Show NO HONORS PAID FAMOUS PIRATE jamaica ignores memory of henry morgan there la Is no monument to sir morgan in jamaica although lie ho was once lieutenant governor there following a career of piracy second to none in fit the wide confines of americas renean tho the sea in nil all nr r kingston thero there la Is not a street square or lane named after him ailin visitors to the island frequently express surprise at the lack of oven even a tablet perpetuating tile the memory of tile the man who ravaged the spanish main alain and then nt at the behest of tits hta government stain stamped ped out buc ca in uie the british west indies horn born in wales ho he first arrived in the west indies incites as n stowaway stow awny on a ship bound for barbados A short time later he ha reached port royal across the bay from kingston with a string of prize ships captured at campeche campiche Cam peche shortly afterward lie he pillaged and burned panama the oldest town on the american coti continent nent tills this raid netted him mule loads of treasure ile he was infamous for cheating and ill treating his men usually robbing them of their shares of booty lils hia sc hernes of torture were fiendish in tho the extreme combining practically ull all the brutalities ever invented in nil all countries since the very beginning of time viii ally arrested in jamaica and shipped to england englana to give an it at account of ills cri crimes tries lila ills glib tongue and riches saved hlin him from froin punishment instead of being hanged lie he was knighted and sent back to jo ja anica ns as lieutenant governor with a commission to abate piracy on oil all the waterways lending leading to or surrounding any of the british west indies the king hing of england believing it to be a good idea to set a thief ali lot to catch it a morgan betrayed ills former accomplices hanging them without trial or mercy and thus for the time ending piracy in british domn dominions lons ills despotism finally led to ills his recall some say sir henry morgan die deol peacefully in hagland under an assumed name others that lie resu resumed ired tits ills piratical career and was killed in hi a raid while the best liked story Is to the effect that same of tits hla old shipmates tied him in fashion fas lilon on the shore and let uie me incoming tide slowly drown him generally considered an appropriate fate |