MODERN PIRATES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14326, 17 October 1910, Page 3

MODERN PIRATES.

ATTACK LI3EK, CAPTAIX MURDERED. Like a chanter out of a romance dealing uirh the day* of Captain Kidd or .Henry Morgan is the ,- ; iatrv of au a.udacious aiu-mpt on tlie part- of '»vo men to seiiav aiul loot a Inter (writes a Mew \ ork coirespondenl). Tlie modern are (jleorge AVi.se and "i rcachy 11 West. deserters from the American navy, and on a Sunday they tried to ■"hold up" the Ala-ska. Pacific Steamship Company *s vessel liue.kir.aL\_, otf ijureka. wliilo tho :;hip was on hc-r way from Seattle to San Francisco. Their intention was to rob the X->assengers and the treasure room, run the slup ashore, and then iiy. The two desperadoes boarded ihe Buck'inan as passengers, and chose midnight as the time fur putting their amazing sc-liernc into execution. "West rendered the wireless apparatus useless. and then ho and. his accomplice, armed with shotguns and revolvers, and carrying bundles of cord \virh which to h;nd 'the crew, proceeded to ihe wheelhou-e. where the quartermaster. \\'as .steering. Ivohlmeisi-i- ninicd to find two revolvers at his hc-ad. ''"Put that wheel to ]") on." \\*e<t commanded. Kohlmr:su-»r ol)eye<i. ••How's she headed nowr West c; Due ea>t. respon<.!ed the jnan at the wheel. _ "'A oil. keep h.er east and run her ashore." said NYe-a. ? or an houi* the pirate- stood over Ivrihlmoisror. tbi! a.Il ihe whih* running straight to land, tint ihe steersman ro.-;-rted to a clever nr-e. ilo kept viiiin'ously scrap:ng his !'( et on the dock, and the noise at la«t awoke tlie ramain. whose cabin adioins tho whi-eihoi;-;.. Captain Wood came forward, only to be mot by V>'esi. Once, twice, thrice tlie latter s 7*evolvor and the enpta.in tell dead with three bullets in his head. Lenvmu io Iceou Ivoldme!si,?r •' t ln< r>::st, evi i';in on deek. 'the >'iiji!' loi tho s!ieo;:ii|/ reached Mr Platr. the svoml mate. who pro Tup; iy r:i h -j: th.- j ire hell, 1* r i ngmg the fivw i;' 1 ouai'iers. nri'MAXS' Ci.U)LXKS>. My t!iis time \\o>t ha.d mounted the hrivlge. {j, v . tjuM'e with a shotgun, vud held Liie tr.-w at hay for a lnuiiieni. J hen he Wuiii ait, driving the reeii l;eh>re luie, ;uid Wise caimlv \\'a!ke-d on to the quart-erdeck and a.-k.."d the. sorond ineie ii he could not he'i) h.im llnd bis ■ riend.

''-Wy iriend has crazy," .-aid Wise. •"Can t yon ieave tho bridge and iind him." Air f'latt replied that unuer ik, Circum.stances could he loaw til., 'Jheii Wise whipped out revolvers and covered Air Plate. Mr .lironuan. the iir-t mate, had meanwhde procured a gun, and began firing at w lit> in reply sent bullets in all chre'-i!on>. i'ornuiately witli<iut hii J L :;jg anybody, Naturally, the turmoil aroused the pa. r and t boy began to crowd up tho deck. heii t.hoy t<e.;e.rl themselves am id a sh:»\vi-r (»! hulleis i!iev wero seized witii tin.- and iied in. ali directions. At this pouife the chief engineer dashod l>elow and stopped tho sltip. Uys seemed to disconcert the pirates. A est. rushed io the wheelhouso and lired into it again and again. .But Jvohlmeistor had lied.

tiie desiierado saw three of the otlicers e.dvaneing upe,n him wii:h !irf.-ar:n>_ >h'jis avci'i 1 exchanged, and seeing that he .bed no ehanee against the trenumdou-; odds, made one last daedi jor l.ie and liberty. Close by was a liti-huoy, and. seeing this, the pirate leaped overbsjard.

were lowered, and r-r-aroliNvas made for the but he was notfound. Whether he was drowned or whether he contrived to reach the Oregon coa -t is unknown.

, lido searcii was being made for his companion Wise cast away his arms and retired to a cabin, where later ho was found feigning sleep. Ho was sei/.od and placed in irons, and on the arrival of tho Buckman at San Franeisoo on Monday was handed over to tho police.