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Every literally got away with murder. Nobody could catch him, even though the King of England put a bounty over his head. He vanished under the identity of a slave trader and finally made off to Ireland in 1696 — but not without dropping a few telltale coins first. Jim Bailey found one of those coins. That wasn’t the only thing he found. The amateur historian, who had previously assisted archaeologists with investigating the sunken secrets of a pirate shipwreck, has done research so extensi...

Ancient Coins May Solve Age-old Murder Mystery The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:06:04 0:00 A few coins found in rural areas of the United States, including the state of Rhode Island, may help solve one of the oldest murder mysteries. A 17th century Arabian silver coin, top, that research shows was made in 1693 in Yemen, rests near an Oak Tree Shilling made in 1652 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, below, and a Spanish half real coin from 1727. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) The murdere...

Captain Henry Every was a ruthless pirate. On September 7, 1695, he was commanding a ship named Fancy on his way to the Bahamas. He posed as a slave trader and even gathered up some men from the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean so he would look the part. Every and his men captured the Ganj-i-Sawai which was a royal ship that was owned by an Indian emperor named Aurangzeb. On board the ship were several worshipers on their way back from a pilgrimage as well as tons of silver and go...

Ancient coins may solve mystery of notorious 17th-century English pirate Updated: April 1, 2021, 8:13 pm A 17th-century Arabian silver coin, top, that research shows was struck in 1693 in Yemen, rests near an Oak Tree Shilling minted in 1652 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, below, and a Spanish half real coin from 1727, right, on a table, in Warwick, Rhode Island (Steven Senne/AP) A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in rural Rhode Island and other random corners of N...

Henry Every and his crew helped plunder an armed Mughal trading vessel This created tensions between the empire and England/the East India Company The English Government placed a bounty upon the murderous pirates head Captain Every and his crew fled via Bourbon and Ascension to New Providence Yet news of their crimes caught up with them, and they were forced to flee again Exactly where Every and most of his crew went next has remained a mystery  Recently found coins support the theory that so...