Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-05-25
FOUGHT PIRATES
OFF WITH HOSE
All Hands and the Captains Wife
Ready for Chinamen-Mate
Tells of Adventure.

New YORK, May 23.--The JuteopoliS
one OF the four mastcd clippers of tho
standard Oil feet that plies between
American Atlantic ports and China,
locked yesterday at Bush's Stores with
mating. curos, iute and a few GER
titled yarns, spun by her stalwart mate,
Harold J. Symonds, once a trooper in
the New South Wales Bushmen. known
also az tho Imperial Horse, and a Boer
war veteran who has two medals for
gallantry. The mate, Notwithstanding
his diverse occupations. would never he
mistaken for a horseman. Captain
Frank Downs Of the Juteopolls and his
bride. Just back from n honeytwelvc-
moons tour. are willing to stand by
the mates yarns.
The Juteopolis was 1876 days getting
to Hong Kong by way of the Cape of
Good Hope. She had cargo to discharge
for Canton and went up the Chu -Kiane
river at Whampoa to do it. Her crew
of "a, all white men, and her officers
slept on deck because 1T was hot. Tales
of piracy had come down the river
to Hong Kong and all the officers
slept with guns under their pillows.
TIL" river was thronged with sampans,
mostly covered, the homes of the crowd
ed population OF the port. on the sec
ond night two sampans each with
about 30 pirates sneaked alongside the
Juteopolis. They had heard that the
crew had got shore liberty and that
no one was aboard but the officers and
the shippers wife. young Baltimore
woman, who is a crack shot and had
her Winchester ready.
PIRATES CLINE ABOARD
The pirates began to climb aboard up
long bamboo poles. unaware that the
whole ships company was waiting for
them with several lines of hose. pistols,
telaying pins. capstan bars, rope ends
and pump ready in emergency to show
er them with scalding steam. 1t was not
| necessary to use the steam. The first pig
| tailed Ceestlals that swarmed over the
rail ran UP against three cataracts and
| a combined assault with the offensive
things aforementioned. The water was
soon full Of bowling pirates and the sam
pans got out Of range in Il hurry
The skipper reported the attempt to loot
his ship to the chief mandarin, who
pi omised to make an effort TO protect
the Juteopols. Later there was fighting
in the streets Of Whampoa and it was
| learned aboard ship that the chief man
Gartn had been assassinated,
The Chief mandarin OF Canton. who had
/ card about the piratical attempt on the
Jutcorolis. invited Captain Downs and
the mate to come up the river to Can
ton later and see ten pirates executed
I h" chief mandarin said that it might be
possible for the skipper or the mate to
identify some of the ten among those
who had failed to loot the Juteopolis Tho
skipper and the mate attended the exc
cutions. but did not recognize any OF the
yirates. chiefly because. as they remark
Cd, all Cinnamon looked alike to them.
They did not enjoy the headsman's work.
They heard that he was expected to de-
capitate at the first blow and that fail
ere to do SO would send him promptly to
death by the same sword he had welded.
He did not miss a stroke.
SAVES CHILD AND is BEATEN.
The parents OF the river district believe
that If Il female child falls overheard it
Is bad luck to attempt to rescue her and
30 they let her drown. This is what the
riate says he learned partly by expert
ence. The mate. who is fine swimmer
was taking a dip in the river with some
or the officers and men of the ship when
they saw a Year-old girl drop off a sam
pan. The mate reached the child first
and taking her on his shoulder he swan
u the sampan The parents and a colo
~ Of rOomers on the sampan, big enough
to fill New York tenement, motioned
the mate away. He was about to grasp
the gunwale of the sampan when he got
a Clout on the head with a bamboo pole
This was followed instantly by n gener-
al bamboo assault. the baby receiving
some of the strokes. The mate finally
swan to tho Juteopolis and turned the
little girl over to the shippers bride. The
| ably was washed and dressed and fed
End kept aboard the ship until bene-
VIOLENT hargeman adopted her.
Mrs Downs was Miss Nellie Carter Of
baltimore. on her sea trip she shot sew
eral sea creatures, chiefly sharks. Her
husband used her camera in making a
picture of her between two giant sharks
tNat she had hooked. shot and hauled
aboard in the Pacific.