Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-26
Horrible Confession Of a Pirate.

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Horrible Confession of Pirate.
Peter Williams, under sentence, Of
death at Auburn. Me-, with a .col9red
man named Abraham Cox, for the mar
der at sea Of the Captain, two mates and
one maniof the brig Albion Cooper OF
Portland. has made confession. which
IS printed in the Lewistown Falls jour
nal: rIt s-e a.s4T soiTA s,a+ ,,eo-
Williams represents that he was born
in Ostend, Belgium, in 1880 . his father
being sailor He ran away IRON
school. and never learned to read He
first went to sea when nine years Of age,
and has served on shipboard in all parts
OF the world ever sinceAat one time on
a German man of-war, and then again in
the employ Of the East india Company
acting as captain Of the maintlp in one
of their vessels. ell '''g-' ga
In July, 1857, he became acquainted
with an IrishmaE named Thomas. 5Fahey
and both went to Portland and shipped
in the Albion Cooper, vii The brig, soon
alter leaving port, was found to be rleaky
the second mate is said to have treated
both Williams and Cox, the negro with
great barbarity. and finally Williams
stabbed him, for which he yasplaeea in
irons. Afterward the mate called him
lnto-hi room, drove a nail5iatoa beam
and hung him up by the beam, the for
ward part of his feet just touching Tho
floor. He was in great pain, and finally
tainted ovlI tlgiig4 CO.
Finally, Cox preached the project o.
a murder of the captain. and crew and
supplied some knives and razofs, which
Williams fastened to stocks The Irish
man Fahey, was alone taken iato their
confidence. They first killed Captain
Humphrey, who was asleep on the deck
with two blows on the head with a
Ratchet. His head partially turned, but
he died without struggle They then
went behind the second mate and struck
him in the head with a Ratchet. His
cries brought out the first mate, who
was also struck in the head. He retrea,
ted to his eahiny 9where. he. had asihard
struggle with his lonurderers, eibut was
6nally dispatched Asalhe came oaoat,
Williams met the second mate, whom he
had left for Cox, and finished him wi ia
few blows of'the ha Chef Phe last muir.
der was Of seaman named Burns, or
Davis. They put iron with the bodies
and threw then overheard Afterward
they set the vessel on fire and abandoned
il, and were picked up by another vessel,
when Fahey disclosed the horrible TRACE
dy in which they had been engaged r. .f.i5
Williams and Cox will be hung on tho
9th inst. Dir. J.. Haynes, who has visit
cd them, says that the, chronological orr
gans of Williams denotedthat his orr gin
and organization we're gross and sellsua l,
and his intellect OLA low order, thong b
by no means repulsive or dangerous -
He has light or sandy hair, and of the
sanguine, phlegalatie tempetaments,9 and
bears a strong resemblance to the Low
Dutch. gHl D394'' A'a Da1 ,l9hl98os
Cox, the Negroe, has what negroes
seldom possess, much of the nervous TEN.
Eeramens, is quick. restless and impul;
siye. His head is comparatively large.
and should think he possesses considera
ble intellect. His forehead is high and
slightly receding but lateral portions OF
the brain is immensely large, especially
in theTregion of combatiEeness, destrue.
tiyeness, secretivenesS and aequisitiye
ness. Caution. irlnness and .selfiesteem
are likewi se large. aHisinoral faculties
are fairly developed, His. peculiar cast
Of mtelleet preaisposes to suspicion, jjeat-
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