| Show w 1 r EVENING EVENIN EV NEWS SATURDAY SA Y NOVE mER 1 13 2 1909 OO ii lJ t TIlE OME Y o RICA c I r H I 11 I to It I nil all In n the Die point ont of vIc 1 Port Porth IT JT h y nun sung or ur r th the k if if t lop tr tra rl et a ft H II 1 i Historians point to 0 Catherine a oix OIW ot rr t nalI rulers y t r In II wax WaR w a 1 va R e b t high III I h u o of nd n t j 1 wils a ft 1 r I who ho out mum men mn antI anil worn oni m th Ih block in mil 1 v h ho th death dalh ot of lii hr li r I nn lM Miry Mary u f M St SI ct i with without lIh Ith lIhI out I n it 1 1 IIII I in or a lu r In III It tier her MI V M Is m r H n il t i s jo q at ri H R 1 t I ml fl 1 an a fl tt h Mh h lm l I ItI tin tI II Ad nu s f r 1 the thi of t the th tI NIl Ilio Iii Ih t rd I of t ante and an tin th tI II HI 1 Im wa vaa A Ad i imil mil Ini d Illk of or tin Ih tI I rl 11 In Queri n i s the She Hh H ai H tin tilt ti jr man Ini II t I Ie orid rid i vr IT r Ims la known anil nit like Ilk the tho three great quOn n ahE hr i 0 n i ot of In Ito ri tn to n Il ln If It I t she lOb had ait i t II h au ul HI I of a n qt Ft home Imme lift aid oId id hiving iving hij hl had nut ot hi h b n ii I I i dt my sh hr h Ihl d ki not nOI g lva ye yeI I I to 10 It In rn r f t I he uhe In I like Ilk IUt hr and aIt In i n Il naive urt rt of way R HIP ai h would arnup i on n th Ih and anti t f and ami thi tho Ii la t hang hangIng hangIng Ing ht upon tip I kt tank ank of r lh Iha from ron being d Vcr Vrr It sot not for fr the thc red fart thai thit the rope roIg Jangles before forI r Ia HH HII a u ahe nh hI he remarked In a n alIOn nI a alion lion tion with th Ih who her hr herto herto to death Ii nil III In Ih t he coward s old urn turn I pirn 10 imi ni mi the sega that men of our u i Id II 11 If j I had my m mI way I would SUII ulel nut t make the penalty for piracy 11 anything leN leae than Utan death It Jl la Ia I fear tor of ot the tho nOON that thaI li ham lIa kept n rogues and an It l I Ia the h he fear tear of th the noa too that kipp 1111 on land many of ot thOSe 11 who now no rot lOIt the IIII widow and th the Iha or orphan orphan phan ant and who Ute thC poor floor OV who ho hoh havi h no n money muney to 10 seek k JUStICe If It It were pre tint not 0 for lor or the noose the MR i would lie 11 a u P crowded with rogue s u as th tM the land and there would be ao ma much moth plunder lag Ins of nf that m III after u a white while would not 1101 nd ve vesSelS le out ex except exCePt under I the of or armed escorts corta Under such lIch condition my m dear Mr sir 11 she said MId Bravely tn to the Judge my trade In tn a R littia time would not bo W worth following toll owing SENTENCED TO PIU mn It 11 was waa at t Port lort Royal Hoyal Jamaica Nov uv SO 0 1720 17 that Mary huy was wan tried triad Another An lUr woman wom pirate Anne Ann I van WILlI on trial with her nit a wore Captain Joint Join and eight men of Hack II or crew tv The nine nille men and tha Ihn two tto 0 omen women vero sentenced to and gLut that name lIam day ilay and anti two Iwo of the themen themen men were taken laken to Point and egg hanged Ko iiI tar fur ns na In 14 I known thin this IM Itt the tho only Instance not only ottly ot of women I pirates icing to death but of ot women being brought to trial It t I In Ia I recorded that the women showed hawed u n higher degree of courage In n the reCene of the than did their men companion but that IB Ie I not to be marveled at for tor the tho women had Imd die dis displayed played far tar more Inure bravery In the sea een ea Sight light In which they were Here than did tilt Rai kam or liny of ot the In fart tarl throughout the yearn yera In tn which the tho two women willed sailed with they were nere ero the sturdiest fighters on board III Ric RII nm III fl and end III Ida men mn itt hail 1 Ih mint same rig rit aa as the women omell that nea fight would ouid have hae hud hul a It dir dif different ferent lira WM we In IU Its In the Iho day of ot and nd I would