>> TONIGHT ON RHODE ISLAND PPS QUICKLY.

>> THIS COURT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DIME.

IT IS THAT IT A MEASURE.

IT WAS COVERED WITH DIRT.

THE FARMER WHO LIVED BACK IN 1696 WENT INTO TOWN AND HE DID SOME BUSINESS AND HE CAME BACK WITH ONE OF THOSE COINS IN HIS POCKET.

IT WAS DROPPED TO THE GROUND.

THAT IS WHERE IT SAT FOR OVER THREE CENTURIES UNTIL I FOUND IT.

>> YOU HAVE TO PLAY YOUR HEART OUT EVERY TIME YOU STEP ON THE ICE.

>> A TRADITION THAT DATES BACK NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS.

>> CHARLES WAS FOUNDED AS -- TO EDUCATE THE SONS OF THE MILL WORKERS AND THEY WERE FRENCH-CANADIAN.

THERE WAS A LOT OF THEM THAT COULD SKATE.

>> A LOCAL GUITAR MAKER IS REIMAGINING HOW INSTRUMENTS ARE MADE.

>> IT WAS A HIPPIE SOLUTION.

IT IS ACTUALLY TANGIBLE.

GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO RHODE ISLAND PPS WEEKLY.

WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A STORY ABOUT LOST TREASURES.

A KING'S RANSOM STOLEN, MURDER AND MAYHEM ON THE HIGH SEAS.

>> IT MAY SOUND LIKE TREASURE ISLAND BUT IT IS A TRUE TALE OF RHODE ISLAND.

IT WAS THE UNSOLVED CRIME OF THE CENTURY.

THE 17TH CENTURY AND NOW ACCORDING AS CRACKED THE CODE CASE OF A PARENT AND HIS CUTTHROAT CREW.

IT WAS NO MORE THAN AN EMINENT CANDY.

>> AND SQUEEZED IT LIKE A BIG BOTTLE OF SELTZER.

AFTER IT CAME OFF, THERE IS THIS OLD ARABIC SCRIPT ON THE COIN.

I SAID I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

HE ALMOST FEEL FOOLISH SAY I HAVE A PIRATES COIN.

>> THIS TINY PIECE OF PIRATE PLUNDER REVISE A BIG PIECE OF A PUZZLE CONFOUNDING HISTORIANS FOR 300 YEARS.

WHO PULLED OFF THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY?

DID THEY HIDE OUT IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES?

A CRIMINAL MYSTERY BURIED UNDERGROUND.

BAILEY'S PARENT HAS A METAL DETECTOR BUT HE CLAIMS HE IS NOT LIKE THE BEACHCOMBERS YOU OFTEN SEE ALONG THE RHODE ISLAND SHORELINE.

>> YOU ARE NOT REALLY A TREASURE HUNTER?

>> THAT IS TO SAY YOU ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING CROP CIRCLES.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE HISTORY.

RECORDING ARTIFACTS RAISED OFF OF CAPE COD AND AUTHENTICATED PIRATE SHIPWRECK.

NAVIGATIONAL DIVIDERS, THE SHIPS ANCHOR.

ONCE YOU GET BIG, THERE IS NO CURE FOR IT.

BECAUSE GETTING BIT BY THE ARCHAEOLOGY BOOK HE WAS FAIRLY BUSY WHEN NOT WORKING AS A SECURITY ANALYST AT THE STATE PRISON.

HE SAYS THE CRIMINALS THERE ARE NO MATCH FOR THE PIRATES WHO CAME THROUGH AT THE OCEAN STATE WAS KNOWN BACK THEN.

>> THEY ARE LIKE MOBSTERS.

THIS WAS LIKE GOODFELLAS MEETS PARTS OF THE CARIBBEAN.

>> RHODE ISLAND WAS NOTORIOUS AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR PIRATES.

BAILEY BEGAN RESEARCHING, STUDYING OLD MAPS AND AERIAL PHOTOS TO FIND ANY TRACE OF PIRATES.

HE FOLLOWED A HUNCH THEY WOULD BE EVIDENCE THAT THE REMAINS OF A 17TH-CENTURY FARMSTEAD WAS HERE.

