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MONDAY, MAY 29, 1933.

GRAPHIC STORY OF THE PIRACY BY SHIP'S CAPTAIN

Officers Overpowered After Fight.

HAIL OF BULLETS FROM POLICE LAUNCH.

Correspondence.

THE EMPIRE FAIR

(To the Editor, "China Mail") Sir-I am instructed by His Ex- [cellency Mr. Lin Yun-koy, the Chairman of the Kwangtung Pro-.

10,000 TAELS OF RAW OPIUM

Smuggling Charge Remanded.

S.S. KWONG-1 OFFICERS

Saturday.

IN COURT

THE CHINA MAIL

To-Day's Short Story.

I

WATCH

AND

WATCH

By Rolf Bennett.

GOT this watch from a man saloon it was, near the Puerto Real, The coxswain, Chain Ning, the just before he was hanged; and Bill was playing poker with a When interviewed by the "China vincial Government, to ask you to chief engineer, Chan Ming, the com- anyways, just before he ought big Portygee. There was a whole Mail on Saturday evening. Capt. tion to a statement, which appeared man, Tip Tan-pa of the 5.5. Kwong it to me with his last breath-or and when I come in Bill and the be kind enough to insert a correc pradore Tsang Chi-ting, and a tally to have been banged. He gave mob of them watching the game, H. Jensen, of the ill-fated 8.8. in your issue of May 25, reporting L, appeared before Mr. Wynne-Jones what would have been his last Fortygee was just starting to raise Prominent, stated that the piracy an exclusive interview to your re at the Central Magistracy this breath if things had turned out each other. Well, they kept on took place because the pirates be presentative, on the occasion of the morning, charged with importing different from what they did." raising and raising, till at last the lieved that the ship was carrying opening of the British Empire Fair into the Colony about 10,000 taels of

and which statement was rendered raw opium by a steam launch

`The seafaring man who had taken Portygee couldn't stand it ho a large amount of money in her

on a seat in the bar-parlour between aflonger. as follows: * cargo.

"We have found from past experi- Chief Preventive Officer W. J.man and myself, turned towards me down four aces.

stout, apoplectic-looking old gentle- Tll see you,' says he, and bangs He also stated that finding no ence that British machinery has no Buller, of the Imports and Exports and held out a watch. It looked a "You should have heard the yell money in the cargo, they stole equal, etc." $335 in Hong Kong money, 106) What the Chairman, whose state- Hin-Shing Lo appeared for the worse

Department prosecuted, while Mr. very goo watch. I thought; none the them Dagoes let up. They slapped Piastres Saigon

for having belonged to a that there Portygee on the back, money, and ments were made in Chinese and accused. about three or four dollars in subsequently interpreted into Eng-

gentleman whose career had come so and shook his hand and danced all small coinage. The pirates alsolish, did say, however, was

near an abrupt termination. round him. Like a blooming lot o' helped themselves to money and follows:-

"You don't see a watch like that kids they were. And Bill, he sat valuables from the persons of the "From past experience, we have

every day," went on the seafarer there, not saying nothing till the

passengers.

always found British machinery and fixed the hearing for noon to-pocket.

His Worship granted the remand ruminatively as he replace it in his Portygee puts out his hand to take They selected four passengers giving the fullest satisfaction."

"It's got history, that up, the money. Then Bill quietly and the ship's compradore, whom Thanking you in anticipation, I

watch has. A book could be wrote covers the four aces with a straight they had intended to kidnap, but]remain,.

about it by anyone gifted that way. flush. It could so."

"Well, sir. the arrival of the Police launchi

It just knocked the He half-turned his back towards whole crowd all ways to once. By No. 4, caused them to leave the ""Prominent" in a hurry and they

me and, producing the watch from gad, it did that. They stood there were unable to carry out their!

his pocket once more, addressed thejas if they'd suddenly been froze intention.

stout old gentleman of apoplectic stiff, their jaws wide open and their eyes hanging out. And then all to That's a watch," he said, "youjonce the Portygee leans across the couldn't buy for ten quid, nor for table to Bill

Capt. Jensen stated that the fire of the Police launch proved dangerous to those aboard the pirated steamer, as the pirates, were desperate and threatened to set the vessel on fire if the Police did not desist.

