Captain William Kidd and Others of the Buccaneers
CHAPTER IV.
_Arrest, Trial, and Condemnation of Kidd._
Appalling Tidings.--Trip to Curacoa.--Disposal of the Quedagh Merchant.--Purchase of the Antonio.--Trembling Approach toward New York.--Measures for the Arrest of Kidd.--He enters Delaware Bay.--Touches at Oyster Bay and Block Island.--Communications with the Government.--Sails for Boston.--His Arrest.--Long Delays.--Public Rumors.--His Trial and Condemnation. 75