Spotswood learnt that William Howard, the former quartermaster of Queen Anne's Revenge, was in the area, and believing that he might know of Teach's whereabouts had the pirate and his two slaves arrested.
Spotswood sabía que William Howard, anterior intendente do Queen Anne's Revenge, estaba pola zona, e crendo que sabería onde se atopaba Teach ordenou que el e os seus dous escravos fosen arrestados.