-->, A A B B C C C C D D On May 9, 1822, Morriss received a letter from Beale. much of a stretch.) The story begins in 1817. Beale was about to send scouts to search for them 4 weeks later when they had not yet returned. when Beale Cipher No. Therefore, the best recovery of letters in the letter strings occurs when cipher Recall that I said earlier that the anonymous author's choice to have 11 words come numbered beyond word 480 would be different from the letters in the original key. Neither Ward nor anyone else has decoded the others numbers. border: 1px solid; Before he left in March of 1822 he gave Morriss a locked iron box. He stayed through the winter. Mr. Morriss knew Beale's full name, Beale himself never gave his name in any of the papers addressed to Mr. Morriss. They returned to their homes and Beale, with 10 of the group, went to Virginia to hide the ore. Now at the same time, there was one Robert Morriss. I don't One gave the information needed to find the treasure and the third listed the 30 ownerâs beneficiaries. It is also known that word 95 in the Declaration printed by John Dunlap on the night of July 4, 1776 (referred to as the Dunlap broadside), is the word "unalienable" not the word "inalienable." The distribution of cipher numbers in B1 and B3 suggests that B3 was enciphered first and B1 was enciphered second as a continuation of cipher B3. box to be recovered. Categories. He loves the outdoors and has covered thousands of miles in the pursuit of his next adventure. and 760 was fortunate, as word 60 was unaffected, thus ensuring that its initial letter remained letter Mr. Morriss had a tobacco business that failed and had entered the hospitality field. 3)Only one of the three Beale Ciphers has been solved Beale Papers #2 (solved) The âauthorâ did have one success during his efforts to decipher the Beale Papers. would instead show numbered word 750 to be the word "beyond," rather than the word "seas." .table_d2e53 td { (This assumption may be too To him, it seemed more likely that Beale had signed cipher No. I have deposited in the County of Bedford about four miles from Bufords in an excavation or vault six feet below the surface of the ground the following articles belonging jointly to the parties whose names are given in number three herewith. or words 760 and 770, or words 770 and 780, in which case the word "beyond" would be numbered 750. requiring him to create a completely new key. From his study of the Since the man with the codes had never arrived, Morriss was never able to carry out his charge. They related the story of the hunt, the mines, the treasure and the hiding of the treasure. constructing the original key to B2. Beale Papers, Watt knew that Beale always signed his name using only his initials "TJB." 0. These are the numbers for the first cipher. the letter strings in B1? screw up things. Late 2014 the code's have been cracked and I am working to the final draft at this time. Beale never reappeared, nor his associates, nor the man with the code key. 1 (B1) is decoded with a key constructed from a correctly numbered Declaration of Independence (DOI), the last two letters in the decoded text are the letters "TB." The first deposit consisted of ten hundred and fourteen pounds of gold and thirty eight hundred and twelve pounds of silver deposited November 1819. All the members of the hunting party had agreed to this. The purpose of the trip to Santa Fe was to hunt game. Of course, Beale didn't know that he had accidentally omitted a line of 10 letters while width: 100%; December 9, 2014 by adminjohn. Beale and a party of 30 adventurers set out for Santa Fe. Beale and the company had discussed where they could leave the details of their treasure so that any member of the party could retrieve their share at some future date. 179 likes. Late 2014 the code's have been cracked and I am working to the final draft at this time. Some of the men were getting bored waiting for spring to come and went out on their own in March. when Beale Cipher No. would now be numbered 760 instead of 750. The cryptic texts have captured the imagination and enthusiasm of avid cryptographers and treasure hunters ever since. He tried for years, in vain, to decipher the numbers. have to be used to sign B1. However, the key had already been destroyed. The first Beale cipher is 520 characters long and contains a whopping 299 unique symbolsâan impossibly low rate of 1.74 repetitions per character. The men apparently knew each other for some time and hunted game together. The above is securely packed in iron pots with iron covers. In any case, if the treasure story is true and Beale did sign cipher B1, then After examining the rock, they were all convinced it was gold. Naturally, he would want to sign using the key to cipher B2. The If you happen to have a spare super computer laying around perhaps you could try your hand at cracking the code. strings in cipher B1, Beale destroyed his key in accordance with good security practices. March 1 1819 Letters at Post Office New Orleans He gave Ward the papers and told him that if he could carry out the original instructions, Morriss would split his share with Ward. At this time he is working to complete the two decoded pages to a final draft. Morriss knew he had little time left and told the story to Ward. 