 Coates, later suspected to have murdered Mason, assumed command of the ship, stopping at St. Mary's Island (near Madagascar) along with the 16-gun "Nassau" in October 1692, before returning to New York.When he returned to New York he carried some of the crew of pirate James Allison, whom Coates had picked up after Allison's ship "Good Hope" was wrecked near Madagascar, though Allison himself was not recorded among them.Upon their arrival in April of the following year, Coates arranged a deal with Governor Benjamin Fletcher to pardon their former acts of piracy, as well as assuring no interference from New York authorities against further attacks, in exchange for $1,800 which would be divided between the Governor and other colonial officials (as well as presenting Fletcher's wife with jewels, silks, and cashmere shawls).