Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-07-14
DARING DEEDS
OF DESPERATE
Takes the Life of Twelve Persons
on q Schooner.
YOUNG LADY ESCAPES
She Was Hit on the Head With an
Oar and For a Time Insensfble.
Capture Of the Fiend Has
Been Effected.

New Orleans. July 14.-One of the
most shocking stories of murder with
rohl cry as the motive in the annals of
crime was brought to this city by Cap
tain Hans Holm of the Norwegian
frriiter Bratten. which phys between
New Orleans and Honduran ports. 1t
was subsequently confirmed by ohicers
Oh the fruit steamer Rosina, which
came in with additional details
The little Island OF Utilla, lying on
the Honduran coast and whose popu-
lation is an indiscriminate mixture Of
whites. Cayamanites 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 400 soles and was to buy cattle
at Truxillo TO sell at Belize. She car
Iied a crew OF four and quite a num-
Der of passengers making the total
list OF people aboard number thirteen.
Among these were two women and
two hildrer The vessel left the .har-
tor Of Utilla at IL o'clock Friday night.
June 30. and after she had been under
way le.ss than an hour everybody was
aroused by shot from a Winchester
rifle I'm the hands of a negro who was
shooting Down the men one after an
other. This negro was Robert MsGili
and, as 1t afterwards developed. he
had slowed himself away aboard with
ffate To-, or o. L.,
and then swimming ashore. After. he
ha1 lllled all but one of the men he
ordered the last survivor. to go below.
and scuttled the ship. When the I'M
fortunate reappeared on deck and re-
ported the negro shot him dead Then
put two women. Miss Elsie Nor
gan and her sister. Mrs. Walter Rose.
in the dory with Mrs. Roses six
weeks -old infant and left the boat
zteeIing for the main land He
changed his mind about allowing tho
women t. live and killed Mrs. Rose
and her child Then he began shoot
ini; at Miss Morgan and wounded her
I'm the a-T. She jumped overheard
and started TO swim back to the Is
land. He fired at her Intellectually.
but his ammunition evidently gave out
for he promised her immunity from
harm II she would come back to the
dory. She started back and when
within an oars length he struck her
on the head with an or. stunning her
r5rITrvTIrg sHe WIS dead. re rraved
away TO the mainland Miss Morgan
swan back to the island, where she
was cast 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.
She was found by woman from the
neighborhood and rescued. In the
meantime the dory had been washed
ashore and there was excitement on
the island. as II was believed the
Olympia had gone down with all
hands.
When Miss Morgan told her story a
search was started for McGili. who
was captured at FL Portvinir. a little
town on the road TO Ceiba. and there
was great demonstration. but he was
protected. He was saved through the
presence OF resident Bonilla. who was
on an inspection tour. The Honduran
warship La Tumbla, which has figured
In so many revolutions. was brought
into service and the murderer placed
aboard and sent back to the island.
Up to last Sunday he was stili alive
although II is believed he win be tor
tured to death. The laws of Honduras
prohibit the infiIction of capital pun