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December 22, 1819
Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In New Orleans, reports confirm that notorious pirate Vincent Camus was killed by his own associates, who beheaded him while he slept on a hoard of stolen money.
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NEW ORLEANS, NOV. 17.
We have learned with the greatest satisfaction that the pirate Vincent Camus, of awful memory, so celebrated in the annals of murder, pillage, and all other crimes which desolate mankind, has arrived to the end of his horrid career, not through the galleys the last asylum of men like him and which he had so richly deserved by his crimes, but by the very hands of his associates, by the very bloody axe which he so often used in murdering the victims of his cupidity and wretchedness.
The person from whom we learnt this excellent news, had it from good authority; and although he had not an opportunity of knowing all the particulars, he told us we might publish it as certain. The fact is, that the villain whose name this day pollutes our paper does no longer exist. He used to lead his infamous companions with so much rigor and severity, that being tired of his sway and availing themselves of an opportunity when they found their worthy chief asleep on a sum of 10 or 12,000 which he had robbed but a short time before, they cut his head off with an axe.
We have learned with the greatest satisfaction that the pirate Vincent Camus, of awful memory, so celebrated in the annals of murder, pillage, and all other crimes which desolate mankind, has arrived to the end of his horrid career, not through the galleys the last asylum of men like him and which he had so richly deserved by his crimes, but by the very hands of his associates, by the very bloody axe which he so often used in murdering the victims of his cupidity and wretchedness.
The person from whom we learnt this excellent news, had it from good authority; and although he had not an opportunity of knowing all the particulars, he told us we might publish it as certain. The fact is, that the villain whose name this day pollutes our paper does no longer exist. He used to lead his infamous companions with so much rigor and severity, that being tired of his sway and availing themselves of an opportunity when they found their worthy chief asleep on a sum of 10 or 12,000 which he had robbed but a short time before, they cut his head off with an axe.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Pirate
Vincent Camus
Murder
Beheading
Associates
What entities or persons were involved?
Vincent Camus
Where did it happen?
New Orleans
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New Orleans
Key Persons
Vincent Camus
Outcome
vincent camus was beheaded by his associates while asleep on stolen money.
Event Details
The pirate Vincent Camus, known for murder and pillage, was killed by his own crew who cut off his head with an axe after growing tired of his leadership; this occurred shortly after a robbery of 10 or 12,000.