1820 kam Thomas j. Beale nach Lynchburg (Virginia/USA) und quartierte sich im Washington Hotel ein. Dort blieb er bis zum nächsten Frühjahr und verschwand urplötzlich im März, ohne vorher mit jemandem über seinen background, Vorhaben oder Verwandschaft geredet zu haben, obwohl er mit fast jedem sehr vertraut umging (besonders mit den Frauen!).
Er wird von Robert Morris, dem Hotelbesitzer als ca. 1,80 m großer, schwarzhaariger, starker Mann beschrieben, mit sehr dunkler Haut wie nach einem langen Sonnenaufenthalt.
2 Jahre später kehrte er aber zurück und übergab dem Hotelbesitzer eine Kassette mit wichtigen Papieren zur Aufbewahrung. Er verschwandt erneut und tauchte auch nicht wieder auf.
So öffnete der Hotelbesitzer 1845,  23 Jahre später, die Kassette, die 3 Blätter mit Zahlen und einen Brief enthielt.

Der Brief beschrieb die Herkunft Beales und den Sinn der 3 Zahlenblätter:

Im April 1817 war Beale mit 29 anderen Leuten auf einer Reise quer durch Amerika unterwegs. Nachdem sie durch die reichen Jagdgründe der Western Plains gezogen waren, kamen sie nach Santa Fe, bevor sie nach Norden wollten um Büffel zu jagen. Dort überkam sie das Glück: "The party, encamped in a small ravine, were preparing their evening meal, when one of the men discovered in a cleft of the rocks something that had the appearance of gold. Upon showing it to the others it was pronounced to be gold, and much excitement was the natural consequence."
Der Brief beschreibt, dass die Männer die nächsten 18 Monate dort eine Mine betrieben, wobei sie ienen großen Berg Gold und etwas Silber erarbeiteten.
Sie kamen alle überein, diese Menge an einen geheimen, sicheren Ort zu bringen und zwar in Virginia. Um Gewicht zu sparen verkaufte Beale einiges davon und tauschte es gegen Juwelen. Danach zog Beale ca. 1820 nach Lynchburg und fand einen geheimen Platz, wo er das ganze Zeug vergrub. Aus diesem Viorgehen entstand der erste Besuch im Hotel Washington. Im Frühjahr kehrte er als zu seinen Männern zurück, die weiter gegraben und neue Metallberge angehäuft hatten. Nach weitern Monaten kehrte Beale deswegen mit noch mehr Schätzen nach Lynchburg zurück.
Die Bergleute hatten aber Angst, der Schatz könnte im Fall ihres plötzlichen Todes für ihre Erben verloren gehen, so dass Beale einer Vertrauenspersone den Code zu dem Schatz übergeben sollte. Das tat er, indem die Kassette mit den Zahlencodes den Weg zum Hotelbesitzer fand.
Der Schlüssel zu den 3 Blättern sollte durch eine 3 Person erbracht werden, die jedoch nie auftauchte.

Bis heute wurde nur das Blatt Nr. 2 entziffert, mit hilfe der Unabhängigkeitserklärung:(Declaration of Independence)

"Declaration of Independence"

        When1, in2 the3 course4 of5 human events it becomes
        necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands
        which have connected them with another, and to assume
        among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal
        station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God
        entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind
        requires that they should declare the causes which impel
        them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident,
        and that all men are created equal, that they are endowed
        by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among
        these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; That
        to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men.

Wenn man die Wörter also durchnummeriert und die Anfangsbuchstaben zusammenschreibt, ergibt sich also grob folgendes:

     "I have deposited in the county of Bedford, about
     four miles from Buford's, in an excavation or vault,
     six feet below the surface of the ground, the
     following articles: ... The deposit consists of two
     thousand nine hundred and twenty one pounds of
     gold and five thousand one hundred pounds of silver;
     also jewels, obtained in St. Louis in exchange for silver
     to save transportation ... The above is securely packed
     in iron pots, with iron covers. The vault is roughly lined
     with stone, and the vessels rest on solid stone, and are
     covered with others ..."
(at least £10 million at today's bullion prices)

Die Beal Codes:

Nr.1: Die exakte Beschreibung des Verbergungsortes:
71, 194, 38, 1701, 89, 76, 11, 83, 1629, 48, 94, 63, 132, 16, 111, 95, 84, 341, 975, 14, 40, 64, 27, 81, 139, 213, 63, 90, 1120, 8, 15, 3, 126, 2018, 40, 74, 758, 485, 604, 230, 436, 664, 582, 150, 251, 284, 308, 231, 124, 211, 486, 225, 401, 370, 11, 101, 305, 139, 189, 17, 33, 88, 208, 193, 145, 1, 94, 73, 416, 918, 263, 28, 500, 538, 356, 117, 136, 219, 27, 176, 130, 10, 460, 25, 485, 18, 436, 65, 84, 200, 283, 118, 320, 138, 36, 416, 280, 15, 71, 224, 961, 44, 16, 401, 39, 88, 61, 304, 12, 21, 24, 283, 134, 92, 63, 246, 486, 682, 7, 219, 184, 360, 780, 18, 64, 463, 474, 131, 160, 79, 73, 440, 95, 18, 64, 581, 34, 69, 128, 367, 460, 17, 81, 12, 103, 820, 62, 116, 97, 103, 862, 70, 60, 1317, 471, 540, 208, 121, 890, 346, 36, 150, 59, 568, 614, 13, 120, 63, 219, 812, 2160, 1780, 99, 35, 18, 21, 136, 872, 15, 28, 170, 88, 4, 30, 44, 112, 18, 147, 436, 195, 320, 37, 122, 113, 6, 140, 8, 120, 305, 42, 58, 461, 44, 106, 301, 13, 408, 680, 93, 86, 116, 530, 82, 568, 9, 102, 38, 416, 89, 71, 216, 728, 965, 818, 2, 38, 121, 195, 14, 326, 148, 234, 18, 55, 131, 234, 361, 824, 5, 81, 623, 48, 961, 19, 26, 33, 10, 1101, 365, 92, 88, 181, 275, 346, 201, 206, 86, 36, 219, 324, 829, 840, 64, 326, 19, 48, 122, 85, 216, 284, 919, 861, 326, 985, 233, 64, 68, 232, 431, 960, 50, 29, 81, 216, 321, 603, 14, 612, 81, 360, 36, 51, 62, 194, 78, 60, 200, 314, 676, 112, 4, 28, 18, 61, 136, 247, 819, 921, 1060, 464, 895, 10, 6, 66, 119, 38, 41, 49, 602, 423, 962, 302, 294, 875, 78, 14, 23, 111, 109, 62, 31, 501, 823, 216, 280, 34, 24, 150, 1000, 162, 286, 19, 21, 17, 340, 19, 242, 31, 86, 234, 140, 607, 115, 33, 191, 67, 104, 86, 52, 88, 16, 80, 121, 67, 95, 122, 216, 548, 96, 11, 201, 77, 364, 218, 65, 667, 890, 236, 154, 211, 10, 98, 34, 119, 56, 216, 119, 71, 218, 1164, 1496, 1817, 51, 39, 210, 36, 3, 19, 540, 232, 22, 141, 617, 84, 290, 80, 46, 207, 411, 150, 29, 38, 46, 172, 85, 194, 39, 261, 543, 897, 624, 18, 212, 416, 127, 931, 19, 4, 63, 96, 12, 101, 418, 16, 140, 230, 460, 538, 19, 27, 88, 612, 1431, 90, 716, 275, 74, 83, 11, 426, 89, 72, 84, 1300, 1706, 814, 221, 132, 40, 102, 34, 868, 975, 1101, 84, 16, 79, 23, 16, 81, 122, 324, 403, 912, 227, 936, 447, 55, 86, 34, 43, 212, 107, 96, 314, 264, 1065, 323, 428, 601, 203, 124, 95, 216, 814, 2906, 654, 820, 2, 301, 112, 176, 213, 71, 87, 96, 202, 35, 10, 2, 41, 17, 84, 221, 736, 820, 214, 11, 60, 760

