Capture of the sloop William cage and gibbeted on the small Deadman's Cay at the entrance of Port Royal. The remains of the other pirates were placed at various locations around the port. Mary Read and Anne Bonny avoided hanging by claiming that they were pregnant, Read died several months later before her scheduled execution, while Bonny was never heard from again. Some accounts say Bonny retired and settled in North America and others say she returned to piracy. Bonny spoke of Calico and reportedly said that "if he had fought like a man, he need not have been hanged like a dog", a now
Mary Anne Sadlier and her husband, who were his enthusiastic friends" (Anna Sadlier, 332). Sadlier edited a collection of McGee's poetry in 1869 in tribute to his memory. She remained in New York for nine years before returning to Canada, where she died in 1903. In later years she lost the copyright to all her earlier works, many of which remained in print. One of Mary Anne's daughters, Anna Theresa Sadlier, also became a writer. Mary Anne Sadlier Mary Anne Sadlier (December 30, 1820—April 5, 1903) was an Irish author. Born Mary Anne Madden in Cootehill, Co. Cavan, Ireland, Sadlier published roughly sixty