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Murder aboard the brig Sandwich and looting of treasure
A lengthy Dublin Gazette report details the 1765 murder on board the brig Earl of Sandwich off Ireland by George Gidley Richard St Quintin and Andres Zekerman aided by Peter M Kinlie. They killed Captain Cockeran and others, killed the Captain's wife, escaped with two boys, and buried 250 bags of dollars at Broomhill before fleeing to Dublin and Cork seeking to dodge capture. Police later seized 250 bags of dollars at Ross and apprehended the principal conspirators, with authorities recovering money and valuables linked to the crime.
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London
Ireland
George Gidley
Richard St. Quintin
West of England
Peter
M‘kinlie
Andres Zekerman
Sandwich
Delonging
John Cockeran
Santa Cruz
North America
Cape of Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Oraiaba
Charles Pigchent
Peter M‘kinlie
Cook
Richard Sc. Quintin
James Pinchent
Benjamin Galliprey
Glass
Canaries
Gidley
St. Quintin
Zekerman
Gilley
Captain Glass
Peter M‘kintie
Mrs.Glass
Perons
Britis
Waterford
Ross
Hum
Wexford
Duncannon
Broomhill
Gould
Fisherstown
Bally-Braffel
Dublin
Thosnastreet
Dublin, On Sunday the 8Th, About Three O’clock In the Afernoon
M’kinlie
Peter M’kinlie
Corke
England
Currie
Castledermot
Geneva
Peron
Strasbourg
Berlin
Pau
Sieur le Guay
Rochester
Greg Cooper
Big
J. Calcraft
Grey Cooper
Esg
Pigaruth
Glasgow
Holland
Lisbon
N. W
Catwater
India House
Briannia
Rous
Epiipe
Stewart
Dover