a Catholic. The chief prosecutor was Attorney General Richard Bradley. At this time James Ogelthorpe, founder and governor of Georgia, sent word to Prosecutor Joseph Murray that he had information that the Spanish were planning a secret attack on the British colonies: Some intelligence I had of a villainous design of a very extraordinary nature and, if true, very important, viz. that the Spaniards had employed emissaries to burn all the magazines and considerable towns in the English North America, thereby to prevent the subsisting of the great expedition and fleet in the West Indies. And for this purpose many priests were employed who pretended to be physicians, dancing masters, and other kinds of occupations, and under that pretence to get admittance and confidence in families." Oglethorpe's letter left little doubt that the colony was part of an international conspiracy, one which not only planned to infiltrate and destroy the city of New York, but also to engage its Protestant citizens in religious warfare. Ury was found guilty of conspiracy on 29 July 1741 and hanged in New York City on 29 August 1741. References Further reading Martin Ignatius Joseph Griffin, The trial of John Ury (1899) "The Dying Speech of John Ury", Franklin, 1741 Bryant, William Cullan and Gay, Sydney Howard. A Popular History of the United States, Vol. III, New York (1879), pp. 239-40 Horsmanden, Daniel. "A List of White Persons taken into Custody on Account of the 1741 Conspiracy" Williams, George Washington. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880, Vol 1. Legacy: A Panicked Response To the 'Great Negro Plot' Terror in New York—1741 - Edwin Hoey, American Heritage Magazine, June 1974 William Cooper Nell - The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, With Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons: To Which Is Added a Brief Survey of the Condition And Prospects of Colored Americans: Electronic Edition. (1855) 1741 deaths 18th-century executions by New York (state) Christianity in New York (state) American abolitionists 18th-century executions of American people People executed by the Thirteen Colonies by hanging Place of birth unknown Year of birth unknown American members of the clergy convicted of crimes Christian abolitionists 18th-century American clergy