Show r e fei oric blackguards s a a by ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE copyright I 1 6 by tho pr pree as publishing co the new york world titus oates conspiracy inventor itina ai lis o 0 13 1 the 1 of a 8 a A o 0 caused ath th of many stuat 04 tat people a in 9 kingdom le the k list rai 1 arivel 1 oily olly fellow fell oates by oates was wee TITUS oaten argent loo on of an english weaver he ile be war elu 7 iffe aa a baptist clergyman wae was t the la a out of ble his c church hurch for perjury in the british led bee me chaplain a la F he was dismissed from this mison misconduct duct and went lor for gross as ao jee c tic me tady tor for the prie priesthood strood in a jea colaw here flere he was found to r e p hypocritical and wort hitas was ado too joaie us a rai a welled yelled fl in disgrace thua thus thu headey az t the age of 0 f nine he ile cast upon pon I 1 the world to pick up was I 1 ving in by his wits already be he had branded as a blackguard but most t bis his real career of deadly mischief e what back z w ad no t alb the jesuits for their luat just jemaa jea mation of him he went to 1 11 king of england and in a ted story tory of a jesuit plot to murthe sess king and to start a general the ra bere fiacre hie file tale was an absolute te ai wak from first to last and it was w awkwardly devised that the king ifer careless questions exposed it bi I 1 Is t cot not only falso false but utterly absurd be he lites was not discouraged palling failing perm charles of the falsehood falso hood cc t mt before a magistrate named folyd toey grey and publicly took oath that taft t charges were true the govern I 1 hal 11 at nt aad nd the people at large seemed idan forget that oates had already been bals k acted of perjury and that hia his to drw 49 life was that of a man whose giraldes I 1 ri rd was oot not to be credited panic uck tek statesmen ind and populace alike ak ey er believed bel loved their kings life was ly no proofs to the banu wary y nor appeals to their sanity sanit M mid jd check this belief tho the A s mad with sith excitement charles R bar tha supposed eup posed plots intended atla remained remal ned calm and laughed at ie entire affair as a hoax pearly nearly 2000 innocent persons were ested on oates false testimony as cabera bers of the conspiracy brave aa aest loyal englishmen were tried blackboard blackbeard pirate for revenue only k a virginia acts ia family in I 1 I 1 y a 0 gruesome 0 heirloom is 1 4 cherished it A huge blige drinking AP barred with lw and resting a 4 a it silver base tin cup itself la Is 1 ade of a polish A d human of jbf skull blackbeard LAC K 6 BEARD EAR D i skull 1 of Diack itt blackbeard beard the pirate w or was blackbeard a bead less fanatic in life than it Is in death he we tore an n immense beard jet black ed and tied into a dozen fantastic I 1 ass and each strand waa was fasten with will 4 a gaudy ribbon to add to his ludicrous appearance be he 4 1 all his teeth blackened and 0 9 charp filed flied point dut but 24 though in dress chape he lanzl looked ked like a comic op r brigand there the comic opera el of to en elded ile ie was a shrewd busl 1 ei I ican a pirate for revenue only blackbeard Slack beard 9 real name was edward wb each or thatch he ile was born in eland and in with the last part of the seven century and Is said to have aped faded as a youth aboard a privateer mel el bound for the west indies dur t t tae nol vaar ar of the spanish kioa ot Private ering in those days was tery different rom piracy 1 13 peace tatters was a declared and abe fou found nd themselves ork b out of did not trouble wd oard ITEM I TEM black he 1 horte private ering to piracy was I t kind of step he arat ate por turned beard from a year or so nothing was alln by the 1 ln outside world orld IG 16 h he all ou o r it at once became to fa ious in his armed S ean innes tead of a revenge Ile at the M asu u anh ceroua crow crew that at feared nathl but hl self he ts atle the SP began aravag th main then leavin leaving ard 9 that happy m to alie tie hunting ud headed beaded freebooter folk black 04 virginia northward and scoured tat ia aad and carolina coasts fight capturing pillaging aging then en in burning J june ule roye 1718 queen annes ge 8 waa was na wrecked off the north coast A blackbeard instead of oil la land id or turid ir waiting to be cap ks surrendered rendered himself and 30 of horn jonh carolina boea me to gov charles charlen eden of the pirate in spite and unjustly put to death on the sama same ridiculous charge A reign of