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TUESDAY: MAT) / 29.01928.

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GARAGE THEFTS.

Charged with breaking into a garage at 71, Spring Garden Lane, two Chinese at the Central Police Court yesterday pleaded that they were innocent of any felonious intent.

ficer was on his way back to Can- ton and occupied a first-class borth. Ho was not in his cabin when the pirates entered it but they sensed SIX MONTHS ́HARD LABOUR, the possibilities of a good find when they discovered his insignin on a coat which was left hanging in his tory of the latest piracy. Mr. Fora-cabin. Meeting what they took to ter, it will be remembered, was in be a saloon boy at the doorway of his enbin when a pirato entered the cabin they neked him to lead Somewhat foolishly he aimed n kick them to where the officer was. The at the pirate thereby knocking his "boy" with a great deal of alacrity oun away from him. Following on complied with the request. He this there was a commotion and took one of the pirates on to the Mr. Forster ran out of his cabin deck but managed to give him the followed by a number pirates slip returning Inter to hide in the who fired at him a number of times, coal-bunkers. but none of the bullets took effect.

Chief Pirate's Grief.

It was Mr. Forster, also who woke up Mr. Thompson and the chief engineer while they were sleeping on the poop-deck. For several minutes after that Mr. Forster was engaged in dodging the pirates. They thought he had run to the bridge, and one of them took

a pot-shot at a figure which he saw

The frat man, when asked to plead, said he had been accused of aloaling.

The Court: Yes, but what do He was safe in this place of re-you say to that? fuge and when the ship was final- Dofendant: I leave it to you to ly released from the hands of the say what I was doing. pirates he told the officers how ho exercised a little strategemand saved his life. He said he was no other than the officer for whom the pirates were looking.

PURSUIT DESCRIBED. Watchman Gives the Alarm. ·

Later, defendant said he went

into the garage to sleep, but was he was found crouching behind a unable to explain how it was that

car,

The other defendant told the Court ho went in to fetch a friend out to ten. He was unable to pro-

running across the bridge. Tho The vigilance of a watchmanduce this friend. bullet pierced the man's heart.stationed on a hill near Blas Bay

Was

The prosecuting Police Officer When they turned him over on his and Sa Mun harbour played a large stated there had been a number face it was discovered that he was part in the rapid pursuit of the of thefts from the garage, small one of their fellows. He was no pirates by men on board the Chi-parts and tools amounting to $30 other than a younger brother of the nese, Customs boat the Yeung in value having disappeared. pirate chief. It the pirate Shing. This boat was anchored in

The Magistrate (Major C. Will- chief who first made the discovery Sa Mun Harbour when the watch-son) sentenced each man to six as he turned the corpse on its side. man signalled that the se. Tean

months' hard labour. Overwhelmed by grief he cried out was behaving in a suspicious man- "My brother, my brother." ner and was making for Blas Bay. IIe flung his revolver Away The Young Shing immediately ser

A dramalic

xeature, out to intercept the Tean and after vowing within the hearing following behind for some distance of the officers that he would never overhauled her. pirate another ship again. It was Heaven's retribution, he cried.

with

Then the purpose of the coffin mentioned in Mr. Thompson's carlier narrative was revealed. The corpse was placed in the coffin and was still on the Tean when the ship arrived in Hongkong.

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thing like four miles inland. The pirates were extremely reluctant to lot theft hostages go and con- tinued to urge them en until at last, seeing that they were handi- capping themselves in this way the passengers and they left officers to their own devices and made their escapo as best they could.

Rifle shots were then fired into the air by the Customs men but the Tean did not stop. Exactly how events happened at this stage is not very clear but it would ap- pear that at about the same time the pirates noticed H.M.S. Somme.