The firing from the Police launch was so hot that several of the Chinese crew jumped into the sea

shells falling on

Searched for Pirates

as

Yours faithfully,

LEX FONG Director of the Bureau of

Information. Canton, May 28.

VEHICULAR FERRY TIMETABLE.

Passenger Service Starts To-morrow,

C. P. O. Buller asked his Worship to grant a 24-hour remand as the Analyst's report was not ready.

morrow.

CLEVER DANCING BY CHILDREN

Miss Violet Capell's Pupils.

DRESS REHEARSAL FOR WEDNESDAY'S SHOW

.

appearance.

twelve neither those days. It's been

in gaol, that watch has. The man who owned that watch listened to its ticking with his last breath— or very nearly.

The stout old gentleman grunted, of but after a side glance seemed to

e

TO-MORROW'S STORY.

To-morrow's story will be "The Wedding" by Aino Kallas.

A delightful programme rather than face the hail of machine the vehicular ferry passenger ser-

Commencing at & a.m. to-morrow classical and modern dancing has display no very great interest in the

been gun bullets and the three-pound vice will be run as follows:

arranged for Wednesday timepiece or Its tragic history. evening, next, when the pupils of Putting it back in his pocket, the "You one big damn cheat!” says: the ship. The second officer who was on the poop minutes between 6 a.m. and 6.40 annual display at the King's me.

From Hong Kong:--Every 20 Miss Violet Capell present their seafaring man turned once more to he, and whipe out a knife.

"But he wasn't quick enough, not attempting to launch a boat W3S

a.m.; Every 10 minutes between 7 Theatre, in aid of local charity referring to the former owner of wasn't He'd feat got the knife "His name," be sald, evidently by several parts of a second he forced to beat a rétreat owing to the dangerous fire which he experi-1.m. and .10 p.m.; Every 12 minutes Judging from the dress rehear the watch, "was Bill, and he'd come raised when Bill's gun goes off, and enced.

between 10.12 p.m. and 11.36 p.m.; sal which was held at the King's down in the world.. Once he'd been flop on the floor drops the Partyges Followed by 11.45 p.m. and 12 mid-Theatre yesterday morning these mate of a pearing schooner with a as fat as a fib-down haul. Well, The vessel left Hong Kong at night and special late ferries; clever young artistes are assured wife and family, but he had bad right there the fun began. Me and p.m. on May 23, after she had bees Every 20 minutes between 12.20 or an enthusiastic audience, even luck, the schooner got piled-op on a Bill get our backs to the wall, and searched for pirates by members of jam, and 2.40 a.m.

the tiny tots, who although not reef and his wife ran away with every time we struck we hit some- the Hong Kong Police.

From Jordan Road:-Every 20 piece perfect, show excellent talent Dutchman. Well, what with the thing. It was a rough house for For the first day the Prominent minutes between 5 a.m. and 6.20 and move about the stage "as to the loss of the schooner and one thing about five minutes, and then the and the sa. Helicon, a vessel on a.m.) Every 10 minutes between}mannër born."

and another, Bili got. 80's cops came. the same run were 'running side by 6.40 a.m. and 9.50 p.m.; Every 12 The ensembles have been well he didn't give a darn what "They didn't bother about the side down the China Sea, about six minutes between 10.00 p.m. and arranged, but it is undoubtedly the became of him and when other. fellers, they jest made miles separating them. The pirates 11.54 p.m.;. Followed by a ferry at solos and doets that have contri- I first met him he was born straight for Bill and me. Eight of had intended to make their attack 12 midnight and special late buted mostly to the programme, on a nitrate brig called the Fair them there were, and each had get on the night of May 24 but the ferries at 12.20 am. and 2.40 a.m. Particularly outstanding is the Lucy. That was in Chicoletta, one two guns and a sword aplece. Them presence of the s.s. Helicon, caused

"Jazz" number, executed by Miss of them half-baked little South Portygee cops don't take no chances, Ellen Ford and Miss Violet Brad-American ports full of musketeers believe me. And they shook us up bury, two advanced pupils. The and bad whisky.

them to niter their plans.

They therefore made their attack!

at about 2 a.m. on May 26:

The second officer, Mr. George

Jensen, was on watch when he was

attacked by the chief pirate who

THE PROMINENT PIRACY

Continued from Pepe 1.)

