Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-11
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The Career OF Hicks, che Condemned Pr

The Career o. 61okes tne Ooaoozooo "a
.ftwAs stated Saturday. thas Hicks alias John
son The pifaea aadse the ssntsave st death in New
] York had adnitsed 10 his confession that he vas
one Of the mstiaeers Of the British ship Saia.
din, in ls44. We hare ne iollowiag additional
fsc4s: aass
The ss,,aia, capsaia NcKen,i.. bouud from
Valparaiso for London, with large quantity Of
specie and valaable cargo. was run ashore by the
crew who had mutinicd mar Halifax. N. 5. In
this distressed condit' was boerded BY = No.
Va Scotia captain wbo observed the confused state
Of affairs and specie laying about the cabin, and
retrtsg 90 much terrified that he did not dare TO
return. subsequently another captain to whom
he related the circumstances, captured the vessel
and crew and was we'll rewarded.
Six of the pirates were hung and two turned
Queens evidence and escaped. They were james
Carr aad H. Galway II is from all the circum-
stances that Hicks is probably one OF those two
probably Carr. While the vessel was lying on the
coast of South America, man named Fieldin
aud little son. taken a. passen gers On board
it appeared in evidence that he knew Of the apo
Gle on board and melted the crew to mutiny. and
that afterwards they becoming jealous OF hun,
murdered both Fielding and his son.
A gentleman who Was Connected with tho u. ,.
naval service in 1914, on the Pacific station. vis
ted Hicks in pcison, IN Tuesdav- aud at once re-
copnired bus ss Johnson, seaman gu the Sala
diu. and well known on the Pacific as danger
Gus and desperate character. Inc gentleman mt
once spoke OF tho iact when An;ks offered 10
make kRown the whole history OF his ,lie. Prov.
deQ FIFTY dollars were paid To hrs vile The lost
says:
Respecting his career on he Pacific, our infar-
man, states that ticks or Johnson, as he then
called, was once ~ tws tried for offences com
mitted near Caiiae, and was usu' one charge NJ
least condemned 10 labor ia the government mines
of Peru, at Cerro Pasco. lie escaped, however.
from the guards wke were eSedaeung MN, with
others, to a penal eeryitude. lie reached AREA.
a small seaport town, shipped in ooasting vessel
that alternately Struggled aud traded hians The
,nain. and 81 fsst armed up on board The saiadin,
then lying at Yn, paraiso.
Capt. afieidiog,thc man whom johnson htsPfi
70 throw overheard. Ind some mohths bei''e ar
rived from Engiani " Il an assorted cargo, ". eli
he sold 81. A. ne ceud not sec,ra = return
freight. he finally Concluded 10 visit the thinra
Islands to q ain loud a guano. 1t was ant =
ties or even try In ab;a,u yer uiss.oe iF,.n the
rererr ment h- intention being to steal a cargo
Arrive q, ~ ie'sn3s he cuinmeuoea AZ .ag tbs
.hip. aud ~h.o ,o,eriefcd wi,. by the agents oi
the Chilian government lie resisted by iors II
arms Before hls vessel was filled, S1rl VAS sent
to Yslraraisa, ana aa armed cruiser di,ya'clri
L. ,rre,t lin lie was taken " ,Aat pot AID as
ycs.eI con6,caiea.
Captniu M,Kep,ie on board Of whose yc .,cl
Hicks was then a eeaman recciy d Eeiltog ana
hi. 500 ~ p..arn-er. I, England lick, ~. IN
ioulieeIy c..iiy usd.rsoJt bv Fielding, M he
u,,- ON. & the first taken into his ranh deuce
Snortlc st,erYn,as ,he uuI,ny incurred IL winch
ira latter br Hicks alone VIII. struck The .ca ,ins