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The directions to the vault area, construction details, talley of the pots plus contents and the final directions leading to the Beale Vault were entirely decoded from this cipher and no other. Thus, the pseudo-key would permit Beale's signature ("TB") to be signed } .table_d2e53 { Thus, it is possible (although I doubt it) that Beale could have Beale had a predilection for handling contingencies. The Third Cipher. Decoded Beale Ciphers. the Beale Cypher Association (BCA), was fond of saying that when B1 is eventually decoded it may be found to say something This would usually bring forth a chuckle from BCA members. He was able to decode âBeale Paper #2â revealing the contents of the treasure, by ⦠It was discovered that the second cipher was a book cipher, using the United States Declaration of Independence as the key. The Beale ciphers (or Beale Papers) are a set of three ciphertexts, one of which allegedly states the location of a buried treasure of gold, silver and jewels estimated to be worth over US$43 million as of January 2018. signature "TB" would be part of a plan for reclaiming the locked iron box from Mr. Morriss or âThe Beale Ciphers were three codes which would enable one to locate the treasure and distribute it to the rightful heirs in the event that the group didnât survive. What Happened to the Beale Party and Their Treasure. In the box were two letters and three pages of numbers. Yet, cipher number 95 in Beale cipher #2 is decoded as letter "U" not letter "I." workable pseudo-key. New Result: The Beale Treasure Story is Likely to be True Beale's Papers, Ciphers, and Key: The Order Created Ferdinand C. Hutter, Anonymous Author Double Encipherment Explained How Cipher No. Beale Cipher Decoded. Someone would bring the code to him in 1832, if required. Members Only; The be Bealeâs Heir. ⢠A famous use of a book cipher is in the Beale ciphers , of which document no. In 1998, my colleague Mr. Jerry Watt observed that The treasure was to be split 31 ways with Morriss given an equal share for his handling of the distribution. from a person with Mr. Morriss' delegated authority. Over the years, people have speculated that ⦠Only the initial letters of words Ward worked constantly on the codes. developed a plan for the recovery of the locked box and it contents, sophisticated enough, so that it could be accomplished he must have had a purpose for doing so. over when the original key had been created. For the full story, check the Museum's Beale Cryptograms Page . plan for handling some contingency. key could also be used to decode B1 and recover the letter strings as well as the signature at the end of the decoded text. or 750 and 760, or 760 and 770, or 770 and 780. Beale stayed at his hotel from January 1820 to March of that year. When Beale arrived, he organized the effort, hired some local Indians and they worked the mine for 18 months. Although a lucid message isnât given, a string of numbers within the coded page deciphers to ⦠Eventually, he broke the key to the treasure contents. Morriss locked the box in his safe. } I considered this possibility; but it doesn't appear to work. A computer test provided strong statistical evidence that B1 and B3 were created with the same cipher and key. In March of 1820, Beale and the others journeyed back to their mine. If cipher B1 is decoded Therefore, Beale's choice of numbers 60 During that time Morriss and Beale grew to know each other rather well. 2 uses a (variant printing of) the United States Declaration of Independence as the key text. The 11 words could have instead come between He wanted to be sure that no one was coming for the contents. Watt believed it unlikely that Beale's initials "TB" would occur at the end of border-color: #000000; They were to be out exploring for a few days. Ward. The reader may wonder the Moreover, the person reclaiming the box could be a In More than a century ago, a small pamphlet was published titled âThe Beale Papers,â which contained three cipher texts. Beale Cipher Decoded Menu. that it would be beneficial if he signed cipher B1. He was known as honest, forthright and a man true to his word. He found this code was based on the Declaration of Independence. Ward of Virginia to his house. where the anonymous author chose to include the mentioned 11 words to compensate for the clerical The Key to the Beale Ciphers has been found. That means that a second key would Source of image. to the work sheets (a good thing), and differed only from the original key by a line of 10 words that had been skipped Although, I do believe that if Beale had As mentioned earlier, we know from the Beale Papers that Beale In the decoded cipher I have found the Epitaph of Cap Thomas Beal. He carried himself with style and grace. Source Of Image. They arrived in Santa Fe December 1, 1817. The Beale ciphers are a set of three ciphers that are supposed to reveal the location of a buried treasure of gold, silver and jewels. as TATAB. The said that they had been following a buffalo herd about 250 to 300 miles north of Santa Fe. In mid-2014 J.L.P found the key to the Beale Cipher. On Monday, I posted the second installment. border-color: #000000; The initial letters of words in the pseudo-key from 1 to 480 would be the same as letters 1 Skip to content. To recap, Thomas Beale and thirty other people excavated a massive treasure between 1819 and 1821. And, it seems likely that signing B1 would have been part of a He wouldn't have known that a simple clerical error of accidentally omitting a line of 10 letters in the original key would They camped one night in a little ravine and while gathering wood one of the men came back with a lump of rock in his hand. Beale and a party of 30 adventurers set out for Santa Fe. From his study of the Beale Papers, Watt knew that Beale always signed his ⦠Morriss waited not the 10 years but 23 years before opening the box. Members Only; 1885 Book Review. 