[2] Vane and his men in the meantime commandeered the Katherine from fellow pirate Charles Yeats and escaped in the confusion.
[3] After looting a number of ships in the Caribbean they sailed to Charles Town in the Province of South Carolina.
[1] In early September 1718 while anchored off Sullivan’s Island Yeats broke from Vane, sailing his sloop into the Edisto River.
[3] Yeats sent a message to Charles Town, notifying them of their cargo and announcing their willingness to surrender if they were granted pardons.
[3] Vane waited a while for Yeats to reappear but ultimately left the area,[1] evading William Rhett’s pirate hunters out of Charles Town (who found and captured Stede Bonnet instead).