WIRELESS DISABLED

on

threatened him with an automatic Technical knowledge

number is one of the cleverest "Well, I met Bill there. In a pieces on the programme.

of

A "Waltz Trio", comprised the Mistes Stella, Audrey and the Helen Ho is another item of out-i

Personal Pars.

good and proper; yes, they did that, "Well, we were brought up in court next day, and a swab who said he spoke English and Portygee— which I believe he didn't--trans- pistol. The second officer picked up part of the pirates is shown by the standing merit, while Miss Pauline!

lated the evidence. They couldn't: M. Marcel Bandez, Consul for prove nothing against me, so I was' the pirate and threw him on to the fact that they disabled the wireless Baxter shows exceeding skill in France at Yunanfu accompanied by fined for assault and booted out. deck below, and followed him down set on the ill-fated s.s. Prominent, lan acrobatic dance. Five other his wife and four children, are pas- But they brought in a verdict of and even went so far as to wreck pas-seul items are included in the sengers on the President Wilson en murder against Bill, and he was the emergency set and thus cut off programme, all equally meritori-route to Paris. M. Bandez is on ordered to be hanged that day week.

the ladder.

Second Officer's Fight

He found, however, that several all communication with the outsideous. other pirates attacked him. The world. noise attracted the attention of the

The dresses, beautifully design-

formers;-,

furlough,

"Well, after, they'd took "Bil back |to gaol, I went and saw him. On the morning of May 25, after ed, add their quota to the excel-countant of Messrs. John L. Thorny-you are and it ain't your fauit I'm

Mr. S. D. Begg, Secretary and Ac- Captain who came out of his cabin (they had captured the vessel, the lence of the display,"

***Mate,' says he, 'you're white "brandishing a malacca cane, since chief of the pirates ofdered the

croft and Co., arrived in the Colony where I am. But we gave them he thought that a fight was in pro-bo'sun to paint out the red band

The following is the list of per this morning, by the President Wil Portygeeses a dusting, I will say. gress between some coalies.

around the funnel, and also to ob-

son from Shanghal. When he found out that the ship iterate the Chinese characters on ton, A. Hampden Ross, La Martin, A J. Davidson, J. Strellett, J. Ridling.

"We laughed and talked for a while and then Iasks Bill If there was being attacked by pirates, the ship's side which went to make Martel Hall, R. Shenton,

Mr. Arthur Engle, Vice-President wasn't nothing I could do for him. Caplain Jensen joined his secondjup the name of the Prominent.. K.. Draper, G. Davidson, F. Gabrul- of the Austin Company, New York, "*" you could pass a bottle of afficer in the fight, and received a

Pirates' Banquet.

ler, B. Goldenberg, J. Bradbury, Marrived in Hong Kong this morning whisky in, I'd take It kind,' BRYS bullet in the thigh which splinter-

Wynne Jones. The Captain of the vessel relates V. Bradbury, P. Eccleshaw, E. Ban-by the President Wilson. Mr.he. I'm as dry as a barrel of ship's ed the bone. The second officer how after their nefarious work ker, H. Ho

Engle is on a business trip to the biscuits, says he, and the water in received a chopper gash in the back, of the night before, the

J. Hardie, N. Paterson, K. Le Fevre, Orient. which has not proved to be serious pirates

P. Butcher, E. Black, M. Lawrence, A

these parts is that foul I'd as soon sat down In the

Shenton

die as drink it." The pirates appeared to be ship's saloon, -and ordered &

Mr. Kai Ih, Assistant Operation novices, except for about four or substantial breakfast of ham and 1. Pinguet, M. Grays, E. Millington.

