The Cairo bulletin., 1913-03-29
MAN MUCH SOUGHT FOR
BULLY HAYES AN OUTLAW IN All
MOST EVERY CIVILIZED PORT. i
Deeds Of Daring and sharpnssp Had
! Made Him Notorious charsstss
Throughout the Whole fs.elfie--
! Australia Most Anery.

Bully Hayes, Gie South Pacific pi.
rate. as he was called. was frequent
er of San Francisco harhor and be-
rame the most notorious character in
.se whole Pacific, says writer In the
s.rsdon Weekly. Over six feet three
inches In height; he was possessed
of immense physical strength and Of
this he was extremely proud He was
also q handsome man. with bright blue
eyes. 1r5ng nose, well cut mouth.
large mustache aud long clustering
hetr. The mos marked feature in his
character wss temper, which. when
once aroused, l,esged entirely out Of
his control. lii these MoInents of un-
governable rage he became little short
Of mailman. His smiling face would
assume the look OF Z demon, his eyes
became almost black, and his fsce
flushed to a deep purple At such
times he would do deeda OK the greet
est cruelty, not scrupling to take the
life OF those who offended him. Pos
sessed OF considerable culture, speak
ing German, French and Spanish flu
emily, his scandalous performances
had made him an outlaw in slmoSt
every civilized port.
Sharp lookout was kept for him Al
Melbourne In consequence Of an. nm
scrupplogs fraud he played there on
he occasion of previous visit. He
had shipped 500 Chinese at Hongkong
for Melbourne. At that time poll
tax, of $50 each was paid by every Chi
nese landing at that port. Before 60
ing on beard the Chinese had each
paid Hayes their $50, as well as the
,hsrges for the voyage; but the knav.
.sh captain had 70 thought or inteR-
ton OF paying over to the Australian
government the large amount he had
received as poll tax, amounting In all
10 something like $4,000.
When the port was within sight he
contrived, with the assistance of his
carpenter, to almos. scut,le the vessel
by making large hole in the side
In an apparently waterlogged and
sinking condition the vessel slowly
entered the harbor. Hayes then had
a flag OF distress hoistcd. Immediate
ly the pilot and number Of tugboats
put out to their assistance. When
they same alongside the captain shout
ed, telling them of his sinking and
hopeless condition. For r1ercy's
saRess' said he. don't stop to tow us to
the she.e, but save these hundreds OF
poor distracted creatures by getting
them on shore at once in your boat.
| care nothing about my own life, II
you will only save these poor follows.
Then, when they are on shore, come
Immediately for US. In the meantime
we will work sway at the pumps and
try TO keep the ship afioat.'
Accordingly, the 300 Chinese were
transshipped into the tugboats and con
veyed to the nearest landing place,
which was several miles away, Whilo
this was being done all hands were
put 10 work at'the pumps. Then when
the last of the Chinese had been to.
ken off, the bow of the vessel was
turned seward and away went the
ship with Captain Hayes and his crew.
He had managed to land 800 Chinese
and yet kept the $4,000 poll tax for
himself. 1t was a cruel business for
tho pifot company, who had to pay the
poll tax themselves, and we're nearly
ruined thereby.