Gang Led by a Woman in Successful Attempt on a Japanese Steamer between Swatow and Hongkong: Armed Guards Quickly Shot Down Hong, kong, Sept. 21.
The Osaka Shosen Kaisha's Deli Maru (2,171 tons) ha: was on watch, At the same time other pirates eared in the engine room, No resistance was offered, in a few minutes all was over and pirated and taken to The vessel was on her way to Hongkong from Swatow when the] piracy occurred.
Up to the present no further details have been received regarding the affair.
The Deli Mara is arriving here the pirates were in control of the ship.
Under threat of death the officers were forced to steer the vessel to Bias Bay. The woman leader, who was well dressed, was very watehful_ throughout, The Deli Mara reached her destination without incident and this afternoon, Later.
The Deli Maru left Swatow at] four oclock yesterday afternoon carrying 143 Chinese passengers.
At 3.30 this morning at a given signal, 13 of the steerage passengers, armed with revolvers, leapt} from hiding places and attacked the ship, Led by a woman brandishing two revolvers, the pirates swept towards the bridge. The th Indian guards were taken unaware and ruthlessly shot down, the gul gates were smashed and the des-paradoes swarmed on to the bridge, overpowering the second officer who chored at Samchau Inlet at ight. The pirates then looted the vessel, rabbit passengers and officers of their valuables and making a total haul of $3,000.
At half past eight this morning the pirates went ashore in two of the ship's lifeboats. Besides loot four of the deck passengers and Mr. Ho Vu-hsu of Messrs. Malcolm Ca,, Shanghai, were carried off for ransom.
On the arrival of the Deli Mara at Hongkong this evening the wounded guards were conveyed to hospital, one of them being in a serious condition—Reuter.
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