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ESTABLISHED 1857

HONG KONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1933. FRENCH STEAMER

OF PIRATES

Commandant Henri Riviere

Latest Victim Of Scourge.

Of China Seas

FOUR PASSENGERS KIDNAPPED

Surprising the officers and crew, a gang of Chinese pirates took full control of a French steamer, "Comman dant Henri Riviere," while she was on a voyage from Hongkong to Haiphong, on Friday morning. They cut off the ship's wireless, and were in possession for more than 24 hours, when they disembarked, half of them to the East of Chilang Point and the other half to the West of the same place..

So sudden was the appearance of the pirates, who simultaneously showed themselves at various points in the ship, that they overpowered the officers without meeting with any resistance. They did not touch the ship's cargo at all, but took away quite a considerable quantity of money and property from the passengers, addition to kidnapping four passengers.

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The officers of the ship areas follows:

Captain P. B. Morganti. Chief Officer Albert Prosperi. Second Officer: Francola. Palont Chief Engineer: Stephen-Arm- auise..

Second Engineer: Jean Liccioni.

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According to Albert Prospert, chief officer of the ship, the first thing he knew of the piracy was when two men armed with small automatica rushed-up to him and commanded him to "put up his hands." Resistance was useless and he saw that any attempt to

the vessels would be worthless sacrifice of his own life. He allowed himself to be herded into the room of the cabin boy, where he found Stephen Armouise, the chief engineer, Jean Liccioni, his second, the wireless "operator and one of the guards, all in a similar position. All five of them were kept in the room and had to stand inactive while the invaders looted the ship. All the ancers lost everything they owned A was of any value, with the exception of the clothes they were wearing. Albert Prosperi - and Francis Paloni were robbed of a tatal sum of nearly four hundred dollars. One of the pirates even had the audacity to take a ring from off the finger of Monsieur

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Firat intimation that anything | Junks and ordered them to come was wrong with the ship reached alongside the ship. When the the Colony on Saturday when a junks were thus, commandeered brief wireless message was received about half the pirates boardel. to the effect that the ship had been taking four passengers with them pirated and was returning to Hong and a quantity of their toot, These Kong. A Police launch immedi-pirates, It is estimated,-landed ately set out to meet the steamer somewhere to the East of Chilang

Point. and to escort it into the Harbour. She arrived shortly after 10 p.m. and was immediately boarded by a party of Police officers, headed by Mr. T. Murphy, A.SP., and In- spector L, P. Lane,

The Police spent the whole questioning the passengers and crew."

According to all the information available, it would appear that the ship plies regularly between Can- ton, Hong Kong, Hothow and Hai- phong: She left Hong Kong for Hoihow on Friday morning, with over 200 third class and deck-pas- sengers, a crew of 77, officered by five Frenchmen,

At 4 o'clock the same afternoon,. a number of people estimated as twenty or thirty, revealed them- selves as pirates and appearing simultaneously at various points in the ship, covered the Captain and other European officers, as well as the wireless operator with teval

vers.

The kidnapped passengers are ¡ as follows:

Chan Sing Po, an old man of 76, a native of Pakhoi dis- trict, who was returning to his native district accom- panied by his wife. Board- ed ship at Hong Kong, Lai Ho Bing, 27, a soldier. He is a native of Kwangsi. This man spoke Mandarin Buerit- ly. Passenger from Canton. wa Ching Po, 50, a grocer of the Ying Lee Grocery shop at Haiphong. A native of the Hoi district he was on his way to Halphong. He boarded the ship at Canton,

Ngal Ho Bing, 27, a Chinese .....military oficer, who WALA

bound for Holhow, He also boarded the ship at"Canton.

An interesting incident is related concerning ten Chinese soldiers. who were passengers. on board. These men, instead of helping the passengers or resisting the attack, watched apathetically" until the pirates had finished their work and then with reckless abandon began booting their fellow - passengers. When the water police sorted on the ship on Saturday night, they discovered many, stolen, articles among the "soldiers" luggage and consequence, some of the troops are now under arrest.

The

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vessel carried only four guards and the pirates came aboard as deck passengers at Hal- phone. This is the first time that the ship has been pirated. One of the unusual things about the whole affair is the fact that in- stead of the type of revolvers and guns usually used in these put- rages, the pirates were equipped with small automatic revolvers of the most up-to-date type believed by the Mafe to be of American manufacture. This elue might prove of assistance to the police in both discovering the culprits and recovering four of the Chinese passengers who were kidnapped,

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After half the pirates had left DIARY OF LOCAL

the ship, the remaining half took her round "and round Chilang Folat. ́To "all appearance they were searching for their own junks, but of this there is no certainty. At 2 pm. In the afternoon, the

The first act of the pirates was to, disable the wireless, which com- pleted they made the Captain order the ship to be turned round again and again and head towards Chi-pirates stopped another junk and lang Point.

efforts to

Meanwhile other pirates were active ransacking the belongings of the passengers, sparing no makce their search thorough. They took away every- thing worth having from the officers and crew and then from the third class and deck passen- gers.

prepared to leave the ship. CAPTAIN RELUCTANT TO LEAVE

The Captain and a few of the crew, were made to accompany the pirates in one of the ship's boats. The Captain showed some hesita- Mon about leaving the ship, but

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(X Moon, 10th Day).

Auctions Bale of Crown Lands" at. P.W.D. Offices, 3 p.m.

"Social Functions-Whist Drive,

a smart crack on the head with Kowloon Dock Recreation Club, 9 the butt of a pistol by one of the pirates scon made Kim change his

COMPRADORE'S HIDING PLACE, | mind.

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The ship was at this time about With the first report of the three miles from shore. The pirates piracy, the Compradore, sought for took the Capt, and the ship's crew a place of concealment and, forta-about a mile landwards and then nately for him, his hiding place sent them back to the ship These was not found by the pirates. The pirates landed West of Chilang compradore's assistants mingled. with the passengers and the pirates point, so that it would be seen that

the two pirates landed were not able to locate, them. Had

miles apart, East and West of Chi- the" compradore or his assistants

lang Point, been identified by the pirates, they would probably have shared the fate of those who were kidnapped.

The engine room staff were also threatened by the pirates who told them that should the engines break down, they could expect nd leniency. They were ordered to keep the engines going full steain ahead, and the pirates took shifts 1a-watching the engine room.

On the return of the Captain to the ship, they repaired the wire- less and sent messages to the French Consul and the ship's launch immediately went out to agents in Hong Kong. No, 4 Police" meet the ill-fated boat and escort- ed her into Kowloon Bay shortly. after 10 p.m. VARO

There were four Annamite ship's guard on board, but it would seem At 8 o'clock on Saturday morn that these guards were not armed. ing the ship arrived at Chilanga arvey of the ship's passen Point. Perhaps the ship's arrived too early at this place, or there gers and crew revealed the fact was a miscalculation, for the that the booty must amount to pirates found that their feet of about 810,000 The ship's cargo of Junks and sampans was not there sundries was not interfered with.

to meet thent. They were not dia. mayed however, for they promptly fred a few shots at some nearby

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