hex little or no tt tle In history but bit for Mary and Anne Ronney lorgan prince of or pirn ten WaN nun Roe RIH the Ih hu hIt I t paid the tho P of his hla hi rim ll Bur ter terI r I title D 0 and a ni nithi th thi other of ur tb Ih gull fOld n nd nI d f if nf the th bun n ur a rP c rr r I on but throughout th Ih Went WI Indies Indica there Ih were weta re enough nou bends bands of ot see nea rob rub robI I to 10 make life lively for th the Span j I or fin nn other who ht ho sailed Bulled thime thae had hlll b Men been n on the th pirate chip rom cent mended br by b Captain Vane and rend nhen ahen hen Sen HII on Nov 24 21 1 liU 1715 ne d de pd f i Id In to at turk IAk R a h Rack m was nan h ln n artin r In his hi place In the two tar I year In n which lUckam cr l lIed ed around Cuba Cuha pbs Bermuda tb the Bahama and made med occasional O raids ral along the th r ean coa roat t Mary uin In commend command and Anne ADM Honney las Hue one ont or of the th crew rew The irate captured revere V attack I i II l m me small utah towns town and Rot JOt a fair amount of ot plunder and made matle them themI I Kole so u much mitch of ot a R menace that a pardon JIB wa was offered to them and to all other operating In the guLf cul u It If they wo would ild return to honest way ways Hut But although b most maet of M the th other pirates pi tat were we of the Pt opportunity op to 10 wh the th elate III clean not no so with and th lit women Th TI They iy refused and no tie It became bf oame the th mark of all the h and vew 11 of o war that were wen In tn the W West Vt t Indies Indell THE TIlE FIGHT It was wall early In November 1710 that thata a R mall Rack flack l ILm ems m brigantine off ort Jamaica The two Iwo wags re pretty well matched and ami andIn in th the early stage of ot the tho fight all nfl the chances e favored the tie pirates pirate hut but aca robbers robber never did have much stomach for Cor lighting against the and when one of the gun gune on the Ibe brigantIne burst bunt and It wa WM necessary to with the enemy It If victory was wall to be lie achieved lUckam 1 rushed to lila Ills cabin and sought ought lK olac solace II li the brandy bottle In vain van did dd Mary Heed H Pd anti anil Anne Anna Don Ilon Iloni Donny i ny Iy y plead with and threaten ton the tha reat reet Th The example l ll of ot the captain was wu too much nuch for fog them After firing a n few tew I more ola at t the hman they too ton ought refuge and solace In the tho th cabin all alt but ow otie ThIs Thin one on remained on deck with th the two women and antI fought the shIp until tint the lat last III t In one desperate effort to get the men tuen hacK bacic hacKon on deck Mary l lIed went to the Iho cabin door and tiring Into the crowd throat threat threatened cried ened death to 10 every eer t one of ot them thorn who continued to a at t the iowan coward liar Her shot eliot killed one nile man luau but the others stuck tuck to the and sit nd refuted to come coin out hen the lIh swarmed on board I fh chic h In III surrendered the tha brigan brigantine brigantine tine and R nd thereafter both by b the he oom of or the warship and anti by the civil authorities she die was wall n treated tret as n the real l head of tile the t band b Her Jor con contempt contempt tempt for tor ant and the men itten was hared by hy Anne Ann Honney Ronney who won was w the captain A short hort time titus be he before before fore h lie anti va 11 banned KOt got per PIlI pern n to 0 see ace this woman to bid tare faro 4 well II to 10 her hr Instead JI tad r f with him lib she he told him that If it h had fought Ilk like a man In all probability he hp would not Hot have gone Bone to the gAllows She was wan sorry Mrry for tor him of course she nha he I edged edred but not nol sorry enough to t shed hed 1 tear t She besought him however to go 10 to hi his hll death like Ilk a man and ami so o 0 out as tar far as u possible the memory of tiki hie h craven conduct In the tho th tight MAItY