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Show Who Were Prevented From Looting a Ship by a Woman Now York, May 23. The talo of a bride whoso skill xvlth a rifle had considerable to do with saving her husband's ship from Chinese pirates is being told on the Nexv York water-fiont water-fiont today by the crexv of the Jute-opolis, Jute-opolis, a four-masted clipper just in from China. The 12 months' trip from Nexv York and back xvas tho honeymoon tour of Capt. Frank Doxvns and his bride, formerly Miss Nellie Cartor of Baltimore. The Juteopolls xvas many miles up the Chu-Kiang, a rlxer of unsavory reputation, when the attack by p.r-aics p.r-aics cnim. There xvas 00 of them and they sxvnm aboard the vessel while part of the crexv xvas on 6horo leave Tho officers and tho skipper's bride, who Is n crack rifle shot were ready to receive them, however, with several lines of hose, pistols, belaying pins and tho bride and rifle. In the riot that folloxved, Mrs. Doxvns took a prominent part. The plraies closed '.u on the little company, swinging knives and clubs. Mrs. Dowus stood orf a Mltile and got In txvo effective shots. Firlly the pirates fled. The nttoO.pt to loot the ship was reported to the authorities and later tho skipper and his mate xvere Invited to Canton to seo the sentences exe-ruted. exe-ruted. They attended but did not recognize any of the pirates, chiefly because, as they remarked, ail China- mou.lookeJ alike to them. The headman's head-man's work xvas skillful They heard that ho xvas expected to decap-Itnte decap-Itnte at tho first blow, and that a failure to do so xvould send him promptly to death by the same sword he had wielded. He did not miss a stroke. |