New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-01

ceedings from the fact that Just before Kidd arrest
the pirate TIadish who was ~ Boston JAIL succeeed
i'm eSc1ninQ with one Tee Withcrly, another pirate
! with the completely of the maid 9l the prison
keeper, and, rs the Councl beiicN,u nv rue Ih!. ~
Raw the taller. Ten days after Kidd was connhtud
10 ail The Council being informed that he was kept
i'm Tie rrison-kee1srs house, directed that he should
! he nut In the stone prison and lroned.
| EiGd had not come 90 Boston with any sign Of
/ anxiety He had brought his wife WIN nm. ana
She had brought Der maid. They had cit tue .iinop
| the AntOna-at the wharf amt had taken thelr
! lodgings at Duncan Campbells. CamphelFs house
must have been the most luxurious house OF enter
tainnent in Boston. for 1t was here that l}comont
| himself had been received only few weeks before
! At that time Campbell received seven pounds hlA
sGlljugs and four pence for providing for the Ears
! entertainment. Bellonont had made Campbell his
messenger in communicating with kldd,-kldd being
his cOuntryman. that Is, Scotchlnan ana ms nc
quaiutancc. Campbell Is described by ,Duht"h dH
"a bookseller. who dresses Ia mode who Is a very
| virtuous person, extremely charming; whose com
pany is coveted by TIE hest Gentlemen j" BOSTON
When Kidd ar ested. Mrs kidd IS trHhh was
| broken open. and trre was taken rom IL Il
/ silver tankard n silver mug sHNyl bo,Il'srIi
1 spoons forks, and other pieces oi piatc ana
! two hundred and sixty pieces OF eight. lhc*,
! Madam Sarah Kidd claimed rs her own, and
| also asked that twenty-five English crowns, the
property of her maid. might hc rcfun ted 10 htI.
! The Council granted this petition. The 'Nt week
! Sarah Kidd asked permission 10 attend upon u'I
| husband in prison. " he being under strait duIdnrr
and in want of necessary assistance rs well rs from
| your petitioners affection 10 her husband; MI
| While Kidd was in Jail he proposed ~ bcHo-
| mont that he should be taken as "a prisoner !"
| Hspaniola 10 bring back The Quelah Merchant lie
stated the value of her cargo 10 Dc iltN OF niNlH
thous1ud pounds of treasure. which could not other
| wise he recovered. But Bcli0mont was alllN 20
| ecnd him. although n the Qucdah a lawful
uizc four-hfths of this very treasure belonged 10
| BeumOnt and his companions. 10 th's great re-
| fusal Of BcOmont do We owe il that nn man knows
where that Treasure ~ to-day. u is On. tea>ni" IN
| search of which the hill sides of southern Rhode
! Island have been honcycomhcd, and for which all
venturOus divers are M tins moment LOOKING uhuti
| the waters of the lluLsOn River
1t is TO Ice observed hat when the pirate Bei1my
was shipWrcckcd eighteen ycals aitcr"ari, ON ape
| Cod, bis ship was the Nhmah II iS not violent
Supposition that when kidd'- men found their cap
tain was gone they took the Quedah for thcn>o Ives.
Twenty year, is not long period of life Tor slap
| built i'm the Last Indic, IL may we'll hc that kldds
| lost treasure ship Is the same N'>'ci Wh,h was
! wrecked, twenty yea alter on the BACK OF '"i"
! Cod.
| On Scptcn,lcr IL tc Admiralty. who had heard Of
The arrest OF Kidd sent oft vessel % take bon and
| his crew to England, but she met contrary MNd''
and returned. Another fIiguc. the Advice. WAS
sent but did not bring back hor PRISONER un.il ihr
! April of the following year Hc Mao h'pl 90 l',Ih
/ in England Ion time Whom S"'ur> the
| the House of Commons. iu April. 1907. one charge
against him WAS that of having been Implicated 30
kidd'S affairs. Although Somci- Was not i1rn up'u
this charge. Kidd was ulcI unoi lh' .iil1 'N ,!"-
mcnt both for murder and for piracy; 300 the l3i'F
accusation several Of ms crew were joined WIN 'n'
| The murder which Kidd was supposed q" nave
committed was that of Moore. hi, guurDr.
whose death resulted from blow given .N % wafer
bucket IN fight. without prmt dii ii','. N"''i'''
I but that of nausiaughtcr W. iU-tlurd 10y ihr r'l-
| dcnce brought AGAINST Lin. iic Was. however
found guilty of murder I'm thc trial ioF piracy when
followed. hc was treated with thc saline injustice and
| severity. lie claimed that ll> COMMISSION lnSi'th
/ his seIImg the Qucdah Merchant fog. lic said size
was sailing under tlrnch pass Ni-n hr '"'" i'l'
II any such pass existed 10 was DO lflomoht lu'-
| session Kidd could mot produce 10. HCt. H- uur
reader, know Bclluuout achuoH ledge. bon hi- repent
TO the Council that hc received at i-i"4oii ha'.o.
| two such French passes. hdd- Gc4ih hHd ",,h
| determined upon. and hc was hanged.
! 4 wcllknovu ballad ha, preserved DIS name.