The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-14
A SCHOONER RED
WITH MURDERS
Twelve People Slain by
a Black Monster.
SOUGHT TO ROB THEM
His Last Victims Were a Woman and
Her Child. Another Woman. the
0aIy Survivor al The Beichefy.
Though Wounded. Es-

tBy the Associated Press

New Orleans La, July lz--One OF
the most shocking stories OF murder
With robbery as the motive in the an
mails Of crime vas brought 10 this city
To-Day b. Captain Hans Holm q the
Norw egizn fruIter Bratfea, which plies
between New Orleans and Hon1Eran
points Il vas subsequently, confirmed
by the officers Of the fruit steamer
Rosiraa which came il later IN the ev-
ening with additional details
The little island % T1illa- lying Of
the HondEran coast. hose population
Is al ir1iscrimif2ate mixture 81 whites
CzynEzaIf@s ard CerIbs- gaS the scene
Of tragedy in which twelve lives were
sacrificed The captain Of the little
trading schooner Olympia vas about
10 make trip 10 R1atan, Truxlllo and
Belize She had ab-ogt l.see dollars
and asas 10 buy cattle ~ TuxIllo - sell
AT Belise- She carried 3 crew Of four
and quite q number Of sAassrng@rs
making the total list Of people aboard
number thirteen Among Ibs>- were
two men and tN0 children-
shooting Men Down
The vessel left TIE harbor Of Ctilla
af il O'Clock Friday night June 80.
and after Sh<. had been underway Jess
than az hour everybody Mas aroused
hy 2 shot and rushing on deck, found
q negro armed with Winchester
rife shooting down the men one after
another. This negro was Robert Nc
GaI. and a. X afterwards developed.
he had slowed himself away aboard
nith TIA intention q reb55ng The caI
tain ana then swimming ashore Al
ter NJ had killed ali bu- one % The
men he ordered the last s1ry1Nor 70 GO
below and scutTls the snip When The
unfortunate re-a pI-s14rEd On deck and
reported The negro shot him dead He
then pat the two women. Miss Elsie
Morgan and her sister. Mrs Walter
Rose. ia the doFy with Mrs. Ross six
weeks old infant and ieet the bo4t.
steering for The mainland
He changed his mind about allow
ing the women 10 ike and killed Mrs
Rose and her infant Then he began
shooting az Miss Morgan and WOUNDED
her in the arm She jumped oTer-
board and started 70 swim hack 70 me
island He fred 81 her Intellectually.
but his ammuni1iaz gave cut. Tor NJ
promised her immunity from harm 4
she would come hack 70 the dory-
She started back and when within
cars length he struck her On the head
a-ifh Al car. stunning her
Escape Of Mis- Morgan.
Believing she Vas dead he rowed
away towards the mainland u ass
MORGAN swan hack 20 the Island,
where she was thrown on the beach
b. the waves in an exhausted conaI-
ton She feared that the negro would
follow her 80 she hid IN the bushes.
and for two days suffered from the
heat and exposure until found by q
roman from her ueIghborhoo6 and
-scue1 from starvation
In The meantime the 9ory had been
zshed ashore. and there vas exclf,s-
ent on the island. a. * was believed
. Olympia had gone down with all
ands- When Miss Morgan told her
CRY. an immediate s@arEh was in
ituted for McGIlI. and the authOTi-
on the mainland were notified
aey caught him al z Portyinlr.
tie town on the road 10 ceAba- and
ere was exITe a demonstration. but
was protected His life was saved
rough the presence on the coast 81
-eS8denr Bonilla. who was OF an IN
sx.ectIon tour The HonGuran warshiD
La Turnbia which has figured Ia 20
many revolutions. VAS brought into
s<rEicsd and the murderer place
aboard and sent hack 10 the island
I'D 20 last sunday he vas sill alive.
though II Is firmly believed that -
vii u tortured 10 death The laws
az Honduras prohibit capital punish
nsent hat the people "A 81 sse the cas- 2
a. their Own hands. Miss Elsie Nor
gan the only survivor Of the terrible
.xp%rieuee. visited View Orleans three
years ago. and Is a well educated. and
refined young woman 81 p years