Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-08
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Recent Indications Of Piracy on At.
Iantie Coast, Recalls the, Adventures
of Some of the Notorious Rovers of
the Western. Main.
The theory that pirates are again
infesting Atlantic waters: has been put
forward in: connection with the
grounding Of. the Carroll: Dsering and
the mysterious disappearance Of three
other American steamships.
"An epidemic Of piracy has; followed
in the wake Of nearly all Of The great
wars. Even as recently 35as ,1s15 rest
less souls who had smelled the blood
of battle and felt the nto1tcation of
danger became loath to settle down In !,
to the peaceful ways Of men Aid COM
merce and chose the wide iseassa as an
asylum because theyi: refused 10 1--we
under the law" says a bulletin of the
National Geographie% Society from its :
Washington, D. c. .headqdarters. s;;;s;'
Some Famous Pirate sHssSs. - Z r,
Beside the broad. oceans which Of y
fered infinite, chance foEi eseape4 there
have always been the island dotted
areas which furnish excellent lurking
places from which these exponent
absolute freedom might . direct their
efforts and to which theyHHhsf:hittks
their quarry for examination and: long
division among them. - The Greek
Archipelago, the island hiding places
made it possible, for, him. to defy the
fleets of England, Italy. Spain and
Holland. to levy tribute. on all the yes
sells that passed over the highway to
capture the richly laden Papal galleys
bound for Rome in Moslem defiance of
Chrfstendomf and chain the Christians
to their oars. In $50. at that time
notorious ana :Immeisely wealthy, he
changed the base Of his operations to
the island Of Jerba, Hoff; the coast OF
Tunis, where the Fates ceased to smile
so kindly upon him. After many hard
fought battles and :vicissitudes' of. for
tune he fell before the forces .of
Charles v.of Spain near TremizanSons
African soil: He had actually eacap-
ed, but upon learning that his faith
full followers were close. pressedSshe
returned to die with them: The career
of his brother Kheyr-ed-din is> >scaFeaff
II, loco .romantic siy. .fss. .
Piracy on the American :-:eoaAt
among the French and: Spanish nayt:
gators began before the days, $, :; ot , itAA
English .Scolonists. Queen EHxabstti;ss i;s4. siet
said to have covertly countenanced as
well as helped expeditions by buer
cancers and in the West Indies the
trade restrictions placed by = the va.
riohs mother countries: led TO .aecept-
ance. by many island governors a,'of
wares brought by navigators .swhem
they knew to be free-booters -and
whose methods they could not.tahord
to question. = -
Piracy Road to High Office .:ts:,
"Perhaps the most unscrupulous and
willy of the. perverted sea-kingss>tWAss
Henry Morgan Of the Caribbees. He
was q magnate, an indomitab blesrute4s5'
a crafty strateglst and a commander
Of genius as we'll as a. pirate par ex-
cellence. In fact he flirted with. one
danger after the other always to come
out on top..sHe marched into Puerto
Principe in the heart Of Cuba and took
it despite every resistance. He Fout-
witted with uncanny cunning the Oh
ficers at Porto Bello, in Panama, one
of the strongest cities near the Carib-
bean shores and the storehouse for the
riches which had been brought by,
Spanish galleons and mule packs from
the interior. He escaped with an In
estimable amount Of gold and jewels.
ingeniously employing f1reship
against the Spanish TO- accomplish his
escape when he was:bottled; up ID
Maracaibo Lake. Finally he took and
sacked the city Of Panama. Then
leaving his companions in the lurch':
he slipped away at night, with all the
booty to Jamaica, ingratiated :himser' J
with the governor and was clever
enough to get himself into the graces
Of the English king who knighted him
and made him lieutenant governor or
Jamaica for his long experience OF
that colony
I'm our boyhood, stories OF Captain
Kid were frequent. The. subject Of the.
narratives was really a respectanie
sailor in the merchant service, With. "a
wife and family In New York when he
was commissioned by the English king
in 1890 with power to seize and des-
trov Off the American coast all pirate
ships. Having been given ships and
crews to accomplish the purpose, ne
eayley set sail across the Atlantic
around the Cape Of Good Hope TO
Madagascar and the Red Sea to ravase
East India waters and convert to his
own uses his captures. Then ne @hieu-
himself, so the, story goes, to west
Indian waters and buried his super
auous treasures before he finally went
10 Boston where he was captured, sent
to England for trial. was executed and
his body left to dangle In the winds for