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 whicHicks, Albert W.
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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 whic
Hicks, Albert W.
Burr, Capt. (George H.), -1860; Hicks, Albert W., approximately 1820-1860 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Piracy) -- New York (State) -- New York; Watts, Oliver, -1860; Watts, Smith, -1860
The cross-examination was a mere repetition of her direct testimony.
To Mr. DWIGHT—(Handkerchief produced by officer Nivens, shown to
witness)—This was Smith Watts’ handkerchief; I have washed and done it
up for him for two years, and never saw one like it.
Mrs. HUBBARD, who gave her testimony clearly, and maintained her
self-possession on the witness stand, burst into tears, and continued to
weep for some time after she retired from the body of the court.
DIDEME BURR (the widow of Captain Burr, dressed in deep mourning) was
called to the stand and deposed—My husband, Captain George H. Burr, left
home on the 8th of March last; I have never received any tidings of him
since, save in connection with this affair; I think I should know his
watch from the case and its general appearance, and by the guard (watch
handed to Mrs. Burr); this is the same kind of a case; I should say it
is the same watch; he carried it some nine years, as near as I can say;
(ship’s articles produced) I think the filling up in this paper is in my
husband’s handwriting; I saw some of his clothes in the Second Ward
station-house; (Kossuth hat produced) he had a hat like this, which he
wore from home; this was his shirt; he took this from home with him; I
know it by a piece across it, which he put in himself, on board the
sloop; those pantaloons I think were his; the suspenders are precisely
like those he had on when he went away; he had a vest the same cut and
color of this produced; he did not have it home with him the last time;
I could not say positively, but I think it is his; this black
handkerchief was his; I hemmed it myself.
_Cross-examined._—My husband had more than one coat; he often bought
clothes, and brought them on board the sloop; I first identified these
clothes at the station-house.
Mr. DWIGHT said that these were all the witnesses for the prosecution,
with the exception of Captain Nickerson, of the brig which had had the
collision with the sloop E. A. Johnson. He had been telegraphed to
Boston, and as he was a willing witness, they expected him by every
arrival. He sails between Philadelphia and Boston, and it may be
possible that he (Captain Nickerson) had been detained at sea.
The counsel for the defence intimated that their testimony would not
occupy much time, and they would probably close to-morrow. They
preferred, however, that the prosecution should exhaust their case
first.
The Judge said he would allow a reasonable time for the appearance of
Captain Nickerson.
Mr. DWIGHT said that Mrs. Hubbard wished to correct her testimony as to
date.
Mrs. HUBBARD again took the witness stand, and said that she saw her
son, Smith Watts, last on the 13th of March, Tuesday, and not on the
7th; she was confused when she first came up, and made a mistake as to
the date.
The Court then adjourned to ten o’clock on Friday morning.
FOURTH DAY.
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