The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-15
CHINESE PIRATES, BALKED OF
 TREASURE, IOOTED BIC STEAMER


 Canton. China, April 20. Ordinary acts Of piracy, which occur freauently in the rivers and carfals in this sec- tfon-were completely eclipsed recent ly when the Norwegian steamshop Childar was plundered on the high seas. It was bold enough to recall to the western world the days of Captain Kidd. 200 years ago. and it was a rare case even for these waters.
 The number of foreign warships con stantly cruising up and down the China coast and the fact that many of the merchant ships carry rifles and ammunition generally deter the Chi nese from such acts of boldness, for they are given short shrift when caught. In the early days of the Brit tish settlement at Hong Kong scores of pirate junks were captured and sunk. There are records of forty and fifty being sent to the bottom in day
 The ChiIdar was captured in a very simple way. About ffty pirates went aboard the ship at Hong Kong as or dinary steerage or deck passengers, bound for places up the coast. There being. altogether 200 Chinese making the journey, no notice was taken of | them.
 1 They were evidently a 1yittIe nervous l over the enterprise, and soon reused l the suspicious of the bona fide Chinese passengers by their restIessness and | earnest conversations in little groups. 1 Seeing that they were being watched, l they put their plans into execution I sooner, evidently, than they had in 1 tended, but with complete success. About forty miles out of Hong | Kong they whipped out their revolvers 1 and rushed the officers. There were six white officers and none of them were l armed or within the reach of weapons I The second officer, who was on the | -r I- n:-x V J.--.. Al. T others below and was promptly laid senseless with the butt of pistol. 9th
 erwise no bodily injury was done.
 ..Ioney Comes Easy
 On their arms, so that they should I know4one another, the pirates wore l white bands similar to those worn by
 the Chinese revolutionists two years l ago. There. were characters on the
 bands, the translation of which is said to be: Money comes easy"
 Four of the officers were tightly l2bound and placed in the auxiliary
 wheel house at the stern of the ship
 while the second and third engineer. were left free to work the engines un der the direction of the pirates. Pirate i navigators assumed control of ths bridge and gave the proper signals -ts the engine room. A very carefu , l course through dangerous shoals wa steered until the ship put into littl bay known as Bias Bay. There, tw, junks, which had eveidentlyl been wait i ing the arrival of the Chi1dar, re 5 ceived the collected money and va1ua $ ibles which had been taken from tn 3 ship, the officers and the passengers : Even the uniforms of the officers an, 2 the good clothes of the Chinese pas : sengers were taken, and almost al i the brass fittings of the ship. In al v 1 the ship lost over $10,000 in cargo . valua.bles and damages.
 Q The pirates were. no doubt, nnuei X disappointed, for on two previous voy $ ages the ChiIdar had carried abou : $3o,00o worth of treasure of one sor f and another. valuables that were ne n | gotiable ashore without serious dan
 ger of discovery. The pirates scene
 to be angered by their failure to ma k s the big haul they expected, for, afte ] i footing the ship and passengers, the : went through the cabins and engin l rooms destroying wilfuIly doors, fl