SO HE WAS OUT HERE ON THE FARM AND YOU MADE THIS DISCOVERY.

>> YES, 2014.

>> THIS IS SWEET BERRY FARM IN MIDDLETOWN.

WAS PART OF NEWPORT.

BAILEY'S INSTINCTS WERE RIGHT.

THE ORCHARD BEGAN YIELDING A TREASURE TROVE OF COLONIAL RELICS.

HE SHOWED US HIS FIRST FINDS.

A SILVER SHOE BUCKLES AND CANNON BALLS.

>> THIS IS A SHILLING.

IT IS DATED 1652.

HE HIT PAY DIRT AT THE FARM.

I CAN SEE THE EDGE OF THE SILVER COIN.

THIS COIN IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DIME.

IT IS THEN AS A RAZOR.

YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT AND RUB IT ON YOUR PANTS I.

YOU CAN DAMAGE THE COIN.

IT WAS MINTED IN YEMEN IN 1693.

BAILEY CONNECTED THE DOTS.

PRIMARY SOURCES REVEALED THE COIN COULD BE TRACED TO A DRAMATIC PIRATE ATTACK THAT OCCURRED IN 1695.

IT IS LOADED WITH PILGRIMS RETURNING FROM MECCA.

IT HAD A CARGO OF TENS OF BILLIONS AND IT WENT RIGHT INTO A TRAP.

QUICKLY SOLD OFF COTTON GOODS.

WHEN THEY SAILED OUT OF THE RED SEA, THERE WERE SIX PARATROOPS.

FOUR OF THEM FROM RHODE ISLAND.

>> THE RINGLEADER OF THAT BLOODY RAID WAS ENGLISH PIRATE CAPTAIN HENRY EVERY.

FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF THE TREASURY ARE TERRIFYING.

>> NOTHING BUT MURDER AND MAYHEM THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DOWN THERE AND THERE IS NO ONE AGO AND THEY HAVE THESE PIRATES WITH LOADED MUSKETS AND PISTOLS, WHAT CAN YOU DO?

IT WAS HORRENDOUS.

>> BAILEY SAYS IT IS THE ONLY KNOWN INCIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF PIRACY WHERE THESE ARABIC COINS WERE STOLEN.

THE KING OF ENGLAND PUT A HUGE BOUNTY ON EVERY HAD.

THE MURDEROUS ROBBERY JEOPARDIZED TRADE RELATIONS WITH INDIA.

HE IS AWARE OF THE ENORMITY OF HIS CRIME.

HALF THE JOB IS ROBBING THE SHIP.

>> BAILEY FOUND ACCOUNTS REPORTING THAT EVERY SCREW -- EVERY'S CREW POSED AS SLAVE TRADERS.

IN RAISED LITTLE SUSPICION IN A CITY INFAMOUS FOR SUCH ACTIVITY.

>> WHEN THEY COME BACK WITH PLUNDER, THE FIRST PLACE TO GO WAS TAVERNS TO TOASTED THEIR SUCCESS.

AND DAMNATION TO KING WILLIAM.

>> KING WILLIAM'S PROCLAMATION SAID THAT IT WOULD BE THE ARABIC COINS IN THEIRS -- IN THEIR POSSESSION.

COLLECTS ALL THE COINS WENT INTO THE CRUCIBLE TO THE SILVERSMITH AND ALL GOT MELTED DOWN.

IT WOUND UP ON PEOPLE'S DINNER TABLES AS CUPS, SAUCERS, KNIVES AND ONE OF THESE COINS BEFORE IT WAS MELTED DOWN WAS BEING PASSED IN A TAVERN, THE FARMER WHO LIVED BACK IN 1696 WENT INTO TOWN AND HE DID SOME BUSINESS AND HE CAME BACK WITH ONE OF THOSE COINS IN HIS POCKET.

IT WAS DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND THAT IS WHERE IT AT FOR OVER THREE CENTURIES.

>> SINCE BAILEY HAS FOUND HIS CREW, THE NEWS HAS LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF SIMILAR COINS IN THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN COLONIES.

>> THERE HAS BEEN 23 SPECIMENS FOUND IN NEW ENGLAND.

THEY ARE ALL SILVER.

