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THE
ANKING". PIRACY,
NINE ARRESTS MADE:
PIRATES TRACKED BY CANTONESE AUTHORITIES.
[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. ]
CANTON, Oct. 18th.
Tho nine Chinese suspected of taking part in the piracy of the Anking and who, were brought to Canton from the Tai. Chow How district mat week are still detained in the Canton Admiralty awaiting trial, further investigation and These suspects were brought to
"Nan. These vessels were
the Government
to
Fruitless Questa..
drawn round
The expeditionary force reached Tai Ping Village next day, and on troops being landed a cordon was the immediately place, permitting no one to go out. An exhaustive search was again instituted, but still no clue of any sort could be found. The villagers
THE HONG KONG DAILY -PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19th, 1928.
A PROFESSIONAL JOSS-WOMAN.
ROBBED IN CASTLE PEAK.
TWO GIRLS AND MAN CHARGED.
A somewhat unusual picture was seen in the Chief Justice's Court yesterday afternoon, when two shy maidens, still in their teens, and man were placed in the dock in charge of a warder and a wardress
The man, Yeung Kau, was charged with robbing an old woman named Tong: Shuk Shi, on August
ATTEMPT TO THROW WOMAN OVER- BOARD.
'SHE STOLE MY SAVINGS.".
EXTRAORDINARY STORY” IN.
COURT,
The life and death struggle which occurred on the 8.s. Lungshan on August 29th had its sequel at the Supreme Court yesterday morning, when Chan Yik Cheung was charged before the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan, with attempted murder.
Mr. E. Somerset Fitzroy, Assist.
A ROMANTIC AFFAIR.
ELOPING COOLIE GETS NINE. MONTHS.
A.. Chinese was charged, on re- mand, at the Kowloon Hagistracy yesterday morning with taking taken away, or causing to be away, a Chinese giri under 21 years of age, without the consent of her parents."
Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, of the Secretariat for Chinese Affaire, prosecuted.
It appears that the defendant was employed by a contractar," the father of the girl, and he became intimate with the latter."
One day the mother of the girl overheard a they both disappeared, and inter
conversation which made her be lieve that the defendant had taken the girl into the country. The
arrange a meeting, and was arrest- ed; while he was being taken to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. and gave chase to him.
the city on beard the gunboats were severely questioned, and final-end, with two others not in cusant Crown Attorney, prosecuted, defendant's younger brother went Hai Fu, Kwang Kan, and Pingly admitted that they had heard of tody, at a place near Castle Peak, and the defendant was unrepresent afterwards to the girl's mother to
sent by ship flying the British flag being of the sum of £ss. The two girls, ed. cour the pirated last month. The pirates, Tong Sien and Wong, Mei, were
the north-eastern side of Wu Tau Mountain, some ten miles away. "The place where the pirates are believed to be hidden is known as Yu Liv., This is all we know of the piracy," the villagers declared.
coastal villages where the pirates they said, had made a landing on charged with aiding and abetting charge, prisoner replied: "I was the complainant saw the defendant
were believed to have fled with their loot and exptives. It will be remembered that the king was seized by pirates on September 26th, near Tai Chow How. Two
foreigners were shot and seven Chinese taken raptive, in addition to thousands of dollars worth of loot.
Realizing the seriousness of the incident, the Canton authorities at
the men.
The case was heard by Sir Henry Gollan. Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, Assistant Crown Attorney pro-
When asked a plead to the not attempting to murder." Taking this as a plea of not guilty, the case proceeded.
Outlining the case for the prosecu tion, Mr. Fitzroy said that cam- Prisoners were undefend-plainant, a Chinese married woman, was travelling second-class on the ed, and returned a plea of "Not Lungshan from Canton to Hong Guilty."..
Acting on this clue, the officer in secuted. command of the forced
Worship By Proxy, Outlining the case, Mr. Fitzroy said that complainant, Tong Shuk Shi, was a professional joss woman.
colders the expedition forced this place, which they reluctantly did. The three gunboats sailed for Yu Liu, and again a landing party made a thorough search, and again nothing could be found. When the people of Yu Liu were questioned, being pirated off the coast of Abram. The pirated ship," they temples to worship on behalf of said, "proceeded up to Sha Sz others. On August 21st the two Village, where the people of the village came out and helped carry away the loot."
