noon
An English ship , anchored out in the open channel outside Hamilton harbor , received passengers up to its limit and sailed . The shops of St. Georges and Hamilton did not open that morning of May 15th . People gathered in the streets -- groups of whites and blacks -- trying to learn what they could , and each adding his own real or fancied narrative to the chaos . Although there had seemed so far no aggression from the ghosts -- our own encounter with the apparition being typical of them all -- shortly after noon of the 15th we learned of an event which changed the whole aspect of the affair ; an event sinister beyond any which had gone before . It had occurred in one of the hotels near Hamilton the previous night and had been suppressed until now . A young woman tourist , living alone in the hotel , had occupied a bedroom on the lower floor . The storm blinds and windows were open .