Show PIRATES RAID JUNK IN I OLDFASHIONED STYLE THRILLING TALE OF MURDER AND LOOT FROM VICINITY OF SINGAPORE Victoria B CA rousing pirate itory comes from tho vicinity of Singapore Sing-apore It is told by officers and pas mangers of the recently arrived orl intnl liner Empress of China A large Chinese Junk loft Singapore or unman but found the winds tin avorable and next night dropped uiclior between Pulo Tokong and tho mainland of Johore not far from the niltans Asian Monte Carlo The crow If 11 1 and four passengers were aroused it midnight by tho barking of the I o m r q r V a r aJ 4 r j 1 I I They Proceeded to Strike Right and Left Among the Sailors funks dog but the alarm was spodlely silenced by a Malay knife Two prahus had come alongside and In them were ten men some Chinese and others Malays They proceeded to strike right and left among the sailors laying several low Then they seized the chinchow and proceeded to hang him up in buccaneer buc-caneer style to force him to disclose I the location of the most valuable cargo car-go This he did and the pirates having hav-ing secured all tho booty they could make away with departed as silently as they had come Tie booty was not j Immense It consisted of 4 In money gold leaf valued at 80 raw chandu valued at 90 and six boxes of personal per-sonal effects When the survivors came to count I losses they found live dead on the Junk two were missing their bodies having been thrown overboard and I four were wounded one of whom died lat r > I Depositions were taken at the General hospital at Singapore Seven I of the occupants of the Junk wore practically unhurt and these started to bring their vessel back to Singapore Singa-pore the chinchow coming on ahead In a sampan When he arrived a police party putout put-out in the launch lardy Evelyn and met tho Junk off Tanjong Katong She was towed into port and the Injured In-jured men were conveyed to the General Gen-eral hospital and the five bodies landed land-ed for burial The survivors turned over to the police four weapons found i on board after the pirates left These may help In dlentlfylng the criminals who escaped unscathed The weapons weap-ons are two long Chinese knives with I narrow blades und bone handles an ax with a short Iron handle and the 1 heavy murderous lighting blade with which the greatest execution was wrought |