A Modern Pirate.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2208, 15 August 1910, Page 6

A Modern Pirate.

News was brought to Sydney hist week by the Island sUj liner Suva, that J Mortiemans, of the famous White Hose (nr Nneva Tigre) cn w, who was tried for piracy on the high seas in April, 1909, was found guilty and sentenced to penal servitude for life, has been placed on board H.M.S. Cambrian at Suva for Sydney. Mort lonian’s story, as told at the trial in Suva, was of the penny-dreadful type, lie picked up a living in London till he was eighteen years old : ho was steward on various cargo boals, with good conduct discharges ot consecutive dates for the next eight years ; a shipmate with Shcrrett out to Cadao, with three mouths of tune unaccounted for in the foreign port ; shipmate again with Skerrett on the Nneva Tigro. that lift Callao under Captain Mel is in Nov: m' or, 1907, with a mate and Morth mans and Skern tt as crew, and was found with Skerrett by the Laurel on the White. Hose on A pamana ILef (Gilhct Group) in January, 19()H. According to Skcrrett, who turned King’s witno s. Captain Melis and the mate were attacked "with an axe and a gun and forced to jump overboard when the Nneva '1 ig'e was some fourteen nr fifteen miles < If Ihe coast of Peim. Slcerrolt being so tenified by Mortleman’s threa's that lie dared not to even throw planks overboard fur the captain and mate. Neither of the men knew anything of navigation, and. beyond throwing the cargo overboard and repainting the ship, did nothing until winds and wavi s landed (hem on Apamana K r, of, and, ultimately in the hands of British Jaw. If, has, it. seems, been considered by the authorities that the Suva ga.nl was hardly suited to Mortleiuans At any rate. Canada was approached as to her willingness to lake over (ho prisoner, and some arrangenunt has at last been made for New Smith Wales to keep him in durance vile in one of fho State prisons.