Show y ELMO SCOTT WATSON itla warn calta r A presidents pirate anceto ft IS doubtful it mallard 1 thirteenth president of the v states ever boasted of the act tint his great grandfather waa a pante t such Is the truth of the matter n must be said in extenuation hewtty that john fellmore was a piret against his wishes and that ai s as possible he got out of the pl business and that under rather eidt ing circumstances it Is also to hii credit that in getting out of the bm ness he helped put an end to the c reer of capt john pirate of I 1 the atlantic coast john fellmore was a native of ipswitch ipswich mass and a member of th crew of the dolphin commanded t caal andrew harreden Harrl den of cape AM i when that ship was captured by th pirate captain while for cod oft the banks of newfoundland seems to have had i particular grudge against bew en land vessels on one occasion go story goes he took a ship the master 1 of which was a saint of isea eng j land named dependence Depend ance cilery who gave the pirates a long chase bebon being overtaken As a punishment i forced the saint to 1 until he fell down exhausted i f after the capture of the dolphin phillipi compelled captain young fellmore and another young man edward cheesman to becom pirates against their will and take part in many a robbery on the high sea but the three fishermen had little stomach for such deeds and they began plotting either to escape from the pirate s clutches or capture the and bring him and his crew to their chance came one day late in r t april 1724 when they discovered on deck with only two of hi s men near by quick as a flash they f sprang upon the three pirates killed two of them forthwith tripped ip captain and tossed him era i board then they sprang into the holl below where the remainder of the cre were loafing covered them with pit 3 and put them in chains thea were masters of the ship now and the quickly set sail tor boston where thea M arrived on may S the pirate cn was turned over to the authorities who upon evidence offered by the three hanged two of B pirates whose records were panto n barly blace cilmore and his con rades were absolved of all blame to I 1 the piracies pi they had been forced to help commit and besides were highly i praised for their daring in ridding the coast of the blood thirsty cantela 1 ail LOl lonais the french pirate ilda steu IN mana respects the careers of ml henry morgan the artico neer and capt jean david iw wo alias francis LOl lonais a name by att which he Is best known the frend pirate were strikingly similar bobi bo were terrible scourges urges or the spit N lard and to both might fairly be has plied the characterization ot ard wd fiend but the ends of their careen bent were very different morgan lived f pare be restored to some semblance of f B undeserved as it was and after dying peacefully was borici anad amid great pomp and ft fate saw ta it that L Ollo nals khonh iby i be adequately punished for his croaa cei and he died as horrible a death as tv U al of ills hapless victims ei L Ollo nals was transported in kl v youth from his native land to tt ita west indies as an indented beia and after serving his time joined tk scout buccaneers bucca who were just then w a ing to power on the island of iima ulola he served for a time as el sailor and conducted himself ld A buch skill and courage that the freud i governor of tortuga island gave W my command of a ship and sent him c on a private ering voyage against dicing spaniards then he stole a and went on account but still ft lore ing upon the spanish settlements tast ills first great success was the aff W ture of the town of south america which he held for tw oat weeks while his wild followers pilla chai and murdered the spoil OBI town was the vast sum of aw atsie pieces of echt besides great y ig i ties of silks jewelry and plate tf the credit of this pirate it must be w t that he placed square with his taiti each roan was given a just shirt the loot a share was allowed for 0 next of alln of each man t ir those of the pirates who lost an iree or a limb received extra reward L Ollo nals w as as daring as be ter cruel at one time his ship OIB wrecked and most 01 pirates got to shore they 1 I lr bet upon by a party of lards and all killed except the I 1 who was badly wounded lie sc by smearing blood and sand D face and hiding among his dead p i a rades then disguised as a 1 he entered the city of campece with sardonic joy watched the cd i he alon of the citizens over ills aw another shipwreck on the re to honduras proved his dona t was captured by the indians w e the words 0 the i r historian of the buccaneers bucca W aie in pieces alive throwing ahls katt limb by limb into the fire and W en into the air to the intent that oa 01 tice t ice or memory might remain of sa IF infamous human creature |