IN PIRATES’ HANDS
PASSENGER SHIP CAPTURED TERRIBLE STORY OF CRIME THREE KILLED AND SCORE SLASHED (U.P.A. hv Elec. Tel. Copyright) SHANGHAI, Jan. 14. Piracy, murder, and violence, culminating in tho death of three Chinese. passengers and tlio wounding of a score of others, marked the voyage of tho Pao' Foong, which left Shanghai on Wednesday night. The ship returned next afternoon with a terrible story of crime committed when the vessel was within two hours’ steaming of Shanghai. Tho ship was carrying 400 Chinese passengers, including 50 . pirates, whoso presence was unknown until they rushed the bridge and engineroom, taking command at the pistol point.. All the passengers were Tobbcd of their clothing and valuables in a violent manner, during which three were shot dead, and a score of the others slashed viciously with knives. The passengers were herded below tho deck while the pirates forced tlio officers to steer the vessel to a lonely island, where junks removed the loot.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11539, 16 January 1932, Page 7
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