Chinere Killed: American Passenger Badly Wounded: Usual Story of Ship Overpowered by Gang Embarking as Passengers Hankow, Nov. 4.
The B, & S. str, Shasi (1,927
ports and Shanghai yesterday even-tom)' which lett here for river Ing at 9.90 was pirated at 10.10 the same night near Seven Mile Creek, a short distance beyond the Japanese Concession.
The pirates, to the number of 82, wore travelling as lower-deck pas-
The Shasi had cast-off from the! hulk and headed downstream and the compradore staff were, usual, busy collecting fares among the Chinese passengers when they ame up against some of the pirate-gang, dressed in. foreign clothes and looking as if they be-Tonged to the student class, These gangsters refused to pay for their passages and adopted, such a threatening attitude that the compradore hastened on deck to report to Captain Cook that he feared there were pirates on board, Dut too late, While he was on his way, some of the gang drew automatic pistols and started fi Lilling one of the compradore' staff and wounding a member of the There has been no further echo of the piracy committed, on the China Navigation str. Shasi on Saturday night. The opinion is expressed that the desperadoes were disbanded soldiers of a type with which this locality has been infested lately.
General Hu Tsung-tao, the District Commander, has issued orders to his outlying military posts to keep a careful watch on creeks and water ways for the launch in whicl the pirates left the ship, but little hope is entertained that the evildoers will be apprehended.
This ig the first piracy of the type fon the Lower Yangtze and fears are Leing expressed concerning the} future safety of river-steamers unless adequate action is taken.
The str. Shasi left for Shanghai yesterday with en armed guard Mr. H. D. Hehvis, the wounded passenger, underwent an operation yesterday, when the bullet in his thigh was removed. His condi is favourable, though the wound is giving him great pain.—Reuter.
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