The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-07-27

junk Is mere she'll. One solid shot /
went Though them ~ u they had been I
paper. The poor devils were unner ysd
a. soon a. they saw the trap into wnseh
they had fallen. and devoted All their !
energies 10 getting away. We could
ont-ail any Of the jnnks. but Il was I
quick work with four of them They
were sent 20 the bottom one after an
other. and a. We came up with the fifth
we ran her down. Our stem struck her
on the starboard broadside and cut her
almost in two. She had at least thirty
men aboard. and there was one lors,
despairing Shrek as they went down
70 watery graves A few came MP 70
clutch Al the wreckage and beg 20 -
taken aboard. but not one Of them
would the Captain lend a hand 70. Such
a. the sharks did not get hold Of drifted
out 10 sen with the tide II was fear
| ful rctribution. but these men were
monsters. Inside Of thirty minutes
I from the time we opened fire the |
| feet was al the bottom and at least q
hundred pirates had paid the penalty
Of their crimes
Our captain was lamenting the fact
that he had not picked up one or two
! in order 10 secure information when
there was row forward and II WAS
announced that pirate had been found
hanging 10 the chains. When brought
aft he was ready 10 do any thing 70
save his life. His name was Mung-
Hang. and he had good cause to be-
lieve that we would reverse it. lie
was the captain Of 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 on 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
; 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 I@ioo kioo isl
ands with four junks TO capture .
/ large ship which had drifted into shoal
! | water. but was not abandoned II we
4 would spare his life he would pilot Us
a anywhere and prove his gratitude In
|. any wav. Shin-Lee took him in hand
7 for a few minutes. and then announced
: that we could depend upon him. We
: ran into the bay. brought up alongside
4 the brig. and sent forty men ashore q
= clean out the place Not a pirate was
: 10 be seen. all having bolted for thu
= woods Every thing which would
h burn was set on fire. and prize crew
a was put aboard the brig 70 navlgat'
4 her 20 Hong Kong. She reached IN
4 port safely; and our salvage none.
. went far to reimburse the company 70
d its outlay.
A. When we sailed out OF the bay i wa
~ | 10 look for the boss pirate lie wa
N nearer than we thought for. Al eigh
IL o. clock next morning we saw his fies
-e dead ahead. on its way back 70 fo'
s. mosa empty handed. and by ten we ma
h. the iunks under fire. These were
r. drawer lot Of men. Knowing they coul
not outsail Us. and seeming 70 suspe
d | that We were an enemy. they closed
right for 4 fight 1t did not last Ion
" however. We had one man killed
nk the fall OF block from aloft. and thr'
a. or four wounded by the bullets fro
be their ancient firearms. and in reful
he not a man Of them escaped In le
&c than an hours fighting altogeth
ck | We sent nine jnnks and two hundr'
en- men 10 destruction Butchery- was
Dr. Well. call il 80: but remember that
the previous twelve months the fleet
i this old pirate had captured no ie
than ten foreign craft and six trader
er. and that every man. woman and chi
he aboard had been murdered. There v
no sentiment about Chin-Lung.
thought Of nothing but blood and plu
,he der. and he would cut q child > thrc
he with = smile on his face
me We were now ready TO sail in scar
OF Shung-wong. who had less pow
but was Just as great a villain In
two leaders had divided up the ter
tory. and compelled all lesser pira
10 Join them and come under tn
The control. So. then. We had only {
TO men 10 strike 1t 70 down the whole
png Al the close Of the third day ar
the heading for the south we came AZ
| the track OF the piratical nect-
xou trader in woods and dyestuffs had D.
overhauled about hundred M
for north Of the northern group o. n
and lippines. called the Little Phillippir
~ The crew consisted OF three men AM
Mn boy. and the vessel had only part Q
tiers cargo. Shung-Wong had boarded
l ~ himself. and although the crew "
his native Chinese. he could not rcstr
Nat his bloody hand He demanded .
! a. equal 70 $500 in American NOR
,out There was only about 80 aboard.
-aid he personally cut the captains thr'
out had the others logged. and went on
ION way TO the bay Of Luzon. which -
s.d- the west side Of the island Of
,or. name. We spoke the trader. and
the ceivcd from her terrified crew
g. incidents above narrated, and
wa- shaped our course for the bay
b,clr would have IL. an Am