Nr3. Beales Miteigentümer mit deren nächsten Verwandten:
317, 8, 92, 73, 112, 89, 67, 318, 28, 96,107, 41, 631, 78, 146, 397, 118, 98, 114, 246, 348, 116, 74, 88, 12, 65, 32, 14, 81, 19, 76, 121, 216, 85, 33, 66, 15, 108, 68, 77, 43, 24, 122, 96, 117, 36, 211, 301, 15, 44, 11, 46, 89, 18, 136, 68, 317, 28, 90, 82, 304, 71, 43, 221, 198, 176, 310, 319, 81, 99, 264, 380, 56, 37, 319, 2, 44, 53, 28, 44, 75, 98, 102, 37, 85, 107, 117, 64, 88, 136, 48, 151, 99, 175, 89, 315, 326, 78, 96, 214, 218, 311, 43, 89, 51, 90, 75, 128, 96, 33, 28, 103, 84, 65, 26, 41, 246, 84, 270, 98, 116, 32, 59, 74, 66, 69, 240, 15, 8, 121, 20, 77, 89, 31, 11, 106, 81, 191, 224, 328, 18, 75, 52, 82, 117, 201, 39, 23, 217, 27, 21, 84, 35, 54, 109, 128, 49, 77, 88, 1, 81, 217, 64, 55, 83, 116, 251, 269, 311, 96, 54, 32, 120, 18, 132, 102, 219, 211, 84, 150, 219, 275, 312, 64, 10, 106, 87, 75, 47, 21, 29, 37, 81, 44, 18, 126, 115, 132, 160, 181, 203, 76, 81, 299, 314, 337, 351, 96, 11, 28, 97, 318, 238, 106, 24, 93, 3, 19, 17, 26, 60, 73, 88, 14, 126, 138, 234, 286, 297, 321, 365, 264, 19, 22, 84, 56, 107, 98, 123, 111, 214, 136, 7, 33, 45, 40, 13, 28, 46, 42, 107, 196, 227, 344, 198, 203, 247, 116, 19, 8, 212, 230, 31, 6, 328, 65, 48, 52, 59, 41, 122, 33, 117, 11, 18, 25, 71, 36, 45, 83, 76, 89, 92, 31, 65, 70, 83, 96, 27, 33, 44, 50, 61, 24, 112, 136, 149, 176, 180, 194, 143, 171, 205, 296, 87, 12, 44, 51, 89, 98, 34, 41, 208, 173, 66, 9, 35, 16, 95, 8, 113, 175, 90, 56, 203, 19, 177, 183, 206, 157, 200, 218, 260, 291, 305, 618, 951, 320, 18, 124, 78, 65, 19, 32, 124, 48, 53, 57, 84, 96, 207, 244, 66, 82, 119, 71, 11, 86, 77, 213, 54, 82, 316, 245, 303, 86, 97, 106, 212, 18, 37, 15, 81, 89, 16, 7, 81, 39, 96, 14, 43, 216, 118, 29, 55, 109, 136, 172, 213, 64, 8, 227, 304, 611, 221, 364, 819, 375, 128, 296, 1, 18, 53, 76, 10, 15, 23, 19, 71, 84, 120, 134, 66, 73, 89, 96, 230, 48, 77, 26, 101, 127, 936, 218, 439, 178, 171, 61, 226, 313, 215, 102, 18, 167, 262, 114, 218, 66, 59, 48, 27, 19, 13, 82, 48, 162, 119, 34, 127, 139, 34, 128, 129, 74, 63, 120, 11, 54, 61, 73, 92, 180, 66, 75, 101, 124, 265, 89, 96, 126, 274, 896, 917, 434, 461, 235, 890, 312, 413, 328, 381, 96, 105, 217, 66, 118, 22, 77, 64, 42, 12, 7, 55, 24, 83, 67, 97, 109, 121, 135, 181, 203, 219, 228, 256, 21, 34, 77, 319, 374, 382, 675, 684, 717, 864, 203, 4, 18, 92, 16, 63, 82, 22, 46, 55, 69, 74, 112, 134, 186, 175, 119, 213, 416, 312, 343, 264, 119, 186, 218, 343, 417, 845, 951, 124, 209, 49, 617, 856, 924, 936, 72, 19, 28, 11, 35, 42, 40, 66, 85, 94, 112, 65, 82, 115, 119, 236, 244, 186, 172, 112, 85, 6, 56, 38, 44, 85, 72, 32, 47, 63, 96, 124, 217, 314, 319, 221, 644, 817, 821, 934, 922, 416, 975, 10, 22, 18, 46, 137, 181, 101, 39, 86, 103, 116, 138, 164, 212, 218, 296, 815, 380, 412, 460, 495, 675, 820, 952


Nr. 2  Inhalt des Schatzes:
115, 73, 24, 807, 37, 52, 49, 17, 31, 62, 647, 22, 7, 15, 140, 47, 29, 107, 79, 84, 56, 239, 10, 26, 811, 5, 196, 308, 85, 52, 160, 136, 59, 211, 36, 9, 46, 316, 554, 122, 106, 95, 53, 58, 2, 42, 7, 35, 122, 53, 31, 82, 77, 250, 196, 56, 96, 118, 71, 140, 287, 28, 353, 37, 1005, 65, 147, 807, 24, 3, 8, 12, 47, 43, 59, 807, 45, 316, 101, 41, 78, 154, 1005, 122, 138, 191, 16, 77, 49, 102, 57, 72, 34, 73, 85, 35, 371, 59, 196, 81, 92, 191, 106, 273, 60, 394, 620, 270, 220, 106, 388, 287, 63, 3, 6, 191, 122, 43, 234, 400, 106, 290, 314, 47, 48, 81, 96, 26, 115, 92, 158, 191, 110, 77, 85, 197, 46, 10, 113, 140, 353, 48, 120, 106, 2, 607, 61, 420, 811, 29, 125, 14, 20, 37, 105, 28, 248, 16, 159, 7, 35, 19, 301, 125, 110, 486, 287, 98, 117, 511, 62, 51, 220, 37, 113, 140, 807, 138, 540, 8, 44, 287, 388, 117, 18, 79, 344, 34, 20, 59, 511, 548, 107, 603, 220, 7, 66, 154, 41, 20, 50, 6, 575, 122, 154, 248, 110, 61, 52, 33, 30, 5, 38, 8, 14, 84, 57, 540, 217, 115, 71, 29, 84, 63, 43, 131, 29, 138, 47, 73, 239, 540, 52, 53, 79, 118, 51, 44, 63, 196, 12, 239, 112, 3, 49, 79, 353, 105, 56, 371, 557, 211, 505, 125, 360, 133, 143, 101, 15, 284, 540, 252, 14, 205, 140, 344, 26, 811, 138, 115, 48, 73, 34, 205, 316, 607, 63, 220, 7, 52, 150, 44, 52, 16, 40, 37, 158, 807, 37, 121, 12, 95, 10, 15, 35, 12, 131, 62, 115, 102, 807, 49, 53, 135, 138, 30, 31, 62, 67, 41, 85, 63, 10, 106, 807, 138, 8, 113, 20, 32, 33, 37, 353, 287, 140, 47, 85, 50, 37, 49, 47, 64, 6, 7, 71, 33, 4, 43, 47, 63, 1, 27, 600, 208, 230, 15, 191, 246, 85, 94, 511, 2, 270, 20, 39, 7, 33, 44, 22, 40, 7, 10, 3, 811, 106, 44, 486, 230, 353, 211, 200, 31, 10, 38, 140, 297, 61, 603, 320, 302, 666, 287, 2, 44, 33, 32, 511, 548, 10, 6, 250, 557, 246, 53, 37, 52, 83, 47, 320, 38, 33, 807, 7, 44, 30, 31, 250, 10, 15, 35, 106, 160, 113, 31, 102, 406, 230, 540, 320, 29, 66, 33, 101, 807, 138, 301, 316, 353, 320, 220, 37, 52, 28, 540, 320, 33, 8, 48, 107, 50, 811, 7, 2, 113, 73, 16, 125, 11, 110, 67, 102, 807, 33, 59, 81, 158, 38, 43, 581, 138, 19, 85, 400, 38, 43, 77, 14, 27, 8, 47, 138, 63, 140, 44, 35, 22, 177, 106, 250, 314, 217, 2, 10, 7, 1005, 4, 20, 25, 44, 48, 7, 26, 46, 110, 230, 807, 191, 34, 112, 147, 44, 110, 121, 125, 96, 41, 51, 50, 140, 56, 47, 152, 540, 63, 807, 28, 42, 250, 138, 582, 98, 643, 32, 107, 140, 112, 26, 85, 138, 540, 53, 20, 125, 371, 38, 36, 10, 52, 118, 136, 102, 420, 150, 112, 71, 14, 20, 7, 24, 18, 12, 807, 37, 67, 110, 62, 33, 21, 95, 220, 511, 102, 811, 30, 83, 84, 305, 620, 15, 2, 10, 8, 220, 106, 353, 105, 106, 60, 275, 72, 8, 50, 205, 185, 112, 125, 540, 65, 106, 807, 138, 96, 110, 16, 73, 33, 807, 150, 409, 400, 50, 154, 285, 96, 106, 316, 270, 205, 101, 811, 400, 8, 44, 37, 52, 40, 241, 34, 205, 38, 16, 46, 47, 85, 24, 44, 15, 64, 73, 138, 807, 85, 78, 110, 33, 420, 505, 53, 37, 38, 22, 31, 10, 110, 106, 101, 140, 15, 38, 3, 5, 44, 7, 98, 287, 135, 150, 96, 33, 84, 125, 807, 191, 96, 511, 118, 40, 370, 643, 466, 106, 41, 107, 603, 220, 275, 30, 150, 105, 49, 53, 287, 250, 208, 134, 7, 53, 12, 47, 85, 63, 138, 110, 21, 112, 140, 485, 486, 505, 14, 73, 84, 575, 1005, 150, 200, 16, 42, 5, 4, 25, 42, 8, 16, 811, 125, 160, 32, 205, 603, 807, 81, 96, 405, 41, 600, 136, 14, 20, 28, 26, 353, 302, 246, 8, 131, 160, 140, 84, 440, 42, 16, 811, 40, 67, 101, 102, 194, 138, 205, 51, 63, 241, 540, 122, 8, 10, 63, 140, 47, 48, 140, 288

