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found also a pistol magazine clip They seemed to be firing very containing nine rounds. These much at random, to create fear two men were tied up, as also was was more than anything else, but his the second defondant, who Warship would hear evidence that pulled out of the water and was a meas-boy in the saloon was ac-Identified on the spot. tually hit in the chest. by a bul let in the saloon and he collapsed.
One Revolver.
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carance of the submarine L.4. salson spoke pidgin English antives. Two women were killed on when that was done the third de- i they demanded the arms of the marine and two were drownofendant tested the safe and wont.1
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"The L4. actually took 225 people ple who wore seen to lose their falling to the deck of the sub ch opened fire on the pirated officers. They searched the of As far as could be ascertained, the el na she was entering Binsficers and after doing this, they ember of the missing is 24. I , was recounted by Mr. P. S. (ook them into cabin which don't propose at this stage to go yte-Smith at the Central Magis he also searched." The Master very fully into the matter. These ey yesterday afternoon, when of the ship had no revolver, and people were all brought back en men were charged before the only officer who had one was Suffice it to say that that the first the Chief Officer. This was $308.three defendants were brought R. E. Lindsell for the piracy found by the pirates, with, 50 hack by the L. and the other four rounds of ammunition, in the were brought back by H.M.S. Delhi,
The Captain said that in the fernts were all takon to the course of the day, he was pretty in LONDON-The National Frowincial and Ir. Whyte-Smith described in Chief Officer's cabin and taken which arrived at the scent, De-
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over hered two visits which the fourth TA. Altogether six shots Following on this, the officers or hoople were brought
were given a certain amount of here, to Central. The Delhi arriv-defendunt made to cabin.. re, fired at the Irene, the first
At this point the Captain re- a blank round. freedom. They were told to carry ed in the afternoon with those which was
duties. others she had rescued.
pented what Mr. Whyte-Smith said on with their ordinary cording to Mr. Whyte-Smith the
in regard to the pirate's instruc- "All that remains to on the Irene was caused by There were two pirates who had
be mentions when they were passing of the shells from the sub-rushed on to the bridge, and had rine striking the Irene's steam covered the Chief Officer with re-tiened is that there were various ships. The British warship was
volvera. A little later the Master identification parades. As far as of the ship went on the bridge, can say, the least number of passed on the afternoon of October signal, the Captain of the Irene The carried on, navigating the identifications against any of the and although she was seen to than dip the Irene's colours. On sighting the British man-of-war the pirates said that they would shoot the oflicers if any attempt was made to signal for assistance.
50.
Captain of the Irene who told ship under the directions of the defendants is 1, and the largest was not in a position to do more
The Crown Solicitor's story was pplemented by the evidence of the happenings on board the rated vessel when the saibmarine ve in sight. There was panie board, amongst the passengers well as the pirates, and, added this, the fire which broke out d the cries of those who were unded by the gunfire made the ndemonium complete.
pirates, who said that it was to be steered in the direction of Hongkong.
a
+37
imber about 40."
His Worship? Are you calling
these fort; witnesses?.
to af Whyte-Smith: I haven't The officers were allowed have their meils whenever they decided which one of these 10 will wanted. The" pirates stayed abe called, bat that at least half of good deal in the saloon, taking these would be sufficient." their fond or smoking opium. There were one or two points, however, that the pirates insist- ed on very stringently.
The Court-room was filled with ectators as The proceedlings ened before The Senior Magise
"The officers of the ship had very ate. Mr. R.E. Lindsell. The ac sed were brought in under closestries instructions. I give all ard, and Hined in the following ships they might come across a sition in the dock: Lag Hing. Divide berth. When it happened wong, Wong Tim. Hung Kwan, that they did pass a ship, the han Hi, Taa Wa and Chan Shing,pirates would He prono "flat
the deck and cover all the The case for the Crown is con- acted by Me. T. S. Whyte-Smith, frers with revolvers,
Passing Ships.
of-
e Crown Solicitor, with M
H. King, Director of Criminal telligence as the proseroting They passell several ships. alice Officer. Only the fourth was thought that the frene passed efendant, Hun Kwan, is repre-a President hat, two 2. and
ents and two Jardine beats. The Almada ented. Mr. Leo astro. Jer, instructed by Mr.pirates also gave instructions that co l'Almada e Castro, Sr., is officers were to observe all ppearing for this map.
dhe formalities, and when they Mr., C.AS: Russ, of. Mesars, Lee Bassed a British man-of-war, the nd Rass, was also present, yes Master dippal his Bag as he had erday to watch the ense for the been instructed to do. wners of the pirated ship.
course
Things went on in that way until Oct. 20, when at 7.15 they Before openiny, the
case. Mr.
passer Mendoza Islands, The Whyte-Smith handed in amended harges showing alterations which instructions to alter the
officers of the ship were then aiyan and been made of the amounts and and steer for Blas Bay. They rticles previously recipitulated wore also given instructions to s having been stolen from vari-hare the lifeboats ready, and to is passengers. He explaines hat the errors were due to the into the Bay with darkened act that some of the witnesses hade a statement of what they ost instead of what was actually tolen.
lizhis.
