The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-23
HANGING Ey WHOLESALE.
Slaety-Thres Chinese Pirates Suspended
from tho Yard Arm

'iAe'y-A III cs thlntse f1tale- huS pended
from tho Yard-srm.
ayes, suppo,e three at time IL
quito tair hanging" remarked a
retired old salt VINO had oirCumnz VI
gated the globe seven times and who. q
1o.uo had bfsu on the bIiny ioi SO
yrRrs--"qGits a fair hanging, thgt w.,
in = retail wny--but IL ain't cifcau NJ
stanCe 10 the Wholesale send.od W.T.
ne,ssd onss in China. 4 cigl?
rhsnks-don't csre II do," ssi1 he
ancient mariner, aud lighting J. he
took few pulls at the weed and his
memory and settled him,slf 10 his
essir 70 relats the following tale to u
Daily News reporter:
"lt was along about '61 that | ship.
ped in tho German bark La Mons,
oound from Bombay 10 Shanghai. We
stopped or the way 1t Hne. where we
took on bosd 8 party OF % Cninese
merchants. rhsy had BEEN to Hue 20
dispose OF theic goods, and were re-
turning to Hong Kong with their PRO
ceeds. AL went well upt!l of the Is.
land OF Hsinsr, when we 60. be
Gained and lAs floating r uua under
the tropical air witnous . breath oi air,
"Along shout 5 ia the afternoon our
lookout deserted = sail, which soon
developed into q h.et OF is Chinese
junkp, whose decks, upon q nearer
approach, could BE- seen covered with
niss, which told VA without need of a
hsg tast they we're pirates. Thinking
ouEselveo loaf, as We wero unsrmeu,
bit dotermtned 10 hang on IA life ~
long ~ possible, We ell m-d for be-
40 dob. "A
evsy Ia tns cNgo. We sron heart The
Iunss como siVpgstde, tss iraupllns
ui ieot overhead, tao nAiliog do sn oi
tae halcha., duii, grtrns nOiss, anu
vi, was s,ill.
"Presedlly we could hear the rush of
water, the pirates having scuttlea The
bSrk by boriag-waich accounted tor
no Erstiug-intending 70 drown us
ike rss ina trap. We made n rusn
Tor the hatch, but could not move N.
We succeeded, however, In breaking
through the bul9heaa tina. led 10 the
for,cssle and rescued the deck, Ths
pirates had taken tho Chinese ps>ser.
gers and all Of our boats except a lesky
Que, which, alter q kasty patching, We
Jumped into, lowhrci away snd pulled
fur tne shore, o IL smile on. There
We were met by how ing mon, who
caught, best us, AID strippirg ia OF
very stitch OF clothing, drove rs on
OF the villsFc, so that We were Obliged
% tramp, with tho rays Of the burninc
sun hlistering our backs, about Ave
niles 10 the town OF HAinsn, ON the
other aide Of the island. We
won't directly to the house of the
American consul, who received ~
kindly. furnished US With clothing.
lis.esta 30 our story and sent for tha
captain OF the United States steamer
Ashsnlot, which was lying In the hsr.
bcr.
He took ~ on board, steamed n, ia
hong kore, ssut Us 20 the hospital.
ard In company with the United
Stsiee steamer Pissstsqis, went back
~ Hsinsn, rsided the village in which
We hse bstn ~ ili.treaied, aud when
turned Quito be the pirsies' stronr.
mold, captured ahout 500 Cinnamon aud
brought them back 10 Hons Kong,
sent them ashore, and had them fiie
past ms and M mates tor Identifies
ton. We Plskei ous e5 n tnem, who
were taken back on board the vesssls.
"The next morning while sitting on
Two hospital pistxs, which overlook ed
the hsfbor, We hesri the sunrise gun.
The shrill whistle O, the boatsualn, say
the tnsisns ny tn the peaks, ard the
next morning, ssif By msgie, from the
vhfd-srms OF tho tvo Aen-oi- war hang
The % Chinamer. rnere thev hung Sof
half an hour. sssylng In the bssers. :
terribls example 70 ev,l-aoers. when
thev we're lowered aud the bodies
siveo n their fsiends.
srbese amt ary such haneInes
poWodaye,"e eaclu6ed Shs old ~. ssois
novqR vo0t % go suoh 010S3 SeSlp.
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