terror set in no ones life seemed safe when a convicted perjurer could swear it away plain citizens and high nobles alike swelled selled the ranks of vie vic tima time oates received a large income acome from the government and had a suite of rooms in the palace then as the turmoil began to die down don oates tried to revive it by the most atrocious ocious charge of all he ile ac aused the queen a meek pious gentle gentie little woman whom her husband bad had neglected and ill treated of conspiring to poison king charles the public once more howled with fury parliament tried to force the queen to leave court charles had the decency to pui put a stop to this tale by declaring his wife tie innocent later when charlei 11 II died and hia his brother janies james II 11 came to the throne oates was as convicted of perjury A strange sentence was passed upon him for state reasons it n deemed best knot to execute this conspiracy inventor who had caused so many better ken men to die instead it was decided to put rut him to death in adoth er fashion he ile was sentenced to pay a heavy fine then to be clapped into the pillory a rude wooden contrivance in which a captives bead and hands were fastened while he was as kept standing for hours exposed to public view to receive a whipping and then to be imprisoned for life being taken from his cell five times a year to be pilloried again As oates was sixty five years old it was thought the terrific beating would kill him but he was tough he ile ree received ived 1700 lashes ot of the whip and was eo so mangled that he bad had to be dragged back to pris on on a sledge in spite of this treat ment he recovered three years later in 1688 when james 11 was deposed and william of orange became king of england one ot of williami Wll llamo a earliest acts was to par don oates and to give him a royal pen elon islon of 1600 a year rear it Is hard to understand bow how any monarch in the light of oates crimes crime could have issued such grdon and pension yet the fact remains the ahe old perjurer lived on in comfort vain ly trying to stir up new plots now and then for the next 17 years d ing in 1705 at the age of eighty six of his eccentricities was a shrewd shred judge of human nature he ile bad had goo I 1 reason to know what manner of man eden was he ile went to the governor secured from him a royal pardon and calmly proposed a business partnership it was arranged between them that blackboard blackbeard was to go back to his pleasant piratical labors and that eden in return for a fair percentage of the plunder should protect him from legal interference this was a safe and profitable ar ran gement for both for a few months it prospered finely but dut such a elate state of affairs aroused groused sharp comment boru the plan planter tere on whose rich estates blackboard blackbeard vas was now levying a heavy toll one local legislator ednard mos ley complained publicly that while eden could easily raise an armed force to arrest honest men he did not seera able to do anything toward capturing blackboard blackbeard eden punished this plain by fining mosley and by prohibiting him from holding office for three years but the peoples people a discontent could not be so easily silenced the colonists unable to stir their own governor into action appealed to GOT gov spotswood Spot of Vir virginia ginta spotswood was a very dif terent ferent sort from the loving eden I 1 he promptly fitted up two ships and with robert maynard in corn cam inand mand send them against the pirates tile virginian force found Hiack beard in pamlico bay on november 18 1718 1713 A fierce battle ensued blackboard blackbeard knew what defeat lefeat would mean to h him im so he ordered one of his men to stand by the powder magazine magazino with a R light cd ed match and to blaw bin up friends and oneal s allie at a signal from hia but the signal was not given for in the thick of the turmoil Dlack blackboard beard and maynard met on deck in a band to hand fight it was a duel duet whose fame lived long in virginia Virg lnla this deadly sword clash between a dapper young officer and a giant pirate at length till ill in swordsmanship prevailed against mere savage strength end and a blow of Mayn jaynard ards a cutlass stretched blackboard blackbeard dead op oil his own eck ile I 1 he career of ot americas most picturesque I 1 sea rover roter wae was at an eod ead the gurvit ore ors of the crew surrendered thirteen il of 0 them were hanged ani an 1 coast dwell I 1 era ers and tita marines rines alike breathed easier |