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Description: Bold Attempt at Piracy - One Brave Captain
Date: May 7 1868Newspaper published in: Princess Anna, MD
Source: newspaper archives
We learn from the Princess Anne paper that another attempt at piracy was made in Hooper Straits last Monday night. CAPTAIN BRAMBLE, belonging to Dorchester county, while asleep in his berth was arroused by a noise as of weighing anchor and on getting up to accertain the cause, found the cabin doors closed and the motion of the vessel disclosed the fact that she was under sail. Fortunately , he was well armed and with the assistance of a large bar rod succeeded in making an aperture between the doors of the cabin sufficient to get the end of his pistol through and a slight glimpse of the negro at the helm. He fired and the negro immediately fell and the other negros rushed to the forward part of the vessel to arm themselves. CAPTAIN BRAMBLE then made a desperate lunge at the doors of the cabin, the hinges of which gave way and he came on deck. Instantly two immense Africans made at him, but the ardor of their fury was terribly cooled by the laden missiles of death. Two others, maddened with savage frenzy instantly rushed upon the brave BRAMBLE and they too met the fate of their fiendish comspirators. The remaining one quickly jumped in the hold of the vessel, begging for his life. The Captain secured him and made him steer the vessel up to Cambridge where he delivered himself and the darkey up to the authorities. It is supposed that they intended to get the vessel underway and then kill the captain for his money.