The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-26
HANGISa nv eEoLNsALK.
Ninety-Thrss Chinese pirates Suspended
from the Yard Arm.

"Yss, suppose three as D bime IL
quito fair hangiuG," remarked .
retired old sai5 VINO had clScumnavi-
gated the CLONE seYon Jimss sad whovt
nome had hN~u on tho briay fen 81
yeArs-"quiia fair hanging, Chst ~,
in retail NsN--np, il eiu't = c,rcEni-
stanca 20 :ho wholesale eend-oh wit
nessed once in CHINA. A aigaI
Tbnnks--C ONT cara II co." said The
aacieuG mariner, aud lighting 10 be
took few pulls o. the weed and HIS
memory aud settled himself in his
chair to reiats ths following Gale 80 6
Daily News reporter:
"Ig wss along shout '67 sdst snip
ped in the GsriaaI 5ark LIS Mona,
bound fro o. B1mbAy 81 Shanghai, Ws
stopped on tno way st Hue, where we
took ON board \ pargy OF % Cain9sA
marehsn, q. phsy Aao besn to Hue go
dispose Of thsir gods, sna were re-
turning to Hong X llS vita tleir pro
ceeds. All wenC well uAtA on sha La
land of HsinaD, When we soC oe
Gained and lay f1oatioB arnuna under
tho tropical afr w,tnouS oreaSh OF ar.
"Aiong about 3 Ill Gna afternoon our
lookout descrisd sail, whiCA SCUM
developed into q fleet or 10 Chinese
junks, whose decas, upon nearer
approach, could be saen covered with
men, which told as without need OF y
IL az that they we're pirates. Thlusing
on selves lost, as we we're unRrm6d,
bus determined 10 hang on to life AZ
long "a ,ossiole, we ell made tor be-
tween tho decks and slowed ourselves
away in tho cargo. We soon heard The
iurks come sIOagsi1e, iha traiuplins
of feet overheao, the Mailing down o.
tho hatchse, IA dud, grating noise, and
all was SILL.
mPresen,ly we could hear the rush of
water, the pirates having acuttled the
bark by bosing--waich accounted for
the erating TO drown as
like ratsin % trap. We made rush
tor the hstcb, but could not move It,,
We succeaded, however, in breaking
through h. bnlSheaO that led 70 the
fOrecastle and rs8chso the deck. The
pirates had taken tho Chinese passaG
gers and all Of our boats except ieaky
one, which, after Nasty patohiug, we
Jumped inc, lowere1 away end pulled
for the shore, OILY mile Oh. Thers
We were met by howlipg mop, VINO
caught, beat ua, aid stripping US OF
every stisel OF. clothing, drove ns ous
OF the viilsge, SO thai we We're Obliged
to tramp, with the rays of the burniag
sun blis6ering our backs, about hve
miles 10 the Town OF Hainan, On ihs
other eide of the island. We
went directly 10 the house of the
American consul, who received us
kindls, furnished us with ciothiog,
listened 90 our story and aent for the
csptsip OF the United States steamer
Ashenlot, which was lying In the hAr-
Dor.
"He took Us on board, steamed up to
Hong Kong, sens Us to the hospital,
ard in company with the United
States steamer Plscstsqas, went back
to Haiuan, rsided tha village In which
we had been so nv treated, and which
turned ovs to bs Eue nirates' st ong-
hold. captured ebout5) Chinanen and
brought .hem back 70 Hong Kong.
sent them ashore, and nal them tile
past me aud my nStes Tor iieutltica-
ton. We pieKed out 93 Of thsn, who
were taken back on board the vessels.
"The next morning while sitting on
the hospital ptszzs, which overlooked
the hafpDr, We heard tho sunrise gun,
the shriIt wiiistlopf the ooatswain, saw
the ensigns fly 10 the Doaks, and the
n. XII morning, Rsif by IA age. from TIC
yerd-arfns Of the two nisp.'s.-wer nunH
libr93 Chiuainnp. Theirs they bunk fc'
hslf 40 hour, sSnyinT tn Toe orteze, I
lterritls,o xample 20 ovii-eoHrs, her
l,,isw were ipwersd AID slir bodies
l.liysn 10 their tsisucs.
, ssruetA nln'1 shy enel lsnrAsr n
,.0,Vadks sicfs e3ltftn Che Old tn 'shui
! nAyes sghni .i.s Sea xC3A :, hiek Z e&tin
( II u,s ka.. IN q D, 81 ,f ~ Tine
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