The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
NEGRO KILLS TWELVE.
Awful Story Of Murder or Board a
Gulf Vessel.

New Orleans, July 14.-One of the
most shocking stories of murder with
robbery as the motive in the annals
of crime was brought to this city by
Captain Hans Holm. of the Norwegian
fruiter Bratten, which plies between
New Orleans and Honduras ports. 1t
was separately confirmed by the off,
GERS Of the fruit steamer Rosina. which
came in later in the evening, with lit
tie additional details.
The little island of Utilla, lying off
the Honduras coast. II whose popula-
ton Is an indiscriminate mixture of
whites. Caymanites and Caribs. was
the scene of the tragedy in Which
twelve lives were sacrificed.
The captain of the little schooner
Olympia was about to make a trip to
Ruatan Fruillo Belize. He had about
Truxillo to sell at Belize. She carried
a crew of four and quite a number of
passengers, making the total list of
people aboard number thirteen. Among
hNhese We're two women and two chill
dren.
The vessel left the harbor of Itilla
at II o'clock Friday night. June so,
and after she had been under way less
than an hour everybody was aroused
by a shot, and rushing on deck found u
negro armed With a Winchester rifle,
shooting down the men one after an
UlIici. lit ltEIo WIS ItoDEIl NltNlll,
and as it afterward developed he had
slowed away on board with the inten-
ton of robbing the captain and then
swimming ashore.
After he had killed all but one Of
the men he ordered the last survivor
to go below and scuttle the ship.
When the unfortunate man reap
peared on deck and reported the negro
shot him dead. He then put the two
women. Miss Elsie Morgan and her
sister, Mrs. Walter Rose, in the dory.
with Mrs. Roses 6-weeks-old baby.
steering for the mainland. He changed
his mind about allowing the women to
live and killed Mrs. Rose and her in
FAINT. Then he began shooting at Miss
Morgan and wounded her in the arm.
He fired at her Intellectually, but his
ammunition evidently gave out. for he
promised her immunity from harm if
she would come back to the dory. She
started back and when within an oars
length he stru% her on the head with
an oar stunning her. Believing she
was dead he rowed away toward the
mainland.
land, where she was thrown on thu
beach by the waves in an exhausted
condition. She feared that the negro
would follow her and she hid in the
bushes and for two days suffered from
the heat and exposure when found by
q woman from neT nelSnDOrnOOO AM
rescued from starvation.
In the meantime the dory had beer
washed ashore and there was grea
excitement On the island, as it was be
lieved the Olympia had gone dow
with all hands on board. When Mis-
:, Morgan told her story an immediate
,earch was Instituted for McGill and tn,
authorities on the mainland were mott
!, fed. They caught him at Ell Portvini
r q little town on the road to Cebia, an
there was a demonstration, but he wa
!S'otected and his life was save
through the presence on the coast o
" President Bonilla, who was on an in
a spection tour.
2 The Hondurean warship, La Tumble
e which has figured in so many evolu
e lions, was brought into service an
s he murderer placed aboard and sen
v back to the island. Up to last Sunda
e ne was still alive. though it is frml
believed he will be tortured to deatl
e The laws of Honduras prohibit the in
2. Fiction Of capital punishment. but tn
n people will take the case into he
own hands.
Miss Elsie Morgan. the only SUI
l.. vivor of the terrible experience. visite
New Orleans three years ago and is
w we'll educated, efned young woma
IN of rs years.