Da sich die Zahlencodes bei verschiedenen Quellen etwas unterscheiden, hier die aus der Wikipedia:

Die erste Beale-Chiffre
71, 194, 38, 1701, 89, 76, 11, 83, 1629, 48, 94, 63, 132, 16, 111, 95, 84, 341, 975, 14, 40, 64, 27, 81, 139, 213, 63, 90, 1120, 8, 15, 3, 126, 2018, 40, 74, 758, 485, 604, 230, 436, 664, 582, 150, 251, 284, 308, 231, 124, 211, 486, 225, 401, 370, 11, 101, 305, 139, 189, 17, 33, 88, 208, 193, 145, 1, 94, 73, 416, 918, 263, 28, 500, 538, 356, 117, 136, 219, 27, 176, 130, 10, 460, 25, 485, 18, 436, 65, 84, 200, 283, 118, 320, 138, 36, 416, 280, 15, 71, 224, 961, 44, 16, 401, 39, 88, 61, 304, 12, 21, 24, 283, 134, 92, 63, 246, 486, 682, 7, 219, 184, 360, 780, 18, 64, 463, 474, 131, 160, 79, 73, 440, 95, 18, 64, 581, 34, 69, 128, 367, 460, 17, 81, 12, 103, 820, 62, 116, 97, 103, 862, 70, 60, 1317, 471, 540, 208, 121, 890, 346, 36, 150, 59, 568, 614, 13, 120, 63, 219, 812, 2160, 1780, 99, 35, 18, 21, 136, 872, 15, 28, 170, 88, 4, 30, 44, 112, 18, 147, 436, 195, 320, 37, 122, 113, 6, 140, 8, 120, 305, 42, 58, 461, 44, 106, 301, 13, 408, 680, 93, 86, 116, 530, 82, 568, 9, 102, 38, 416, 89, 71, 216, 728, 965, 818, 2, 38, 121, 195, 14, 326, 148, 234, 18, 55, 131, 234, 361, 824, 5, 81, 623, 48, 961, 19, 26, 33, 10, 1101, 365, 92, 88, 181, 275, 346, 201, 206, 86, 36, 219, 324, 829, 840, 64, 326, 19, 48, 122, 85, 216, 284, 919, 861, 326, 985, 233, 64, 68, 232, 431, 960, 50, 29, 81, 216, 321, 603, 14, 612, 81, 360, 36, 51, 62, 194, 78, 60, 200, 314, 676, 112, 4, 28, 18, 61, 136, 247, 819, 921, 1060, 464, 895, 10, 6, 66, 119, 38, 41, 49, 602, 423, 962, 302, 294, 875, 78, 14, 23, 111, 109, 62, 31, 501, 823, 216, 280, 34, 24, 150, 1000, 162, 286, 19, 21, 17, 340, 19, 242, 31, 86, 234, 140, 607, 115, 33, 191, 67, 104, 86, 52, 88, 16, 80, 121, 67, 95, 122, 216, 548, 96, 11, 201, 77, 364, 218, 65, 667, 890, 236, 154, 211, 10, 98, 34, 119, 56, 216, 119, 71, 218, 1164, 1496, 1817, 51, 39, 210, 36, 3, 19, 540, 232, 22, 141, 617, 84, 290, 80, 46, 207, 411, 150, 29, 38, 46, 172, 85, 194, 39, 261, 543, 897, 624, 18, 212, 416, 127, 931, 19, 4, 63, 96, 12, 101, 418, 16, 140, 230, 460, 538, 19, 27, 88, 612, 1431, 90, 716, 275, 74, 83, 11, 426, 89, 72, 84, 1300, 1706, 814, 221, 132, 40, 102, 34, 868, 975, 1101, 84, 16, 79, 23, 16, 81, 122, 324, 403, 912, 227, 936, 447, 55, 86, 34, 43, 212, 107, 96, 314, 264, 1065, 323, 428, 601, 203, 124, 95, 216, 814, 2906, 654, 820, 2, 301, 112, 176, 213, 71, 87, 96, 202, 35, 10, 2, 41, 17, 84, 221, 736, 820, 214, 11, 60, 760.

