NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 30, 1819  Page 15 has a brief article: "Pirates". This is followed by: "Execution", beginning: "George Brown, convicted of piracy and murder at New York, on board the schooner Retrieve...on the high seas, has been executed in the harbor of that city by being hanged at the yard arm of the vessel which was the theatre of his crimes. This unfortunate man was only 22 years of age...".
 George Brown (given name William Tinsdale) served aboard the schooner Retrieve on its voyage from Cadiz, on the south coast of Spain, to New Orleans. En route, Brown and other sailors mutinied, robbing and killing Captain Lewis and taking control of the ship. They sailed into Omoa, on the Spanish Main (present-day Honduras). While there, one of the crew members reported the crime, leading to their arrest.The mutineers were transported to New York City. After a four-hour trial, Brown was convicted of murder on the high seas and sentenced to death. George Brown was hanged onboard the Retrieve anchored amidst numerous boats carrying onlookers in the East River on October 22, 1819.
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