The Macao correspondent of the "Hongkong Telegraph" sends to that paper two versions of the capture of some of the alleged pirates in Macao, and while there is difference s to the number of men caught, there is no doubt of the fact that some of the men and women concerned in the outrage, together with jewellery supposed to be loot, have been captured by the Portuguese Police.
One version has it, thst o junk was making its way through the entrance to the inner harbour! when the Macao police arrested it. A number of men jumped overboard and swam off, thus making good their escape. The police opened fire on the junk and, on boarding it, succeeded in capturing & man and a women. A search of the vessel revealed the presence, of jewellery, and other articles, said to tally in description with those reported to have been stolen in the raid on Cheungchau, These were duly taken charge of by the police who removed the goods and prisoners into safe custody there to swait the usual formalities of extradition, before being handed over to the Hongkong authorities.
Something in the nature of romance surrounds the woman who was arrested, according to the above version. It is said that she was a lover of the socood in command of the pirates who was killed at Cheungchau. How he met with his death is not quite clear, it being alleged on one hand that he was shot by comrade, and on the other that he met his death at the hands of an Indian constable who was one of the pirates' victims.
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