Female heroism, and tales of the western worldWesleyan-Methodist Book-Room, 2, Castle St., City Rd., E.C., 1880 - 212 pages |
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Page 142
... Gibbs was convicted and sentenced to death at Boston , Massachusetts , accused of the murder of William Roberts , mate of the brig Vineyard , on the high seas ; of which vessel he , Gibbs , was one of the crew . Previous to his ...
... Gibbs was convicted and sentenced to death at Boston , Massachusetts , accused of the murder of William Roberts , mate of the brig Vineyard , on the high seas ; of which vessel he , Gibbs , was one of the crew . Previous to his ...
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... Gibbs was born in the United States ; and being of a roving disposition , his father obtained for him , while he was yet little more than a boy , a situation in the United States sloop of war Hornet , com- manded by Captain Lawrence ...
... Gibbs was born in the United States ; and being of a roving disposition , his father obtained for him , while he was yet little more than a boy , a situation in the United States sloop of war Hornet , com- manded by Captain Lawrence ...
Page 148
... Gibbs was for the present appointed to have chief command of the schooner ; an arrangement which suited him very well . Steeped in vice and profligacy , he had now cast aside all conscientious scruples , and was ready to proceed to any ...
... Gibbs was for the present appointed to have chief command of the schooner ; an arrangement which suited him very well . Steeped in vice and profligacy , he had now cast aside all conscientious scruples , and was ready to proceed to any ...
Page 149
... Gibbs now passed , and the cruelties in which without the slightest reluctance he took an active part , hardened his nature and wrought him up to the highest pitch of desperation . So also it was with his associates , who were as brutal ...
... Gibbs now passed , and the cruelties in which without the slightest reluctance he took an active part , hardened his nature and wrought him up to the highest pitch of desperation . So also it was with his associates , who were as brutal ...
Page 150
... Gibbs stated , when he made his confession , that he never had occasion to give orders for beginning the work of death . It was so well understood that no orders were required . The Spanish part of the crew especially were always eager ...
... Gibbs stated , when he made his confession , that he never had occasion to give orders for beginning the work of death . It was so well understood that no orders were required . The Spanish part of the crew especially were always eager ...
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