Die zweite Beale-Chiffre
115, 73, 24, 818, 37, 52, 49, 17, 31, 62, 657, 22, 7, 15, 140, 47, 29, 107, 79, 84, 56, 238, 10, 26, 822, 5, 195, 308, 85, 52, 159, 136, 59, 210, 36, 9, 46, 316, 543, 122, 106, 95, 53, 58, 2, 42, 7, 35, 122, 53, 31, 82, 77, 250, 195, 56, 96, 118, 71, 140, 287, 28, 353, 37, 994, 65, 147, 818, 24, 3, 8, 12, 47, 43, 59, 818, 45, 316, 101, 41, 78, 154, 994, 122, 138, 190, 16, 77, 49, 102, 57, 72, 34, 73, 85, 35, 371, 59, 195, 81, 92, 190, 106, 273, 60, 394, 629, 270, 219, 106, 388, 287, 63, 3, 6, 190, 122, 43, 233, 400, 106, 290, 314, 47, 48, 81, 96, 26, 115, 92, 157, 190, 110, 77, 85, 196, 46, 10, 113, 140, 353, 48, 120, 106, 2, 616,61, 420, 822, 29, 125, 14, 20, 37, 105, 28, 248, 16, 158, 7, 35, 19, 301, 125, 110, 496, 287, 98, 117, 520, 62, 51, 219, 37, 113, 140, 818, 138, 549, 8, 44, 287, 388, 117, 18, 79, 344, 34, 20, 59, 520, 557, 107, 612, 219, 37, 66, 154, 41, 20, 50, 6, 584, 122, 154, 248, 110, 61, 52, 33, 30, 5, 38, 8, 14, 84, 57, 549, 216, 115, 71, 29, 85, 63, 43, 131, 29, 138, 47, 73, 238, 549, 52, 53, 79, 118, 51, 44, 63, 195, 12, 238, 112, 3, 49, 79, 353, 105, 56, 371, 566, 210, 515, 125, 360, 133, 143, 101, 15, 284, 549, 252, 14, 204, 140, 344, 26, 822, 138, 115, 48, 73, 34, 204, 316, 616, 63, 219, 7, 52, 150, 44, 52, 16, 40, 37, 157, 818, 37, 121, 12, 95, 10, 15, 35, 12, 131, 62, 115, 102, 818, 49, 53, 135, 138, 30, 31, 62, 67, 41, 85, 63, 10, 106, 818, 138, 8, 113, 20, 32, 33, 37, 353, 287, 140, 47, 85, 50, 37, 49, 47, 64, 6, 7, 71, 33, 4, 43, 47, 63, 1, 27, 609, 207, 229, 15, 190, 246, 85, 94, 520, 2, 270, 20, 39, 7, 33, 44, 22, 40, 7, 10, 3, 822, 106, 44, 496, 229, 353, 210, 199, 31, 10, 38, 140, 297, 61, 612, 320, 302, 676, 287, 2, 44, 33, 32, 520, 557, 10, 6, 250, 566, 246, 53, 37, 52, 83, 47, 320, (38 OR 39), 33, 818, 7, 44, 30, 31, 250, 10, 15, 35, 106, 159, 113, 31, 102, 406, 229, 549, 320, 29, 66, 33, 101, 818, 138, 301, 316, 353, 320, 219, 37, 52, 28, 549, 320, 33, 8, 48, 107, 50, 822, 7, 2, 113, 73, 16, 125, 11, 110, 67, 102, 818, 33, 59, 81, 157, 38, 43, 590, 138, 19, 85, 400, 38, 43, 77, 14, 27, 8, 47, 138, 63, 140, 44, 35, 22, 176, 106, 250, 314, 216, 2, 10, 7, 994, 4, 20, 25, 44, 48, 7, 26, 46, 110, 229, 818, 190, 34, 112, 147, 44, 110, 121, 125, 96, 41, 51, 50, 140, 56, 47, 152, 549, 63, 818, 28, 42, 250, 138, 591, 98, 652, 32, 107, 140, 112, 26, 85, 138, 549, 50, 20, 125, 371, 38, 36, 10, 52, 118, 136, 102, 420, 150, 112, 71, 14, 20, 7, 24, 18, 12, 818, 37, 67, 110, 62, 33, 21, 95, 219, 520, 102, 822, 30, 83, 84, 305, 629, 15, 2, 10, 8, 219, 106, 353, 105, 106, 60, 242, 72, 8, 50. 204, 184, 112, 125, 549, 65, 106, 818, 190, 96, 110, 16, 73, 33, 818, 150, 409, 400, 50, 154, 285, 96, 106, 316, 270, 204, 101, 822, 400, 8, 44, 37, 52, 40, 240, 34, 204, 38, 16, 46, 47, 85, 24, 44, 15, 64, 73, 138, 818, 85, 78, 110, 33, 420, 515, 53, 37, 38, 22, 31, 10, 110. 106, 101, 140, 15, 38, 3, 5, 44, 7, 98, 287, 135, 150, 96, 33, 84, 125, 818, 190, 96, 520, 118, 459, 370, 653, 466, 106, 41, 107, 612, 219, 275, 30, 150, 105, 49, 53, 287, 250, 207, 134, 7, 53, 12, 47, 85, 63, 138, 110,21, 112, 140, 495, 496, 515, 14, 73, 85, 584, 994, 150, 199, 16, 42, 5, 4, 25, 42, 8, 16, 822, 125, 159, 32, 204, 612, 818, 81, 95, 405, 41, 609, 136, 14, 20, 28, 26, 353, 302, 246, 8, 131, 159, 140, 84, 440, 42, 16, 822, 40, 67, 101, 102, 193, 138, 204, 51, 63, 240, 549, 122, 8, 10, 63, 140, 47, 48, 140, 288.

Die dritte Beale-Chiffre
317, 8, 92, 73, 112, 89, 67, 318, 28, 96, 107, 41, 631,78, 146, 397, 118, 98, 114, 246, 348, 116, 74, 88, 12, 65, 32, 14, 81, 19, 76, 121, 216, 85, 33, 66, 15, 108, 68, 77, 43, 24, 122, 96, 117, 36, 211, 301, 15, 44, 11, 46, 89, 18, 136, 68, 317, 28, 90, 82, 304, 71, 43, 221, 198, 176, 310, 319, 81, 99, 264, 380, 56, 37, 319, 2, 44, 53, 28, 44, 75, 98, 102, 37, 85, 107, 117, 64, 88, 136, 48, 151, 99, 175, 89, 315, 326, 78, 96, 214, 218, 311, 43, 89, 51, 90, 75, 128, 96, 33, 28, 103, 84, 65, 26, 41, 246, 84, 270, 98, 116, 32, 59, 74, 66, 69, 240, 15, 8, 121, 20, 77, 89, 31, 11, 106, 81, 191, 224, 328, 18, 75, 52, 82, 117, 201, 39, 23, 217, 27, 21, 84, 35, 54, 109, 128, 49, 77, 88, 1, 81, 217, 64, 55, 83, 116, 251, 269, 311, 96, 54, 32, 120, 18, 132, 102, 219, 211, 84, 150, 219, 275, 312, 64, 10, 106, 87, 75, 47, 21, 29, 37, 81, 44, 18, 126, 115, 132, 160, 181, 203, 76, 81, 299, 314, 337, 351, 96, 11, 28, 97, 318, 238, 106, 24, 93, 3, 19, 17, 26, 60, 73, 88, 14, 126, 138, 234, 286, 297, 321, 365, 264, 19, 22, 84, 56, 107, 98, 123, 111, 214, 136, 7, 33, 45, 40, 13, 28, 46, 42, 107, 196, 227, 344, 198, 203, 247, 116, 19, 8, 212, 230, 31, 6, 328, 65, 48, 52, 59, 41, 122, 33, 117, 11, 18, 25, 71, 36, 45, 83, 76, 89, 92, 31, 65, 70, 83, 96, 27, 33, 44, 50, 61, 24, 112, 136, 149, 176, 180, 194, 143, 171, 205, 296, 87, 12, 44, 51, 89, 98, 34, 41, 208, 173, 66, 9, 35, 16, 95, 8, 113, 175, 90, 56, 203, 19, 177, 183, 206, 157, 200, 218, 260, 291, 305, 618, 951, 320, 18, 124, 78, 65, 19, 32, 124, 48, 53, 57, 84, 96, 207, 244, 66, 82, 119, 71, 11, 86, 77, 213, 54, 82, 316, 245, 303, 86, 97, 106, 212, 18, 37, 15, 81, 89, 16, 7, 81, 39, 96, 14, 43, 216, 118, 29, 55, 109, 136, 172, 213, 64, 8, 227, 304, 611, 221, 364, 819, 375, 128, 296, 11, 18, 53, 76, 10, 15, 23, 19, 71, 84, 120, 134, 66, 73, 89, 96, 230, 48, 77, 26, 101, 127, 936, 218, 439, 178, 171, 61, 226, 313, 215, 102, 18, 167,262, 114, 218, 66, 59, 48, 27, 19, 13, 82, 48, 162, 119, 34, 127, 139, 34, 128, 129, 74, 63, 120, 11, 54, 61, 73, 92, 180, 66, 75, 101, 124, 265, 89, 96, 126, 274, 896, 917, 434, 461, 235, 890, 312, 413, 328, 381, 96, 105, 217, 66, 118, 22, 77, 64, 42, 12, 7, 55, 24, 83, 67, 97, 109, 121, 135, 181, 203, 219, 228, 256, 21, 34, 77, 319, 374, 382, 675, 684, 717, 864, 203, 4, 18, 92, 16, 63, 82, 22, 46, 55, 69, 74, 112, 135, 186, 175, 119, 213, 416, 312, 343, 264, 119, 186, 218, 343, 417, 845, 951, 124, 209, 49, 617, 356, 924, 936, 72, 19, 29, 11, 35, 42, 40, 66, 85, 94, 112, 65, 82, 115, 119, 236, 244, 186, 172, 112, 85, 6, 56, 38, 44, 85, 72, 32, 47, 73, 96, 124, 217, 314, 319, 221, 644, 817, 821, 934, 922, 416, 975, 10, 22, 13, 46, 137, 181, 101, 39, 86, 103, 116, 138, 164, 212, 218, 296, 815, 380, 412, 460, 495, 675, 820, 952.

