Show jia belmo ELMO SCOTT WATSON 0 9 1126 western newspaper union buried with honors of war career of capt john to la unique in that lie he not only died in bed not with lila him boots on as so many pirates did but that lie he was div alv en honors of war when burled buried halsey began as a privateer off the newfoundland banks under tinder a commission sion from froin tile the governor of massachusetts Blass achu but no sooner was lie he out of sight might of land than lie he turned pirate after capturing a few fishing vessels lie he sailed balled for the canary islands where pirating promised to be more lucrative after capturing a spanish vessel near the canaries lie he sailed around the cape of good rope hope for a visit with the pirates in madagascar in the red sect sea lie overhauled a fine dutch ship armed with GO 60 guns then by some strange quirk of conscience decided that thereafter he would leave the shipping of christian nations alone and prey upon moorish shipping only tits ills crew became angry at tits his announcement no to this effect mutinies mutinied muti nied led and threw him into irons then they attacked the Il hollander ollander but were being roundly thrashed when they released halsey alsey II who got tile the ship away safely for several weeks thereafter halsey scoured the seas in search of moslem vessels but luck was against him so 80 he gave up ills hla resolve and attacked the british ships tho the essex and the E eagle ogle F from rom the essex the pirates took more than pounds in english gold and from tile the other moro more than upon discovering that tile the captain tit of the essex was on nn old friend of tits his quartermaster returned all of tile captains personal belongings but kept the pounds was something of a business man ns as well as a pirate after the capture of these two vessels lie he made out invoices and sold the two ships back to their owners for cash ca sh I 1 then he returned to madagascar where lie he was visited by the captain of the scotch ship Nep neptune time which had come to trade in rum with the pirates this visit was providential for the pirate leader A hurricane destroyed hla his ehlis lips and he seized the scotch vessel then he attacked and seized another ship filled with mer bandise han dise which the he pirates had just sold to its captain and for which they had received their pay captain died of a tropical fever in 1710 1716 from a contemporary I 1 the following account of his funeral Is I 1 taken with great solemnity the prayers of the church of england being read over him film and his sword end and pistols laid on his collie coffin which yam covered with a ships jack As many minute guns were fired ns as lie he was old viz 40 and three english volleys rind and one french volley of small arms anna ills his grave WEIS was made in a garden of watermelons water melons nna and fenced in to prevent ills his being rooted up by wild pigs great lionor honor indeed for ft ruthless sea rover I 1 and what a touching thought that last sentence I 1 |