Life and bloody career of the executed criminal, James Copeland, the great Southern land pirate

Chapter 1: LIFE AND BLOODY CAREER OF THE EXECUTED CRIMINAL, JAMES COPELAND, THE GREAT SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE

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A detailed account chronicles the life and crimes of James Copeland, tracing his leadership of a violent southern land-pirate clan that spread terror across a broad region. It documents raids, tactics, and the clan’s secret mystic alphabet used for clandestine correspondence, and supplies a roster of alleged members. The narrative follows the legal pursuit, capture, trial, and execution, and an appended investigation alleges wider networks of corruption and assistance by influential individuals.

LIFE AND BLOODY CAREER
OF THE EXECUTED CRIMINAL,
JAMES COPELAND,
THE GREAT
SOUTHERN LAND PIRATE

LEADER OF A DEVASTATING CLAN
RANGING OVER A GREAT PORTION OF THE NATION,
PARTICULARLY THE GULF STATES, SPREADING TERROR AND INSECURITY
EVERYWHERE.

MYSTIC ALPHABET OF THE CLAN,

FOR THEIR SECRET CORRESPONDENCE,
GIVING A LIST OF ALL THE MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE UNION,
WITH AN APPENDIX OF

PROFOUND RESEARCH,

BRINGING TO LIGHT MORE OF CRIME, CORRUPTION AND DISSIMULATION,
UNVEILING THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH TALENT,
WEALTH AND INFLUENCE HAVE GIVEN ASSISTANCE.

BY DR. J. R. S. PITTS.

JACKSON, MISS.:

PILOT PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS AND BINDERS,
1874.