Die zweite Beale-Chiffre (entschlüsselt)
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. THE FIRST DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF TEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN POUNDS (1014 lbs.) OF GOLD AND THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWELVE POUNDS (3812 lbs.) OF SILVER, DEPOSITED NOV. EIGHTEEN NINETEEN.(NOV.1819) THE SECOND WAS MADE DEC. EIGHTEEN TWENTY-ONE (DEC 1821) AND CONSISTED OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN POUNDS OF GOLD AND TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT OF SILVER; ALSO JEWELS OBTAINED IN ST. LOUIS IN EXCHANGE TO SAVE TRANSPORTATION, AND VALUED AT THIRTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE ABOVE IS SECURELY PACKED IN IRON POTS WITH IRON COVERS. THE VAULT IS ROUGHLY LINED WITH STONE, AND THE VESSELS REST ON SOLID STONE, AND ARE COVERED WITH OTHERS. PAPER NUMBER ONE DESCRIBES THE EXACT LOCALITY OF THE VAULT, SO THAT NO DIFFICULTY WILL BE HAD IN FINDING IT.

Deutsche Übersetzung der zweiten Beale-Chiffre
Ich habe in Bedford County, etwa vier Meilen von Buford, in einer Aushöhlung zwei Meter unter der Erdoberfläche, die folgenden Gegenstände deponiert, die jenen Personen gehören, welche in Nummer drei genannt sind: Das erste Depot besteht aus 1.014 Pfund Gold und 3.812 Pfund Silber, eingelagert im November 1819. Das zweite Depot wurde im Dezember 1821 angelegt und besteht aus 1.907 Pfund Gold und 1.280 Pfund Silber; zudem Juwelen, erworben in St. Louis im Tausch für Silber, um den Transport zu erleichtern, und auf 13.000 Dollar geschätzt. Obiges ist sicher in eisernen Gefäßen mit Eisendeckeln verpackt. Der Hohlraum ist grob mit Steinen umfasst und die Gefäße ruhen auf hartem Gestein und sind mit solchen bedeckt. Papier Nummer eins beschreibt die genaue Lage des Hohlraums, sodass es nicht schwierig sein dürfte, ihn zu finden.



Also fehlt jetzt nur noch ein Buch/Text/Brief etc. um den Rest auch noch zu entschlüsseln. Viel Glück!

mehr davon...

http://www.ariplex.com/tina/tbeale01.htm

Dann übernehme ich doch mal gleich den dortigen Code aus dem veröffentlichten Buch, hier erstmal die beiden Briefe:


                               THE
                    B E A L E    P A P E R S
                           containing
                      Authentic Statements
                          regarding the
                         TREASURE BURIED
                       in 1819 and 1821,
                              near
              Bufords, in Bedford County, Virginia,
                               and
                 Which Has Never Been Recovered.
                           Lynchburg:
                  Virginian Book and Job Print
                              1885.


The letter is as follows:

                                                        Lynchburg, January 4th, 1822.

