The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-07-26
TRIAL nr.nLE PR VIE.

FREDERICK OHONOkE,
TRIAL OF HE PIRATES
RIcHMosD, IuLY zu,--Nr have Already sta
ted thu names OF the Pnates, the number OF The
Indictments, the separate days OF thei trials,
aud the uniform yerdicts oil Gully. We have
no" 10 sketch IN very rapid nanner, some oi
tie most striking points OF the evidence. lt"as
50 conclusive, thai then counsel did not prrtcna
10 defend, OF the [ ) Attorney TO make an ar
gnmeut gaiust themt
The lualctn ent OF PrGcg was the only onr
tried the [. S Attorney decmmg, that THIS ous
would be sufficient TO bIng OUT all he partIeo.
lars of,he borrd butcbcr,. The evidence va
pretty much the same in al three cases and W
shall Therefore groupe them together.
Mr. Edmund Dohson, the Mate oi the b'Ig
Crawford stated ,ha after she bad discharged
h,.r cargo al the atn2as, some foreigners OF.
iercd themselves n phSseng"IN-llF h'si "h'
srgnifcd his Intention was Iaidy, 50 ho remain
81 on board several Gays Wide the vessel was Ia
king IN her return ,areo--aboHt three DAYS be
fore sailing he brought ON hoard box, saId 10
contain money! hai became ot q Is box DID
not positively appear, theush the r"eh
had told the mate, II badbeon removed Ia cilx 8
cabin before the, len lhc bay Of Malanzas. III
sailed on the 2sth May
On HE Isl June, al bIthkldHis iditS i''p't
the witness to some dicd eggs and bacon, "a
cho6oiatc-Soon after, lie was taken very SEX,
and Tardt was called IN 10 prescribe to.mm-
lint Robinson the snpercngu, advised Mir Dot
sou 10 have nothing 10 do viii his medicine
and he determined II deter them ualii the neSi
morning Tie same evening Nh robinson
limated 10 hum his s,sp 'iou OF ardts ditenl
ing 10 poison diem all.-ile laid down an In.
deck iii about midnight, "hCh Dollhcr, one o.
the seamen, came 10 relieve the manat l"ehe
TIc fell a>leep. Int was awakened between one
aud , O'Clock by an extraordinary NOISE. hun
uino forward he was severely stabbed in the
shoulder by II man with d knife. lie then push
ed 10 the other side OF the W sse, Where hel"und
Potter, seaman, VINO told Inn ttat llv hadh II
stabbed and asked II they COT d get no dssIst-
ance Attn a short time he mounted The
shrouls. whore he found Deliver and Potter
both severely wounded. DUllYcr told him, thai
Tar,ly had come to the helm, aud suddenly cut
him badI, ia the throat and took The helm from
him. Whilst at the mast head, witness heard
Robin7on and Nathan "a the waIer--kncw them
bv their voices--hrN were implorae ~ i,truf"
but none as gnen aud the span5alis even ell
tempted 10 plunge d ha,poon Oh SOM sNcn "oH
pun into Nathan Tie Two unhappy men wclt
sunn exhausted aud sunk 10 Iist no more. In,
witness also heard Two Other bodies thrown o
web 1ari AZ E awhile, iarly h"top :"
tb, mntr 10 com, Gown, and auNe hm his word
ot honour that he would be sat. Alter a i,aic,
he did descend, whrn Iard> aud ths thee spa
niards c me around hIu. and lardy Qucshone"
him about the hoS Of money and sad. iEat The
captain had Sent the money ON shore AT Ndtan
zas and that the Spaniards had determined not
10 come to the United states aud have slut
bout IT, but To seize upon the vessel, and do
/ Il 4 tl,,,4I
maIe prom sed To navigate the vessel; they mo-
know ing any thing about the ant Oh dong SO.
4 te. awhile, Dolintr aine down. n the span
.urds ealing uim--aud Tan Y standing at TIE
helm, the witness saw Coun sinb Dolllvcr anu
Pcpc striking him on the breast he iel over
board Sume Short time atier, Potter tell iron
the NJ ing, overheard, without gfoan.
Afcrdae ligtt epe and ou.o loaded two
mllshcts aud called up nom the tolrcaStie a
man (BccknrlD who had been wuued'a-one Of
them shor Inn. and lc Tell oNelboald--tbc uthrr
fred AT han IA the water, aud probably bit hun,
IS he heard The unhappy man gio"n heavily.
They called he Cool, down, whh had hlh INN
self m the ringing aud Ordered him 20 prepare
brcnEG,,r Tue witness desc bed Two of the
~pnnnrds without shirts. bcsmeated With blood,
and their bloody knives sticking IA sndles about
th,lr waists. They went to work in destroying
all the ship'S papers aud also throwing ever
board the sailor cothmg-durng which scene,
they kept up n constsut ha2zalng. Tho vessel
was washed OF the blood--thes hauled up the
dead body OF the IRISH passenger from below, ~
threw it overbpagd. Durng the dreadful Scenr,
the French passenger Was standing near Iardy
at the helm, aud showed every mark OF sHmpa-
thy.
ifardy showed witness an entire set OF spa
nlsh papers ior the vessel, puiportns that she
belonged to Havana, bound by way OF Havana
to Hamburg.
Tardy said he had paid nine doubloons for
them to Spanish custom house clhctr lllS
plan was TO 20 to ilamburg--but witness told
him of the imp1ssbility olgctting there without
other mariners ard with their small stock Of
pro,is,ons: ON which the termination was
formed 10 make to the nearest polt OF the Uni
ted states to take IN hands and provisions they
could NOT make 81 hary'S GA account of contra
nv winds ;tnd Iardy would not consent TO 20
into Savannah or Charleston. Ihey then de-
tcrmined 10 put into the Chesapeake. The
witness d tailed all the circumstances OF enter
iua the bav---iheir aIr, al at Old Polni---Ms own
rsrapc from the vessel ia the boat---prelty much
AS il has been already detailed IN the Norfolk
papers.
MIR Ferdinand Gemouhac (the French pas
scngcr J iAe next witness examined, gave Ia a
testimony in many respects smnr that OF Alf.
Dobsnr file said he knew nothing OF the brig
CraW ford until be took his passage on board OF
her ltsidcs himself theme were six passengers
and the supercal eo--Imdy ---the tmce Span
ierds-aad TWO men WHO spoke English. Tie
did not think he had ever before seen Tardy or
,he Standards 10 know them The Spanish pas
6ensers told hiH, obey had &l.,oUe ~ boa'd