ly treating prisoners, and particularly with murdering one of his men, William Moore. Kidd had called Moore a dog. “Yes, I am a dog,” replied Moore, “but it is you that have made me so,” whereupon Kidd, in a frenzy of rage, struck him down with a bucket, killing him instantly. It was not found possible to bring home the charge of piracy, but he was found guilty of the murder of Moore, and on 24 May, 1701, he was hanged, with nine of his accomplices, at Execution dock, London. Kidd protested his innocence to the last. He claimed that he had been coerced by his men, and that Moore was mutinous when he struck him, and there are many who are of the opinion that his trial was high-handed and unfair. Bellomont sent a vessel in search of the “Quidah Merchant,” but it was found that it had been burned by the men that Kidd had left in charge. Kidd had taken advantage of Einott's absence on his mission to Boston to bury several bales of goods and some treasure on Gardiner's island. This was recovered and taken, with that which was found in Kidd's possession and on the “San Antonio” gold and silver and jewels, with bags of sugar and other merchandise; the whole amounted to £14,000. Naturally enough, Kidd's conduct brought all his friends into serious trouble. It was charged by their political opponents that Bellomont, Romney, Somers, and the others had a guilty knowledge of his designs, and that they had hoped to share the profits. Their participation in the enterprise was made the subject of parliamentary inquiry, but the result was a complete vindication of the men that had fitted out the privateer.
KIDDER, Daniel Parish, clergyman, b. in Darien, Genesee co., N. Y., 18 Oct., 1815. He was graduated at Wesleyan university in 1836, entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was stationed at Rochester, N. Y. In 1837 he went as missionary to Brazil, and during 1839 he traversed the eastern coast from San Paolo to Para. He introduced and circulated the Scriptures in Portuguese in the principal cities of the empire, and preached the first Protestant sermon on the waters of the Amazon. He returned to the United States in 1840, and was stationed in Paterson, N. J., in 1841 and in Trenton in 1843. In 1844 he was appointed official editor of Sunday-school publications and tracts in charge of the Methodist book concern, which post he held for twelve years, organizing the conference Sunday-school unions, conventions, and institutes, editing the " Sunday-School Advocate " and more than 800 books, and preparing the standard catechisms of the church. He was professor of practical theology in Garrett biblical institute, Evanston, 111., from 1856 till 1871, when he was called to a similar chair in Drew theological seminary, Madison, N. J. From 1881 till 1887 he was secretary of the board of education. His publications are "Mormonism and the Mormons " (New York, 1842); a translation from the Portuguese of Diego A. Feijo, entitled "Demonstration of the Necessity of abolishing a Constrained Clerical Celibacy " (Philadelphia, 1844); "Sketches of a Residence and Travels in Brazil" (2 vols., New York, 1845; 2d ed., London, 1849; 8th ed., Boston, 1868); "Brazil and the Brazilians," with Rev. James C. Fletcher (Philadelphia, 1857; 6th ed., Boston, 1866); "Treatise on Homiletics" (New York, 1864; revised ed., 1868); "The Christian Pastorate" (Cincinnati, 1871); and " Helps to Prayer" (New York, 1874).
KIDDER, Frederic, author, b. in New Ipswich,
N. H., 16 April, 1804; d. in Melrose, Mass., 19
Dec, 1885. His ancestors came from England
and settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1650, and his
grandfather, Reuben Kidder, was one of the purchasers of New Ipswich from the proprietors. His
father, Isaac Kidder, is said to have been among
the first to introduce merino sheep into New
Hampshire, and was one of the first manufacturers
of cotton in this country. His early death left his
family so reduced that this son was forced to leave
his studies and to aid in its support. He became
a clerk in Boston, and after a few years went to
the south, where he engaged in business with his
brother Edward. In about eight years he returned
to Boston and entered into the West India trade,
and in 1840 engaged in the southern commission
business, which he continued for six years. In
1854 he removed to New York and engaged in
business with James R. Gilmore, returning to Boston in 1857 and renewing his partnership with
Benjamin F. Copeland, which he had dissolved in
1861. In 1869 he removed to Melrose, where he
aided in erecting a Unitarian church, and was
active in establishing a public library. He was
one of the first members of the " Roundabout
club," and a member of the New England historic-genealogical society, contributing to its "Register." He was an antiquarian of authority, and
gave much attention to the history of the New
England Indians, particularly to their language
and religion. He published, with Augustus A.
Gould, "The History of New Ipswich. N. H., from
its First Grant in 1736 to 1852 " (Boston, 1852),
and was the author of "The Expeditions of Capt.
John Lovewell" (1865); "Military Operations in
Eastern Maine and Nova Scotia during the Revolution " (Albany, 1867) ; " History of the First New Hampshire Regiment in the War of the Revolution" (1868); and "History of the Boston Massacre, 5 March, 1770 " (1870).
KIDDLE, Henry, educator, b. in Bath,
England, 15 Jan., 1824. He came as a boy to New
York city, where he studied under private tutors
and at the normal school. In 1843 he was made
principal of a ward school, but two years later
resigned to take charge of one connected with
the Leake and Watts home. In 1846-'56 he was
principal of a grammar-school, and he was then
appointed deputy superintendent of common
schools in New York city. He was made
superintendent in 1870, but resigned in 1879, owing to
an adverse public sentiment created by his avowal
of a belief in spiritualism. Mr. Kiddle received
the degree of A. M. from Union college in 1848,
and that of “officier d'académie” from the
University of France in 1878. He has published in
pamphlet-form various addresses on education,
modern spiritualism, and religious topics. He
edited several revisions of Goold Brown's
“English Grammar” (last ed., New York, 1882) and
other school text-books, including a “Text-Book
of Physics” (1883), and has written “A Manual of
Astronomy and the Use of the Globes” (1882);
“New Elementary Astronomy” (1868);
“Cyclopædia of Education” (1877), with Alexander J.
Schem; “Year Books of Education, 1878-'9,” and
“Spiritual Communications” (1879).
KIDDOO, Joseph B., soldier, b. in Pennsylvania about 1840; d. in New York city, 19 Aug., 1880. At the beginning of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the 2d Pennsylvania volunteers, and was engaged in the siege of Yorktown and in the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, and Malvern Hill. He was promoted major of the 101st Pennsylvania volunteers, and engaged in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, and served as colonel at Chancellorsville. In