  My Dear Friend Morriss: - You will,  doubtless,  be  surprised
when  you discover, from a perusal of this letter, the importance
of the trust confided to you, and the confidence reposed in  your
honor,  by parties whom you have never seen, and whose names even
you have never heard.  The reasons are simple and easily told; it
was  imperative  upon us that some one here should be selected to
carry out our wishes in case of accident to ourselves,  and  your
reputation as a man of the sternest integrity, unblemished honor,
and business capacity, influenced them to select you in place  of
others  better  known,  but perhaps, not so reliable as yourself.
It was with this design that I  first  visited  your  house,  two
years  since,  that I might judge by personal observation if your
reputation was merited.  To enable me better to do so, I remained
with  you more than three months, and until I was fully satisfied
as to your character.  This visit was made by the request  of  my
associates, and you can judge from their action whether my report
was a favorable one.
   I will now give you some idea of the enterprise  in  which  we
are engaged, and the duties which will be required of you in con-
nection therewith;  first assuring you, however, that  your  com-
pensation  for the trouble will be ample, as you have been unani-
mously made one or our association, and as such are  entitled  to
share equally with the others.
   Some five years since I, in connection with  several  friends,
who,  like  myself,  were  fond of adventure, and if mixed with a
little danger all the more acceptable, determined  to  visit  the
great  Western  plains  and  enjoy  ourselves in hunting buffalo,
grizzly bears, and such other game as the country  would  afford.
This, at that time, was our sole object, and we at once proceeded
to put it in execution.  On account of Indians and other  dangers
incident  to  such an undertaking, we determined to raise a party
of not less than thirty individuals, of good character and stand-
ing,  who  would  be pleasant companions, and financially able to
encounter the expense.  With this object in view, each one of  us
suggested  the  matter  to his several friends and acquaintances,
and in a few weeks the requisite number  had  signed  the  condi-
tions,  and  were admitted as members of the party.  Some few re-
fused to join with us, being, doubtless, deterred by the dangers,
but such men we did not want, and were glad of their refusal.
   The company being formed, we forthwith commenced our  prepara-
tions,  and,  early  in  April,  1817,  left old Virginia for St.
Louis, Mo., where we expected to purchase the necessary  outfits,
procure a guide and two or three servants, and obtain such infor-
mation and advice as might be beneficial hereafter.  All was done
as  intended, and we left St. Louis the 19th of May, to be absent
two years, our objective point being Santa Fe, which we  intended
to  reach  in  the ensuing Fall, and there establish ourselves in
winter quarters.
   After leaving St. Louis we were advised by our guide to form a
regular  military organization, with a captain, to be selected by
the members, to whom should be given sole authority to manage our
affairs,  and, in cases of necessity, ensure united action.  This
was agreed to, and each member of the party bound  himself  by  a
solemn  obligation to obey at all times, the orders of their cap-
tain, or, in the event of refusal, to leave the company at  once.
This arrangement was to remain in force for two years, or for the
period of our expected absence.  Tyranny, partiality, incompeten-
cy,  or other improper conduct on the part of the captain, was to
be punished by deposing him from his office, if a majority of the
company  desired  his  dismissal.  All this being arranged, and a
set of laws framed, by which the conduct of the members was to be
regulated,  the election was held, and resulted in choosing me as
their leader.
   It is not my purpose now to give you details  of  our  wander-
ings,  or of the pleasures or dangers we encountered.  All this I
will reserve until we meet again, when it will be a  pleasure  to
recall incidents that will always be fresh in my memory.
   About the first of December we reached our destination,  Santa
Fe, and prepared for a long and welcome rest from the fatigues of
our journey.  Nothing of interest occurred during the winter, and
of  this  little  Mexican town we soon became heartily tired.  We
longed for the advent of weather which would enable us to  resume
our wanderings and our exhilerating pursuits.
   Early in March some of the party,  to  vary  the  monotony  of
their  lives,  determined upon a short excursion, for the purpose
of hunting and examining the country around us.  They expected to
be  only a few days absent, but days passed into weeks, and weeks
into a month or more before we had any tidings of the party.   We
had  become  exceedingly  uneasy,  and were preparing to send out
scouts to trace them, if possible, when two of the party arrived,
and  gave  an explanation of their absence.  It appears that when
the left Santa Fe they pursued a northerly course for some  days,
being  successful  in  finding  an  abundance of game, which they
secured, and were on the eve of returning when they discovered on
their  left  an  immense  herd of buffaloes, heading for a valley
just perceptible in the  distance.   They  determined  to  follow
them,  and  secure  as  many as possible.  Keeping well together,
they followed their trail for two weeks or  more,  securing  many
and stampeding the rest.
   One day, while following them, the party encamped in  a  small
ravine,  some 250 or 300 miles to the north of Santa Fe, and with
their horses tethered, were preparing their  evening  meal,  when
one  of the men discovered in a cleft of the rocks something that
had the appearance of gold.  Upon showing it to the others it was
pronounced to be gold, and much excitement was the natural conse-
quence.  Messengers were at once dispatched to inform me  of  the
facts,  and  request  my presence with the rest of the party, and
with supplies for an indefinite  time.   All  the  pleasures  and
temptations  which  had lured them to the plains were now forgot-
ten, and visions of boundless wealth and future grandeur were the
only  ideas  entertained.  Upon reaching the locality I found all
as it had been represented, and the  excitement  intense.   Every
one was diligently at work with such tools and appliances as they
had improvised, and quite a little pile had already  accumulated.
Though  all  were at work, there was nothing like order or method
in their plans, and my first  efforts  were  to  systematize  our
operations, and reduce everything to order.  With this object, an
agreement was entered into to work in common as  joint  partners,
the  accumulations  of each one to be placed in a common recepta-
cle, and each be entitled to an equal share, whenever he chose to
withdraw it - the whole to remain under my charge until some oth-
er disposition of it was agreed upon.  Under this arrangement the
work  progressed  favorable  for  eighteen  months or more, and a
great deal of gold had accumulated in my hands as well as silver,
which had likewise been found.  Everything necessary for our pur-
poses and for the prosecution of the work had been obtained  from
Santa  Fe, and no trouble was experienced in procuring assistance
from the Indians in our labors.  Matters went on thus  until  the
summer  of  1819, when the question of transferring our wealth to
some secure place was frequently  discussed.   It  was  not  con-
sidered  advisable  to  retain  so large an amount in so wild and
dangerous a locality, where its very  possession  might  endanger
our  lives;  and  to  conceal  it here would avail nothing, as we
might at any time be forced to reveal its place  of  concealment.
We  were in a dilemma.  Some advised one plan, some another.  One
recommended Santa Fe as the safest place  to  deposit  it,  while
others  objected,  and  advocated  its  shipment  at  once to the
States, where it was ultimately bound to go, and where  alone  it
would  be safe.  The idea seemed to prevail, and it was doubtless
correct, that when outside parties ascertained, as they would do,
that  we  kept nothing on hand to tempt their cupidity, our lives
would be more secure than at present.   It  was  finally  decided
that  is should be sent to Virginia under my charge, and securely
buried in a cave near Buford's tavern, in the county of  Bedford,
which all of us had visited, and which was considered a perfectly
safe depository.  This was acceptable to all, and I at once  made
preparations  for my departure. The whole party were to accompany
me for the first five hundred miles, when all but ten  would  re-
turn,  these  latter to remain with me to the end of the journey.
All was carried out as arranged, and I  arrived  safely  with  my
charge.
   Stopping at Buford's, where we remained  for  a  month,  under
pretense  of hunting &c.. we visited the cave, and found it unfit
for our purpose.  It was too frequently visited by the  neighbor-
ing farmers, who used it as a receptacle for their sweet potatoes
and other vegetables.  We soon selected a better  place,  and  to
this the treasure was safely transferred.
   Before leaving my companions on the plains  it  was  suggested
that,  in  case of an accident to ourselves, the treasure so con-
cealed would be lost to their relatives, without  some  provision
against  such  a  contingency.   I  was,  therefore instructed to
select some perfectly reliable person, if such an  one  could  be
found,  who should, in the event of his proving acceptable to the
party, be confided in to carry out  their  wishes  in  regard  to
their  respective shares, and upon my return report whether I had
found such a person.  It was in accordance  with  these  instruc-
tions  that  I visited you, made your acquaintance, was satisfied
that you would suit us, and so reported.
   On my return I found the  work  still  progressing  favorably,
and,  by  making large accessions to our force of laborers, I was
ready to return last Fall with  an  increased  supply  of  metal,
which  came  through safely and was deposited with the other.  It
was at this time I handed you the box, not disclosing the  nature
of  its  contents,  but  asking you to keep it safely till called
for.  I intend writing you, however, from St. Louis, and  impress
upon you its importance still more forcibly.
   The papers enclosed herewith will  be  unintelligible  without
the  key,  which will reach you in time, and will be found merely
to state the contents of our depository, with its exact location,
and  a  list  of  the  names  of  our party, with their places of
residence, &c. I thought at first, to give  you  their  names  in
this  letter,  but  reflecting that some one may read the letter,
and thus be enabled to impose upon you by personating some member
of the party, have decided the present plan is best.  You will be
aware from what I have written, that we are engaged in a perilous
enterprise  - one which promises glorious results if successful -
but dangers intervene, and of the end no one can  tell.   We  can
only  hope  for  the best, and persevere until our work is accom-
plished, and the sum secured for which we are striving.
   As ten years must elapse before you will see this letter,  you
may  well  conclude by that time that the worst has happened, and
that none of us are to be numbered with the living.  In  such  an
event,  you will please visit the place of deposit and secure its
contents, which you will divide into thirty-one equal parts;  one
of these parts you are to retain as your own, freely given to you
for your services.  The other shares to  be  distributed  to  the
parties  named  in  the  accompanying  paper.  These legacies, so
unexpectedly received, will at least serve to recall  names  that
may still be cherished, though partially forgotten.
   In conclusion, my dear friend, I beg that you will  not  allow
any  false  or  idle punctillio to prevent your receiving and ap-
propriating the portion assigned to yourself.  It is a  gift  not
from  myself  alone, but from each and every member of our party,
and will not be out of proportion to  the  services  required  of
you.
   I trust, my dear Mr. Morriss, that we may meet many  times  in
the future, but if the Fates forbid, with my last communication I
would assure you of the entire respect and confidence of

                                Your friend,
                                                                T.J.B.




                                Lynchburg, Va., January 5th, 1822.

   Dear Mr. Morriss. - You will find in one of the papers,  writ-
ten in cipher, the names of all my associates, who are each enti-
tled to an equal part of our treasure, and opposite to the  names
of  each  one will be found the names and residences of the rela-
tives and others, to whom they devise their respective  portions.
From  this  you will be enabled to carry out the wishes of all by
distributing the portion of each to the parties designated.  This
will  not  be  difficult, as their residences are given, and they
can easily be found.
           

Der hoffentlich originale Code:

The letter, or paper, so often alluded to, and marked "2,"  which
is fully explained by the foregoing document, is as follows:

115,  73,   24,   807,  37,   52,   49,   17,   31,   62, 
647,  22,   7,    15,   140,  47,   29,   107,  79,   84, 
56,   239,  10,   26,   811,  5,    196,  308,  85,   52,
160,  136,  59,   211,  36,   9,    46,   316,  554,  122, 
106,  95,   53,   58,   2,    42,   7,    35,   122,  53,   
31,   82,   77,   250,  196,  56,   96,   118,  71,   140,
287,  28,   353,  37,   1005, 65,   147,  807,  24,   3, 
8,    12,   47,   43,   59,   807,  45,   316,  101,  41,   
78,   154,  1005, 122,  138,  191,  16,   77,   49,   102,
57,   72,   34,   73,   85,   35,   371,  59,   196,  81,   
92,   191,  106,  273,  60,   394,  620,  270,  220,  106,
388,  287,  63,   3,    6,    191,  122,  43,   234,  400, 
106,  290,  314,  47,   48,   81,   96,   26,   115,  92,   
158,  191,  110,  77,   85,   197,  46,   10,   113,  140,
353,  48,   120,  106,  2,    607,  61,   420,  811,  29,   
125,  14,   20,   37,   105,  28,   248,  16,   159,  7,   
35,   19,   301,  125,  110,  486,  287,  98,   117,  511,
62,   51,   220,  37,   113,  140,  807,  138,  540,  8,   
44,   287,  388,  117,  18,   79,   344,  34,   20,   59,   
511,  548,  107,  603,  220,  7,    66,   154,  41,   20, 
50,   6,    575,  122,  154,  248,  110,  61,   52,   33,   
30,   5,    38,   8,    14,   84,   57,   540,  217,  115, 
71,   29,   84,   63,   43,   131,  29,   138,  47,   73, 
239,  540,  52,   53,   79,   118,  51,   44,   63,   196,
12,   239,  112,  3,    49,   79,   353,  105,  56,   371,
557,  211,  505,  125,  360,  133,  143,  101,  15,   284,
540,  252,  14,   205,  140,  344,  26,   811,  138,  115,
48,   73,   34,   205,  316,  607,  63,   220,  7,    52,   
150,  44,   52,   16,   40,   37,   158,  807,  37,   121,
12,   95,   10,   15,   35,   12,   131,  62,   115,  102, 
807,  49,   53,   135,  138,  30,   31,   62,   67,   41,   
85,   63,   10,   106,  807,  138,  8,    113,  20,   32,   
33,   37,   353,  287,  140,  47,   85,   50,   37,   49,   
47,   64,   6,    7,    71,   33,   4,    43,   47,   63,   
1,    27,   600,  208,  230,  15,   191,  246,  85,   94,
511,  2,    270,  20,   39,   7,    33,   44,   22,   40,   
7,    10,   3,    811,  106,  44,   486,  230,  353,  211,
200,  31,   10,   38,   140,  297,  61,   603,  320,  302,
666,  287,  2,    44,   33,   32,   511,  548,  10,   6,   
250,  557,  246,  53,   37,   52,   83,   47,   320,  38, 
33,   807,  7,    44,   30,   31,   250,  10,   15,   35,   
106,  160,  113,  31,   102,  406,  230,  540,  320,  29,
66,   33,   101,  807,  138,  301,  316,  353,  320,  220,
37,   52,   28,   540,  320,  33,   8,    48,   107,  50,   
811,  7,    2,    113,  73,   16,   125,  11,   110,  67,   
102,  807,  33,   59,   81,   158,  38,   43,   581,  138,
19,   85,   400,  38,   43,   77,   14,   27,   8,    47,   
138,  63,   140,  44,   35,   22,   177,  106,  250,  314,
217,  2,    10,   7,    1005, 4,    20,   25,   44,   48,   
7,    26,   46,   110,  230,  807,  191,  34,   112,  147,
44,   110,  121,  125,  96,   41,   51,   50,   140,  56, 
47,   152,  540,  63,   807,  28,   42,   250,  138,  582,
98,   643,  32,   107,  140,  112,  26,   85,   138,  540,
53,   20,   125,  371,  38,   36,   10,   52,   118,  136, 
102,  420,  150,  112,  71,   14,   20,   7,    24,   18, 
12,   807,  37,   67,   110,  62,   33,   21,   95,   220,
511,  102,  811,  30,   83,   84,   305,  620,  15,   2, 
10,   8,    220,  106,  353,  105,  106,  60,   275,  72,
8,    50,   205,  185,  112,  125,  540,  65,   106,  807,
138,  96,   110,  16,   73,   33,   807,  150,  409,  400,
50,   154,  285,  96,   106,  316,  270,  205,  101,  811,
400,  8,    44,   37,   52,   40,   241,  34,   205,  38,   
16,   46,   47,   85,   24,   44,   15,   64,   73,   138, 
807,  85,   78,   110,  33,   420,  505,  53,   37,   38, 
22,   31,   10,   110,  106,  101,  140,  15,   38,   3,   
5,    44,   7,    98,   287,  135,  150,  96,   33,   84,   
125,  807,  191,  96,   511,  118,  40,   370,  643,  466,
106,  41,   107,  603,  220,  275,  30,   150,  105,  49, 
53,   287,  250,  208,  134,  7,    53,   12,   47,   85,   
63,   138,  110,  21,   112,  140,  485,  486,  505,  14,
73,   84,   575,  1005, 150,  200,  16,   42,   5,    4,   
25,   42,   8,    16,   811,  125,  160,  32,   205,  603,
807,  81,   96,   405,  41,   600,  136,  14,   20,   28, 
26,   353,  302,  246,  8,    131,  160,  140,  84,   440,
42,   16,   811,  40,   67,   101,  102,  194,  138,  205,
51,   63,   241,  540,  122,  8,    10,   63,   140,  47,   
48,   140,  288                                             






THE LOCALITY OF THE VAULT.
71,   194,  38,   1701, 89,   76,   11,   83,   1629, 48, 
94,   63,   132,  16,   111,  95,   84,   341,  975,  14,   
40,   64,   27,   81,   139,  213,  63,   90,   1120, 8,   
15,   3,    126,  2018, 40,   74,   758,  485,  604,  230, 
436,  664,  582,  150,  251,  284,  308,  231,  124,  211,
486,  225,  401,  370,  11,   101,  305,  139,  189,  17,   
33,   88,   208,  193,  145,  1,    94,   73,   416,  918, 
263,  28,   500,  538,  356,  117,  136,  219,  27,   176, 
130,  10,   460,  25,   485,  18,   436,  65,   84,   200, 
283,  118,  320,  138,  36,   416,  280,  15,   71,   224,
961,  44,   16,   401,  39,   88,   61,   304,  12,   21,   
24,   283,  134,  92,   63,   246,  486,  682,  7,    219,
184,  360,  780,  18,   64,   463,  474,  131,  160,  79,
73,   440,  95,   18,   64,   581,  34,   69,   128,  367, 
460,  17,   81,   12,   103,  820,  62,   116,  97,   103, 
862,  70,   60,   1317, 471,  540,  208,  121,  890,  346,
36,   150,  59,   568,  614,  13,   120,  63,   219,  812, 
2160, 1780, 99,   35,   18,   21,   136,  872,  15,   28,   
170,  88,   4,    30,   44,   112,  18,   147,  436,  195, 
320,  37,   122,  113,  6,    140,  8,    120,  305,  42,   
58,   461,  44,   106,  301,  13,   408,  680,  93,   86, 
116,  530,  82,   568,  9,    102,  38,   416,  89,   71,   
216,  728,  965,  818,  2,    38,   121,  195,  14,   326,
148,  234,  18,   55,   131,  234,  361,  824,  5,    81,   
623,  48,   961,  19,   26,   33,   10,   1101, 365,  92,   
88,   181,  275,  346,  201,  206,  86,   36,   219,  324,
829,  840,  64,   326,  19,   48,   122,  85,   216,  284, 
919,  861,  326,  985,  233,  64,   68,   232,  431,  960,
50,   29,   81,   216,  321,  603,  14,   612,  81,   360, 
36,   51,   62,   194,  78,   60,   200,  314,  676,  112, 
4,    28,   18,   61,   136,  247,  819,  921,  1060, 464,
895,  10,   6,    66,   119,  38,   41,   49,   602,  423, 
962,  302,  294,  875,  78,   14,   23,   111,  109,  62,
31,   501,  823,  216,  280,  34,   24,   150,  1000, 162,
286,  19,   21,   17,   340,  19,   242,  31,   86,   234, 
140,  607,  115,  33,   191,  67,   104,  86,   52,   88, 
16,   80,   121,  67,   95,   122,  216,  548,  96,   11,   
201,  77,   364,  218,  65,   667,  890,  236,  154,  211,
10,   98,   34,   119,  56,   216,  119,  71,   218,  1164,
1496, 1817, 51,   39,   210,  36,   3,    19,   540,  232, 
22,   141,  617,  84,   290,  80,   46,   207,  411,  150, 
29,   38,   46,   172,  85,   194,  39,   261,  543,  897, 
624,  18,   212,  416,  127,  931,  19,   4,    63,   96,   
12,   101,  418,  16,   140,  230,  460,  538,  19,   27, 
88,   612,  1431, 90,   716,  275,  74,   83,   11,   426,
89,   72,   84,   1300, 1706, 814,  221,  132,  40,   102,
34,   868,  975,  1101, 84,   16,   79,   23,   16,   81,   
122,  324,  403,  912,  227,  936,  447,  55,   86,   34,
43,   212,  107,  96,   314,  264,  1065, 323,  428,  601,
203,  124,  95,   216,  814,  2906, 654,  820,  2,    301,
112,  176,  213,  71,   87,   96,   202,  35,   10,   2,   
41,   17,   84,   221,  736,  826,  214,  11,   60,   760 