THEY ARE ALL ARABIC.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HENRY EVERY.

I AM SURE WE WILL HAVE SOME SOLID NEWS OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HENRY EVERY.

THAT IS EXCITING.

>> NEXT, IT IS SAID THE GREAT HOCKEY PLAYERS HAVE FIRE IN THEIR HEARTS AND ICE IN THEIR VEINS.

HERE IN RHODE ISLAND YOU WILL FIND SOME OF THE BEST PLAYERS AT MOUNT ST. CHARLES ACADEMY.

LED BY THEIR LEGENDARY COACH, THE MOUNTIES MAY BE THE WINNINGEST SPORTS FRANCHISE IN THE OCEAN STATE.

PART OF A TRADITION THAT DATES BACK NEARLY A CENTURY.

BUT HE DIED A YEAR AGO THIS MONTH.

THIS DYNASTY ON ICE IS BUILT ON HIS LEGACY WITH A PROGRAM THAT NOW DRAWS PLAYERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

ACROSS THE MOUNTIES TAKE THE ICE AS THEIR ARCHRIVALS BISHOP ANDERSON.

THEIR SONS GLIDING TO GLORY.

A WINTER TRADITION AS SOLID AS ICE.

>> ARE REMEMBERED AS A KID, I WOULD COME TO THESE GAMES.

I AM JUST SOAKING IN EVERY SECOND OF IT.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY YOUR HEART OUT.

CRACKED A TRADITION THAT DATES BACK NEARLY 100 YEARS.

>> DRAWS IS REALLY FOUNDED AS -- TO EDUCATE THE SINS OF THE MILL WORKERS.

>> THIS COPRESIDENT SAID THE FACILITIES WERE FAIRLY RUSTY BACK THEN.

>> THE BROTHERS OF THE SACRED HEART WOULD BE HOSING DOWN THE ICE.

QUICK TODAY, IT IS ONE OF JUST A HANDFUL OF RHODE ISLAND SCHOOLS.

BUILT IN AN OLD AIRPLANE HANGAR 50 YEARS AGO.

THEY FORMED THE ACADEMY'S FIRST BOYS TEAM.

HE LIVED WELL PAST 100, LONG ENOUGH TO SEE MOUNT ST. CHARLES BECOME A HOCKEY POWERHOUSE.

UNDER THE LEGENDARY COACH THAT HE RECRUITED, BILLABLE I'LL -- BILL BELYLE.

>> THEY LEARNED OF THE FLYING FRENCHMAN WAY.

>> I PLAYED FOR MY DAD FOR THREE AND COAST WITHIN FOR 38 YEARS.

>> OF FORMER ARMY DRILL SERGEANT, HE WAS HEAD COACH HERE FOR 44 YEARS.

>> WHEN MY DAD CAME TO PRACTICE, YOU CAN ASK ANY PLAYER, HE WAS THE -- HE DID NOT STOP.

NOT ONLY DID HE WORK ON THE ICE BUT HE WORKED OFF THE ICE.

PREPPING FOR PRACTICE.

>> THIS CHRONICLES THE BILL BELISLE YEARS.

IT'S ALL THE MOUNTIES WINNING EVERY SINGLE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE 1980'S AND HE SENT MORE THAN 20 PLAYERS TO THE NHL.

AMONG THEM BRIAN BULLARD AND BRIAN LAWTON.

MOUNT ST. CHARLES SHARPENED THEIR SKILLS AND TAUGHT THEM.

IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT INDIVIDUAL GLORY.

>> EVEN IF THEY ARE BETTER THAN YOU, YOU CAN WIN THAT WAY AND YOU CAN OUT SKATE, OUT HIT, OUT PAST, OUT SHOOT SOMEONE.

BUT IT IS A TEAM SPORT.

IF THE GUY ON THE LEFT DOES NOT TAKE IT OUT, KEEP IT TO THE GUY ON THE RIGHT.

IT IS A TEAM GAME.

>> MOUNT ST. CHARLES IS JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF ITS HOCKEY PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.

THE UHT AND SQUAD ARE THE REIGNING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.

THE ONLY TRAGEDY IS COACH BILL BELISLE DID NOT LIVE TO SEE IT.

