Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-15
CHINESE PIRATES.
POWERS ON THE COAST COMBINE
FOR THEIR DETERMINATION.
Horrible Crimes-Neariy rive h"""'e"' %
Them Killed and Beheaded In an
engagement
IL B GAYLORD IN New YORK Herald.l

the different powers represented In chi
rcse waters were about making II COM
hinod raid on the pirates who fly the black
flag along the coast Of China ana Japan
capturfng merchant vessels. numbering
the crews and footing the craft. This Is the
second time within a year that the dlIer-
ent powers having business relations
with China and Japan have combined 10
run down the pirates.
Inst before the last raid was mace
about ten months ago. ! was IN ltonS
Kono II was after losing a valuable
80. r~o of animals that were being br"uEht
for me to Hong Kong for Barnu'nS en-
CHS The entire crew Of the Nessei hau
heen murdered by Chinese pirates dh'
tho shin Numbered Of everything OF value
and burned % the waters edge. \ snort
time previous a good-siZed steamer h'A
% captured by the pirates ana every
person aboard killed. II was one ~ thr
most tragic affairs ever heard Of and was
he cause OF the combination of the az
farent movers to make a great raid
against The m~araUders.
The entire band OF 100 mon who had
| seizad the steamer were either shot down
or beheaded. The success of thr"eNpe-
dition was due 10 a very clever strag"uc
movement on the part Of the government
officials.
The steamer which had been captured
nv tho pirates carried "a very vallahl"
| cargo. Her captain had made n stop at
tho mouth OF a river on the Chln'~"
coast and siCnallod for a pilot 20 direct
him up the river. \ huge junk came down
the stream. floating a pilots flag Al t""
masthead. The captain of the steamer
was thrown OF his guard, and be- dIl nor
suspect treachery on the part on 'n' iHf''
cent looking junk. with apparently 'hl
three or four Chinese sailors 'h'ain.
Tho truth Of the matter was that there
were more than one hundred ol"'I-
thirsty riratcs concealed aboard the junk.
which was permitted TO come alongside 't
the Gamer
Most Of tho crew OF the steamer N'Ie
m mess AT the time. When thr captain
wont TO thu steamers side To meet me
| e,nnosaj river pilot ne was shot Down.
| This was the signal FOR the pirates IN con-
| c.almeut to board the steamer. MOI
than five score of them SW1ri1rd over 'N'
| rail and commenced their bloody "oiA'
The crew OF the steamer C'ul1 "li't "'
1.fanca and no quarter was shown them.
,f,,r nh of the Sims crew had been muir
| lored the most valuable part Of th" cargo
as transferred to the big junN of the
pirates.
FITTING OFT An EXPEDITIONS.
Then the steamer Was set on fire. Pro-
vious 10 the capture OF me s'''iHN i"s
Chinese pirates cOntcnted thenl'el\rS WIN
| oanturine iuuks and sailing vessels. Ih'Af
hold raid on the steamer was one S'IoAa
too much for the government officials, SD
| plans were laid for a grand round NO oi
Hluchcarls. As I was one of IN" loo'!+ 10Y
the pirates I WAS asked 70 a 10 ha"i TT
the expedition. and did 50.
4. tho time there We're five different
gangs working successfully along the
coast Of China and Japan. Eve JyiI'''
merchant vessels were fitted ont e-pe-
clally for this pirate-capturing eNpedltI'H'
rbov wore manned by one hundred or
more men and heavily ballastei so as I'd
| ride low in the water AMI deceive the p'-
rates into the belief that they We're
laden with big cargoes Of m~erchahalse
The decks Of these vessels We're croWG"b
with Calling guns and rapid firing Weap-
| mons These were skilfully hidden ana
| the fighters We're kept below. IN" hNe
| vessels. similarly equipped. were distrlpu-
| Tod among the districts infested by the PIT
| rates. They all completeI their "otN
about the same time.
The pirate chaser which ] shlppei on
Law around. low down In the water ana
was quickly cspied by the BluchearIS
! They believed that a rich Driz" was WIN
I'm their grasp. The commanding ON
| cor ~ the pirate chaser permitted tn"
Gang 10 got % alongside and even allowed
| thom TO lash their iunks 10 our ship. but
m. moment the craft were securely fiS-
| tened to each other and the pirates made
ready to board US our men IA concealnl'ht
| hollow swarmed on deck and began ihelr
| work OF slaughter. At least twenty rapid
| firing guns poured a leaicn han into inc
J..l-s of the pirate vessels. out OF lD
| piratas who were aboard the two JHnks
| exactly eighteen were alive when onr men
| boarded the craft. The eighteen pirates
were so badly wounded, though thiI
| death Was a question on n le" h"uis
our commanding officer had lhe sur
! viving pirates bohcdicd at once, anu
| hon according 70 instructions. cut of
| the heads of all the dead men and carried
| tho members aboard our ship. The bodies
! ~ The pirates were thrown overheard.
The other four pirat" chas"rs went
| through the same performances ana w
| human heads were carried back 10 hong
Kong as Il result OF this great rdll on inc
| Bluebeards.
SHE LOVED THE CHIEFTAIN.
one Of the pirate chasers was diSpdt'hed
TO the islands along the chinese coast
whore the pirates had made their h~''-
quarters. Oua hundred or more women
and the leader Of one of the largest gangs
were captured i'm this l2st-named rall'
Among the women was q handsome Snl-
nose Girl. the daughter OF one ~ IN"
members Of the Chinese royal family. Sh'
had been taken by the pirates from "A YES
sci which was conveying her 10 her pa
rent from a coast town - Hong Kong.
Her friends believed that she had been
lost I'm a storm. as no trace or the JUNK
i'm which she sailed could be found. me
true story WAS that the junk hat been
captured and every one, except the b-2u-
tiflI Chinese woman, was murdered. rms
maiden. who was only il years OLD,
caught the fancy OF the leader Of the
gang. ard he had carried her off 10 the
lfsland where h. made his headquarters.
The strange part Of II IS that The girl
| actually fell IN love with the pirate, and
they were living together as happy as
doves when the raid was made.
The girl returned 10 her father mourn
ing over the loss Of her husband, the pi-
rate chieftain. Now, there was nothing
romantic about this fellow at all. lie
was neither young nor handsome. He
was just a bloodthirsty pirate. lie had.
perhaps. with his own hand killed a cou-
pie OF hundred men in his time. Evident
~ that dld not matter 10 the daughter
Of the Chinese nobleman, who wept bit
terly when she saw the head Of her nus
band fall beneath the axe.
Til heads Of the pirates were placed on
long poles and planted alorg the shores
Of the islands most infested by these muir
derous fellows.
PIRATES NOT ALL EXTINCT.
I should Judge from the cable despatch
that the pirates were again becoming trou-
blesome and meddling with large ships.
As a general rule they DO not dare 10 at
tack a steamer openly, but II they have an
opportunity they will use strategy and
descend on the vessel when the crew IS
o.. its guard. Since the capture OF the
steamer l referred 10 the government has
forbidden pilots along the Chinese coast
10 bring their vessels up alongside the
craft they are requested 10 direct In her
course. They must anchor az a distance
and the pilot come aboard in a small
boat.
II will be some years before the pirates
are wiped of the Chinese coast, although
they can be regulated by fl.1uent raids
by the government ofhciaT The real
trouble lies In the fact that Iany OF the