NAMES AND RESIDENCES.
317,  8,    92,   73,   112,  89,   67,   318,  28,   96,   
107,  41,   631,  78,   146,  397,  118,  98,   114,  246,
348,  116,  74,   88,   12,   65,   32,   14,   81,   19,   
76,   121,  216,  85,   33,   66,   15,   108,  68,   77, 
43,   24,   122,  96,   117,  36,   211,  301,  15,   44,
11,   46,   89,   18,   136,  68,   317,  28,   90,   82,   
304,  71,   43,   221,  198,  176,  310,  319,  81,   99,
264,  380,  56,   37,   319,  2,    44,   53,   28,   44,   
75,   98,   102,  37,   85,   107,  117,  64,   88,   136,
48,   151,  99,   175,  89,   315,  326,  78,   96,   214,
218,  311,  43,   89,   51,   90,   75,   128,  96,   33,   
28,   103,  84,   65,   26,   41,   246,  84,   270,  98,   
116,  32,   59,   74,   66,   69,   240,  15,   8,    121, 
20,   77,   89,   31,   11,   106,  81,   191,  224,  328,
18,   75,   52,   82,   117,  201,  39,   23,   217,  27,   
21,   84,   35,   54,   109,  128,  49,   77,   88,   1,   
81,   217,  64,   55,   83,   116,  251,  269,  311,  96,
54,   32,   120,  18,   132,  102,  219,  211,  84,   150,
219,  275,  312,  64,   10,   106,  87,   75,   47,   21,   
29,   37,   81,   44,   18,   126,  115,  132,  160,  181,
203,  76,   81,   299,  314,  337,  351,  96,   11,   28, 
97,   318,  238,  106,  24,   93,   3,    19,   17,   26,   
60,   73,   88,   14,   126,  138,  234,  286,  297,  321,
365,  264,  19,   22,   84,   56,   107,  98,   123,  111,
214,  136,  7,    33,   45,   40,   13,   28,   46,   42,   
107,  196,  227,  344,  198,  203,  247,  116,  19,   8,
212,  230,  31,   6,    328,  65,   48,   52,   59,   41,   
122,  33,   117,  11,   18,   25,   71,   36,   45,   83,   
76,   89,   92,   31,   65,   70,   83,   96,   27,   33,   
44,   50,   61,   24,   112,  136,  149,  176,  180,  194,
143,  171,  205,  296,  87,   12,   44,   51,   89,   98,   
34,   41,   208,  173,  66,   9,    35,   16,   95,   8,   
113,  175,  90,   56,   203,  19,   177,  183,  206,  157,
200,  218,  260,  291,  305,  618,  951,  320,  18,   124,
78,   65,   19,   32,   124,  48,   53,   57,   84,   96,   
207,  244,  66,   82,   119,  71,   11,   86,   77,   213,
54,   82,   316,  245,  303,  86,   97,   106,  212,  18, 
37,   15,   81,   89,   16,   7,    81,   39,   96,   14,   
43,   216,  118,  29,   55,   109,  136,  172,  213,  64,
8,    227,  304,  611,  221,  364,  819,  375,  128,  296,
1,    18,   53,   76,   10,   15,   23,   19,   71,   84,   
120,  134,  66,   73,   89,   96,   230,  48,   77,   26,
101,  127,  936,  218,  439,  178,  171,  61,   226,  313,
215,  102,  18,   167,  262,  114,  218,  66,   59,   48,   
27,   19,   13,   82,   48,   162,  119,  34,   127,  139, 
34,   128,  129,  74,   63,   120,  11,   54,   61,   73,   
92,   180,  66,   75,   101,  124,  265,  89,   96,   126,
274,  896,  917,  434,  461,  235,  890,  312,  413,  328,
381,  96,   105,  217,  66,   118,  22,   77,   64,   42,   
12,   7,    55,   24,   83,   67,   97,   109,  121,  135, 
181,  203,  219,  228,  256,  21,   34,   77,   319,  374,
382,  675,  684,  717,  864,  203,  4,    18,   92,   16,   
63,   82,   22,   46,   55,   69,   74,   112,  134,  186, 
175,  119,  213,  416,  312,  343,  264,  119,  186,  218,
343,  417,  845,  951,  124,  209,  49,   617,  856,  924, 
936,  72,   19,   28,   11,   35,   42,   40,   66,   85,   
94,   112,  65,   82,   115,  119,  236,  244,  186,  172,
112,  85,   6,    56,   38,   44,   85,   72,   32,   47,   
63,   96,   124,  217,  314,  319,  221,  644,  817,  821, 
934,  922,  416,  975,  10,   22,   18,   46,   137,  181, 
101,  39,   86,   103,  116,  138,  164,  212,  218,  296,
815,  380,  412,  460,  495,  675,  820,  952               

Ein hübsches Märchen, aber mehr nicht. Dennoch faszinierend, wie sich Scharen von goldhungrigen Abenteurern an diesen Zahlenspielereien versuchen und - natürlich - alle scheitern.

Der dritte Code soll die Namen, Wohnorte und Angehörigen von 30 Abenteurern beinhalten? Schaut euch doch mal an, aus wievielen Ziffern der Code besteht. Egal wie man es dreht und wendet, die Informationen, die er angeblich beinhalten soll, passen da niemals hinein.

Außerdem gebraucht Beale in seinen Briefen einige Wörter, die es zu dem Zeitpunkt, als er sie angeblich geschrieben hat, noch gar nicht gab, nämlich "stampeding" und "improvised".

Um das Rad nicht neu zu erfinden, hier mal eine recht aufschlussreiche Seite zu dem Thema:
http://www.angelfire.com/pro/bealeciphers/index.html

Natürlich muss auch das nicht der Weisheit letzter Schluss sein, aber zumindest was die Ungereimtheiten angeht, ist die Seite recht lehrreich.

Ähnlich wie andere große Schatzgeschichten dieser Welt übt auch der "Beale-Code" noch eine enorme, faszinierende Wirkung auf die Menschen von heute aus. Genauso wie bei den Schätzen von Rennes-le-chateau, Cocos Island oder dem Bernsteinzimmer haben sich jedoch Tausende von Goldsuchern die Zähne daran ausgebissen ... vielleicht weil sie einem Hirngespinst nachjagen.

gruß, stekemest

Wenn`s ne Ente ist, dann aber gut gemacht.
Die Frage ist nur, warum macht sich wer die Mühe so nen "Hoax" zu erfinden und das noch vor so vielen Jahren.....
Und wozu schreibt er dann noch ein Buch darüber (OK, dafür gibts ein paar Bucks,- aber reich werden????)
Wieso ist gerade Text 2 entschlüsselt worden und dieser nicht als Text 1 nummeriert?
Warum sollte einer dann noch die Geschichte von ca. 30 Mitbesitzern erfinden, da hätten auch 2-3 gereicht für ne Jagdgruppe......
Vielleicht sind auch nur die Briefe (an denen sich ja die Statistik und die Linguistik dran festkrallt zum Gegenbeweis) gefälscht, um den Leuten die Sache zu vermitteln. Die Codes könnten dennoch echt sein.......

Fragen über Fragen in beide Richtungen! Schön zum Rumrätzeln........ 


Hat noch wer solche Schatzgeschichten aus dem europäischen Raum?

ZitatHat noch wer solche Schatzgeschichten aus dem europäischen Raum?

Ja, ein paar gibt's noch. In Ostlers "Geheimnisvolle Schatzsuche" sind einige beschrieben. Wenn wir masterTHief hier hätten, dann könnte er auch sicher einiges über den Nibelungenschatz erzählen... ;)

Hi!

Ist der Beale-Code nicht längst geknackt worden?

siehe folgende Seite:

http://bealesolved.tripod.com/

mit freundlichen grüßen, andy