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HANYANG PIRACY
DETAILS
PERFECTLY ORGANISED COUP: OFFICERS COMPLETELY SURPRISED.
ENGINEER'S REMARKABLE ESCAPE
FROM DEATH.
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That the pirney on the. Hanyang was masterpiece of organisation was the consupsus of opinion of the officers of that vesel, when interviewed by enpresentatives of thể DaRy Prese yesterday.
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The watch on deck was taken utterly by surprise, and any attempt at resistance was out of the question and 'wonld, without doubt, have resulted in injury and perhaps death to most of the ship's company and possibly the destruction of the ship' itself.
- Those oflicens who were off duly “and' asleep in their cabins "at the time of the attack were subjected to a rude awakening by the" pirates, who banged on the rabin doors und, when they were not. opénéd quickly 'enough, fired their revolvers through them. It was in this connection that the second engineer, Mr. Scott, narrowly "escaped death, the first bullet missing him by inches and only a quick jump to the side of the doorway sated him from being riddled by the sucréeding volley,
At the point of the revolver Capt. Hasyis Walkie was forced to navigate the ship to Namon 18land, where the pirates' booty was placed into junks and sampaus nad taken ashore, after which the vessel was permitted to proceed on her voynge,
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SHIP - NAVIGATED AT PISTÖL POINT.
The pirates boarded the Hanyang
Courageous Wirelesa. Operátor.
Mr. Scott lost valuable" pro” sentation "gold" whatch "and" some money, Mr. MoGregor; was relieved af some sush, but the pizate lender jordored. its return; only a small
portion came back.
Sporting Gun Overlooked,
Although the pirates inade 'n vlose kwearch of him'onbiry they overlooked a sporting shot gun in a caso, obviously not being aware what is contained. Mr. MaGregor kept his knowledgy well in smind, bus na Topportunity preachted itself for the advantageous. use of the weapon. Ench of the offers lost about $300-1 worth of personal effects, none of which were insured.
Pirate Pilots Ship.
Capt. Hargis-Walker was ordered o go out of the count shipping ran, And Name Tsand was renched soon, after might fall. There one of the pirates book over the wheel, and he was evidently well acquainted with the waters, for he piloted the ship Finto fairly shallow water without ]
mishap.
Another indication of the organi- dation that must have proceeded the abtack was given at this point, when as a signal from the ship's siren, a motor-boat came out of one of the bays with a float of armpins in tow, 'and 5000 transferred a large
amouns of the cargo to the shore.
False Report of Cargo. Es believed the pirates were Of the conduct of the Chiflcso
under the impression that the Han-. wireless opérator, Chau Wing, theyang was carrying 600 cases of silk. I Europeas officers of the ship spoke whereas the bad on board only 29 with much praise.
anser. The exact amount of cargo she is unloaded at Canton some stolen cannot be ameertained: until time today.
in Shanghai under the guise of drek 'passengers apparently ca"route for Amny, and spent the first two days of the "verage in observing the 'offers and making themselves acHe was asleep in his cabin when quainted with the ship's routine he heard, knocks at his door, and At 11.30 on Wednesday night, taking before he could get up to see what soth, the ship was released by the At about 4.30 a.m; on Friday, Clo as their signal the striking of seven fit was, the intrudera fired two shots pirates and was permitted to re bells, the pirates "simultaneously through the "door. invaded the bridge, engine roomhowever, the bullets struck the wilter began ropairing the aerial, an Fortunately, me her voyage. As soon as she was under weigh, the wireless opera- "alleyways and officera quarters, anding and, on opening the door, Chau operation which took about twenty- pointed automatic pistole at all who was caught hold of by the pirates five minutes, and then transmitud confronted them. The Chief Offers, who made him their interpreter.. messages to the authorities inform Mr. E 6. Hankin, proceeding tri the chars roun. saw a uniber of Chinese going up the ladder to the bridge, and thinking there had been trouble among the passengers, 'approached the men to seize them. They immediately threatened him after their first outburst, they did not fire any more shots, this prob with pistola, however, and he was forced to surrender. Capt. Harrisly being due to the fact that they realised that they had no need to Walker, on hearing the commotion,. came from his cabin under the fear any opposition, the ship's arme bridge and was also made a prison already having been taken by them.