HEEDS LIFE LII E and the two men sentenced d to die Ille with him that day went to th the gallows smilingly The other men mn of the blind bend were ere hanged In the February following but although neither Mary Olary ROOt Reed ItC nor Anne Anita sought or ex ax expected clemency the th authorities refused refoRd to hang hant them There wee was a as much If it not more of or an abhorrence to Inflict Inflicting ing the th death penalty on women In n those thoo day days as RII there tIters Is it I In these thee time and aa as the UI stories of ot the two women pirates became known through their conversations with lIh the Port Royal Boys judge people came cune to 10 look upon them All aM more sinned dinned against than sinning Man Reed ItI It was WIlli learned had been born In England rend and haul had been bred and reared In n deception Her lieI mother mothr when v vary ry 1 young oun had hall married a youth who soon noon after arter their marriage went to tosea toH tosea sea H and an never returned The fruit rolt of this thia Ih marriage was waa a son lIOn A year eu later Mary was wag born and the son eon dying Marys Mara mother decided to substitute her Illegitimate child chili for the legitimate mate one ono In n to have the chIli child come ome In n for or the wealth of ot her bus hus husbands bands bandlI mother mol her Mary therefore was waA reared as a boy As A she ho grow grew up her mother explained explain to her hilI the secret ot of other othor her hor birth and ond the necessity for con casting her Ier sex n At various times the hl r wanted to adopt adolt the child but this the mother of course would not consent to Instead each time shi sh h got lIot the old woman roman to Increase the al RI allowance a lowance made on account of the child Occasionally tho thu mother molher and grand grandmother grandmother mother molher quarreled unfortunately for tor Mary the old woman died at nt such sucha a R time and left let Mary without a I shilling The child being Ing no longer a source of Income to her the mother mothr had hod no further flirt her use for or Mary and so aba liar her horl Mary l JRr garbed as oft a boy reared ns as a n aboy aboy boy hoy and antI having hod the companion companionship ship only of boys all tier ber life now could do nothing except look for work as all a 1 boy She IThe had tho the good fortune to 10 obtain a n position as a to a Frenchwoman of nt wealth and she Bhe re rr remained r n In n thin this position several years year ear earA As Ac A she he grew rew tn in n years and an strength sh 1 got Rot tired of servile employment and nn 1 began heRn to look about for something else Having a love for tor the s M ft and a touch tuh of romance In n her disposition she aho ho rn en enlisted listed on a II man of nf war Here ah learned enough of ot seamanship to t tit lIt lIther her hr well for tor the tho part port she he was walt to 10 play pIa later on In life After Atter several cruises she h he sought adventure ashore and went to Flanders where she he enlisted In a 0 regiment of Infantry as ati 0 a It l cadet iThe w wrea a ft brave breve dashing soldier but there thera was ware little chance chante for a poor soldier no matter how bow brave or bow how dashing dashingto to tAt advance In those days day da for Cor commie Motu were bought and sold and the person without money might none e throughout life liCe without promotion OF OK up tip the Infantry In disgust Mary next ne t enlisted In n a valry regi reg regiment agent ment In till she distinguished hur ma self t no so as aa to win the applaud a I and 11 1 e et foe as t teem wn fI of all the tI officers nt of the Jut then romance entered the th life lite of diary to bring brine confusion to 10 liar hei e due l o was a very val brave and she he w was s a very nr mod matI modest est eel She h had the t faculty of ot most nl t bravo brne persona person of or winning th affectionate t re to reo Kurd gerd of ot their thur The 1110 tent companion of or Mary lary