GEORGIAN PIRATES.
FRENCH SHIP LOOTED. DISGUISED AS PASSENGERS. (Received 10.30 a.m.) PAKIS, July 7., The trial is proceeding at Marseilles of seven long-haired Georgians, who are charged with alleged piracy. Evidence was given that tuey were members of a band of thirty who, disguised as passengers, boarded the French ship Souixah at Batum during a voyage in 1920. When two hours out from Batum #hey threatened Captain Sparks with revolvers, cut the wireless, robbed the passengers, stopped the ship, and forced the crew to row them and their plunder ashore. They made a haul worth £80,000. It is alleged that the pirates conducted the affair with an air of gallantry, kissed the women's hands before removing their rings, and left passengers their small change, even giving some a few coins stolen from others. — (U.S.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 160, 8 July 1922, Page 7
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