Piratery fka Piracy: Primer to Investing in Cutlasses, Rum and Pillaging

New York treasure story: (inspired by these posts) I think there's more money in waiting for the pirate to be hung then invest in his real estate property. At least it seems so having dug in the archaeology of Manhattan on that site of the former respected citizen of old New York, Captain William Kidd ("Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701)" - Word Web and Princess Diana's mother's surname). He, the most maligned character in history, according to some historians (W.E. Woodward for one) who feel that the reaction of throwing a bucket at a group of mutinous seamen which led to the death of one of the crew, no cause for his hanging for "piracy" when his London backers refused to produce the papers that showed he was involved in sanctioned privateering and not a "freebooter". I once asked the then owner of Gardiners Island, NY why his "treasure" was dug up by the British in the 19th century (?). He stated that a map was in his clothing when hung, and all property of criminals becomes the Crown's, and since the United States did not exist, and the island a "manor" the Indian (as in Indian Ocean) dowry and treasures taken and buried on the property theirs. I heard on TV it was used to build a retired seamen hospital in London. I know there has been a new book about William Kidd, I thought someone might be interested in it in regard to Gardiners Island, said to have been over-run by pirates at least once, also occupied by the British Army in the American Revolution. One or the other burned the place down too, probably the pirates. Senator Gardiner was on the deck of the U.S. Princeton when the "Peacemaker" cannon blew up saluting George Washington while cruising by Mount Vernon on the Potomac River. Robert Gardiner served on the U.S.S. Princeton in WWII. Senator Gardiner's daughter, Julia Gardiner, became First Lady to President Tyler after the tragedy, both were on board when the cannon exploded, but below decks having champagne according to Robert Gardiner, the source for most of this, now deceased. The island may be no longer a manor, no male heir was "issued". A monument on Gardiners Island, NY marks where the "treasure" was excavated from.