Kong on the night of August 29th. She sat on deck, and her husband and sister-in-law occupied chairs beside her.
once ordered the above-mentioned they said they had heard of a ship, She made her living by going to She left her seat and followed
gunboats and a contingent of the 5th Army to search the vicinity of Tui Chow How in the hope of bringing the pirates to book. The party left Canton on the 6th inst-! ant for Macao, thence proceeding to Thi Chow How, reaching there about six hours later.
girl prisoners went to her house at Yeumati to ask complainant to go with then on the following morning to a temple at Castle Penk, where they wished to invoke the aid of the gods before investing some money in a lottery.
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Prisoner approached the complain- ant, and told her that a lady passenger wanted to speak to her. prisoner out into the alleyway. She did not find anyone there, and asked the prisoner where the lady pas- senger was. He told her to come a few paces forward. She did so, but was suddenly seired by the prison ér, who had one foot on the rail. inga, and was attempting to jump overboard.
To Die Together. Remarking that it was an extra The necessary arrangements were ordinary thing for a man to do. Mr. Fitzrey said that it would made, and on the following morn-appear that prisoner wanted to die ing complainant went to the house and to take the woman to the That was the of the third prisoner. There she water with him.
peculiar feature of the case, and the prisoner was placed under medical observation, after his arrest,
fectly normal.
When questioned, defendant ad- mitted taking the girl back to bis village, where she still is. He said the girl had agreed to run away with him,
Sentence of nine month's hard
labour was imposed.
WEDDING AT ST. JOSEPH'S.
LT. COMDR. S. K. HORN AND
MISS MALLINS.
A Naval wedding was 'celebrated yesterday morning at St. Joseph's Church in Garden Road, when Lieut. Comdr. "Sydney Keith Horn, of H.M.S. Magnolia, was married. to Miss Phyllis Mallins,
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Horn of Seths- dale, Bethune Road, London, while the bride is the youngest daughter of the late Captain F. Mallins and Mrs. O'Connell Fitz Simer, of 31, Pembroke Road, Dublin.
ciated, assisted by the Bav. Father The Rev. Fr. G. Byrne, S.J., off-
A. Riganti, rector of St. Joseph's." Lieut. C. A. Jenkins, of H..S. Magnolia, was "best man.'
Carriers Arrested. Once more the sailors and troops went on their quest. The force pro- ceeded to Sha Sz. Village, reaching. there about five o'clock, in the after- Search Under Diculties. noon. A careful search followed, When they got to their destina- but again nothing could be found to give any clue to the whereabouts tion, the sea was very rough, and of the pirates. Three villagers, huge waves were breaking against Chan Chiu, Chan Heung and Chan the cliffs in Tai Chow Bay. Sailors Awei, believed to be notorious bad characters were arrested, and on and soldiers had a most trying time being questioned, admitted that found the second prisoner, and was in effecting a landing. The com- they had been forced to carry the told to return home to put on her mander of the squadron wanted to loot for the pirates to Fing King Lest dress before setting out for but had been reported to be pot H. Davenport Browne as matron of
Village hut insisted that they had go further up the river on which no part in the piracy. There Castle. Peak. Complainant return- Tai Chow How stands at the were over thirty pirates," theyed home, and after dressing herself month, but the weather was so said, "and about twenty carried guns. The loot consisted of about And, and the depth of water to 40 big packages. We were allowed uncertain, that this was impossible. to return after we had done our
task and he had to anchor in the bay, which is surrounded by high moun
tains.
were
went to the third prisoner's house again.
When the woman was dragged the rail, she cried out Save life. and her cries attracted some mem. bers of the crew, who intervened just in time.
Continuing, Counsel said that when prisoner was charged at the Police Station, he explained that some years ago he was working in Anaam and saved a certain amount of money. He gave $400 in Saigon currency to a woman who was his cousin for safe keeping. Periodical- ly he gave her inore money to mind until the total reached $720, when the cousin absconded, taking the
They left the house together, and, Mr. Fitzroy, added, the two girl prisoners knew that complainant had money or her person, because one of the girls borrowed $15 from Search soon revealed that this complainant's nephew, and be in had been. A black quilt, a lady's. was the village where the pirates turn asked complainant to oblige dress, & child's hat, other articles the girl. She did so, and in tak af clothing, a revolver and many ing the money out of her purse, the other things were discovered, all of girl prisoners saw her roll of bank-money with her. the property being obviously not the legitimate property of those notes. The purse was tied around then possessing it.