The customs men succeeded in With the cruiser on the one hand At Bias Bay, as the two lifeboats and the customs launch on the getting very close to their quarry were making for the shore, those other thoy apparently realised that but although they fired a number watching from the Tean through their only course was to get to the of shots none took effect. One of telescopes noticed that the boat fushore as quickly as possible so they the passengers, it is understood, cliff and fell which Mr. Forster was, was in difflowered two lifeboats, while some from a height of 300 feet being

was pushed over culties. Though he had not guarded the officers, Into the pressed that much the pirate chief boats the pirates placed the seven immediately killed, because he who had become extremely moody Chinese passengers, the two Euro- could not get along fast enough. and had apparently brooded much pean officers two suitcases of Another version is that the man over the death of his brother had valuables and rowed for the accidentally fell over the cliff. wanted to kill Mr. Forster, whom nearest part of the shore. Imme- Eventually the customs party he apparently looked upon as being diately the pirates left the remain-came up with the released captives responsible for the tragedy. Heing officers turned their attention while the pirates succeeded in mak- had detailed a man, the same into their ship and safely brought ing good their escape. dividual who had fired the fatal her to a stop. shot, to keep a special watch on Mr. Forster. The individual had placed himself near Mr. Forster's person in the boat and when the boat, through the action of the waves, was breaking up against the rocky shore, he pulled out a revol- ver and fred at the unfortunate officer, Mr. Forster had, by this time, clambered on to a boulder but dropped back into the water on be. ing fired at and swam back toed, from II.M.S. Somme but reports wards the ship.

Narrow Escape.

Naval Men Follow. Secing the intentions of the pirates, two landing parties were immediately sent off from the cus- tome launch, one under the com- mand of the captain, Mr. W. H. Poole and the other in charge of the Second Officer, Mr. P. F. Shaw. A landing party was also despatch.

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THE TEAN'S OFFICERS. Europeans on Board the

Pirated Vessel,

The a.s. Tean arrived in Hong- kong about 7.80 last night and berthed at Holt's Wharf. She is owned by the China Navigation Co. Ltd. and is a twin scrow steamer of 2,202 gross tons, built in 1904 by Scott and Co. of Greenock. She was engined by the Greenock Foundry to 169 N.H.P. and is regis tered in London.

Her officers are.-- Captain.-E. H. Histed, Chief Officer,-A. H, Mills. Second Officer.-J. G. Forster. Chief Engineer.-J. Roberts. Second Engineer.-D. S. Goldie. Third Engineer.-J. J. Thomp-

available late last night seem to indicate that the customs men were the first in pursuit.:

The pirates succeeded in reaching Her dimensions are: Length When the pirates were forced to the shore ahead of their pursuers 209.8 feet; beam 40.1 feet; mould- flee inland Mr. Forster found him. self forgotten and he swam back but the spot where they landeded depth 13.9 feet,

which is between Lok Suland Bluff to the shore to be later taken back Point fa of a vary rocky nature and to the Tean by the rescue parties. While he was in the water a large as a fairly heavy sea was running number of shots were fired at him at the time one of the lifeboats but missed. His legs, however, was stayed in on the rocks. were badly cut from contact with occupants got ashore, however, al- though one suitcase containing, it the barnacles on the rocks.

While being pursued by the rests believed, some $3,000 belonging cue parties the pirates were forc- to the compradore, was left in the ed not only to leave their prisoners behind but also to drop some of the loot. It was stated that nearly $2,- 000 was recovered in this way, but what was left for the pirates re- presented a fairly good haul, about $12,000.

One of the passengers, was Teol Ting-kai, who was described as the general officer in the army which is in occupation of Hainan. This of-

boat and was subsequently re- covered. The second boat did not come to grief and was left while the pirates hurried inland driving their captives before them.

Tragedy on Land.

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This is the second piracy per- netrated by the Blas Bay gang last October. The last piracy was since the sinking of the a.. Irene

that of the Hain Wah, the China

Merchant vesuel which was attack- ed on April 16 this year. The last British steamer to fall into pirate cus-hands and be taken to Blas Bay was the sa. Yatshing which was captured at the end of August last

The landing party from the toma launch arrived soon after wards and continued to chase the fugitives for a distance of some-

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