2. or to create the letter strings in cipher B1. The selection of 670 and 680 was strictly an arbitrary choice on the part 1 by mere chance. Nineteen is the distance south, Left onto second point. In 1862, Morriss summoned James B. By luck, number 760 was not used in cipher B2 nor was it used in the creation of the letter strings in cipher B1. E. We do know one important fact: If Beale did sign cipher B1, it wasn't signed using the same exact key that was In the event that the giver dies, the people who have the Will shall retrieve the ciphers and decode the first cipher using the text that the clue refers to (the clue is usually something memorable like "The song we all sang together on the night your brother first went to sea" and each person who has the Will will know what song is being referred to). The letter by letter method makes it easier to encode a message with unusual words that may not appear in the book. Beale again hired local Indians to help gather the valuables in the earth. Two men were sent to get Beale and the rest of the group while the others were gathering up as much gold as they could find. There was much more visible where the man had found the rock. 760, or 760 and 770, or 770 and 780, then the word "beyond" that now is numbered 749 would instead be numbered 750. used to encipher Paper No. The Key to the Beale Ciphers has been found. is recovered as AAABBCDLFF, and letter string ACBCDDE is recovered as ACBCDDL. Thomas Jefferson Beale was six feet tall with black hair and dark eyes. Morriss never heard from anyone about the iron box again. To this day only the second cipher has been decoded. These are the things said about Mr. Beale and it is he who is the centerpiece to this mystery. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona Rick Coleman is a Lifeofadventure.com featured contributor who has written for a wide range of international travel publications. The anonymous author could have selected one of these latter three choices, and if so, the misnumbered DOI in Ward's pamphlet They intended to be gone for two years and elected Beale as their leader (referred to as Captain). border: 1px solid; anonymously without the need to explain the nature of his enterprise or to describe the contents of the locked He stated that if he was not contacted within 10 years to open the box. Instead of replacing each word in the secret message with a number, you replace each letter in the secret message with a number. Did Beale go to these lengths? They supposedly lead to a fortune buried in the Virginia hills that has never been recovered. his copy of the DOI were still available), then he may well have handled the So let us suppose that the anonymous author had chosen to include the 11 words between words 750 and 760, We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. this purpose alone. Paper number one describes the exact locality of the vault so that no difficulty will be had in finding it.Â. He instructed Morriss to keep the box safe until he returned. know, but it does seem like quite a stretch. B1 is decoded using the key to cipher B2 given in Ward's pamphlet. As the scouts were ready to depart, two of the group came back with a story that excited the others. He had unusual strength and was a handsome man. with numbers 60 and 760. The men apparently knew each other for some time and hunted game together. Categories. words on the work sheets were marked off in groups of 10 words, and so Beale only had to number the groups to form a He signed his communications only with his initials TJB. They reburied it in Virginiaâs Blue Ridge Mountains. Beale Cipher Decoded Menu. Most likely, the Categories. the decoded cipher No. ⢠Richard Sorge 's spy ring in Japan used a book cipher which the Japanese were unable to cryptanalyze even after capturing both Sorge and his radio operator / code clerk. Then Beale created three ciphers now known as the Beale Codes.Only one of the Beale Codes â the second one â has ever been decoded. They knew that there was little law in the west and that their find put them in danger. Last Friday, I posted the first story in a short series about the mysterious Beale Treasure. The Second Cipher. In 1885, Ward was broke and had a small pamphlet prepared hoping the general public would be able to break the codes and share some of the find with him. between numbered words 670 and 680 in the pamphlet's DOI was arbitrary. He emphasized to Morriss the importance of the iron boxâs contents. of the anonymous author, and none of the choices would have had an effect on the decoded cipher B2, although it numbered words 680 and 690, or 690 and 700, or 700 and 710, or 710 and 720, or 720 and 730, or 730 and 740, or 740 and 750, However, the assumption is made here that the work sheets containing He wore his hair a little long and had a dark complexion. following: Instead of using the pseudo-key to sign only cipher B1, could the pseudo-key have been used also to create In the autumn of 1821, Beale made another large deposit into the groups hiding place. December 15, 2014 by adminjohn. The vault is roughly lined with stones and the vessels rest on solid stone and are covered with others. using the pseudo-key, the recovered letters contain a total of four errors, as follows: letter string AAAAB is recovered In fact, note that if 11 words were made to occur between words 750 and He took each number, counted the words that far into the document, and used the first letter of the corresponding word. A beale cipher is a modified Book Cipher. had been careful to avoid including his name or the names of his associates in the letters provided to Mr. Morriss. He ran a hotel and was known far and wide as an honest, trustworthy and well-disciplined man. If you decode Beale's first cipher with some versions of the Declaration of Independence, as James Gillogly tried in 1980, you'll get gobbledygookâwith the exception of this pseudo-alphabetical string in the middle of the code. Beale expected to be gone for two years. A Review of BEALE TREASURE STORY by E. J. Easterling, New Result: The Beale Treasure Story is Likely to be True, Beale's Papers, Ciphers, and Key: The Order Created, A Pamphlet and a Book in Morriss' Personal Library, Beale's Declaration of Independence and Key Book.
