The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-23
PIRATES KILL SHIP CAPTAIN
TWO VEN SHOOT IP VESSEL
Ar SEA ~ Effort TO RON.
Tried TO Have steamer Ruu Ashore Aser
Creating Terror Among Passenger
and crew One Gees O' erbOard Win
LIE Preservrr other One Captured.

navy on SATURDAY. might while the -i"ame~
BuckInan was an her wav down 'he coast
from Seattle.
Frank Vest aud George Washington
Wise we're the two opera bouris pirates
who t.rrori,ed the ship FOR three hours. |
killed Capt Wood and fired many shots
a. the members Of the crew
Finally West was corn-red and dropped
" er board with life buoy. Wise sneaked
to his cabin aud went Ia bed, evidently
believing that the crew had not recog-
nized him II. Was arrested aud brought
sent To many vessels aud search was
mad. for West. but without result.
In. crime was the crazisst effort IN
the recollection Of -.,afaring men on the
Coast The men evidently expected 20
get treasure from the pur-sr or captain.
hut III. steamer carried no treasure on
the tnp To roll the passengers while
the crew had weapons would have been
impossible
Had Wise shown the same nerve a. his
lea.ler the crime might have been -'icc' 49,
ful Vest remained ia control of the
steamer for fhr.. hours. forcing the
helmsman 30 steer for shore and lntimi-
dating the officers bv firing a double
barrel shotgun AT any On" Who showed
ny on deck
Quarterna-ter Kuln,.i-ter stood al
the wheel through all the panic ~"
h.. aAN nj
shore. but he kept her on her regular
cours.' ~ soon as the oahdt turh'u h'-
head N his feet lay the nead nohS /
of the captain. who had rushed uut 0. t's
cabin at the first shot anu had been hh'e,i
by West Tn" Iirat" al Iast seeihen
10 become suspicious OF ih" quarter
master ami h" swept me "hte'bonSS
With a load of buckshot winch tore away
part ~ the wheel
The two men were d-s"rt-fs from VI"
= : Pensacola at the naval training
station Oh Goat Island. IA san Francisco
hsrbor They took passage al ~'a''i-
West did all the planning Has Sch~h"
was TO capture the steamer ard ihth run
her ASHORE meanwhile robhIng all III"
passengers lie expected To drive 'he
crew below and keep them ther" MI
the wireless apparatus ~a- d'sconhec'"d
and 'h" hell and whistle cords cut Even
ropes were provided by West with winch
,h. oficer- and crew were 10 l- tied when
captured both wrrr armed Win sawed
On shotgun- aud au'omstlc pistols
West first prOc-'-'ied To the ~heelhou-'
Th. bret the -t.-rSman knew "t trouble
WAS when h- heard Tue grim vote" OF
Nee, Ne turn.d aud saw two r-volv-r-
A.. 4
"a mort commanded Tho arm-i man
and Kulmst-t.r ob'v-d
How. .h. h.ad,ug now
Due East
We'll you k--u her -a- aud rau h-
,.b,f.'- M--r rn!nmaui-d
For two hour the Nhe,.'ruan wa-
under I'm. g,iu 1T ia, pira'-
Th.. rh...lmln mad" - noise With hi- |
r,... which aNakrrrd capt Wood ~ho
"a. g.,-..,, IA hi- ,tsn ad Ioin,nS th-. !
=. h,-lbuus. Il- ,uuia.n moved Ehuut J
M he ruou AMI M-s' hearing hiuI. went
II, ,n.. cr Iin window aud shot the captain |
,br... times killing htm almost INSTANTLY !
Tb,. ,apta,n tried 10 reach "a. Wh".lholI~.. |
end stumbled into the char, room dead |
we-, hen ran 10 the deck ordering wi-..
d. s.-u th.. ~h.-,nan covered
SECOND Male NlA'Nl IlFaFal lif ~Nlthttl "a |
SAN ia. uirer. running and rrahNng |
tina. .uulr'hinV had gone wrong ~auR the !
fire. l..u which brought AL 81 'h- crew |
1, QUARTERS West vhu by this umr |
had 10, no the. -, .dg. stood there rith Ms |
s.,,.,V IN shotgun and held 'h- crew |
q, l,,y for . mom.r. Then ~. ven, AZ !
cbss,n, the men before Inn
w.. calmly went lp the quarterback !
and asked the SECOND ria'- = hr could |
r,t helm hmm find hrs friend NV friend 7
hes pnn. crazv. said WIS., -srd cant /
Won leave VA. bridge and find him. ,
p,.th r.pI.d that under No circuu-t ancrS
could M. I.av. NJ, hridg. Then Wis..
uh,ppaJ ,ut IA. revolver and covered I
p,a,h
Nv this linn. FIRST Mate Rrannan the
ch,.f engineer. tn. auartermastar- the
c,rp.pt.r and practically al 20 the crew
,r.ys on deck and West lib. a maniac /
"a. driving ihsm about nefor. his shn,
s,,n
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