QUICKLY PAST HIS INDUCTION ONTO U.S. HOCKEY HALL OF FAME.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR THE SUPPORT AND ESPECIALLY GOD.

FORGIVING ME A SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE.

>> I AM SITTING IN THERE.

>> HIS OFFICE STILL CRAMMED WITH A LIFETIME OF HOCKEY MEMORIES.

>> MOUNT ST. CHARLES IS BUILT ON BILLABLE I'LL'S LEGACY.

TEENAGE BOYS LIVING TOGETHER.

>> THESE DAYS, THE MOUNTIES ARE JUST LOCAL KIDS.

>> WE HAVE 72 STUDENTS HERE.

THEY ARE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

ALREADY, THE HOCKEY ACADEMY HAS SEEN YOUR SUCCESS.

CORRECT THAT SUCCESS HAS COME AT A COST OF THE SCHOLASTIC SQUAD.

BUT AS I GATHER SOME OF THE OLD GUARD MISSES HOW IT WAS.

>> THEY DO.

I THINK OUR INTERSCHOLASTIC PROGRAM, I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE 26 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW THERE.

IT IS STILL A GREAT LEVEL, A GREAT THING TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN AND PLAY FOR YOUR TEAM.

>> FOR HIS PART, MATT BURTON ADMITS IT IS A DIFFERENT ERA.

>> WE HAVE A YOUNG TEAM BUT THEY ARE VERY TALENTED AND THEY WILL LEARN AND GROW.

THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO PEEK AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> HE SAYS THE VALUE OF MOUNT ST. CHARLES HOCKEY HAD NOT CHANGED AT ALL.

>> WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TEACHING THE TENANTS -- TEACHING THE LESSONS THAT COACH BILL TALK TO US.

FAITH, FAMILY AND HARD WORK.

BILL CREATED A LOT OF MEN.

YOU CAME IN AS A BOY AND LEFT AS A MAN BASED ON THE LESSONS OF COACH BILL.

YOU THINK IT IS HOCKEY BUT IT IS SO MUCH MORE.

>> NOW, A QUESTION.

WHAT DO HONEYCOMBS, MUSHROOMS AND CORN HUSKS ALL HAVE IN COMMON?

THEY ARE ALL INGREDIENTS A LOCAL GUITAR MAKER USES TO PRODUCE HER IMPACT -- REDUCE HER IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

>> ROCHELLE HAD ESTABLISHED YOURSELF AS A FURNITURE MAKER AND AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER.

ABOUT A DECADE OR -- A DECADE AGO, SHE WAS THINKING IT WAS TIME TO EXPLORE SOMETHING NEW.

>> I MISSED WORKING WITH MY HANDS.

I STARTED TO DO MUSIC AGAIN.

THAT REALLY PROPELLED EVERYTHING.

OVER THE YEARS, ROSENKRANZ SAYS SHE FACED SOME INNER STRUGGLES.

SHE FELT TORN BETWEEN BEING A MUSICIAN AND A VISUAL ARTIST AND DREAMED OF COMBINING HER JEW PASSIONS -- HER TWO PASSIONS.

>> OTHER PEOPLE DO IT SO WHY NOT ME?

I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT EVER TOO LONG.

IT WAS WORTH THE RISK.

>> ROSENKRANZ SAYS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF MAKING GUITARS HAS BEEN WELL KNOWN FOR DECADES.

MUCH OF THE TIMBER COMES FROM RARE TREES THAT PRODUCE GOOD ACOUSTICS LIKE EBONY, MAHOGANY AND ROSEWOOD.

EXCESSIVE HARVESTING OF BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD HAS CONTRIBUTED TO ITS EXTREME ENDANGERMENT.

IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SHE IS SELECTIVE ABOUT WHERE SHE BUYS HER WOOD.

>> I HAVE SOME CEDAR FROM CALIFORNIA.

>> ROSENKRANZ USED HER FREE TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC TO EXPERIMENT WITH MAKING INSTRUMENTS FROM HER MATERIALS.

TAKE FOR INSTANCE THE BODY OF HER GUITARS.

THEY ARE NOT CARVED, THEY ARE GROWN.

>> I HOPE THAT MIGHT DO THE TRICK.

