The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-22
FOR MURDER ON SCHOONER
FULLER.
Complete Story Of the Frightful
Tragedy At Sea.
PASSENGER MONCK'S THRILLING
EXPERIENCE.

EAEEklENCEs
Seaman Brown Claims He Saw the Deed
Committed-Looked Over Transom
Into Captains Room-Steward First
One to Suspect the Mate-Thought Muir
/ der Was Planned Before ship Left Bos-
ton,
Halifax, N. S., July 21.-The barken-
tine Herbert Fuller, Capt. Nash. from
Boston, July s for Rosario, put into Hal
ifax this morning flying the Stars and
Stripes at halfmast, with black flag i'm
mediately beneath. This is the signal for
"mutiny on board, land the entire port
was at once filed with excitement. A
few moments more and the Fuller was
boarded and it was learned that MUIR
der had been added to the mutiny, and
that Capt. Nash, his wife Laura and
Second Officer Bramberg had besn killed
in their hunks while asleep. The mur-
ders had been committed with an axe
The rooms in which the victims lay
were covered with blood, showing that
severe struggleSha taken place and the
bodies were horribly mutilated.
The cook, Jonathan Shoere OF Rosario,
suspected the mate, Thomas Brown, and
succeeded in plaoinga Brown in& irons,
a+& ~
was at the wheel at the time the murder
was committed. Upon the arrival of the
vessel all on board including Lester II.
| Monk of Boston, who was passenger,
| were placed under arrest
In view of these conditions it is difficult
to obtain further facts, but it appears
| that the murder was committed at 2
O'Clock on the night of the 18th inst
Capt. Nash and his wife were in their
| respective sleeping apartments and Bram-
berg was in his, which was separated
from those of Capt. Nash and wife. by
the room occupied by Monk. It was
the first officers watch. When all was
quiet on board and those below were
soundly asleep, the nlurderers ora wled
aft to the cabin and descended, and, with
axes, chopped their victims to death.
The affair became known not long after
ward. Then the cook, negro, shipped
at Rosario, became Suspicious of Thomas
Brown, as Nova Scotian, but q natural
lied American, and Brown was placed in
irons. The man who was at the wheel
when the murder was committed was
also placed in irons, and the ship was
| then headed for land and made Hall
fax.
ha hoI oE rfoks l.
| placed i'll @ boat and covered with can
vas and towed behind the vessel. They
are now in charge of the Coroner here
| who will hold an inquest. Police officer
have been placed in charge Of the Fuller,
under direction of the United States
| CONSUL, and nobody is allowed on board.
| The police and reporters who boarded
| rible crime. The Captains chart room
| is located in the after part of the cabin,
on the starboard side of the vessel and
adjoining the passage from the wheel.
This passage leads TO the dining room.
The passengers state room is on the star
| board side and forward of the chart room.
| The entrance to the room is through the
chart room. Forward of the passengers
room Is the captains state room.
| In the starboard forward corner, and
adjoining it at forward end of the cabin
| towards the port side is room occupied
by the second mate. The captains chart
room is where{Capt Nash was murdered.
| He had evidently besn on deck and de-
| scended to the chart room to lie on q
couch which that room contained. The
| couch was situated on the starboard side
of the chart room and at Its hend was a
desk. The couch was evidently torn from
the wall in the struggle There was blood
all over the well.
| Mrs. Nash's room WAS in much the
| nd frux Nc 81 l-3-
were mixed with the blood of the VIC
tim. The second mates room is adjoin-
| ing and Is covered with blood.
| On order of the United States consul
general, the police arrested all hands on
| board the vessel The mate was in irons
and he with the others was brought
ashore and taken to the police station
where the consul general was In consult
| alton with the chief Of polce and detec-
| tive Powers.
| T Passenger Monk and the mate were
examined by the police in the presence Of
the consul, who telegraphed the facts
| to Washington authorities.
The owners of tins ship were oommuni-
| GATED with. The consul general says that
| the evidence of all the men will be taken
at the consulate here and forwarded to
the district attorney in whatever state
| the case may be tried. The trial cannot
be held here as the act was committed
on the high seas ON an American vessel
1t therefore comes under the jurisdiction
of the United States
After the discovery of the murder the
passenger did bis best toward navigating
the vessel until the pilot boarded her
this morning.
When the United Press reporter visited
the vessel he found Pilot VIM. White
! in charge.
The pilot stated that he boarded the
vessel Six miles southeast of DEVILS ISL
and. AT that time she was heading this