The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 03, 1905, Image 4
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A FIEND'S WORK.
Miss Elsie Morgan, Who Alone of
Twelve Escaped Death,
TELL AWFUL STOFY
Of Her Own Experience on the Trading
Schooner Olympia. Her Narrative
of Horrors Discount the Bloody
Deeds of the Seventeenth
Century Buccaneers.
Miss Elsie Morgan, sole survivor
among the twelve passengers and
crew of the British Honduras trading
schooner Olympia, who saw every
other soul on board butchered by one
gigantic negro buccaneer, has so far
recovered from the shock produced by
these scenes as to be able to give a detailed
statement of this outrage,
which transcends in horror the cruel
est deeds of the old West Indian pirates.
Miss Morgan still lies physically
suffering at El Proverno, in British
Honduras, whither she was taken by
rescuers, who found her, half demented,
wandering on the beach to which
she had swum after the black bucca-;
neer had left her for dead in the wa-;
ter half a mile from shore. Her story
?the first and only one she has told?
which is sent herewith, invests the
facts already published throughout
the world with tragic picture* queness
possible only in the statement of an
eye witness?and, in this case, of a
girl who, through all that awful
night of July 1, knew that she herself!
was designed for a fate worse than
death.
The facts leading up to the begin '
ning of Miss Morgan's narrative are
these: The little trading schooner
Olympla, plying between the island
of Utilla and Truxille, twenty-live1
miles away on the Honduras main- j
land, had been lyirgat Its Island pier
for several daysloading with merchandise
for coast pints. It was quite1
generally known that the captain had
on board a considerable sum of money
In gold, with which he was to buy
cattle on the mainland. This amount
was only the equivalent of about $700
In United States currency, but in the
minds of negro laborers atout the
pier it assumed fabulous proportions.
One of these was a gigantic specimen
named Robert McField, well
known to all the island inhabitants.
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ta to dose at 8c the yard,
trs at 15c; to close now at 8c the yar<
it 15c?this salo 10c the yard,
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any friends for i
or Cash an
He was more than usually well educated
for one of his race and Lore a
fair reputation. At dusk on June 30,
after the captain, accompanied by
the mate, had thoroughly inspected
the schooner and crew to be sure that
no suspicious character was aboard,
the little vessel, with twelve souls
aboard, threw off its lines and dropped
quietly out of the harbor, forTruxille.
In his confession, made as he was
about to be hanged, McField tells
how. before the schooner was out of
the harbor, be rowed out to her in the
darkness, climbed aboard unnoticed
and concealed himself in the hold,
armed with a winchestes rille and a
revolver. While the burly negro
skulked below waiting for a propitious
moment to put his murderous plot in
to execution, these passengers and
members of the crew were on deck
under the brilliant tropical sky, unconscious
of dauger:
Miss Elsie Morgan, Utilla.
Walter Rose, aged 23 years, Utilla.
Indiana Rose, his wife, aged 20
years, Utilla.
Six-weeks-old baby of Mrs. Rose,
Utilla.
Adela Rodden, twelve years old,
Utilla.
Captain White Rush, aged forty,
master of tht Olympia, Lynn, Mass.
Van Wick Ilydes, aged thirty-eight
years, mate of OlymDia, llav Island.
Nelson Hodden, sailor, Utilia.
Deton Nickerson, sailor, aged thirty
two years, Connecticut.
William Godfrey, sailor, aged twenty-live
years, Hay Island.
Amos , negro cook.
At 10 o'clock In the evening, when
about four miles out from the island,
all went below except Ilydes, the
mate, and Hodden, who was at the
wheel. Miss Morgan's narrative follows:
MI88 MOIIOAN'8 ACCOUNT.
The following article was prepared
for the New York American by Miss
Elsie Morgan:
That awful night comes back in all
ray dreams. I shall never forget it.
That black beast's murderous fury,
the groans of his victims, the leering
smile on his lips as he threw my slstor'u
VlQ l\,f Inf/t fVio oao
UV1 U MMUf AUV\' vuv OVA) 1/liO ittltJ Lie
promised me, will be with me always.
It was a most beautiful night, with
a soft bre< ze blowing and the heavens
ablaze with stars We were on deck
till after 10 o'clock, my Nlster and I,
her husband and the other passengers,
and it seemed a pity to go below
with such lovelinet-s all about I am
sure that no one suspeoted the slightest
danger.
I went to my cabin with Mrs. Rose,
my sister, and the baby, and soon we
were asleep. It. did not seem that 1
had slept mo'o than a minute when a
sound of sc. 111 ng on deck awakened
me. Then several shots were fired.
We were so alarmed at this that my
sister and 1 ran to the, hatchway.
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Captain Hush was ascending the ladder.
We hailed him and he turned.
"Go back to your cabin," said the
eant.ain. And Oion hn
deck.
We remained at the foot of the ladder
wondering. Suddenly there was,
another succession of shots in quick i
succession, mingled with sounds of
falling bodies and the screams of men ;
It was horrible. We could not remain
where wo wore in uncertainty.
We mounted the ladder and peered i
out on deck. The sight was awful.
