A NEGRO'S FEARFUL CRIME.
NEW ORLEANS,, July 12. A peculiarly bloody crime took place at sea on Jtme 30th. The schooner Olympia, with, thirteen people aboard, was off the Honduran coast, ten mile® from the port of Ciba. Robert McGill, a negro sailor, knew the captain had a large sum of money aboard. He secured the captain’s money (700 dollars), and attempted to escape with it. He killed the captain, and the shot aronsed the men. The negro' went on deck, and shot the men one by one as they came up.
There were two women aooard, and these he ordered into a dory with him. He then shot Mrs Rose, and shot a Miss Morgan. The girl was not much hurt, and jumped overboard. The negro called her to return, saying he would not harm her. Fearing her strength would not hold out, the girl swam to the dory. The negro then struck her a terrible blow, and she pretended to be dead, floating with only her hose out of the water. She managed to reach an island, where the inhabitants found and cared for her. Search parties captured the negro, and he was sentenced to death by torture.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1745, 16 August 1905, Page 14
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200A NEGRO'S FEARFUL CRIME. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1745, 16 August 1905, Page 14
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