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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

CASE NOT PROVED.

LAWYER CONDEMNS POLICE TRAPS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1928.

A PIRATES' DEN.

STRANGE STORY OF-AN

ESCAPE.

The story of how he and thirty The summons against the pro- prietor of the Nanking Boarding other prisoners, spent several House for allegedly allowing his months with the pirates in Tai promises to be used for immoral Plug Sha Village, on the Weat purposes was dismissed by Mr. R. River, and how with six other captives he succeeded in escaping. E. Lindsell yesterday afternoon. ve

from the pirates' den, was told to Mr. Geo. K. Hall Brutton, who the Press by Ip Kai, the Chinese defended the proprietor, called shroff of the s.8. Kochow, a Hong- several assistants from the board-kong-Wuchow vessel, which was at- ing house to say that none of the Lacked by Chinese pirates some months ago when more than walters, room boys, or servants fetched the women concerned in overty passengers were kidnapped the case, into the boarding house, and one of the British officers qu The defence witnesses stated that board was killed.

When Interviewed, Mr. Ip said: one of the polico decoys had him-We, were taken by the pirates self brought the women, who were later found in the boarding house by the police party.

The story of the defence was that one of the police decoys, using the name of Leung Yuet, went to the boarding house at 2 pm. on the afternoon of January 20 After properly registering himself. he told one of the waiters that he ivas expecting his family from Macao and that when his family arrived he would require a further room. In the course of the after noon, another man, who later prov- ed to be a second police decoy, or- rived at the boarding house. The two men hail their evening meal to gother shortly before six o'clock. After the meal Leung Yuet left the boarding house and returned later with two women. He sent for the servants of the boarding house and asked for a further room. The decoys, it was alleged, fold the boarding house employees that the two women were their wives,

Both women were asked whether the men were their husbands and both replied to the boarding house clerk in the affirmative.

Still Some Distinction.

from the Kochow to a place called Ko Ming, Tal Ping Sha village. "Thore were over seventy prison- the Chinese compradore of the ers, among them"Chan Wan-sang, Kochow. Tso Kal, a wealthy mer- chant and Woo Lung a shop-owner of Fatshan and other merchants, but the, majority were of the poo"er class. On our arrival at Ko Ming a careful examination was made of the hands, and feet of everyone by the pirates, after which they sogregated forty as poor labourers giving each of them two dollars and sending them away.

"The compradofe and myself and the above-mentioned merchants were among the unfortunate onus who were left behind, We were later divided into groups of from seven to ten persons. I was placed with six others while my friend, the compradore was imprisoned with about ten others. Not only were we lodged at different quar- lers, but each of us had a different pirate guard over us:

"We had two meals a day, the pirates allowing us twenty cents food was bad and our lodging was for the supply of our food. The still worse. It was a small hut divided into two parts, one of which was occupied by the pirates, A rather unusual question was but four or five of them, while put by Mr. Hall Brutton to one of the other part, which was smaller, his own. witnesses, who in the was used by our, party of seven. course of his evidence stated that Both our hands and legs were the women did not look like prosti-chained with Irons, while outside tutes. Mr. Brutton naked the wit the hut three guards were always ness if he could draw a distinc-on the lookout." Lion nowadays between that class

"The worst part of our time was of women and the ordinary women when, the pirates heard that The reply was that a family woman could generally be distinguished by soldiers were passing the village. the fact that there was not an ex-out to an obscure place by the They would take all the prisoners cessive application of powder on her face. The witness added, how ever, that the two women concern- ed in the case were not over- powdered,

At the conclusion of the evid- ence for the defence Mr. Lindsell remarked that the case for the pro-i secution was not very satisfactory and that the anawer given by the defence was very strong. In the absence of the two women from the case, he found it impossible to convict,

Hunted by Soldiers,

riverside and putting us all into a Hamuan covered us with grast, Sometimes we had to stay in the sampan for more than an hour Generally after a visit of the troops tho pirates would move us to a new hut.

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"A day was appointed, the 17th of last month. At midnight wn: e the two other guards were fast asleep Fung opened the door and led us all out. After a long jour ney on foot passing from Ko Ming to the village of White Bridge, wa reached Man Lok where we board- When the pirates hearded a junk for Fatshan, it having been arranged that the whole party together with Fung should go to Fatshan firet where we would make

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"There, Inelde the hut, we stayed with the pirates day after day, and month after month, and but few of us succeeded in leaving the place. Not that our families fall- ed to offer the pirates a reasonable ransom, but the freebooters wore too greedy in their demands. To Mr. Brutton then asked his Wor-illustrate this I can cite the case ship to make some comment on the of Tao Kai, who was one of the police sending decoys to a respect seven in my party, Teo was con- able boarding house pointing outsidered fairly well off and thin that during the last eight years the the pirates were fully aware of police had no occasion to bring any At first they demanded a ransom charge against the proprietors of $10,000. The family offered He said that the women were $3,000, brought to the boarding house by that Tso could offer $3,000 they In the temperate climate of round and with the healthful the polled themselves and he in- thought he must be rich and in- Howall, there are countless things climate make life in the Islands formed his Worship of the diffcreased their demand to $20,000. culty the boarding house would Later when Tso's family in Fat- from a family woman, adding that result that the family seeing that on January 20. Of the promised bandits asked for $50,000, with the "ent back to our respective towns "We arrived safely at Fatshun in years gone by no respectable the pirates were so unreasonable sum Teo Kal pald Fung $5,000 cool trade winds blow .... motor- Stop off for a week or more in woman would be seen inside a broke off the negotiations. Tt ing on splendid roads lined with Howall. Hotel rates range from boarding house but that one could must have been a great dis-him $1,500, the third Tong Kwan, another merchant, Woo Lung gave blossoming trees. These and many $2.50 to $15.00 (Gold) per day, as they all dressed, painted, and inter Tso succeeded in escaping the rest of the sum being paid by not distinguish them nowadays, appointment to the pirates when $1,000 white my share was $500, other attractions brighten the long with meals. Steamers sall. from powdered alike,

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Honolulu at least twice a week for Mr. Lindsell remarked that the his freedom,

The Revenge. Play this vacation in the stream- the Pacific Coast and special stop-sons for which they acted, adding police could not disclose the rea-

Guards Dissatisfice

"Before concluding his story, the "While the pirate chiefs continu-speaker added that the most pa splashed valleys of Hawaii over privileges may be made with that he did not know whether ined to make exorbitant demands, thetic part of the story was that frolic in the surf on a moonlight interchange of tickets

the present case the police had re. some of their followers, who acted as on many ceived information regarding the guards for several months were upon his arrival at Fatehan with the party of seven, Fung night fish in the fridescent

lines. Ask your nearest steam-boarding house.

rotting tired of the whole thing learned that his seventy-year- waters of island channels.

having waited for a long period old mother, who was liv ship or travel agency for details Mr. Brutton said that there had without result.

ing in Ko Ming had been killed' Fresh fruits, meats, vegetables and write us for illustrated book-been no complaint against the "One of the three guards who by the pirates by way of revenge. boarding house for the past eight looked after pur party was a man Before we left the pirates' den, and milk are served the year let and the latest information.

years.

named Fung who appeared to be Fung had arranged that his family The Magistrato observed that if more considerate than his compar should leave later the same night, the police did not have any com-

triots. Sometimes when Fung was but only the children and Fung's in a happy mood he used to chat wife aucceeded in leaving, his aged with Mr. Brutton that the laying made him the offer that if he coull them with the tragic result that of this particular form of trap was, effect our release the seven me the pirates murdered her?

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