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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1929.
DELI MARU PIRACY
DETAILS.
GANG LED BY YOUNG CHINESE WOMAN.
Late My Pa
INDIAN GUARDS SHOT.
When the O.SK. steamor Dell Maru reached Hongkong on Saturday evening, fall details were gathered of the piracy which we briefly reported In our issue on Saturday.
Three Indian guards were shot down in a brutal manner, the officers and passengers. were robbed, and four Chinese pas- sengers taken as hostages. No cargo was taken from the ship's
holds.
OBITUARY,
DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN
LADY TENNIS PLAYER.
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Her many friends will regret to learn that Miss Jennie Lee, a pro minent member of Hongkong Chi- a society, who had been occupy ing the position of Secretary to the Municipal Telephone Ad- ministration In Canton, passed away at the St. Paul's Hospital on Saturday fast.
The funeral service is to be held there at 2.a'clock this afternoon.
Great sympathy will be felt for her relatives. Miss Lee repre- sented China in tennis at the last Far Eastern Olympic Games, and was popular with a very wide circle both here and in Canton.
SEDITIOUS PAPERS.
YOUNG CHINESE APPEAR ON SERIOUS CHARGES.
charges
DOCK CONCERT.
PRESENTATION TO THE
K.O.S.B.'s FRIENDS.
accusing Additional
Last evening was a most plea- him of distributing pamphlets sant one for members of the staff without the permission of the of Kowloon Docks, and officers Secretary for Chinese Affaire, and men of the 2nd. Bn., King's distributing seditious pamphlets Own Scottish Borderers, calculated to cause a breach of occasion was a delightful concert the peace and distributing sedi- given by the band of the battalion
los pamphlets calculated to cause with
tumultor disorder in China, were produced against a young Chinese who appeared on remand before Mr. T. 8. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy on Satur day on an original charge of being in possession of seditious pamphlets.
Mr. J. M. Remedios appeared for the defendant and after a short consultation, with his client, bridge was to control the wireless Intimated that he was pleading room. The onerator was held up guilty to the original charge. and an armed guard remained In
Detective Inspector Failon, who the cabin until the gang abandon- ed the 'Dell Maru at their head-appeared for the prosecution, ac
new indictments to be dropped.
The
presentations from the Borderers to Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Dyer and Mr. and Mrs. G. Dunean. to mark the appreciation of the good work they have done for the troops, during their term of duty in Hongkong. The battalion alac presented a handsome challenge cup to the Kowloon, Dock Club, which was received by Mr. J. H Cuthill on behalf of the club..
In presenting silver salvers, to the two ladies R. S. M. Parkinson, 2nd. K.0.5.B., sald that the pre sentation was a mark of the great esteem in which the bat tallon held Messrs, Dyer and Dun-
done for them. In Hongkong. would never forget what they had
When the looting had concluded, the Chief Officer was forced at pistol polat to steer a course for Samchau inlet,, about two miles from Honghai Bay, which adjoins Bias Bay and where the pirates commandeered two of the ship's quarters. The wireless set was cepted the plea and allowed: the "can and their wives. The K.O.S.B,
lifeboats and left the vessel.
The pirates were commanded by a young and attractive Chinese girl, who appeared, according to eye-witnesses, to be no more than 20 years of age. She carried two automatic pistols and directed the operations of the gang.
Varying estimates of the booty secured have been given, but the total loss suffered by passenvers and officers is believed to be in the vicinity of $18,000.
not damaged, however;"
As soon as the ship put to sea again, the Captain ordered a wire less message to be sent to the au- thorities at Hongkong giving tho briefest details of the attack and the subsequent events. It was his first message, received by the Com- modore, that was published in Hongkong on Saturday afternoon. Later messages were sent out tell Ing of the wounding of the Ind an guards and asking that an am- No official protest is as yet con-bulance be sent to meet the ship templated by the Japanese Consul on arrival at Hongkong. General. Following a conference with the commander of the Deli Maru yesterday the . Consul announced that a full report of the affair would be communicated to the Imperial Japanese Govern-
ment.
Travelled as Passengers. The pirates travelled in the usual way as passengers on board the ship and captured her shortly after 3.30 a.m., on Saturday.
At the time the Second Officer, Mr. Hashimoto, had charge of the bridge, while three of the four Indian guarde were on duty.
Wise Compradore, Cheung Yuk-kee, compradore of the Dell Maru, forearmed with the knowledge of what had happened to other compradores of pirated ships- notably the Sunning, when the compradore's staff was thrown overboard-hid in a lifeboat at the first alarm
The compradore lay there undis- covered while the shooting, was on, and afterwards took advantage of the general confusion to mingle with the ateerage passengers un-
Mr. Remedios mentioned that the defendant was only 25 years of age and the pamphlets had been given to him by a second party for distribution. The de fence asked for the imposition of a fine.
The Police opposed a fine... Mr. Remedios asked that the A first defendant be treated as offender.
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At the Dock Gates. Detective Inspector Fallon pointed out that the serious feature was that the defendant had been distributing the pamph- fets at the Kowloon Dock gates at noon, just when the workers were leaving the yard.
Referring to the definition of seditious matter, his Worship re marked that he thought the pre sent case came under the defini- tion "to encourage or incite any person, to interfere with the ad ministration of the law or with and the maintenance of law order." He did not think there
Mr. Dyer made a brief speech In reply, thanking the battalion for their handsome gift, and ad- ding that he would not say good bye to them, as he would always hope to see them again some where.
