Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-02-29 | Page 2 | How Jap Hobsons Made Their Escape

If HOW JAP HOBSONS MADE THEIR ESCAPE J j Commander of Ono of the Hulks I Used to Bottle TJp Port Arthur ' Tells His Story. I . i I 1 CHEFOO, Feb. 2S. The Japanese sall-' sall-' J ors that arrived here Saturday are from the Jinsen Maru and the Eushlu, two of the llyfi merchant vessels with which Admiral' Ad-miral' Fogo .attempted lo block the entrance en-trance to Port Arthur on the morning of the 24lh, Lieut. Saito commanded the Jin-eeri Jin-eeri Saru and Lieut. Tarisakl the Bushlu. Each steamer was manned by thirty men, i twonty-nino of whom are here. Ono man I of Lieut. Salto's command was killed while lowering a boat on the Jln6en Maru. ' Lieut. Salto stated that they got so closo i. to the Russian battleship Rctvlzan that " that had they been armed with rifles they r could have llrcd fnto the crow. When It was found that the schene was I a failure they dropped anchor and tho f prcwB crowded Into tho remaining boats J, They then blew up tho steamers A strong I. wind and tho glare of the lights prevented tho men from reaching the torpedo flotilla, and at daylight they wero out of sight ot tho fleet, having been driven In an easterly direction by tho wind to Mlao Tao islands, which they reached the same evening. The boats did not land together, but the men X found each other on the lsland.s. They 1, chartered a Junk, In which they went to Tung Chow Fou. They walked forty inhVs lo Chefoo, going two days without f, food. I The fate of the crcwB of the other steam-V steam-V crs is not known to the men here. V JBUSSIAN SOLDIERS ENTERING PORT ARTHUR.