The sailor, Hodden, whom we had
seen at the wheel, lay face down on
the deck quite still. Between the
mainmast and the wheel, looking bigger
than ever in the tlood of starlight,
almost bare to his waist, with a rifle !
in his hand, stood the big negro,
Robert McFleld. 1 had seen him
many times and knew him instantly.
SHE SAW TIIE FIGHT ON DECK.
In his belt was a revolver. Smoke
was pouring'from the muzzle of his
rille. A few feet in front t f him lay
the body of the mate, rolling with the
motion of the vessel.
All at once the negro raised his rille
and began tiring over my head toward
the bow of the ship. 1 saw Captain
Hush run from behind the foremast,
i MoField started for him, tiring as he
ran. The captain was unarmed, but
he had seized several belaying pins
and was hurling them at the negro as
he continued to tire.
At the fourth or fifth shot the captain
fell with a scream. The negro
ran up and gave the body a kick; it
did not move.
1 was so horror-stricken I could not
i stir hand or foot.
i Apparently the negro's rille was
empty. He laid it down at his feet
and drew his revolver, looking sharp
ly forward. In a moment the other
two sailors and the cook appeared out
i of the forecastle hatchway. The first
of the sailors, seeing the negro with
revolver raised, leaped for the bul
warks as if to jump overboard. The
negro fired and ho fell. The second
sailor dodged behind the galley, but
the cook was shot dead at the hatch
i way.
Then the negro ran around the gal
ley and shot the sailor hiding there
No one capable of resistence was lef
above deck. I heard the negro chuck 1
as he reloaded his rlila.
One of the prostrate sailors wamoving
slightly and another wagroaning.
McFleld walked over t?
where they lay, cursed them horribly,
spat in their faces and fired two or
three shots Into the head of each.
When he walked off he stopped
where the captain lay, kicked the mo;
tionless body, spat in the dead face,
and then did a horrible and unnecessary
thing. The negro, laughing as
he did it, thrust the muzzle of his re- i
volver between the teeth ot the dead ;
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PASSENGERS LINED UP AND SIIOT. ?
At- this awful sight I nearly fell
from the ladder. 1 was caught by t
Mr. Rose, my sister's husbitid. Roth i
of them had come up behind me. Mr.
Rose got Shis head above the hatoh- (
way. He said: e
"He's coming. Quck! Help me r
cover the hatchway." a
My sister and I tried to help him t
drag *be heavy hatch over the open- a
ing. There were bolts to' fasten it a
down. Rut the negro was too quick ! c
for us. Rushing up with rlile and re- J c
volver in his hands he kicked the .)
hatch far away. Then, as he covered a
us with rillo, while his eyes gleamed t
savagely, he shouted:
"Get down there, and be quick ' q
about itl" jc
We tumbled down the ladder, fol-' a
lowed by the most horrible curses. ; t
lie came after us, drove us into an e
empty cabin and locked the door, c
We heard him erderincr t.ho Gr,
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girl ard little Annie Connors to stay I
where they were, and a little later we t
heard him in the captain's quarters \
hammering?evidently at the leek of j
the strong box containing the gold he j
was after. t
This kept up for at least an hour. r
We were frantic with fear. And my \
sister, who had left her baby in her j
cabin, didn't know whether It was c
dead or alive. i
At last the negro opened our door, t
pointed his revolver at us and ordered: v
"Get out!" i
Mr. Rose sprang at his throat, but n
was kurcked censelessby a single blow r
of the black mail's list. When he t
came to the negro compelled us all to t
stand with our backs to the wall. I >
had rushed to our cabin and had my
sisters' baby in my arms. Adela
Bodden and Annie Connors stood there P
with us. 1
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#ro raised his revolver and tired twice.
My sister and Adela Hodden dropped v
to the floor. They were dead.
Screaming, I stooped over them 9
with the bhby in my arms. The ne k
trro seized me n ughly by the shoulder 1
and hissed In mv ear: v
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SIIK BEGGED TO BE 8IIOT. f
"Just keep quiet and you will be all n
rl^ht?I wani you " s
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x iwpi-ttu buc ihw uLner worns *
he said. I bagged him to shoot me. *?
But he would not.
He ordered us on deck?Mr. Hose, 1
Miss Connors and I. We went, I still '
carrying the child, whioh was only six t
months old. t
Then Mr. Rose, at the negro's com- n
mand, lowered the dory, in whioh the t
murderer had placed a bag of the gold t
he had stolen from the captain b
chest. K ieplDg his rifle pointed at us 0
be ordered us into the boat. At hi *
COS.!
Sale.
inch Fancy Figured Mohairs, were 25
inch Tan and It. Jllwe Waistings, ver
10 yard.
useline De Soic, 20c values, now 12ic
riTE GOODS?An entire lot to close
pocket.
inner shoes and Straw Hats to go at a
cs tlier" are many other things, just
i will he put on the bargain counter?
use fall stock, which is already com in,
ml
We hell for C8
i be bought els<
t the most comp
Quartered Oak Si
pi?where there
could not sell "g<
increase. Agai
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jommand Mr. Rose chopped a hole In (
;he side of the ship at the water line, 1
10 that she began to till and was sure
io sink. j
While Mr. Rose still held the axe i
iihe negro shot him through the head
md threw his body overboard.
