Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1912 — TELL OF PIRATES [ARTICLE]

TELL OF PIRATES

Sailors Rescued by Steamer From Island. . : Q A - Seaman Declare They Were Attacked by Brigands When Storm Threatened to Send Vessel to Bottom—Search for Bandits. New York.-—When the steamer Allemania arrived in port recently a thrilling story of shipwreck and attack by pirates was told by thirteen sailors of the Italian Bark Genee, on board the Allemania, and rescued by the latter boat when in desperate plight at Inagua, the Bahamas. According to the story told by the rescued sailors, the Genee set out from Inagua on May 16, bound for Marseilles, with a costly cargo of hardwood, and when a short distance out from port had encountered a severe storm which carried them out of their course and threatened to send them to , the bottom. After working the pumps for several days, the crew was on the point of deserting the bark and taking to the boats, when a number of small sailboats came alongside, and the occupants of these boats, numbering more than 100 p armed with guns and revolvers, boarded the Genee and ordered the crew to surrender. An attempt was made by the crew to scuttle the Genee, and a fight ensued in which the defenders were badly worsted. They were then ordered into the small boats without water or pruvislons. After lowing aimlessly for two days, the crew of the Genee made land at one of the smaller Bahamas and hoisted a signal of distress, which was seen by the lookout on the steamer Allemania, which rescued them, nearly dead from exposure and hunger.. A British revenue cutter was dispatched in pursuit of the pirates. No report of a capture had been received by the Al.ejnania up to the time of leaving Intigu for New York city. All of the members of the crew Genee were on board the Allemania when she arrived here except the captain, Joseph Capello, and the first mate, who remained at the Bahamas to prosecute the search for the pirates. Ihe United States government will be isked to co-operate with the British authorities in putting a stop

to the activity of the pirates in Bahama waters. * Some months ago the v steamer Prince Joachim, plying between the West Indies and New York, went aground at about the same point. where the crew of the Genee was shipwrecked, and was boarded by pirates, who ransacked the ship for valuables and robbed tips pasengers.