A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1710 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=52903 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The American Weekly Mercury Article Date: February 12 1733 Article Description: Capt. John BRADDOCK Murdered on Board His Ship. Article Text: Philadelphia, Feb. 12. We have advice from Barbados, that Capt. John BRADDOCK in a brig. bound from Madera to the Cape de Verde Islands, was barbarously murder'd, together with his Chief Mate and boy, by his vessels crew. The brig. was afterwards met off St. Lucia by Capt. Walter PEMERTON in a sloop belonging to Barbados, who upon information of the fact from one of their men, took the brig and brought up two of the men prisoners to Barbados, who were committed to the goal there, and left some of his men to bring up the brig. and the other two, which were all the men on board (one being shot in taking her). The brig. was not arriv'd when this account left Barbados, she not going so well as the sloop. The person who cut Capt. BRADDOCK's throat was an Indian who had been some time with him. 'Tis said he was so strong that three men could not bind him, and they were forced to hamstring him before they could master him. They put the boy's eyes out and flung him over-board,! but he swimming took hold of the vessel and they cut his hands off. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com