Show Pirates Loot French Ship 4 44 e 44 I 4 L 4 4 c 4 4 Escape To Shore With Booty n By Associated So la ted lr Prey Press I C H OXSTA fay 10 Pirates Pirates h held ld the French packet p I which left Batum Balum on May G 6 en route to Marseilles an and after robbing tho the passengers L cf L of or the steamer vent ashore in boats bonts which they compelled mem- mem OL oj ine crew to 10 l lAmong man Among Among- those on board the vessel were Mrs Haskell wife of Col Willam Willlam Will Will- ill lam am Haskell director general of oC American American Amer Amer- ican relief relic In the the- near east cast and Mrs Irs Daly and Mrs rs Booth whose husbands are connected with relief relict work in Ar Ar- menla menia They were fleeing before the thc bolshevik advances and erp forced to give up their valuables Tho The pirates boarded the vessel at either as passengers or members mom mom- hers bers of or the tho cre crew On the night ht of oC oCIa May Ia 6 G ft fifteen cn men sprang from various parts of ot thc the ship covered l officers and passengers with pl pistols and shouted warning that the they would kill an any who opposed them A French destroyer cr took the American Amer Amer- ican tean can women aboard and later transferred trans trans- erred them to nn ne American destroyer which arrived here toda today The plan for Cor the robber robbery of or the thc Soul- Soul rah rh had apparently apparent been worked out in tho the greatest detail and was sicil- sicil full fully executed The pirates were careful careful care care- ful to l keep control of oC the wireless apparatus apparatus apparatus ap ap- ap- ap on the st steamer mer preventing the I allied warships from being advised ad of what hat was going oln- oln on Meanwhile the pirate crew forced the steamer to take a route along alon- which a steam launch aw awaited them The surprise was sprung while the majority of or the thc passengers were still in the thc dining linin salon I Mrs Mrs Daly and Mrs I Booth were In their cabins which the thc pirates searched repeatedly Mrs Irs Tins Has ItcH hell saved OOOO in a money belt b by throwing it Into a waste aste water receptacle receptacle recep recep- but she was robbed of or mone monc money money- and jewels worth 2000 Tho The American women say the thc men who robbed them wore black masks and were apparently Russians One I pirate wore a tweed knickerbocker suit I and anil carried binoculars over o his shoulder I der dor like a seasoned globe trotter The Thc band carried grain sacks into which the they threw the loot I The Thc ste was crowded with Ith rc ref refu refugees u U- U gees most of ot whom had converted I their property into monc money to avoid i confiscation b by tho the |