was wal n R handsome young trooper woo who thought Mary was w tb thu bravest veal young man alan In Inthe Inthe Inthe the world No o wonder that Mary her natural tendencies checked and dIstort tel 1 throughout ut her young life should fall r Mk In love with him The Th violence of ot bee Iter feelings wee was rush fUel that Me h all 1111 her Ir soldierly duties rend AIM acted 1 ao so p that she was ln ar One day when the handsome trouper trooper was win expressing hl his hili sorrow II over her hr condition sue she astonish astonished ed Pd him Uy throwing herself t I into U his hili arm arnie and id telling Urn she he we wa a woman Bat let hi his hili astonishment we no greater R Ler than IMP that of ot the tM Jt the ont nest day when the Ule two troopers were In n All the tile were present re t rend and w iia II were war w thousand of ot cUl cUllen len Mart led Mild and dree 4 d for tor the th lint flint time II me meIn In her life lite itt In the th clothe cl U women won wear Mary tary ry left lift the army siny arm stud and with her h hu h hue nd opened an Mn Inn and for fur lurk luIt railed It the n Three Vhs Wie tJI hail had I a 1 fair air et f ht I look k for a few years rend and w was well wall n on ore this the road eased to tn prosperity and anti MM sees tier her ier died 41 the tile ware war e Nd d 1 businesS fell fa off orr to little or nothing ami am she wa wu left ome with will a of at a living hiving for herself helf A PIRAT IK IN I WITt OK OY T wee wu nut much JOWl fur Cor furher Corill her In itt she thought ifill Anyhow the hi death I of ut o her Itu hu ud had out yut all III lie UN Ui line flee that thaI held heki Id her tor there liters iii i shim she 1141 oi II a c for tor In n II dp Phi nor HH an a tl Yo eon uin nn on to t 0 mak mc tho the trip across the he mean teAn in day dYs was WS un of C ao so fur foi o 0 owe n TW I She U r umed d the l e gei 11 i of oh 0 a The ship chip she t e hailed in lii w by pirates w as M l I les WM es UI till only JiIn b Ni HI lilt pe I r n non on oil It th Ut he I i alter after J K KU Die Uie U atel 1 AIM and IU Iw of i i i I thing ot of I value vlis v took list her nu nil boI tl Ii t r I and anil ant thi tb It n to Q Tiny The 11 y f had bad im Io i td hit idea u lw 1 MUM a as other than she nhe he l sail g In I Ix I t fl lu handsome WI lt ui uig g OLin nun Jil gil hi ii 11 heat L i MI c r V tin that II r Thi Th Ti ii i ui 11 ite se fur rr I II r I I iL tJ I J 4 Vt 11 I t I 01 I I a 1 e r fur for seventh months and then the tho licK halt Ish h government nt having malo one of o Its II periodical offers to 10 virtues to 10 Iho who would surrender by hy a 1 err r Aln tam day du the crew reW availed th lva of fir th the went to eie e officially forgiven suIt and having sold sll their plunder to tn rood I advantage proceeded 11 00 to 10 enjoy enJoo the fruits ot of their adventure Id t Jt When hen their ther money was spent pent tf nt they the heard beard that Capt apt lIlting fitting nut In the Island of New ew Provi Providence dent dance for This suited suite them admirably so a fair number of ot them theft among tho the lot being I 4 Vane ane and anil offered their th lr service to Rod fin Rodger gets ger What else e could I do Story Mary f t asked the Judge Jud when hell sl she e got to this point In her narrative There Ther was wn no nu way wn for tor foran toran foran an honest woman wom n to make a I thing living In Jamaica as well wall you OU know and men even though I detest dett the II life the pirate lead Isada and an even though I 1 abhor bloodshed blood and crime I have the same earns am love of life lite that very human creature ha has and lag Ing l g to preserve my m life and und get out of It everything I can ean I 1 was WIlli constrained to become a pirate pIra te once more tc there wa was nothing else Ue for tr me I to turn to AGAIN The ship fitted out by hy hard hardly hardly ly Iy hail had sailed lI lI ll when Mary 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