There were left now only Annie
Connors, the baby and I. We crouchid
In the bottom of the boat. The
legro rowed for a while toward the i
horo. Suddenly he threw down the
>ars, snatched the baby from my
irms, tore at its throat like a savaue
uiiuuui, a Liu men witn a grinning I ^
ihuckle, threw the little creature far }
>ut Into the sea. The nr xfc minute he | n
iad pressed the muzzle of his gun 0
igainst Annie Connor's head and,r
ired. She died at once.
Then the negro rowed again for!
luite awhile toward the mainland. 1
ould see the shore growing nearer. I 6
,m a good swimmer, and made up my .
nind to jump overboard and try to
iscape. The tirst time I tried to dive
iver the thwart I fell into the ne- !a
;ro's arms, I was so weak with fear, i u
Ie thrust me back. After awhile 1 j"*
ried again and found myself in the J
vater, out of his reach.
"Comeback!"' he shouted. "Sharkt-!" v
Without stopping to think, Is artid
>ack toward tlie boat. Suddenly the
leirro, who had one of the heavy oars1 ?
n his hands, brought it down on my
lead. If it had not glanced on a heavy p
oil of hair I w.'Uld have been killed
nstantly. That fact proved my aalva- ?
ion. I sank, and whon t namo d
inder the boat's stern I seized hold of 0
t and I was able to cling there un-1 *
lotlced while the negro pulled for the n
hore At length I let go to give,"
dm time to disappear in the woo:ls
efore I could swim to the beach. ^
LKFT IN THE SKA KOU DKAI). ^
It was a longer swim than I anticl- ri
ated. I was exhausted at the e> d. Ii
lut the negro was out of sight, and I nc
elt safe. I h
Then came those six terrible days of
>andering, some of the time lost in
hickeU; sleeping on the ground, subIstirig
on the milk of cocoanuts; ^
ra^lually losing my mind because of K
hose awful scenes always with me,
eaking or sleep ng. A party of cocoaiut
gatherers found me, tweDty miles h
rom where I had landed, and took ^
ne to El Proverno. Until I told mv ^
tory it was thought that the Olympia P
/ith all aboard bad gone down in a ai
roplcal hurricane. C
They went out and found McField. K
?he police took him, but British and Sl
American men took him away from al
he police. When they brought him h
o me. an3 knew that he was the 01
Dan tbey would have burned him at a
he stake. When I begged them not ei
o do that, because his screams? hi
irlnging to me more vividly yet the <>'
Qurder of my sister and her child? tl
rould drive me mad they took his a
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jonfession, hanged him, and riddled
lis writhing body with rille shots.
He died saying he had made his
jeace with God. If that Is true that
s indeed merciful to sinners.
Elsie Morgan.
EATEN BY A SHABK
it tho Presence oI a Largo Crr wd at
Beaufort, N. CJ.
A special dispatch from Beaufort,
to The News and Courier says
nost horrible and shocking accident
incurred at. Ha via *
vullo uuuiCi iVUUUl ten
ilea east of Beaufort Friday afteroon,
when Sutton Davis, a 16 yearId
lad, while wading and playing in
lie water, was suddenly attacked and
aten by a very large shark.
Sucton was in the water about waist
eep, when suddenly a shark appeared,
hrew him in the air and caught him
s he struok the water, pulled him
nder and disappeared in deep water
dth the boy. Thorough search has
len m vde, bat no part of his body
as bien found. T.ioso that were
dtb him were terribly frightened,
ut could not help the poor boy.
T ic accident has thrown a feeling
f horror over the town people and
he gursts wf the community. The
eople, and particularly the children,
ave enjoyed the tine dives and lnvigrating
swimming matches which they
ally partlc'pate in. A large number
f sharks have been noticed in the
oaters for two weeks, but no one f^t
luch anxiety concerning the terrttEfc
musters. f
A large quantity of fat backs have
een caught this month, and a quanIty
of refuse matter has been thrown
ack into the water from the factoles
and sharks have come in to feast,
t is the first time a person has been
lolested by a shark in these waters
a nearly fifty years.
Whore Are They?
Mra W TT
... v^-wiy, ail agea iaay or
lonroe, La., and her six-year-old
rancidanghter, who arrived In Atinta
Saturday night, are both mysjrlously
mLstrg from the Kimball
ouse, where they were stopping and
lie police have been asked to instljte
a search for them. The dlsaprarance
is said to be a strange one,
nd no olu* to it can be found. Mrs.
ook is 76 years old, She and her
randdaug iter left the Kimball pre
imably for a short stroll on Monday^
nd since then nothing has beeb
sard of them. Their baggage and
ther effects are still at the hotel. 01
rrival in Atlanta Mm ?
wm rv., "iiif
a route to Edgefield, S 0 , announced
or intention of remaining in Atlanta,
olv a day or two. The hotel authorlea
are unable to account for their
bsenoe.