Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

as a pirate. While his hackers were
~anXiously waiting to hear of his cap
ture Kidd appeared unexpectedly in
the West Indies, where he touched at
Anguilla April /, 1859. heard that he
was wanted as a pirate and now de-
cided to find Bellomont and set him.
self straight If he could.
Capt. Kidd was prepared to swear
to Bellomont that he was innocent Of
piracy; that he had taken only ships
which sailed under French papers, and
that whatever acts of a piratical ma
ture he had committed were by his
crew, who had mutinied, and locked
him in his cabin until the piracies
were accomplished. Kidd approached
the land first in Delaware Bay, near
Lewes, and sent ashore for supplies.
He did not go ashore here, nor did
he a n any goods. A chest owned by
James Gillian. a pirate, who was a
passenger on kidd's vessel from NADIA
gascar, was landed here by it's owner
and placed in safe hands. Several peo-
pie who sold Kidd supplies were on
his vessel. They were later arrested
and swore Kidd landed no goods.
Kidd's movements from this point
on can be traced. He was anxious to
communicate with his wife and
friends in New York, and to that end
entering it at the east end and pro-
ceeding as far as Oyster Bay. Here
he went ashore and sent a messenger
to New York with a letter to James
Emott, a lawyer, and a message to
his wife. Emott. whose practice en-
braced the defense of pirates, hurried
to Oyster Bay and went on board
Kidd's sloop, which sailed at once for
Rhode Island. Here Emott was land
ded in Narragansett Bay, probably
near Point Judith, to proceed to Bos-
ton, Lord Bellomont being there. Capt.
Kidd's advocate arrived in Boston on
June 10, 1899, and went at once to
Bellomont's lodgings. Bellomont prom
ised Kidd security "if he would prove
himself as innocent as Emott said
he was"
About June 25 Kidd headed for Bos-
ton, after taking on a pilot from
liz III hSIJaiilLi
This pilot naturally had charge Of
the sloop, and nc treasure could have
been landed without his knowledge.
He was later a witness for the govern
ment. The San Antonio put in at
Tarpaulin Cove, a convenient harbor
on Vineyard Sound, and there Kidd
landed "a bale and two barrels of
goods" which were left with the man
there" to be called for on his return.
The bale and barrels were duly recov-
cred, like all the rest of Kidd's prop
erty. The value of the goods and
treasure recovered from Kidd tallies
fairly clearly with his probable share
of the total booty of his voyage, less
the goods left on the Quedah Mer-
chant, which were sold by Bolton at
St. Thomas. The exact nature of the
treasure Kidd turned over to Mr.. Gard
iner is known from an inventory made
by five commissioners sent by Massa-
chusetts to collect Kidd's property.
The original of this inventory still
exists. The treasure left at Gardeners
Island was listed in it as follows:
bag gold dust ....... COY
No. 2-One bag coined gold...... IL
And in it silver
No. 3-One bag dust gold ......., 24M
Nc. 4-One bag, three silver rings
and sundry precious stones 49,. AS
One bag unpublished ~stones..... AS
One pure crystal and brazer
stones, two Cornelson rings,
two small agates, two anne
thysts, all in the same bag.
No. 5-One bag silver buttons and
n l.mn 90
No. Gone bag broken silver ....l73h
No. 7-One bag gold bars ........353H
No. S-One bag gold bars .......23Si@
No. 9-One bag dust gold ........ 59H2
No. 1O-One bag silver bars -. 2l2
No. 11-One bag silver bars -. 300
Besides this treasure the commits
sioners seized on the San Antonio and
at Mrs. Kidd'S lodgings about as much