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PORTRAIT OF THE WIFE OF HICKS.

THE BOAT IN WHICH HICKS ESCAPED FROM THE OYSTER SLOOP.

PORTRAIT OF ALBERT W. HICKS, THE PIRATE.

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.

Office U. S. Marshal, }

Southern District of New York. }

I hereby certify that the within Confession of Albert W. Hicks was made by him to me, and that it is the only confession made by him.

LORENZO DE ANGELIS, Dep. U. S. Marshal.

NEW YORK:

ROBERT M. DE WITT, PUBLISHER,

13 FRANKFORT STREET

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by

ROBERT M. DE WITT,

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

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THE TRIAL

OF

ALBERT W. HICKS,

FOR PIRACY

ON BOARD THE SLOOP

EDWIN A. JOHNSON.

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT.

Before Hon. Judge Smalley.