The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-13
Work of Negro Ficnd on
 Trading Schooner.
WOMAN ONLY SURVIVOR
Terrible Experience of Miss
 Morgan.
Criminal Captured in Honduras, Neal Scene of the Tragic Occurrence and VIII Probably be Tortur-
 ed to Death.

New Orleans. July 12.-One of the most shocking stories of murder with robbery as the motive in the annals of crime was brought to this city today by Captain Hans Holm, of the Nor wegian fruiter Bratten. which plies between New Orleans and Honduranian ports. It was subsequently, confirmed by the officers of the fruit steamer Rosina which came in later in the evening with additional details.
 The little island of Utilla. lying off the Honduranean coast, and whose population is an indiscriminate mkt ure of whites, Caymanites. and Carlos, was the scene of the tragedy. in which twelve lives were sacrificed. The cap tain of the little trading schoonerOlym- pia was about to make trip to Ruatan, Truxillo and Belize. She had about 1,4o0 sols and was to buy cattle at Truxillo to sell at Belize. She car ried a crew of four and quite a number of passengers. making the total list of people aboard number thirteen. Among these were two women and two chill dren.
 The vessel left the harbor of Utilla at II o'clock Friday night June 30 and after she had been under way less than an hour everybody was aroused by a shot and rushing on deck found a negro armed with a Winchester rifle shooting down the men one after another. This negro was Robert McGill and as it afterwards developed he had slowed himself away aboard with the inten- tion of robbing the captain and then swimming ashore.
 McGiIl's Terrible Work.
 After he had killed all but one of the men he ordered the last survivor to g, below and scuttfpthe ship. When the unfortunate reappeared 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 e-week's old infant and left the boat, steering for the mainland.
 He changed his mind about allowing tho women to live and killed Mrs. Rose and her infant. Then he began shoot ing at Miss Morgan and wounded her in the arm. She jumped overheard and started to swim back to the island. 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 struck her on the head with an oar. stunning her. Believing she was dead he rowed away towards the mainland.
 Miss Morgan swam back to the is land, where she was thrown on the beach by the waves in an exhausted condition. She feared that the negro would follow her, SO she hid in the bushes and for two days suffered from the heat and exposure until found by woman from her neighborhood and rescued from starvation. In the mean time the dory had been washed ashore and there was excitement in the island, as it was believed the Olympia had gone down with all hands. ..~~..<@-.. ~
 The Fiend Captured.
 When Miss Morgan told her story an immediate search was instituted for McGill and the authorities on the main- land were notified. They caught him at Fl Porvinci little town on the road to Ceiba and there was quite a demon stration, but he was protected. His life was saved through the presence on the coast of President Bonilla, who was on an inspection tour. The Hon. duranean war ship Ia Tumbla, which has figured in so many revolutions. was brought into service and the murderer placed aboard and sent back to the is- land Up to last Sunday he was still alive. though 1t Is firmly believed that he will be tortured to death The laws of Honduras prohibit the infliction of capital punishment. but the people will take the case into their own hands.
 Miss Elsie Morgan. the only survivor of the terrible experience. visited New Orleans three years ago and is we'll educated, refined young woman of 25 years