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Show KING OF SWAN'S ISLAND IS DEAD t Boston. Jan. 15 Alonzo Adams, one time Yankee skipper, later ' king' of Swan's Island in the Carribean seo and for the last few years a Connecticut Connec-ticut farmer, is dead at the Massachusetts Massa-chusetts general hospital in this city jjB at the age of 7$. Adams, or the "king," as he vas best known, was born in Ellsworth. Mo., of seafaring parents About twenty-three years ago a vessel ves-sel of which he was captain was chartered char-tered bv a compan to carrv a commercial com-mercial expedition to certain Carribean Carri-bean islands The venture failed and Adams accepted for his pay the rights 10 Swan island, one of the group of which the company had acquired possession pos-session The Yankee skipper established 0 small kingdom, t a 1 ins 'he title 01 king and introducing royal customs He developed his kingdom commercially commer-cially and within a few years had amassed a small fortune Three years Wl aco he accepted an offer from a development de-velopment compan and sold hi? kingdom returned to the 'states" and settled down on a farm at East 1 Hampton, Conn. I no |