"Important News" ran the headline from the Dawson Daily News, July 2, 1909. The story goes on to say that the man named Kirkconnel was believed to be Francis Bailey and had been arrested in Whonnock. He had obtained a hundred and fifty thousand dollars of merchandise and sailed to Honduras. He was arrested there but had jumped overboard at night and swam ashore. "It was supposed at the time he had made a meal for the sharks."
The papers of the time are full of stories about the arrest and trial.
"FRANCIS G. BAILEY PUT IN JAIL HERE; Sailed with Pirate Ship Laden with Goods to Make Fortune in South America." read the headline from the New York Times July 30, 1909.
Read more about the "pirate of Whonnock" on the Maple Ridge Museum & Archives website and in digitized newspapers:
The British Colonist
New York Tribune
New York Times: July 8, 1908, July 2, 1909
Thanks to Annette Fulford for the newspaper links.
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