CAPTAIN COOK'S TREASURE.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20523, 16 April 1932, Page 16

CAPTAIN COOK'S TREASURE.

THEFT FROM MUSEUM. (fbom ova own cobeespondest.) LONDON, March 9. According to the "Morning Post's" Berlin correspondent, who telegraphed on March Bth, thieves, the. night before, ontored the Ethnological Institute of Gottingen University and stole a cloak and helmet once worn by the Kings of Hawaii. The cloak and helmet are made entirely of the red and gold feathers (jf a Hawaiian bird, sewn with the greatest skiltqn to a foundation of thin fibre. There are three or four such cloaks still in existence in Europe, one being in London and another in Berlin, but the one in Gottingen is of particular interest since it formed part of the treasure left by Captain book. After Captain Cook's -death, Hcrr Blumenbaeh, of Gottingen, contrived to secure the cloak and helmet for his University. The value is between 2,000,000 and 5,000,000 marks respectively. It is obvious that the thieves will have >;o chance of disposing of their booty in Europe, and. accordingly notices have been sent to all stations and ports to jievent them escaping to America, Australia, or elsewhere.

Meanwhile, the police are anxious to interview a young student at the Ethnological Institute, who suddenly disappeared from his room.