Passengers Picperty Found. These three meri were at once taken to Ping King Village, where Some fishermen were seen in the a eurden was immediately drawn, distance, and armed crews sent away in the boats to make investigations. The fishermen were obviously surprised and alarmed at the sudden approach of the armed Asked whether they knew anything about the pirates, they
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Six villagers, Tong Shiu Heung, professed ignorance. Failing to So Au Fook. So Au Loi. Lam Yin, get any clue from the fishermen, the Lam Aug and Lee Ding, were placed sailors returned to the gunboats,under arrest and taken on board the gunboat lui Pu. These men where a' conference was held.
all denied having had anything to
der the fishing boats and compel the fishermen to direct the sailors to the nearest village, which they "reluctantly did..
The Nau Hong, the smallest of the three gun-boats, was used to
her waist.
Three Men Hanging About. There were three girls and the four of them left the house for La chikok by bus. On arrival at the
It was then decided to commando with the pirney, but the naval terminus, they get off and com- officers said that the circumstances plainant noticed three men hang. were tho suspicious for them to being about. One of them was the allowed to go.
aleanwhile troops were ordered male prisoner. The tour women to search all the neighbouring vil started out for Castle Peak, and ages, which they did, rounding up the men followed, but sometimes 25 suspects, and recovering more loot. All these people were severe-going ahead of them and sometimes Low the fishing-ereft with the fishery interrogated, and al but four lagging behind.
were set free. The others were Having walked a few miles they taken on board the Hai Fu and brought to Canton, together with
came to a teashop, where they had tel. The three men also took ten While the gunboats were return there. After rest and refreshment ing with their captives, one prison- er. Chau Wo Sing, tried to escape they started off again, and, after attempt walking some distance one of the hut lost his life in the
men on board showing the way up the river. The other two gun-boats remained in the bay.
Villags Of Sam Chow.. Sam Chow was eventually reach, ed, and the sailors and troops Ianded, searching every inch of that place, but no trace of the pirates would be found. The villagers and fishermen repeated that they knew nothing of the piracy or the pirates.
The landing party eventually, re- turned to the bay, where another conference was held, and it was decided to call together all the
the recovered loati
following,
a good swimmer. that it was im possible to overhaul him. A sol dier then fired at the fugitive, who from the motor road, the was seen to disappear in the water, having been shot through the head.
Nothing is known as whereabouts of the seven Chinese kidnapped passengers.
Badly Battered And Robbed. When the women were well away
mem
A Strange Defence, Prisoner had also stated that this preyed on his mind so much that he was able to contiane his work, with the result that he was dis missed from employment. He had no money, and had to pawn his clothes, in support of that story," Mr. Fitzroy added, "a pawn-ticket was found on him when he was his way to Canton, and took passage arrested." The prisoner had made
to Hong Kong by the Lungshan with the express purpose of com- mitting suicide on the way.
ar before."
The bride was attended by Mrs,
honour, and the Misses Yvonne and Averil Davenport Browne as bridesmaids. Master Michael Daven port Browne was the page.
The bride, who was given away by Commander A. E. Buckland, U.S.O., D.S.C., wore ↓ dress of beige lace and a georgette coat trimmed with fur. Fler picture hat was of beige chiffon, and she car- ried a bouquet of pale pink roses,
The bridesmaids wore lemon yel low organdie frocks and carried baskets of rosebuds.
After the ceremony s reception was held at the Hong Kong Hotel at which many friends were pre-
The honeymoon Kent,
15 being spent at Macao and Cantoh, and Mrs. Horn left wearing a dress of pale grey georgette with coal and hat to match.
His Lordship: But I understand before, so why not question her that you said you knew complainant
about that?
complainaat in Annam, to which Prisoner said that he knew the witness replied that she had never been abroad.
yet.
years old.
His Lordship: If you accuse the complainant of having behaved badly toward you, you Ead better. put questions to her now.
Prisoner: She was a prostitute in. Coussel added that it would ap- pear that while on the boat he saw Annam, and she used to change her Dame several times a month: "I was complainant, and apparently mis- there in 1920, and she was then a took her for his faithless cousin. "That would appear to be the sing song girl, not quite a prostitute reason for the incident, although, His Lordship (to witness): How as far as the complainant's story went, she had never seen the prison-old are you now 1-1 am just twenty His Lordship (to prisoner): She "Man Overboard."
says she is 20 years old, and there- Capt. W. B. Thompson, mäster of fore she must have been: 12 years Requesting permission to go to the girls then suggested that they the Langahan, gave evidence to the old in 1930, lavatory, his bandeuffs were taken should leave the motor road and go effect that at about 8.15 on the even!
