The Life, Trial, Confession and Execution of Albert W. Hicks

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The Life, Trial, Confession and Execution of Albert W. Hicks

by Albert W. Hicks

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The Life, Trial, Confession and Execution of Albert W. Hicks The Pirate and Murderer, Executed on Bedloe's Island, New York Bay, on the 13th of July, 1860, for the Murder of Capt. Burr, Smith and Oliver Watts, on Board the Oyster Sloop E. A. Johnson. Containing the History of His Life (Written by Himself) from Childhood Up to the Time of His Arrest. With a Full Account of His Piracies, Murders, Mutinies, High-way Robberies, etc., Comprising the Particulars of Nearly One Hundred Murders! to which is added the Account of His Arrest, Imprisonment, Trial and Execution. Also, His Phrenological Character, as described by L. N. Fowler.

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Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Robert M. De Witt, 1860.

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Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2021-12-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Albert W. Hicks

Albert W. Hicks

d. 1860

A real-life American pirate whose violent crimes shocked New York in 1860, he became the subject of sensational reports, confessions, and true-crime retellings. His story offers a vivid glimpse of waterfront life, crime, and public spectacle in the mid-19th century.

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