In his speech of thanks, Mr. Duncan highly praised his chiet and Mrs, Dyer for their generous treatment of troops of every regi ment that had visited. Hongkong. He referred to the time when many more troops were in Hongkong, and when there was a pretty fair would stay prospect that they here. It was this, he said, that caused Mr. Dyer to conceive the idea of Tai. Wan Beach, and he was not satisfied until the beach He scheme had been completed. had always taken a whole-hearted interest in the welfare of the troops, and during recent times had had the aid of Mrs. Dyer who, if anything, said Mr. Duncan, amidst laughter, had now taker charge of the good work. Feople. should not get the idea that Mr.
Scottish because they were a regiment. That was quite untrue. Mr. Dyer had worked just as hard for the benefit of the Queen's Regiment, an English regiment, who had said that he did it for
One of the guards was at the til he found a safer place of con- was any, attempt to "bring into Dver did all this for the K.0.S.B.
alleyway separating the officers' portion of the vessel from the steerage passengers. He was the pirates and first victim, of the was shot down without warning by two men who rushed him from the other end of the alleyway, Four shots were fired into his neck and chest, and his condition is critical.
cealment in the stern: At no time was he seen by the pirates, and his good sense in addition to pro- bably saving his own life, saved his cargo and a bar of bullion, which was stated to be on board.
Kidnapped Passengers.
The four Chinese taken as hos- taged by the pirates, and for whom ransoms will probably be demand- ed are Chu Hen-yue, 29; Wong Chi-shau, 30, native of Formosa;" Lau Chi-nam, native of Amoy, and Ho Fing-chau.
Another guard, on duty on the promenade deck beneath the bridge, was shot and wounded in the arm, also without warning, while the third man was shot in the hand and ordered to surrender.
The first named is an engineer The arms and ammunition of the wounded men were stolen by their by profession and was a first class passenger. He wore European attackers.
com clothes and it is believed that it Simultaneously with the muncement of the shooting, other was his smart appearance that in- members of the gang rushed theduced the pirates to select him bridge and ordered Mr. Hashimoto as one of the hostages. All of the to surrender. As he was wearing other hostages were third class khaki they mistook him for an engineer and ordered him below. The Captain and Chief Officer, aroused by the shots, awoke to find themselves looking Into muzzles of. automatic pistols, and were ordered out on deck.
passengers.
The Indian Guards,
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hatred or contempt His Majesty, or the Government."
Detective Inspector Fallon agreed and said that the pamph lets mostly dealt with China,
His Worship intimated that the Unequal Treaties were mentioned. His Worship decided to remand the defendant until next Thurs-
day for consideration of sentence.
Merely Patriotic.
Mr. Remedios, in asking his Worship to adhere to a sentence of two months" which he at first suggested, mentioned that the de- fendant had only been patriotic to his own party.
Detective Inspector Fallon said that he would not describe it as being patriotic. One part in the pamphlets advocated outrages.
Mr. Remedios intimated that it might refer to Civil Wars in China. The defendant, was remanded till next Thursday as was another Chinese who was arrested at the same time.
The wounding of the three In- thedian guards was one of the worst aspects of the affair, as the shoot- ing was done in cold blood, with- out the unfortunate guards be ing given the opportunity to sur-edged
Within a few minutes the whole ship was under the control of the pirates, and the work of robbing
officers
and passengers was render. speedily commenced:
Everybody Robbed. There were 124 passengers oc board, including four in the first class. All of them, together with the officers were robbed of prac tically everything they possessed, It is believed that the gang was 'composed of 12 men and one wo man, who was the leader of the party.
Insofar as could be gathered, no resistance was offered by the guards or anybody else on board as the pirates took everybody by surprise. Two of the guards were on duty at the time the pirates made their presence known, Karim All, who was at the grill, being shot down before he was aware that anything was amiss. He was wounded in four places, After the passengers had bear in the head, chest and the arms stripped of their goods and money When he was removed from the the Captain was ordered to pro-ship, the bullets in his body had ceed to a small inlet near Hong-not yet been extracted. and the hai Bay. He did so pirates left the ship with their
Unconscious On Deck.
lodged at the base of his neck
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Both Mr Duncan and Mr. Dyer were loudly applauded by the men after their speeches.
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One beautiful fantasia, Scotland's Pride," was a display by sixteen dancers to the music of pipe and regiment bands, Inter spersed by Scottish airs by the latter. The full programme was as follows:
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"Fest," from Tannhauser (Wag- ner); Slow March, "The Crusad- ers March, "The Battle of Harlan Strathspey, "The) right. Plaid," Real, "Jumpin' Geordle,
Selection, "The Gelaha: Cornet Solo. "The Lost Chord (Sullivan); Highland Dance, Fantasia "Hunt COMPLETE, SETS ing Scene" (Bucalosay): March, "Glasgow Highlanders Song,
arm, rendering him hora de combat. His rifle and revolver were then taken away, after which he was left on deck where he lay almost unconscious until the pirates left the ship, when first aid was ren- dered him.
he Road To The Isles (Fraser), Mr.R.Mc A. Keown: Fox Trot, "Wedding. Of The Painted Doll" (Brown) Fantasia, "Scotland's Pride" (Godfrey): "Land Of Hope And Glory;" "Abide With Me.",
"Hearing shots, Kabul Shah, who was in charge of the guards, rush- even ed out of his cabin and in the
All the numbers were excellent- passage way found Hazrid Gull lying on the ground. He was go-y rendered, and an added charm ing back to awaken the fourth guard when he was intercepted by some of the pirates who took pot- shots at him, hitting him on the wrist. He was then taken in charge by the pirates and thrown among the passengers in the after deck.
booty in two of the lifeboats, The other guard who was on which were, afterwards returned. Four of the passengers, including duty at the time, Hazrid Gall, one first class passenger, wero taken ashore as hostages..
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