NEW YORK HERALD, July 14, 1860

* Last person Executed for Piracy in the US
* Albert Hicks, aka William Johnson, Hanged

Page 3 has a nice & somewhat lengthy article on the hanging of the last person to be executed for piracy in the United States, known as "Pirate Hicks". The one column heads include: "The Pirate Hicks" "His Execution at Bedloe's Island" "Ten Thousand Persons Present" "Exciting Scenes At The Gallows" "The Bay Covered with Steamers & Boats" "Conduct of the Culprit" "His Extraordinary Indifference" with the text taking over 3 columns. Some of the subheads include: "His Confession" "The Culprit's Conduct in Prison" "The Day Before the Execution" "Reading of the Death Warrant" "The Trip to Bedloe's Island" "The Execution" "Certificate of Death" & more, with much detail on the actual execution.

Pirate Hicks confessed to murdering his 3 companions on the oyster sloop A. E. Johnson, and throwing their bodies overboard. He also claimed to having killed 93 others in California gold camps. Beloe's Island as now known as Liberty Island, where the Statue of Liberty stands. He was a character in an episode of The Twilight Zone in 1963.

Complete in 12 pages, clear archival strengthening around the margins are almost unnoticeable, once loose at the spine & later rejoined with some close-trimming near the gutter but not affecting the mentioned article. Irregular at the spine as well.