On the morning of September 22 , James Livingston , the colonel in charge of the outpost at Verplanck 's Point , fired on `` HMS Vulture '' , the ship that was intended to carry André back to New York .
On the morning of 22 September James Livingston , the colonel in charge of the outpost at Verplanck 's Point , fired on HMS `` Vulture '' , the ship that was intended to carry André back to New York .