Desperate Attempt of Four Men, Part of the Gang which Captured the Sunning, to Eseage from the Hongkong Gaol Hongkong, Mar. 1.
Four condemned: prisoners who wore sentenced for the part they played. in the famous Sunning Piraey on November 16 last year} made a desperate attempt to escape from gaol.
They tackled and over-powereil two warders who were visiting the cell, They wrested revolvers from them and then rushed out.into the corridor where they fired on other warlers, wounding two Europeans} and one Indian, but not seriously, Then another Indian warder clubbed and brought down one of the pirates. The remaining three wade a dash for escape but found] the grilles locked, 'A large force of officers arriving, the prisoners realized that the game Was up and surrendered without They were duc to be executed tomorrow.
Mar. 2
Two of the condemned Sunning pirates were executed at the gaol cee this morni The str. Sunning seized fang, a revolver fight in the at 4 pin, on November 15, and the officers and "engineers were imprisoned.in the Chief Officer's room. 'They were later allowed some freedom, and evolved. a daring plan. 'Two officers went on the bridge which Was guarded by two pirates, and, tackling them, secured, posses sion of their revolvers. A running' fight then began in the dark. The: pirates went so far as to use Mr.
Cormack, the chief engineer, shield, and he was wounded by from the bridge.
Paified and bewildered, the pirates set fire to the officers did not give way. fie spread, one. of the ship's boats containing a Russian lady passenger, Mr. A, Duncan, the third engineer, the Chinese wireless operator and two quartermasters was lowered, Ty had rot.been intended to take it away immediately bat the rope by which it was tied to the Sunniny Lumnt through, and the boat went out to sea, The passengers were picked up by a Norwegian vessel and were landed at Swatwo, The: pirates commandeered two boats and rowed away, taking Mr. H.W. Lapsley, one of the passengers, who
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