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Show KILLS ALL ON BOARD Eleven Persons on a Ship Murdered by a Negro. I &$A$ 8 Norwegian steamer Bratten. Capt.- (g) H. Holm, from Ceiba,' Honduras, m reports a startling tragedy on the () small trading schooner Olympla. (j) $) bound from Utllla for Truxlllo via ) W Ruatan. to purchase cattle. () The crew and pasesngers, twelve W In all, were murdered' by a negro . named Robert McGlll. except one W passenger, a young woman, who es-. w S) caped by swimming ashore after 0 having been struck on the head W with a boat oar. McGlll Is a rest- (Si dent of Utllla.- He shot nil of his (S) victims. He also forced one of the (S) ft crew of the schooner to scuttle her () and then shot him. McGlll escaped (t) W ashore In a doryand was subse- (S) -quently captured . at El Provener," (IS Honduras. The - captain " of - the a) Olympla had $1400 In his cabin. ) |