At about the same time the Chief Engineer, Mr. McGregor emerged from the engine-foom. to find several Chinese in the alleyway outside the engine-room door. Be made to chase them away but was immediately held up and made n prisoner.
ing them of the affair, while the When seen by a Daily Preen reship proceeded on, her interrupted- Mr. Chau related his experiences, presentative yesterday morning, trip to Amoy. and said that the pirates wero, on the whole, rather considerate, for
er.
The
Mr. Scott's Escape, Mr. Scott, the second engineer, was asleep in his cabin when one of the pirates knocked on the door and demanded admittance. door was not oplied quickly enough for them and n shot was fired through, missing Mr. Scott's thigh by about au inth. He barely had time to leap 'to "onë'. side before Itwo more shots followed the first, both of which would undoubtedly have inflicted wounds had he re- antined in his original position, Mr. Beatt then grasped his revolver and commenced to load it, but be- fore the operation could be com- pleted, the door was buyst open and he was forced to surrender. He was taken to the saloon, where, he found most of the other officers wait ing, under gunrd.
All Officers Captured, The experience of Mr. S. L. Garrett, the second officer, was some- what similar, he being awakened
There were some twenty pirates in all, the leader of the gang being
hardy old man of some forty this was not his first pirney, They years, who bousted of the fact that
appeared to be natives of Amoy and Swatow, while the majority of them spoke in the Cantonese dialect.
One of the first things the pirates did after they had taken possession of the vessel was to render the wire- less installation hors de combat, but they did this in a somewhat hap- hazard manner, for the defect was remedied about twenty minutes After the pirates and left the ship.
Mr. Chau said that none of the desparadoes spoke English-not even brokeh English, and as they were not very fluent speakers of the Cantonese dialect either, the job of having to act as interpreter was somewhat difficult.
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European Passenger.
The Hanyang also bad on board
European passenger, a
Gaines, travelling from Shanghai. to Hong Kong. He also was waken- ed from his sleep, and after the pirates had made certain that he possessed no arms, he was locked
by his door being burst open and in his cabin, where he remained revolvers being poked into his side.until the chip was ultimately hand- Ha also was escorted to the enloan.
Shots were also fired through the ed back to the officers.
door of the third engineer's cabin,
Mr. C. H. Jonès, who was off duty.
En Houte to Namoa,
The reason for the shots was that On the trip down the Chinese lost. while some of the cabins are 'fitted
with, swinging doors, others are ono opportunities to rifle the cabins.. slides, and when the pirates at One of their first acts was to take tempted to open thera inwards, they every, available hat and scarf they of course, refused to move, and could find and deck themselves out [nvidently gave the pirates the im-
pression that they were locked. A in these, with the hat pulled well couple,rof, shots passed alarmingly over the eyes and the scarf high (close to Mr. Jones.
The officers were not permitted to round their face, obviously in as remain together for long, for they attempt to mask their features. were shortly afterwards placed in separate cabins, the pirates evi- dontly taking no chances of re- prisals being planned.
In some cases, personal effects were handed back at the instigation of the lender. The officers think. The Captain was forced to navi-that those who took the leading, gate the ship Nccording to the direc tions of the pirates, and remained parts were old hands at the game on the bridge:
and were out for the cargo only,
It seems the pirates were not al- but that their supporters ware re- (ogether without consideration for their captives, for meals wors served aruits and stole anying purtable. tothom in their cabins, the only They turned the cabink upside down exception being Mr. S. L. Garrett, Į and paid little respect to the pleas who in some way, was overlooked. of the officers.
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