me know.

[Minelab Ron]

In searching some old newspapers....found a newspaper article from 1935, a full page on Jean Lafitte. I saved the newspaper to my hard drive and will try to break it down.

Talks about his trail from the Galveston to St Louis. Talks about how this man was ordered to dump 6 wagons of gold bars and silver? that were in the wagon into this lake.

There is a bridge now, in 1935 that is over this lake and it talks about this treasure now being lost forever due to the building of this bridge.

Since it's a large article...I can't post on here and still have you read it...so I posted it on my webshots....here's what you do...

Go to this page: http://community.webshots.com/user/famleeroots

Then look for the album that says: Treasure Stories and Photos

Click on that album. When the album opens, click on the photo you want to see. Some articles, like this one, will still be too tiny to view...on the right side of that page with the photo you want to see....click on FULL SIZE. This will open the photo into another page. Move your mouse off of the photo and then over it again and at the bottom right you will see an icon. Click on that icon and it will enlarge to photo so you can read it....Use back space to view others and repeat process for each photo.

Got that? Any questions or problems....pm me....otherwise, enjoy the article!!!! I know someone else posted about Jean Lafitte, but I can't find the post right now...so this one will work

Happy Hunting,
Annmarie

[kenb]

Sounds like the Hendricks lake treasure. See link.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,109722.0.html

kenb

[Minelab Ron]

Sounds like the Hendricks lake treasure. See link.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,109722.0.html

kenb

Yep ... that's it....this article I found while researching is from 5 October 1935, printed in the EVENING COURIER located in Decatur, Illinois. Interesting article...hope you read it

Happy Hunting...

[bja3908]

I have a file 2 in thick on Hendricks lake treasure. The one I am thinking of was found on Galveston Island

[jb3]

This story was told to me several years ago by a man in his 80 s Back in 1940 or 41 two men hired to clean up around what is said to be Lafittes red house disapeared after a few days. One of the men was found living in east Texas where he had bought a farm. The other went north later over seas where he was killed during WW2. The man who was killed left an estate of 60,000 in cash plus land in Mississippi. Thats a lot of money for a man who was a laborer just a few years before. The man who told this did not or would not tell me the names of the two men. If anyone has heared or knows any more info please let me know.

The story of the two laborors suddenly having money after clearing weeds around the Lafitte foundation was printed in a book about Texas treasures in the 70's. If I recall, a Dr. bought the property in the 60's and had the 2 guys cut weeds, clean up etc. He fenced the property with chainlink fence and it still looks exactly the same as it did 40 years ago. I drive by it almost every weekend on the way to the Galveston Yacht Basin. It is about 8 to 10 feet from the road with a historical marker. The Foundation walls are still there, it is pretty cool looking. Hundreds of people drive by it everyday and not many people know or care what it is.

[Connecticut Danny]

What is the latest news? I am interesting in pirates treasures in Connecticut. I hope that you can help me out. lovejoydc@att.net

[Richard Ray]

Sounds like the Hendricks lake treasure. See link.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,109722.0.html

kenb

It is my sincere belief that the Hendricks Lake treasure was silver taken by Lafitte from capturing of the Spanish ship Santa Rosa in Matagorda Bay in 1820. The dumping of the silver in the lake was a temporary thing until danger passed, then was recovered, after all he had divers at his disposal. Things underwater were recovered on a regular basis in those days, (read Commadore Moore's accounts) Lafitte then shipped the treasure north to the East coast, (Philadelphia, where he was a member of the Masonic lodge), where he commissioned the building of a steamship... Much is explained in his journal... At least that's my opinion.
Richard