Year: 1866

MURDER OF The CAPTAIN AND FIVE or THE CREW.


The Hong Kong Daily Press OF September p


gives ne following account of on attack on e American brig
uru Commando by Capt Hoii IoW,s Of Dennis Mass. n
she China By pirates and TIE murder ~ Capt HoWo aud
.etel Of the cca cI mention of le tragic affair has been


The American bricanirc Lulra which left this port on
Saiure n.i loaded chiefly with arms and ammunition bound
iuT Yohamn returned 90 m last evening having been at


tackled By pirates and The captain and five Of the crew Killed or


The account IS That about q ocockoh sunday when abo,
40 miles outside of Pedro Huc0 JUNK was observed 10 wind
ward on tack tie LuI edgng down toward her
She close 70 asking Whce the vessel was nom ana where
bound and upon being told By the chief mate japan an IN
quy then uutc 10 whether they dd not want an inland
sa pilot negative answer wa, returned ana l JlnA I 70
of instead O which ste put her helm mp and ran along


dr the bneanne sink pot was thrown on her decks
uuhc Of men jumped on board ana the vessel was NJ once IN


tie hands Ot the pirates 10 appears that The Lubra carried no
cannon on deck and had but few small arms board None
on board appear 10 have hd any suspicious rs 70 e character
Of ho Junk until she ran them aboard ana then OF course res


The captain had his wife and two children on board and he
down below protect them the mate followed aud told
the captain that be- liked they would resist ell entry to the
cabin and fight side by side until oveiT0wced The captain
know that this would be- useless and told the mate TO look out
for himself and no, 20 ln his hand against any Of the pirates
Tie Lad by this time taken refuge aot ad were ordered
down bat refused 10 One however on lbs way down
the rigging shot and e overheard They Kept popping
~ the men IN the oreop ana Ehen asked W 'y uh SO as
they lad the vessel and could take what they liked one o them
who spoke English replied, You Ill Chnman We makce
Kill you When the pirates hfst went INTO the cabh e were
told b the captain 10 take what they liked and They Gd
not interfere With him at nt but proceeded 10 punder The
overhaul the cabin literally turning everything mp
side down Al a. Yesterday morning they apparently
satsfe with what they had taken aying well loaded their
Junk and proceeded 10 cast of before going however they
filed mp the Of their crimes by deliberate murder


Tie captain was In the cabin on sofa with one arm louhd
lis wi,cs waist holding Of his children in the other One
OF tho scoundrc below presented pistol at him aud Dc


bciacy fred The bah entered near the tight eye and death
almost instantaneous On mastering the ont OF IL
men The captain and Of the found dead and
four p0rc missing one Of whom seen 10 fall olcrpafd
after being wounded Tho chief mate who unhurt nj
lour be- had escape then put the vessel round with
the remainder OF the crew and returned 20 Hong Kong a


ing here at p. m yesterday evening.


There some suspicious circumstances attached to ne
case as three of the positively that while alo
hcv could distinctly recognize the Of the stcyedoFe OF the
vessel aud again the Chinese cook WHO OF the sur
viyors disappeared from the vessel about p last night