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"SUNNING PIRACY." WANCHAI MURDER.
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Resumed Police Court Proceedings.
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Captain J. Pringle's Graphic
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RENT COLLECTÒR HACKED TO DEATH.
GRUESOME DISCOVERY.
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A gruesome discovery was made by a Chinese workman at. No. 10 Sumpan Street, yesterday, On endeavouring to gain entry to the first floor of that house the work- Saturday's proceedings at the man found the door locked. The Magistracy against the twenty tenant, a Chinese rent collector, was men alleged to have taken part in known to have returned home a few the piracy of the "Sunning" were hours previous and, suspecting that confined to further evidence by something was wrong the workmun the master who spoke of two called some of his colleagues and ships not responding to distress a forced entry as made. signals.
The body of the ront collector
On a point of evidence. His was found lying on the floor in a Worship (Mr. R. E. Lirdsell) told pool of blood with a bloodstained
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informed her "are that all Goods are being landed at their risk Into the hazardous and/ extra-hazardous Godowns of Holt's Wharf, whence Delivery may
the witness to confine himself to hammer and a chopper was also in having arrived, what he saw and heard"
The man had ap- Captain James Pringle that the weather W&S with an overcast sky. proceeding
to:
the vicinity. said parently been attacked shortly fine, after his return as death had taken When place some considerable time prer the saloonvious to the discovery.
for dinner, he passed cabin No. 1. No arrests have as yet been madebe obtained. the door of which was open. The in connection with the affair.
cabin had been unoccupied since
the ship had left Amoy. Witness.
saw one of the pirates sitting on the floor smoking opium.
HH. K. Holmes (Crown Solicitor): 1 Can you identify
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Paris, Dec. 6. the man?-He was like No. 8. The "Matin" has received a mes His Worship: Can you say de-sage from Moscow that 50 persona finitely was either No. 8 or were killed and 500 Injured in an
All broken, chafed and damaged No. 17.
earthquake which destroyed the His Worship: I don't think Caucasian village of
Kapli-Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any can take that.
Reuter.
Tuesdays or Fridays, at 10:30 a.m. within the Free Storage period of One Week.
Continuing, witness said that. man accompanied him to the saloon and stood on guard whilst
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he, witness, was having dinner. He did not know the name of the After dining witness went direct ship.
more.
to the navigating deck. He was After the pirates saw that they still guarded by a pirate. There could not regain control of the At. 2 were never less than two pirates ship, they started a fire. on the bridge-often there were o'clock they lowered a boat-the Wit- smallest boat on the ship. ness could' sea two or three people get into the boat, and afterwards saw.seven or eight through his glasses. The sea was very dan- gerous for such a small beat.
Ship Passes.
At 10 p.m. they passed a ship which begar morsing, "What ship, what ship?" This brought |a good number of the pirates on to the bridge in a very excited state. One started prodding wit ness with a rifle. He was not allowed to reply to the passing ship...
Another Ship Passes.
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At 3.30 a.m., another steamer passed the "Sunning" about three miles away. The "Sunning" had then stopped completely and no lights were burning. The flames
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When they passed the light-were showing very brightly and having arrived, Consignees house at Chelang Rock, the No. 1 must have been seen." Witness Cargo by her are informed that all pirate warned witness to be very then fired three rockets and Goods are being landed at their careful. Shortly after that, wit- used up the last remaining fisk Into the hazardous and/or iness heard a scuffle. He saw one steam with a long blast on the extra-hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & rian down with the Chief Officer syren. and 2nd Officer busy knocking' To the Magistrate; I am con- Godown Co., Ltd., whence delivery Electrical Supplies. down a second.
THE GLOBE FOOK CHEONG Witness realised vinced that anyone on board that may be obtained. then that an attempt was being ship must have seen our rockets made to recapture the ship. Wit-and also the flames. ness searched the man who had Continuing, witness said that and all Goods remaining undeliver- been knocked out and found some at 4 am. the ship was in veryed after 13th December, 1926, will ammunition but could not find his great danger owing to the fire. be subject to rent.
Witness gave instructions för an The pirate who had been guard-Janchor to be dropped. ing the Europeans then came up brought the ship to wind and the ladder and fired two shots at took the flames, away from the the 2nd Officer. That pirate had bridge und No. 2 hold.
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a rifle. The Chief Officer fired, At 4.30 a.m., witness saw an- hitting the pirate who fell down other ship. That vessel saw the the ladder.
That alarmed the flames and came towards the Europeans down below. The 2nd "Sunning." Engineer came up the ladder and The pirates made no attempt to the others got through the sky-put out the fire. They were light. The 2nd Officer then gave frightened and said that they witness a revolver asking him to would leave the ship if witness look after the port side of the would hand over all the guns. “I bridge. Witness had no cause to said that if they went away; we fire.
would not fire. The pirates then went away in one of the boats." On Giving Evidence. Mr. M.K.Lo (one of the soli- had recovered and had fred at citors for the defence): I must the Chief Officer. The latter was ask your Worship to make a knocking a man on the head with special note of those words.
Rifle Breaks in Two.
A shot made witness turn and he saw that one of the pirates
a rifle which he broke in two. Mr. Lo: I must ask your Wor- Witness could not identify this ship to make a special note of
those words. particular pirate,
Captain Pringle: Some of the pirates.
Mr. Lindsell: I must, impress
Continuing, witness" said that there was intermittent firing until 4 a.m. They could only fre when there was something to fire upon the witness the necessity to at, as their ammunition was very confine himself to what he actual Hibited.
ly saw with his own eyes and By 2 a.m. the ship had practi- what he personally heard. If he cally stopped, having merely goes beyond that, he is bound to steerage "way" and the electric get into difficulties,
Mr. Lo: He said that the] light was getting dim. At 2.10 a.m. a steamer's light appeared. Pirates left the ship. That is a As she came nearer witness start very material fact as far as my ed morsing "Sunting-help- elients are concerned.
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pirates but the steamer took no boat had left the ship.
My notice. Witness them morsed on the syren, but still the other friend Mr. Leask will support vessel paid nd attention.
Wit me. ness then morsed the interna- tional distress signal.
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His Worship: Is that the "S.O.S.?"-No. A continuous sounding of the fog horn for about five minutes
Power Exhausteak? "Continuing, witness said that he was unable to get gearer the ship as his power was exhausted
His Worship: Quite. It is the witness's reply that Mr. Lo refers to,
Continuing, witness said that| another boat was lowered. That contained the 2nd Officer, the 2nd Engineer, the wireless operator, two quartermasters and ona Rus- sian lady passenger, 2
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