BUT THE MUSHROOM IS CHEAPER.

THAT IS JUST THE BOTTOM LINE.

IT LOOKS LIKE A GRANOLA BAR.

THERE IS KIND OF A BRUTALIST AESTHETIC TO IT.

>> THE GROWTH OF THE MUSHROOMS FILLS ANY ROOM SPACES AND BOUNCE IT ALL TOGETHER IN THE SHAPE OF THE MOL.

ONCE IT IS DRY, ROSENKRANZ IS LEFT WITH A SOLID BOARD.

HER FRIEND STOPPED BY HER STUDIO TO TRY IT OUT.

>> THERE IS DEFINITELY A DISTINCTIVE SOUND.

IT IS NOT A WOODEN GUITAR.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I FIND VERY PLEASING.

>> THAT GROW BETWEEN MUSHROOMS.

>> THIS GUITAR ENCOURAGES THAT KIND OF MUSIC.

IT DOESN'T ENCOURAGE -- MAYBE IT DOES.

I JUST LOVE THE SOUND.

>> THESE ADIDAS SNEAKERS WERE MADE FROM IT AND IKEA HAS BEEN USING IT TO -- AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO STYROFOAM.

>> IT IS NOT A HEAVY SOLUTION, IT IS ACTUALLY TANGIBLE SOLUTIONS.

WHAT IF THERE IS SOME SOLUTION THERE?

>> ROSENKRANZ NOT ONLY PROVED MUSHROOM SPORES AND ORGANIC WASTE CAN BE USED TO TO MAKE GUITARS BUT SHE ALSO BUILT ONE FROM HONEYCOMBS.

>> THE HUMMING OF THE BEES IS WITHIN THE RANGE OF GUITARS.

THAT IS CLOSE TO THE A STRING ON THE GUITAR.

>> SHE KNEW THAT HONEYCOMB WAS RESIDENT.

SHE DESIGNED A BRACING STRUCTURE AND WATCHED AS THE BEES OUT THERE COMB ALONG IT.

BUT THEN SHE FOUND HERSELF WITH A HONEY FILLED GUITAR THAT COULD NOT RESONATE.

>> I HAD TO LEAVE IT THERE ALL WINTER FOR HER TO EAT BECAUSE IT IS CRUEL.

THEY WORKED HARD ALL WINTER AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO STARVE?

THAT IS EMPTY OF HONEY.

>> ROSENKRANZ ADMITS STRUMMING A GUITAR MADE FROM HONEYCOMBS IS NOT PRACTICAL.

>> I AM LEARNING SO MUCH AS I AM WORKING ON ONE.

I START TO HAVE FIVE OTHER IDEAS.

THERE IS SO MUCH CURIOSITY THAT THE LEARNING CURVE IS EXPONENTIAL.

>> FINALLY TONIGHT, A SNEAK PEEK, NEXT WEEK WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT JUDGE FRANK CAPRIO AND THE ART OF SECOND CHANCES.

>> I HAVE NOT YET THE PERSON YET WHO HAS NOT MADE A MISTAKE AND NEEDED A SECOND CHANCE.

>> IT IS $100.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I WANTED TO CITE NEVER HAVE I EVER MET ONE LIKE YOU.

>> I DON'T DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I WAS TAUGHT TO DO BY MY PARENTS.

>> MY NAME IS JUDGE FRANK CAPRIO AND THIS IS MY TAKE ON SECOND CHANCES.

I BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES BECAUSE IT IS PART OF LIFE.

IT GIVES A PERSON THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE THEIR MISTAKES BUT TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT IT.

AND I WOULD SUSPECT THAT MOST OF US MAKE AT LEAST FIVE MISTAKES A DAY.

SIMPLE STUFF.

MAYBE WE SAY SOMETHING WE REALLY DID NOT MEAN TO SAY.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR MISTAKES.

THAT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT SITUATION.

QUICK I WAS GOING TO THE BLOOD WORK FOR MY BOY, IS HANDICAPPED.

I WOULD TAKE HIM FOR BLOODWORK EVERY TWO WEEKS BECAUSE HE HAS CANCER.

>> YOU ARE A GOOD MAN.

>> THAT IS OUR BROADCAST THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

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