Il. Appears.
The Evidence.
At 7.30 p.m. on October 20 the
Irene passed Mendoza Islands and the pirates then gave instructions for the boats to be swing out. giving as a reason that if the junks which they expected were not there to meet them, they would be com nelled to use the ship's boats. theshow no lights but, on witness The European officers were told to insisting, a light was allowed on the bridge in order that the chart could be seen. In this wise they reached Bate Island at 8 p.m.
Captain J. H. Jalinson, Master of the ill-fated Irene was then called. He gave the number of ship carried and said that passengers and crew which his sailed from Shanghai at 5.30 p.m. on October 17. The passengers searched "when they were not boarded the vessel at Shanghai.
Nothing Bausual happened until. 18 am on October 19, when the ship was 10 miles past Ockseu Islands Sailing Southwest by West. The Chief officer was then on the bridge and witness was having breakfast together with the second officer and second engineer in the saloon in the after part of the Lship.
Suddenly they heard a comme tion and heard people running and shots fring. About twelve shots were fired in all, Almost at the same moment six or seven 'men entered the salon and fired shots wildly and in all directions. Wit- ness saw one of the stewards shot.
In answer to the Magistrate wit- ness stated that the first, third, fourth and fifth defendants were
arms, ·
North
L's Signals.
A few minutes later the Captain sighted the hull of a ship, but could not make out what ship it was. Signals were flashed across and the Captain made out the word "Stop," although he learned later that it was "Stop immediately."
The signal was a sign for panic among the pirates and the Captain advised these men to hide them- selves while he telegraphed to the engine room to stop. The pirates left the bridge and a few 'momenta later the engines stopped. but started again almost immediately.
At this a searchlight was turned on the Irene, but the vessel was ahead. More going full speed Panic was caused when the first blank shot was fired by the sub- marine." The pirates began to re- turn to the bridge and the Captain, them. left the in order evade bridge...
amongst those who went to the saloon. The third defendant call- ed out for the Captain, in English
The Captain at this stage re- "We now come to the second and the witness said. "I am the part of the case. I deal with Captain." The third defendant membered being ordered by the after the LA was pirates, soon Three Groups of Witnesses. the actions of Submarine 14. Sub- then ran his hands over the Cap-sighted, to go to one of the ship's
tain and demanded the ship's He then said that evidence in marine L4 was in a position about in mile northward of Bate Island the case seemed naturally to
arms. The Captain replied that boats and take to the sea with the livide into three groups. The the Admiralty chart. Lieuten the ship carried no arms, as her pirates. This was not done, be. caise they were interrupted by tho first group of witnesses would tell alahan was in charge. When usual run was, between
submarine's gunfire, -Ching-and-Shanghai-The-pirates- the story of the piracy namely the he saw this ship entering the Bay with darkened lights, his n08-
When the panic was at its officers, and crew of the Irene afdicions were immediately aroused. pointed out that the Tank Chow, height, three pirates chased the
from Shanghai to the passengers and they wouldte gave a signal to the Irene te which ran tell of acts of robbery and of stop immediately. It had no effect Tientsin, carried arms. The third Captain all over the ship, but the leets endangering
es might and there was no reply. He ac- defendant then helt the Captain Captain managed to evade them second group of witnesses might cordingly turned on the search-"by the back of the neck and notwithstanding the fact that shots be described as naval witnesses, light and gave the signal again,
led him to the deck. Later they were fired at him by his pursuers. In answer to the Magistrate the who would tell the story of the There was still no reply.. What searched the Captain's cabin for
Captain stated that the fourth or Aring on the Irong and the capture Lieutenant Halahan did next was
Afth shot from, the submarine act- of certain of the defendants: to fire one blank round. Again
After the search, the pirates the Irene on, fire, but he was so Then the third group was police there was no reply. He then
were apparently satisfied that confused at the time he could not evidence, and that would dejl faimed a live round fross the hows
there were no arms on board.say exactly how many shots were almost entirely with identification of the Irene. This seemed to have They told the Captain that, he fired or what was the effect of any parades.
