KIDD

Captain, the pirate, was born about 1650 in America, and was appointed in 1696 to the “Adventure Galley” by William III. for the suppre ion of piracy. This enabled him to conduct a gigantic piratic expedition to the Indian Ocean under the English flag. He was arrested and tried for it in England, but the charge could not be proved. He was then tried for the murder of one of his crew, and hanged.