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| TAI LEE PIRACY.
THIRD DAY OF INQUEST,
At the Magistracy yesterday after noen, che inquest on Captain Willas, who met his death on the occasion
SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1924.
on the deck · "The Bonnten were accompanied on each occasion by strangers, and Ware themactres armed. He heard the pirates call eat "Be of about 430 am, and heard them lowering the - ship's : boats
The Coroner: Did you at any
of the pinnig on board sa Tai Lee, time previona to 430 ain, see the was centiuurd, Mr. R. E. Lindsell || boatswain I
officiating as Corner
Witness: Yee at 143 am, out-
Lieut K. R. Erauchamp, Assistantside the compradore's office, Harbour Master, sat on the Bench with the Coronet. As at the previous sittings ad the Court, Mr. G. K, Hall Brutten watched the proceedings on behalf of the China- Coast Deens Guikh while Mr. G. Perdae, Assistant Director of Criminal Intelligence, represented the Pulise.
The Corner: What was he doing! Witness Looking for the pradare.
Messrs H. R. Hancock (foreman) F. A. Perry and A. F. R Silva Netto formed the jury.
The first witness called was Man Kau who for ten months has boca watchman on board the Tai Lee, Ein station was at the grill to prevent steerage passengers from going up on to the middle deck He stated that the grill was opened when the ship reached Wong Moon, for passing through the Coatoms
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The Cormer: Did he say why! Witness: He wanted to take him Ashore
The Coroner: Did he find him! Witness: No, the compradore had disappeartsl
The Coroner: Could you name any of the sailor pirates?
Withers: Sau Namya.
Quests were them put by Mr. Perdue as to the direction from which the pirates had come, and witness replied that two had ap
*tween proached from the sdera decks and two more from the port side on the same deck. He knew the boatswain's name was Man Sum, and although he did not Inaw
the man who had given the pirates
The Coroner: Where were you the order to clear off, he woukt at 12801
Witness: On duty at the grill
The Coroner: Was the grill open or locked!
Witness: It was open.
recognise him again.
Indian Guard's Marksmanship.
Indian Guard 279 an ex-soldier who had served in Frace with a Sepoy regiment, was next called,
The Coroner: Who had the key and owing to his being still under of the griff
Witness: The boatswain.
The Coroner: Was the boatswain
The Corner: What happened
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witness was extremely loquaciou, Withew: He was at work in the and took a considerable time | busty,
give the exsët information that was The Coroner: How do you know asked for, preferring to elaborate he was there i
the details of his share in the night's of a large box, he returned the fire lower grill, and he was not armed. striking witness with the barrels. Witness: I: customary for proceedings. It was established with his revolver, which was fully Mr. Bratton asked that the of their revolvers. The boasawain'a sailors to be there when weighing that his post was at No. 2 grill loaded, although he could see Compradore might be recalled assistant intervened, however, tell- anchor.
which was situated on the starboard body. Then he saw the carpenter and questioned re the
first-classing them not to do so as bo "was side of the ship towards the bows ifting the grill and was about to passengers, as the guard had said not a bad man.” They all went
At midnight on January 20th, here at him when a man appeared that six
регзода Lad attacked to the saloon and witness crawled Witnes: It is usual for me to took over his watch. The grill was
Irom the direction of the bridge. him, although it was possible that after them Shortly after, the wait until all the sailors have gone locked and he had the key in his He fired at the newcomer and
the grill on the opposite side of former witness and the off-duty down before locking the grill. Soon pocket Rahmed Khan was on duty scared a hit, the man calling out the deck was open by that time, guards were all brought in and tied alter the slip left. I heard "firing. | on the outside of the grill. At
as he fell wherent another man ran thus angmenting those who had fup. All were then removed to the in the bows on the top deck 1230 am, just after the ship had up from the same direction, and passed the starboard grill One bathroom in the stem and locked in. attempted to so cut and investigate. left Wong Moon, the boatswain me the same fate from witness's had ako to consider that the guard The Coroner: Did you go through but before 1 could reach the door and two other men came along and revolver. He fired two more shots on the other side, was in all prob-the grillt. four pirates came up and prevent-called to witness to open the grill in the general direction of the ability less of a fire-eater than this Witness: We were led through. ed me from going out by 'pushing | Rahmed Khan had admitted them bridge, and proceeded to reload bia witness me into the, Compradore's office, from the lower deck He opened revolver, which
naxt}
They has the door and told me act to come val. An hour later the Compradore was brought in The Compradore opened the safe under the pirates' orders There was another ende of which the compradore had not the key, so the pirates took him away to get in
The Compradore's Escape. The Cinner: Were you gaerdesi or alone?
the grill to allow the boatswain and one sailer through, but world not allow the third man an unknown Chinese, to pass
The Coroner: What happened Witness: When I stopped the third man he spoke to the others in Chinese, which I do not under-
tas
WAS
stand, and the sailor who was with the boatswain, speaking in Hindus tani, told me that the man hit relief during leave. I Witness: One man stood outsile satisfied and let him through. on guard all the time.
