Richland beacon., 1888-03-24
'MHIsEVTIStT{'.
Death Of a once famons P.r.ur who
Lived slo9C o;. an t~;..n.l


4 vessel. iust in from !i",puiu.
brings the news "f the death o.: d. man
whose history is as Thrilling as 'haj of
any pirate king Of yellow tosrr'I liter
ature. twenty 'ivr years ago l.c VIA a
pirate king as brave amt a~ wicked ,.4
pirate kings always are. Silrc ;hcH he
has been hermit I'm .l.c days oi his
wickedncas and power re commanded
vessel called the Red Cloud, s,anch. un-
usually fast ami furnished Will perfect
guns. Periodically t!t'~ carm.l" red
craft disappeared from thr SEA, ana IN
her place would come another. all a
,omhrc black ami named :hc Black
'louj. This piece Of theatrical effect
which cost nothing more than n little
paint. had lis expected Influence upon
the NupcrstitiouS minds OF thc sailors
WHO were sometime sent il pur>ut Of
the vessel. Most of thcm fui' believed
that there WAS something uncauuv about
the craft ami thar her captar hal a.
pcrnaturrl help. in tho>r DAYS he WIS
In" terror "f the South Pacific seas. amt
the British Government sci biz rric,
upon his head Hundreds Of a,tcmut>
were made to capture him fave f%t'
and 10y traps, and 10y cNcrv m"nns that
cluld he devised. iint ID" cIudcd all
IN" traps, cam" ont victorious in ali the
fights, and ~ every east .ailcd AWAY
with The traditional scornMl laugh al
the pirate king. ne had 4 span III
name which nobody remembers now.
and hr was supposed to belong tothat
nationality. although n spoke Spanish.
English. French and ';ctmau with cpual
nucncy.
At last Young English nohlcmaI
loving adventure and DESTROYS uf the ,,.-
Ward. uptcrtoOk to capture him. After
cruising around in the Pacific for some
time he came, late one afternoon. iii
rcctly upon the Red cloud. The nU..
cancer spoke 10 the Englishman. asking
where She WAS bound and hat she had
on board. The reply WAS that they Wcr.
looking for the pirate. that they knew
they were talkin" t. him amt that he
had better give himself III 40 nncr.
In an instant bright light, appeared
all over the Red Cloud. and The cal taiu
answered in good English. II Wil! see
you in Topict first Then cannon
ball whizzed through the air, hut it wa;
aimed too high and passed above the
vessel. IL will see N0u there, shouted
back the Englishmam, and orOadSidc
from his guns. aimed low. sent the Red
Cloul to the bottom of the sea. But the
huccancer escaped, and not long after
wards he AMI two of liS crcW appeared
in rowboat on the barren island of
MOlokani, which IS near the East Nam
Islands of the Hawaiian grOur. {, Is II
small, barren, rocky place. uninhahited.
There his two companions even leit iim,
and there he lived alone foi twenty-five"
years. Since his landing there ic was
called only MoTo;innoc, the .dtiVc
name for the island. \ sailor who has
been going to anI fro from the Sandwich
Islands for ten or twelve years learned
AL he could about NOrrotinn.c, and
says that he was mnch liked and feared
by the natives. They carried - him all
the dclcacics t. he found in The king
dom and enabled him to lead life uf
ease and luxury. They sail lac was :;
tall man, big and commanding. with ..
voice like thunder - so powerful that they
firmly believed that he caused the wind
to rise or the waters to Suhsidc. They
would not allow white mon to go n.ar
the island if they could help 1T, because
they had been commanded hy him, and
when he died they buried him near the
place where he had lived. with much
mourning over his departure.