Was she dreaming? Hours before the costumed "Pirates' Ball," Elizabeth Rawley witnessed a strange spectacle in the waters off Key West. Engaged in mortal combat was the Black Cutter, Captain Richard Colter's ship. Elizabeth was obsessed with the eighteenth century ship's treasure, and with it's captain, A swashbuckling privateer who commanded the high seas and made women swoon for the favor of his wild passions. Then, on a moonlit beach, she found the body washed up, in a homespun shirt, breeches, and hemp tying back his long hair. It was Richard Colter, and he was alive.
