PIRATES IN DOCK
ROBBERY ON FRENCH SHIP
AN AIR OF GALLANTRY
GEORGIANS TRIED A_!
MARSEILLES.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIOHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN - NET ZEALAND CABLI ASSOCIATION.)
(Received July 8, 9 a.m.)
PARIS, 6th July.
Seven long-haired and ragged Georgians are being tried at- Marseilles on charges of alleged piracy. The evidence shows that they were members of a band of thirty who, disguised a. passengers, boarded the French ship Souirah at Batum during a voyage in 1920. When two hours out from Batnm they threatened the captain and the wireless operator with revolvers, and cut off the wireless. They then fobbed the passengers, stopped the ship, and forced the crew to row them and their plunder ashore. They secured valuables worth £80,000. It is alleged that the pirates conducted the affair with an air of gallantry. They kissed the women's hands before removing their rings, and left the passengers their small change, even giving some of them a few coins stolen front others.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 7, 8 July 1922, Page 7
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160PIRATES IN DOCK Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 7, 8 July 1922, Page 7
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