Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-05 | Page 1 | Daggers and Knives Drawn in Warm Fight

DAGGERS AND ! I KNIVES DRAIN i : IN ill FIGHT Chinese Crew Tries to Escape From Ship At American Port PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5 One Chinese Chi-nese was shot to death, another Is he-lleved he-lleved to have been drowned and two private detectives wero beaten In a battle on the deck of a Japanese steamer here early today, as thirty-three thirty-three Chinese sailors attempted to flee ashore. One sillor managed to j?et away, but he was captured after a long .have The injured detectives are Charles I ; C Howe, Philadelphia, and Joseph Dumphy, CanMen, N. J. Howe wasi knocked unconscious by a blow from S bamboo rpd, while Immphy narrowly nar-rowly missed death from a hatchet blow. i.l Ki" THROWS mi'i. The fljrht occurred on the steamer Chlfuku Marn. which docked yesterday i with a cariio of sugur from Java. As .-oon ..s lb. steamer berthed, the usual cordon of guards was thrown about the vessel because of her Chinese crew. I Sluns that the Chinese intended to make a dash for freedom were evident yesterday, but the attack did not come ; until Just befoas daybreak, when the' crew made i massed attack on guardc patrolling the deck. FIERCE B V1TI.K (.l H Tho detectives drew their pistols which had no effect on soni of tho I Chinese, and a hand-to-hand fight on-sued on-sued Reinforcements from shore i . hed the deck and many shots were fired, mostly m the air. One Chinese, who appeared to bo a li r, was shot through the head and one dlvc.l overboard in the darkness and was not again seen. The Chinese reached shore by means of a hawser, polm: 44KJ1 hand over hand. Many of the Chinese were armed with knives and daggers. With the help of a force of police from a nearby station and a police boat, the Chinese were finally driven to their quarters. oo