Wichita eagle., 1888-08-09

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done when we were ready to spring the trap
At the word of command every man was OF
deck, the gun crews jumped to their stations
and things aloft were shipshape in moment
Then We wore round to get between ths
pirates and the bay, and opened fire a
| Chinese junk is mere shell TIE solid sho,
went through them as if they had beer
| paper. The poor devils were unnerved o.
| soon as they saw the trap into which they
| had fallen, and devoted all their energies &c
! getting away. We could outsal any Of the
| junks, but it was quick work with four O.
| them. They were sent to the bottom one
after another, and as IRE came up with the
fifth we ran her down. Our stem struck her
| full on the starboard broadside and cut her
almost II two. She had at least thirty men
aboard, and there was one long, despairing
shrek as they went down to watery graves
A few came up TO clutch at the wreckage and
beg 20 be taken aboard, but not one of them
would the captain lend hand to. Such as
the sharks did not get hold Of drifted out to
sea with the tide. II was fearful retribu-
ton, but these men were monsters. Inside Of
thirty minutes from the time we opened fire
the feet was at the bottom and at least a
hundred pirates had paid The penalty Of their
crimes
Our captain was lanlenting the fact that
he had not picked up one or two in order to
secure Information when there was q row
forward, and it was announced that a pirate
had been found hanging to the chains
hen brought aft he was ready TO do any
thing to save his life HIS name was Mung-
Hang, and he had good cause 70 believe that
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the junk we had run down, and was ready to
tell Us all about old Climbing The bay
was his rendezvous, but his plumber was
hidden OF the coast near Foo Chow. There
were barracks for the men up the bay, and
thirty or forty men there at that moment
They had captured a French brig several
days before, and she was then at anchor in
the bay waiting for Chin-Lung's return He
was then up among the Loo kio islands
with four junks to capture large ship which
had drifted into shoal water, but was not
abandoned. II we would spare his life he
would pilot Us anywhere and prove his graft
tude in any way Shin-Lee took him in
hand for few minutes, and then announced
that we could depend upon him We ran
into the bay, brought I'D alongside of the
brig, and sent forty men ashore TO clean out
the place Not pirate was to be seen, all
having bolted for the woods Everything
which would burn was set On fire and a
prize crew was put aboard the brig to navi-
gate her to Hong Kong She reached that
port safely, and our salvage money went far
TO reimburse the company for its outlay
When we sailed out OF the bay it was to
look for the boss pirate. He was nearer than
we thought for. AT o'clock next morning
we saw his feet dead ahead, On its way back
to Fornosa empty handed, and by 10 we had
the janks under fire. These were a Drawer
lot Of men. Knowing that they could not
outsail Us, and seeming to suspect that we
were an enemy, they closed right in for a
fight It did not last long, however. We
had one man killed by the fall Of block
from alott, and three OF four wounded by the
bullets from their ancient firearms, and in
return not a man Of them escaped In less
than an hours fighting altogether we sent
nine junkS and 200 men TO destruction.
Butchery, was 1t! Well, call il SO; but re-
member that in the previous twelve months
the feet Of this old pirate had captured no
less than ten foreign craft and six traders,
and that every man, woman and child aboard
had been murdered There was no sentiment
about Climbing. He thought OF nothing
but blood and plumber, and he would cut
child's throat with smile on his face
We were now ready to sail in search Of
Shung Wong, who had less power, but was
just as great villain. Those two leaders
had divided up the territory, and compelled
all lesser pirates to join them and come I'M
der their control. So, then, we had only
two men to strike at to down the whole lot.
At tie close OF the third day, after head
ing fo- the south, we came upon the
track Of the pira.ical feet A trader
in woods and dye stufs had been over
hauled about hundred miles north
Of the northern group Of Philippines,
called the Little Philippines. The crew con-
sisted Of three men and boy, and the vessel
had only part Of a cargo. Shung-W Wong had
boarded her himself, and although the crew
were native Chinese, he could not restrain
his bloody hand lie demanded sum equal
to 800 in American money. There was only
about so aboard, and he personally cut the
captain s throat, had the others logged, and
went on bis way to the Bay Of LuZon, which
is on the west side Of the island Of that
name. We spoke the trader, and received
from her terrified crew the incidents above
L41A4 s3SClii tAA4 <AA-A! JILL SOAiSc IOT
TIE bay. As luck would have it, an
American ship called the Joseph Taylor
was ahead OF Us, and SIS she passed down the
coast was attacked by tie feet about seven
miles of shore. We heard the rumpus about
an hour before daylight. There was little
breeze. and though greatly outnuinbered, the
crew Of the Taylor beat the pirates Of At
daylight the wind freshened, and we slid in
between the junSs and the shore Just as they
were preparing for second attack. We
were no sooner within range than we opened
on them, and. seeing escape cut of. the fell
lows tried hard to lay us aboard. In thirty
minutes from the opening Of the fight we
lad sunk CT run down every junk, and dis
posed Of every pirate, and oaly had four men
wounded in doing It.
Our work had been done 50 promptly and
well that !. struck ta.Tor to the hearts Of al
evil doc-s II thoss seas, ead it was several
years before another oct of piracy was COM
Knitted TIE Chinese eovern1eat returned
its thanks Go lie association, saip owners sent
u contributions Of ucasy 70 express taei-
gr21trda, and vheu We cane TO sell the
schocrGr to tie Chinese government Is o
tie company was financially ahead
Il was probably tbs hr.sfss: cruise and at
te.csd VIII -Ae creates. re-ul3 recorded Of
G. armed vsSsel-New Yock Sun
rnr~D41o Sor Tyrp Cats.