Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-15
ORDINARY PIRACY
Is 0UTCLASSkD
CHINESE SIA ROBBERS PLI'\t'E't
NOKWEGI.AN STEAMER CHtLf'ge
SHORTLY AFTER 1T LEAFS
HONGkONsi FOR EUROPE.
CAPTURE WAS SIMPLE
FIFTY PIRATES BOARDED Va
Sci As PASSENGERS AND H[kuFI
Up CREW ~ MILES OFT OF HON.
KONG-NO ONE KILLED.
(Associafed Prcss CorrcspondcncN

fAssociofed Press Corrcspondcnof
Canton. Chira. May Ordinary ! =
Of piracy. which occur frequently in zee
rivers ainl canals Of this section. v &c
completely ecipsed recently when he
Norwegian steamship Childar was Is
acred On the high SEAS.
Ii was bold enough IL recall 20 iae
Western world the DAYS of Captain kfs l.
200 years ago. and il was a rare .
even for these waters.
The number of foreign war>hipS ,1s-
stantly cruising up and down he Gina
coast and the fact that many of the riif
chant ships carry rifles and ammunifitl
generally dctcr the Chinese from sns''i
acts of boldncs.. for they are given shore
shrift when caught. In the early dit$
of the British settlement NJ llongkohg
scores Of pirate junks were captured an'i
sunk; there ar. records If forty or fifiy
being sent to the bottom ia u day.
The Childar was captured in a very
simple way. About fifty pirates went
aboard the shin M llongkong a. ordinary
stccrage or "dcsk" passengers. bound ;or
places up the coast. There being alto
gethcr .UD Chinese making the Journey,
no notice was taken of them.
They were evidently a little nervous
over the enterprise, and soon reused the
suspicious Of the bona fide Chinese pas.
sengers bv their resilcsSncss and earnest
conversations in little groups. Seeing
that they were being watched they put
their plan into execution sooner. cyidcn;
". than they had intended. but with com
plctc success.
About forty miles out 81 ~liongkong
they whipped ont their rcyolvcrS ANIL
rushed the Officers. There were >iN
white officers. and none of them was
armed or within the reach of wclpDrf
The second officer who was m tlr'
bridge. tried "a give the alarm tO ilr
others below and was promptly lis
seslscless with the butt ~ a pistol Uih
erwise no bodil, iniur, was done.
On their arms. 81 that they vodi
know ONE amor her. the pir itcs w,r~
white bands similar To those worn n
the Chinese r~yoluiimssts twp year atS
There were chacatcrs on the bands. lie
translation of which j. srid 10 u
money romcs easily"
Four of the Officers were tightly borat
and placed in the auxiliary whcclhnar
al the stern of she ship. while the sccfRs
and third eng nccrS were left frrcfH
work the cngil under the iircciiolf
the pirates. ) ratc nayieators assu1i.,i
control of the idgc AMI gave the p~u.s
er signals Ia "a. engine ROOM. \ -:
careful cour>, firoueh dangerous >bn
was stccrcd y the ship put into 10
+. tie ba, know1 Bias bay. There as
iunks, which g. evidently been aWaiN
ing the arriytA=af the Childar. recciff =
the collected hsfcy and valuable whnt
had been lakes srom the ship. the ~
ficcrs and the Ssenecrs. Even the "a 3
forms Of the ora crs and 'hc good clothes
Of the Chimes passengers were TAX 4
and almost al he brass fittings Of I'D
ship. In al tee ship lost over $l00e-s
in cargo. valua1,lc> and damages. ?
The pirates Acrc. no doubt. much d.
appointed. for nn two previous Sovsix~
the Childar h:sl carried about %iO.,HAr
worth of trcaSsr'S Of one Sor; and -
other. valuable that were ncgotias
ashore without serious danger If " Z
SoNery. The pirates seemed Ia hc angrFf
ed by their failure to make the bic H. {
they expected. fpr. after looting the II :
and passengers. they went ihrau.h tie