a certain amount of effect. The Irene's entines appeared to stop, could go on the bridge if he wish of the shotą, Coming to the story of the bat only for a few minutes, and to do so. They also advised piracy, the Crown Solicitor said:soon Lieutenant Halaban saw by him to lack his own cabin to pre-
The Irene
When the fire started the Chief left Shanghai on the swirl of the propeller that the vent theft. October 17 with 155 passengers, engines had started again. The
Officer was cut off from the rest bound for Amoy. She was a comnost; thing he did was to fire at
of the ship. They saw the com- bined passenger and caryo yessel the ship, aiming at the engine,
pradore bleeding all over the face of 820 tons and she carried s'iroom. This did not seem to have bridge he found the Chief Officer and they handed him a lifebuoy total.crew of 98 persons in addi- any effect, and he accordingly guarded by the second defendant and told him to jump overboard
fired an explosive shell which who held a loaded automatic pistol and they followed suit, landed on the counter of the in his hand. The second defend-
In the water the Captain noticed Irene. The exploding of the shell ant spoke very good English and a Chinese and, thinking it was the on the counter killed three or told the Captain to steer for Hong-wounded compradore, he swam to- four men who were constantly fir-kong. The Captain stayed on the wards the man, but when he realis- Ling revolvers at the submarine.
bridge for half an hour and re-ed it was the third defendant, he
tion to six European officers,
The cargo which the vessel was carrying was not of much value,
The Coup.
On October 19, at about 8.10 in the morning, the ship had got past Ockseu Lighthouse, on Ockseu that? Islands, and were about 10 miles) off it when the piracy started.
At that time, the Chief Officer was on the bridge. The Master
Mr. Whyte-Smith: I am told it was a few hundred yards.
High Explosive.
A Travelled Pirate. When the Captain got on the
Jumped Overboard.
| His Worship: What range was membered "mentioning "Biax Bay" swam away again and eventually to the second defendant, whe re- boarded the LA. The third defen
dant also struck out for the L4. plied, "By-and-by, I upeak."
but seemed to change his mind The Captain, proceeding, related before reaching the vessel and was a little conversation which the seen to alter his direction. A Bri second defendant had with him on tish sailor dived in after the third of the ship. the Second Officer and "The Irene was going on at full the bridge. The pirate sald. that defendant and took him forcibly the Second Engineer were at speed ahead at this time and his wife had nothing to eat. He to the submarine. The first and "breakfast in the saloon. It was Lieutenant Halahan manoeuvred also said that he had been ten second defendants werà also taken needless to say that the piracy for position. He fired three more years in London and a similar on board the submarine later and was committed by passengers. shots the last two of which were period In San Francisco. He had they were bound up on being iden- There appeared to be fifteen of high explosives. The last shot been employed on an "American tified.
He All the defendants who were not them concerned. How the piracy was evidently an effective one. It steamer for many years. started was a little uncertain, struck the Irene's steam pipes and finished the conversation by pro represented had no questions for, but it seemed to have started in ceased a fire to break out.
mising the Captain a good "cum-the Captain except the third, who different parts of the ship simul-
"Shortly after the fire broke haw If things went well and if tried to make a statement to the effect that he was only acting as an taneously. Shots were heard in out, men were seen to jump off
they should make a good haul.
interpreter. various parts of the ship. Evi- the Irene into the water. Lieuten-
This pirate would probably)
In answer to the Magistrate the Captain pointed out that the third
dently the scheme of the pirates ant Halahan immediately went to have kept his word, for, as was to terrorise the passengers and the rescue. The naval man began preliminary, he gave the Captain defendant was the man, who hand- crew, and having done that to pulling people out of the water. twelve tins of cigarettes the nexted him $700 to keen in safe cus search their belongings and their One of the first men to be pulled morning, cabins, and to collect money and out of the water behaved in a
tody and he was also the man who other property specified in the rather peculiar way. He actually
Whilst the conversation was go- grabbed the Captain by the back- charge.
resisted arrest." He will be saiding on the Captain saw the first, of his collar and led him to the deck during the earlier stages of to be the third defendant. On third, fourth and fifth defendant, the piracy. The officers in the saloon heard the third defendant was found a together with a number of others. the commotion and shouts and the pistol magazine clip with eight bringing up clothing and other noise of many feet rushing about, rounds of ammunition, in It
and also revolver or pistol shots
being fired. A few minutes later,
Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro, effects from the lower deck. Henr., reserved his cross-examina "Then the second man to be also saw the son-in-law of the tion of the Captain until this about seven or eight men entered pulled out of the water was the Compradore being led to the etern afterngon, when the case will be
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