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[March 30, 1907. 
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THE KINGSTON “SHARK PAPERS.” 
The present disaster in Kingston brings pic¬ 
tures of that fair tropical city vividly before the 
mind of one who has recently enjoyed her hos¬ 
pitality. 
There is the impressive entrance to the harbor, 
where the steamship passes directly over the old 
capital of Port Royal, which literally slid off 
into the sea during the first great earthquake in I 
Jamaica’s history, and where, on clear days, one 
can see in the depths a remnant of the old church. 
Then, the beautiful harbor itself, spacious and 
admirably protected, hut filled with sharks, the 
little bathing places all being inclosed to shut 
off these terrors; the drive to the hotel through 
the quaint, dusty town, where the drivers of the ; 
rickety cabs of course follow the English cus¬ 
tom and dash past each o^her on the left, at first | 
startling the American and raising the already 
high temperature to the boiling point. 
But Kingston -dwells especially in my mind, 
in connection with one of the most curious 
events, surely, that ever happened. In its way 
it undoubtedly is unique. So unusual is the 
story that it would be heard with a smile as a 
rather too strained bit of fiction, were not its 
truth so well attested. 
I have not yet heard the fate of the Kingston | 
Museum in the present disaster; but if it re- I 
mains intact, there hangs on one of its walls 
a picture frame, showing behind the glass a 
bundle of stained papers, in size such as might 
be crowded into a long envelope. At the side 
of this bundle is a printed slip, giving data, and 
beneath are the words, “The Shark Papers.” The 
history of this little bundle of papers is, briefly, 
as follows: 
The time dates back to the last days of the 
period when the Caribbean was a favorite haunt 
of pirates. In 1799 an American trading 
schooner left Baltimore for Curaqao. She seems 
to have been a stout craft, and unusually speedy. 
Whether these facts influenced her skipper— 
Capt. Briggs—or whether he had become tired 
of the monotony of honest trade, does not ap¬ 
pear. Certain it is that he changed his mind 
about going to Curaqao. When well at sea he 
swung the Nancy about and headed for one of 
the many small islands which mark their passage. 
He must have had the idpa for some time; for | 
he knew that at this place he could secure effec¬ 
tive armament. In a word, Capt. Briggs pro¬ 
ceeded to turn the Nancy into a pirate. 
If this enterprising gentlemen failed as a 
trader—th’ough that fact does not appear—he was 
at first a great success in his new profession. 
Numbers of small craft suffered from his un¬ 
ceremonious visits. Before long, all the Carib¬ 
bean ports were filled with stories of a myster¬ 
ious schooner which swooped down on weaker 
vessels with impunity, and seemed able to defy 
pursuit when a stronger antagonist, challenged. 
A reward was offered by the authorities for her 
capture, but without avail. The Nancy continued 
to do as she pleased, and developed into a veri¬ 
table pest. 
Capt. Briggs by this time must have accumu¬ 
lated enough booty to enable him to retire and 
live comfortably for the rest of his days. But 
the idea never occurred to him, or the lust of the 
game was in his blood; for he kept on—to his 
doom. 
When the English are aroused they have the 
virtue of thoroughness. The British man-of-war 
Sparrow was then in Kingston harbor, and her 
commander, Capt. Roberts, slowly but thoroughly 
made up his mind that the Nancy had gone far 
enough. He made adequate preparations and 
sailed out of the harbor with the resolve that 
when he returned he would bring the pirate with 
him or leave him at the bottom of the sea. 
Some days later the Sparrow sighted a schooner 
which answered to the description of the Nancy. 
The Englishmen made signals for the other to 
come about, but these were unheeded. The chase 
was on. It was a long chase, but the Sparrow! 
could not be shaken off. The tables were at last! 
turned on the Nancy. Her day of reckoning hadl 
come. The Sparrow got within striking dis-j 
tance, and a shot across the bow sounded the bej 
ginning of the end. The Nancy at once hovd 
to, and was speedily boarded by the Sparrow’d 
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