H. Lauder, N. Witchell, S. Compton. Manager for the China National dollar, and took the whisky in to "Next day I slipped the gaoler a

five out of the total of fifteen, for eggs, and pork chops, They also E. Ford, J. Latham, E. Witchell. Aviation Company, arrived in Hong Bill He was mighty grateful and they were nervous of their weapons ordered a bottle of whiskey and M. Miners, C. van Wylick, Y. Black-Kong this morning by the 4. Pre-jest as I was leaving, he hands me and shot badly. Many of them, dozens of soft drinks, and proceed more M. Martin, C. Quinn, W. Joseph, sident Wilson.

the watch I shown you, also, were armed only with choppers ed to make merry for over an hour.. Draper, B. Ensor, P. Baxter, P. and table knives,

Captain H. Jessen, who now lies Ma, H. Sanger, P. Ma. Officers Overpowered

1

It's all I got to give you," SAYS Mr. Carl Nahmmacher, the China he, but you're welcome to It, mate. in the Kowloon Hospital with a M. Dawson, B. Marnac,. E. Rose. The Captain and second officer splintered thigh-bone caused by Greig, M. Cooper, V. Black, M business trip to the Colony Mr. quid or more. Take it, says he, "it representative of the United Air-It's a good watch and must have M.Rodger

J. Gardiner, E. Newton, craft Exports of Shanghai, Is on a cost the feller who bought it twelve were at last overpowered. The bullet wound, states that the of Jack chief officer had been captured Acers were not ill-treated by the Newhouse, M. Sorby, S. Brass, 1. Nahmmacher arrived by these may bring you good luck.. I hope it while asleep on the bost deck The pirates.

* Knight, D. Barrett, P. Arnold, President Wilson.

WELL." 8. Ho, C. Sanger, R. Wong, A. Éo,

Chief Engineer was captured in fis! The chief pirate had several lóng room and the second and third cn-conversations with him and it was gineers were taken in the engine not until the 'advent of the Pokce room. The pirates were thus mas-launch, with its deadly machine- ters of the ship and ordered the gunfire, that the piraten ahowed Captain to make for Mirs Bay.- jany desire to kill the officers,

DRAGON BOAT RACES.

Yesterday's Festival At North Point,

"Well now, that very night-therm Mr. Charles Rosselet, Secretary of was a revolution in Chicoleta. There Messrs. Hong Kong Amusements was firing and dghting till daylight Ltd., returned from Shanghai this and two people get killed accidental. morning by the sa. President It was the worst revolution they'd Wilson.

had in them parts for a fortnight. And the first thing the new Govern Mr, John S. Scott, one of the ment did yas to abolish capital senior directors of Messrs. Butter- punishment and, raise the harbour feld and Swire (London) arrived dues,

At 10.80 p.m. on May 28, the The Captain further states that, Captain was forced to go up on to some of the piraten were recognis= the bridge, if spite of his painful ed by the Chinese crew an they had wound, and on arrival there he been talleymen employed by- the -found that in spite of their lights Jeb Shun Steamship Co, of Hong

all belog out they had been sighted Kong, during a previous trip of the ta by a Police launch, which kept them Prominent to Rangoon, when she Much entertainment In Chinese Scott travelled by the President he's got, comfortably settled to the in view with her searchlight. was chartered by that firm. (circles marked the celebration of Wilson,

They were then chased to Mirs Captain Jensen said that the the Dragon Boat Festival, yester-^---

in the Colony this morning on - a When Bill heard what they'd business trip from Shanghat Mr. done, he was proper mad After

Bay, where the vessel grounded pirate chief had stated that he had day. The Dragon Boat races which? ITALIAN CONSUL ILL WITH owing to the desperate nervousness spent much money for some time, were fostered by the Committee of

INFLUENZA of the piraten.

investigating the cargoes carried the Chinese Civil Servants, Swim-

notion of being, hanged, to be told

| he'd be guoled for life instead, made him feel as if he'd been fooled. But although he raised a mighty kick about it, they told him the law wis the law and be'd have to put un Italian with it. --

fal. ““They had a bib pf an island gome His two or three hundred mile of the const where they'd used to send lifers before some government or his other decided it was cheaper to hang - exen And Bill was to be took there,

partly because. It

(Cont

The pirates landed at a Sha, by the Prominent, and expressed ming Favilion, took place at North A touch of induers to day caused and took the Chief and second himself disappointed by the fact Point, and though there were only Comm. A. D. Bianconi, officers with them to cover their that they had made a mistake by three bosta participating, a large Consul General to cancel. fight. The officers after accom-attacking the vessel on this trip, crowd watched the contests, and ondial engagements. panying the pirates, over the hill when she carried no money except The trophies wrere presented by condition is not serious, but were allowed to return to their the $835 - Hong Kong money, 1 106 Mr. Chan Chung-nam,

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Plastres Saigon money and the took pa

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