The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-07-13
DEEDS or DESPERATE.
Takes the Life Of Twelve Persons
on Q Schooner.
YOUNG LADY ESCAPES
Bhe Was HIT on the Head WITH an
Oar and For q Time Inssnsfble.
Capture Of the Fiend Has
Been Effected.

Nsw Orleans. July i3.-Ons Of the
most shocking stories Of murder With
rohIery as the motive In the annals Of
crime was brought to this city by Cap
tain Hans Holm Of the Norwegian
fraiter Brattan. which phys between
New Orleans and Hondursn porta. 1t
was subsequently confirmed by officers
OF the fruit steamer Roslna, which
came In with additional details.
The little Island OF UtilIa. lying OF
thu Honduran coast and whose popu-
lation La an tndiscrtminate mixture of
whites. Caya4nanites and Caribs, was
the scene OF the tragedy In which
twelve lives were sacrificed The cap
tain of the little trading schooner
Olympia was about to make a trip TO
Ruatan+ Truxillo and Belize. She had
about lto0 soles and was to buy cattle
at Truxilio to sell at Belize She car
rsed q crew OF four and quite a num-
Der OF passengers, making the total
iist OF people aboard number thirteen.
Among these were two women and
two children The vessel left the har-
t'os OF Uttila at IL O'Clock Friday night.
June 90. and after she had been under
way less than an hour everybody was
aroused by shot from a Winchester
rifle in the hsnds OF q negro who was
shcetng Gown the men one after an
other. This negro was Robert MsGtIl.
and as II Afterwards developed, he
had stoxed himself away aboard with
tho tnssntion & robeing the Captain
and then swimming ashore After he
hal Killed all but ons OF the men be
ordered the last 9urvivow, to 60 below,
and ssattlsd the ship When the un-
fortunate reappearsd On deck and re-
rurtsd the negro shot him dead. Then
pat two women. Nina Eiais Nor
gan and her sistss. Mrs. Walter Rose,
In the dory with Mfs Ross six
weeks-otd infant and left the boat
steering for the main land. He
changed his mind about allowing this
women TIC live and killed Mrs Ross
and her child Than be began shoot
Ing At Miss Morgan and wounded her
in the arm She Jumped overheard
and started 70 swim bacA 10 tho ia
land. He fired at her tns rectnally,
but hts ammunition evidently gave out
for he promised her immunity from
harm IL she would come back 10 the
dory. She started back and when
within an oars length Ae struck her
on the head with an oar, stunning her
believing abs WAS dead he rowed
away To the mainland. Miss organ
swaEn back tn the island. where shs
was cast on thu beach by the waves. II,
an exhausted condition She feared
that the negro would follow her. 80
she hid in the bushes and for two days
suffered nom the heat and exposure
She was found by . woman frun the
nSighborhood and rescued. In the
meantime the dory had been washed
ashore and there was excitexnent on
the island. as It was believed the
Olympia had gone down with ali
banda
Wh@n Miss Morgan told her STORY 4
search was started for Moafll. who
WAS eapTars-d at Ell Portyinir. q little
town on tbs road to Ceiba, and there
was q grsss demonstration. but he was
pgoesctsd. lie WAS saved through the
prs~sncs OF President Bonilla- who was
on an inspection tour The Honduran
wArship L4A TumblA. which has figured
In SO maay revolutions, was brought
into ss~~tce and the murderer place.
aboard and SAINT back 10 the island.
UP to hast Sunday hs wal still alive
although IL 10 believed he Will be tor
tur~1 to death The laws 81 Hossduras
prohibit the infection u capital pun
ishment
Miss Morgan. the cniy survivor Wis
tied New Orleans three years ago and
IN a weii educated refined voang
woman NJ twenty-five years