The med went towards the bridge The Corner: Was there anyone and witness locked the grill after with you?
them
empty. WAS HOW
While reloading be heard steps and the wound of somebody attempting
Indian Guari 31 was then called
Fally armed and with a fall comple ment of ammunition, he had relieved force the grill. Not waiting to another man at midnight inside the He complete the loading, he fired and "port grill on the main deck.
standing up to sight his object, was opened the grill once for the hit in the call by a ballet, but not Captain to pass through and again. before he had settled with the tree or four minutes later, when tamterer, who sank down by the he returned.
all shrinesly wounded rather badly.
It was relocked on
the grill, where one of our number was lying dead.
The Coroner: You saw Bañined Khan hing dead?
Witness: Yes, and a Chinese, also dead, close beside him.
The Coroner: How long were you. kept in the bathroom?
Witness: About daybreak we inside
I knocked at the door fram
The Coroner: When you went to your quarters, did you miss any- thing?
each occasion He saw Captain and were released by the carpentar, Willox walking towards the bridge, whose cabin was next door, When the Captain get abreast of his own rabin, a shot was fired, and he fell to the deck." When witness saw what had happend, he fired three shots from his revolver towards the bridge
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Witness: All our property had been tampered with: my own box had 3110 taken from it.
Goards Disarmed. Witness continued: Then I sat down, laid my revolver aside, and twk up
my ride. Bring in the direction of any sound that I heard Witnessr: Yes Another biki Lee
The Siege
I sat against the box and used all gure he saw there. The only light
Mr. Hancock, through the Coroder" Shut, a watclaman, and two servants
The Comber: Is it usual for the ten of the roparis in the magazine.
to see anything by, was that which asked witness if he heard Captain of the compradose.
Foatswain and sailors to go on the Then I took ten more rounds, from
came through the cabin windows Willox make any sound or state- The Corner: How many pirate-bridge deck at night?
ny bandolier to reload, when four A shot, fired through the grill from ment when shot Witness replied did you see!
Witness: Yes, it is usual, especial rave men rushed from the first aft then hit witness in the right that he heard only a short sharp- Witness: Eleven or twelve.
ly for the boatswain, about whom clave paswenzers' zoom and seized, thigh, so he sat down on the deck., exclamation, nothing more. The Corner: Were they armed? there are special orders
my ride. They also took my and red three more shots at the Questions by Mr. Brutton elicited Witness: All except two or three. Withces went on to describe the bandolier and the revolver. They bridge. In answer to farther questions, exuting incidents of the next few picked me up and lifted me to the witness described how the compra-minutes, when a commotion broke ship's side to throw me overboard dore game back and unlocked the out below. and the carpenter was but then dropped me on the deck. second safe, the money contents of heard calling Rahmed Khan to open Afterwards they dragged me to the which were taken outside in a fare the grill. This he did, and as the first class room. tied my hands and basket He was kept a prisoner inne was being locked again a shot robbed me of the grill key. Another MASSAGE the office until about 10 am dating was fired from below, and Rahmed guard was there also wounded and which time, by looking through a Khan fell to the deck. Witness tied an. Not long after two more small glass panel in the door, he did not know the fired the shot: saw some seven or eight seamen neither did he see Rahmed Khan In answer to questions, witnesa bringing money along to the door more again. Two shots were then said he thought at first that the of the offre in grass bags and fired at witness from the direction carpenter might have been lifting baskets. He knew it was money by of the bridge, neither of which took the grill to help or join the pirates, the clink as the bags were placed, effect, and sheltering by the side but he only saw one man at this
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Having emptied his re. the information that witness judged volver be took up his rifle and fired the shots to have come from the another shot at the bridge. The bridge, by the sound. He had seen fre was returned and the first shot no flashes of any sort. Neither had got witness in the left arm, causing he seen anybody come on to the him te drop bis rifle. The assistant deck from the passenger cabins boatswain and another sailor then
"The Coroner' then asked the jury enme up and removed his bandolier, whether they would care to arms and keys. They were both use or adjourn, and a majority armed with revolvers.
being in favour of adjournment, it was decided to continue the enquiry Pirates in Possection
on Tuesday afternoon at 215 pm. They opened the grill with the nt the Magistracy, when evidence of stolen keys and were joined by two the head guard the pilots and or three more men, who commenced Į quartermasters will be taken.
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