The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-16

beach acted as silent but unmistakable wit
nesses against them. The inhabitants were
aroused, and in few hours all the survi-
vors of the wreck were apprehended. They
were all sent TO Boston; and on the confess
sion of Bellamy were condemned and exe-
cuted. They were all foreigners, very ig-
norant and obstinate" says the his orian
but by the indefatigable pains Of a plous
and learned divine, who constantly attended
them. they we're at length. by the special
grace OF God. made sensible of, and truly
penitent for, the enormous crimes they had
been guilty OF"
No less notorious a pirate than Bellamy
was William Fly. an Englishman, who be-
gan his career by heading a mutiny on
board a Guinea-bound vessel in the spring
of 1925. While at sea the crew rose under
the leadership of Fly, murdered the officers,
and started on a cruise to the coast OF North
Carolina, Here they captured small
sloop, but the South Carolina authorities
had for number of years made it 50 I'M
pleasant for pirates who came anywhere
near their coast that they deemed it advis-
able to sail north as speedily as possible.
| They accordingly set out for the New Eng
land coast, capturing Barbados vessel on
the way, out of which they took several
prisoners, including passenger from Bos-
ton named Atkinson, by whom Fly was
finally delivered to Justice. The pirates
were persuaded that Atkinson was a capa-
BILE pilot and acquainted with the New Eng
land coast, and despite his proteststious of
ignorance regarding navigation, they forced
him into service, threatening him with i'm
mediate death if the vessel was not navi-
gated in a proper manner.
After taking number Of prizes off Della
| ware bay, Fly ordered Atkinson to take
| the vessel into Martha's Vineyard, but the
pilot, whose knowledge of tae coast was
much greater than ne would allow, sailed
past that island and beyond Nantucket be-
fore Fly had any idea where they were
| going. Atkinson came near paying for his
| temerity with his life, and was only saved
from Fly's wrath by the interposition Of
| some of the other pirate officers.
Atkinson, perceiving that MS life was ia
| danger every moment, now determined to
| try the plan of setting the ere against Fly,
| whose tyrannical rule had long since gained
| him the hatred of every man on board
| his plans, and IL .was not long before the
entire crew was ripe for mutiay. By this
| time Fly had, by fitting out several OF his
| prizes made himself master of O fleet sof
| four vessels. Atkinson had been retained
| on his ship, which was the largest and best
| equipped Of the four and soon found an op-
| portuuity to put his designs into successful
execution. One morning, while the pirate
| chief was engaged in watching some ap-
preaching vessels through his glasses, be
! was seized, on q signal from the pilot, and
| confined in irons. Atkinson, taking com
mand, then navigated the feet straight into
| New England, where the eatire- compa
| we're seized by the authorities in June, 1926
| They we're carried to Boston, where they
| were tried the following month. Lieut.
| Gov. Dummer, assisted by eighteen Seen
| tlemen Of the Council" sat in Judgment on
the case, aud Fly and the three most notori-
GUS of his men were condemned for murder
and piracy, and ON the 18th of the same
| month were led to execution. Flys body
| hanged in chains at the entrance to the har-
Dor for long time as a CHASTITY warning TO
| all evil-doers. r.-.s s...
| Capt. John Phillips was still another pi-
| rate whose name was we'll known along the
| coast OF the northern colonies during the
third decade of the last century. Phillips
began life as an honest seaman, and while
| on voyage to Newfoundland was taken
| prisoner by Austis, another notorious pirate
OF that day. 1t did not take him long to
| become thoroughly reconoiled to his new
| surroundings, and he was soou one of the
| boldest of Austs' crew. About the mid
| die of 1723 Phillips entered into conspiracy
| with several companions, and they sue
| ceeded in running away from Newfound
| land with a small merchant vessel, the capt
| ure of which they had effected. He and
| his crew signed the usual, pirate articles
| which in this instance presented some pecu-
liar features. Capt Johnson, who had access
| to the records Of the trials Of this crew, has
| preserved she articles in full, They open
| with the usual stipulstions regarding the
share each officer and man should receive
| from the prizes captured, ard go on to
| state the various rules of discipline to which
| the company was to be subjected. The two
| features which attract the most attention
are the article providing that 'if any man
| shall lose a joint in time or an engage nent,
| a shall ba Va 400 TjaCaa NJ Right if limb
S00;" and that providing for the protection
| Of women, which shows that these men,
| desperate and abandoned as they were,
! were not wholly lost to every sensoof honor.
| IF at any time, read this article, "6e meet
with prudent woman, that man that Of
| fers to NEEDLE with her, without her con-
sent, snall suffer present death" -
Phillips sailed for the West Indies. the
coasts of which he harried for many months,
| evading every effort that was made by the
authorities to take him. Among.his capt
urea were many New England vessels, and
although he did not scrupie TO send tue ere VS.
ashore and scuttle their ships, as regards
cruelties to the men his record Is perhaps
| the cleanest OF any OF the chief pirates of
| mis- time. Early in 1924 he suddenly ap-
| peared of the New England coast, and capt
ured a sloop commanded by q Grader named
| Andrew Herradiue. The prize being q
more seaworthy vessel than his own, be
sent the captured crew, except Harradine,
away in the latter, and Tehtted the sloop
| for his own uses. For some time there had
been much disatfection among Phillips
men, and taking Harradiue into their con-
| fidence, they formed conspiracy 30 seizs
| the ship and deliver the officers aud vessel
| to Justice Their plan was put into execu-
ton in April, 1924, but several of the Off
GERS, including Phillips, made such resist
ance that it was necessary to kill them in
/ nr,iar n acnOmDlia1 their design faw
days later the vessel was carried into Bos-
| ton and delivered up On May IL special
court of vice admiralty was convened, and
four of the pirates were condemned. Two
of them were executed on June 3, and the
others were reprieved to await the issue of
a petition to his majesty the king in their
behalf. History does nos relate what dis
position was finally made Of them.
ArUpER pAsSE6 RANTJNT