The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-27
The Ambition of Chin Fin


was 4 nrecOclOuS youth anu larry wei
educated.
At the age OF eighteen. when Chin
Fin sailed for Singapore to broaden
his mind. he was as well posted on
The subject of piracy as the average
American consul. His father patted
him on the back and told him TO be
good boy and do all the grating ne
could, and his mother fell on his neck
and wept and cautioned him that she
was badly in need of p9ir OF dia-
mond earrings and chatelaine watch
The Young man arrived at his deSllna-
ton right side up and began to look
around for tough people to consort
with He found about 10000 of them.
He figured that to become a pirate he
must first become a tough man. lie
got In with the gang without any tron-
BILE He became swindlcr thlef'
robber aud worse. He passed the hrSt
six months in learning his A h CS and
the next six In Jail When his Singa-
pore record was finally looked up 1t
was found that he had had hand IN
about t00 different Jobs in three
years and that these Jobs ranged
from gold brick Swindles to Sitting
Threats How many of his little
curves the police failed TO get on 10
can only be guessed at
When Chin Fin reached his majority
he was ready for piracy on the high
,,oo., H. bod pasSaJ tbr1Iph all other
grades of crime and even the police
had paid him the compliment of being
a crackajack In spite of his youth
he could lead men, and, as for plan
ming. no one could equal him. He had
saved his cash instead of blowing ii
in. aud he had induced certain other
tough chaps to do the same, and so
when the time came he was well heel
ed. That time came when he learned
that certain merchants Of Singapore
were to ship large sum of money by
a sailing vessel to Manila. II was not
only in the way Of trade, but the mer-
chants were going to make corner Ill
the hemp market.
Chin Fin got his news straight Me
bribpd a confidential clerk to get H.
and then murdered the clerk to get
his money back and prevent any case
of conscience. An agent was instruct
ed to purchase ship and MT her OUT
with guns, while Chin Fin attended to
getting a crew. The day came when
his craft was all ready and only wait
ed the sailing of the other 1t had SO
happened that on an occasion chin I'm
had desired to burglarize the house OF
the parents of one of his gang The
son filed objections. He thought 1t
was carrying good thing too far
Chin Fin got mad and stabbed the
young man and then went on with his
burglarzng The victim proceeded TO
get well saw wood and say nothing,
but when the time came he gave away
the piracy snap. Being forewarned'
the merchants and authorities put up a
lob of their own Just as secretly as
Chin Fin himself had worked, they
had a brig fitted out at another port
armed with six guns and manned by
eighty men. and when the treasure
shin finally sailed for Manila she was
followed by the brig. The latter
looked as peaceful as an old hen,
chin Fin was in waiting at the An
amba Islands. That was piratical
stronghold before his day and the
young man had an eye TO the eternal
fitness of things The treasure ship
made her course up the China sea, fol
lowed by the slouchy looking old brig
at respectful distance, and one morn
Ing about 10 O'Clock was within five
miles OF the islands The pirates were
waiting for her They not only came
sailing out from the lee Of the group
but they raised the black flag to show
their hand. Chin Fin wasn't going Ia
play any baby business 10y sailing un-
der false flag The brig was sighted
in the distance, but treated with con
tempt The treasure ship naturally
tried TO get away. She turned on hel
heel and put back TO meet the brig
but the pirates pursued with wells and
a great waste of ammunition, They
saw that they could capture two ships
where they had counted on but one
by and by things got to work anC
chin Fin felt his back hair curl III
brig began hammeriug away with sly
guns TO his two. aud at the end o.
eighteen minutes thirty Of his hftl
rascals were dead or wounded and hi
craft In sinking condition. ana b
had TO cry for quarter. II was granted
him. and his men were taken aboard
While the treasure ship pursued be
voyage. the brig started back for Sing
apore. She had had seven men KILLED
I or disabled. The pirates were shackle'
+ and confined between decks, aud 10
two days they were as humble a
cats There was no need for Chin Fin
vino was a natural orator. to tell then
B how the case stood. They were goin
back TO the straits for trial. conviction
and execution. Had those pirates bee
able to get a professional jury and
weeping lawyer from the United state
they could not have been acquitted
one day. fifteen months after the rai'
ing of the black flag 10 TIE music @
the hand the five pirates stood on th
gaIlowS with ropes around their neck
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