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

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Author

Albert W. Hicks

Title

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

Original Publication

United States: Robert M. De Witt, 1860

Credits

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)

Language

English

Subject

Hicks, Albert W., approximately 1820-1860 -- Trials, litigation, etc.

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 66941

Release Date

December 13, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.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.
2. 2.HISTORY OF THE CASE. — THE ARREST AND HOW IT WAS EFFECTED. — THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRISONER. — HIS INTERVIEW WITH HIS WIFE. — RUMORS IN RELATION TO HIS FAMILY. — THE LAST LETTER OF CAPTAIN BURR TO HIS WIFE. — THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.
3. 3.THE TRIAL. — OPENING STATEMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT. — THE EVIDENCE. — THE VERDICT.
4. 4.THE CONFESSION OF ALBERT W. HICKS, PIRATE AND MURDERER. — STORY OF MY LIFE.
5. 5.PHRENOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF ALBERT W. HICKS, GIVEN AT FOWLER AND WELLS’ PHRENOLOGICAL CABINET, 308 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. BY L. N. FOWLER, Professor of Phrenology . June 29th, 1860

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