Prisoner: She is 23 years old. I off. whereupon he jumped over, board. A sentry ordered him to over the hillside by a narrow path.ing in question, he was in his cabin remember every incident quite clear-
when he beard a cry of "Man over-ly. return, and a boat was lowered and They did and went toward the sea.
board. "He immediately came Asked if he wished to question. sent in pursuit, but the current All this time the three men were
aut, stopped the ship, and put her complainant further, prisoner said was eo swift and the man was such.
about. A lifebuoy was thrown over- he had nothing more to say. board, and then witness was inform- ed that no one had gone overboard. He brought the ship back on her seized complainant by the throat, proper course, and told the Chief and beat her until she became ba Officer to bring the man who caused Prisoner: Yes, I was then work. found herself alone, her clothes when brought before witness, made ant accountant. My salary was 8400 to the conscicua When she came to, ake the disturbance to him. Prisoner, ing in a goldsmith's shop as assist- torn, and the money in her wallet a statement, and in view of what a year. I left all my earnings with missing.
he said he was put in irons and her until the total reached 8790 Evidence would also be called, handed over to the police on arrival in Saigon currency, and then she
vanished.. Mr. Fitzroy added, to show that a at Hong Kong. motor-car driver saw three men The complainant, Sin Fook Mui, Complainant emphatically denied and three women on his way back said that while sitting next to the prisoner's allegations. to town. They hailed his car and her husband and another relative,' he took on two men and one girl. prisoner came up and told her that The various hend men
Another car caine on later, and the
a lady passenger outside would like. rounded up and the captain of one
three prisoners engaged the vehicle
to speak to her. At first she refused to take them back to town. of the gun-bonts spoke to them very
to go, but when the prisoner told Chang Yue, the Chinese who was
Later the complainant also saw sternly, stating that the Govern
her that the lady passenger did not & motor-car, the driver of which, like to come in, she went. was determined to obtain arrested in Hong Kong on
extradition warrant from Canton, seeing the state she was in, wanted she stepped out, she found they were some clue from them, but still no
to give her a lift back to town, "but and subsequently found guilty at the passengers in the car objected there was nobody there. Prisoner near the railing of the ship, and information could be obtained, the Central Magistracy of being a She eventually got another car to
then told her to go forward two the village elders stubbornly main-confederate in a kidnapping gnag take her back.
which raided the village of Ko taining that they knew nothing Kong and carried off a number drivers of the cars which, took the prisoner put his arms around her. A chance meeting between the paces, when she would see the lady passenger: She did so, whereupon about the matter. They expressed of scholars from the village school present prisoners and the other two she screamed for help and became was sent back to Canton last night men not in custody away and the unconscious. When she came to, she willingness to support their state- zent by any sort of guarantee.
by the se, Trng. On.
The mother of one of the scholars plainant back to town reaulted in
driver of the car which took com found a crowd of people had gather, whether he had said such a thing The officer in charge of the ex- who was kidnapped gave evidence the arrest of the prisoners.
ed round, and the prisoner was still pedition finally decided to leave, in the case, said that she had acen whereupon one villager hinted that her boy being carried off and plead had produced photographs of the
After Sergeant James Cargill holding on to her hair. they might go and investigate Taied with the robber to release him, scene of the robbery, complainant Ping village, which is about 50 Her son was murdered and his head miles away, This village, the stuck on a bamboo pole, which was in pointed out, bad long been sent back to the unfortunate notorious for harbouring pirates. mother.
wealthier and influential men living in the villages in Tai Chow district, thirteen in all, and to ex- plain to them the seriousness of the piracy and the necessity of being- ing the pirates to book.
ment
were
KIDNAPPER SENT BACK
·TO CANTON.
GRUESOME TRAGEDY
RECALLED.
an
When
Prisoner's Allegations, When asked by the Court if he went into the box and corroborated wanted to cross-examine the com- counsel's opening statement. plainant, prisoner said that he
The case was then adjourned would make his statement later until this morning.
(Continued on next Column);--
"I Beg Your Pardon," Complainant's husband then gave evidence of the disturbance on board. the ship, and added that when he asked prisoner why he attempted to throw complainant overboard, he Baid that the woman was his cousin, and had done him a great wrong in
Annam.
Later, when prisoner was in irons, I beg your pardon. 4 have made a wrong he turned round and said: identification."
Prisoner said he was seized by several persons, and was not sure
or not..
In further evidence prisoner stout- ly maintained that complainant. was his cousin, and that his intention was to go overboard with her.
After a brief retirement, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty," and prisoner was sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour..
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