The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-24
A BLOODY VOYAGE
Further Details Of the Triple Muir
der at Sea.
FIRST MATE IS PROBABLY CRAZY
The Bodies of the Victims Hacked with an
Axe-COnsuI at Halifax To Take Testi-
mony-The Accused Must Be Tried
in the United States.

Axe-ConsuI at Halifax To Take Testi-
mOny-The Accused Must Be Tried
in the United States.
New York, July 22.-At the offices
of the part owners and local agents of
the Herbert Fuller, Swan & Son, it
was said that the telegram received
from the Halifax agent of the vessel,
stating that the man suspected of the
murder of Capt. Nash was the first
mate, Thomas Bran. Nova Scotian,
who lived in New York city with his
mother and wife, was a great shock
and surprise. Mr.. Swan of the firm
said that he knew the first mate, and
could hardly imagine the latter COM
mitting such a crime, as he was on ex-
cellent terms with Capt. Nash when
the vessel left Boston and was quiet
man generally. Mr.. Swan thought he
must have been insane. Mr.. Swan also
said the murdered skipper was not
hard master, and never had any trou-
BILE in shipping crew.
Story Told by MIR. Monck.
Halifax, N. S., July 22.-The story
of the triple murder at sea on board
the barkentine Herbert Fuller, which
sailed from Boston on July 6 and put
into this port yesterday with the dead
bodies of Captain and Mrs. Nash and
second mate August w. Bramberg, is
the worst brought into this port by
sailing vessel in many years. The only
passenger aboard, Lester H. Monck of
Boston, and who took charge of the
vessel after the tragedy, says that he
knew nothing whatever of the crime
until he heard of it from the first mate.
During the night of July 13, he says,
he heard scream which he supposed
was uttered by Capt. Nash's wife, but
heard no further sound and paid no
attention to what he thought might
be fancy. In the morning he went
on deck. The first mate informed him
that the captain, his wife and the sec
ond officer had been murdered in their
berths, and asked Monck, who slept in
in little cabin between the one occu-
pied by Capt. and Mrs. Nash and the
one occupied by the second mate, if he
had been alarmed at anything during
the night.
Heard Mrs. Nash's Scream.
Monck told him he had heard some
one scream, and he had not paid any
particular attention to that. Both
the cabins of the captain and second
he slept, SO that he must have slept
deeply not to have heard something of
what was going on on the other side
of the thin partitions. The murders
could not have been committed without
noise, for the weapon used in accom-
plishing them was an axe. The vic
Tins were hacked in a most sickening
manner, blow after blow having evi-
IDENTIFY been inflicted upon them to
make sure that life was extinct. Mr.
Monck says that he assumed charge of
the vessel and, with the assistance of
the mate brought her into port Ac-
cording to his story, Mr.. Monck ques-
toned the various members of the
crew as to what they knew of the
tragedy, but each one professed entire
innocence and ignorance. Mr.. Monck
ordered the bodies taken out of the
cabin and placed in a boat and towed
astern, which was done. The follow
ing were the names of the officers and
crew: Capt. c.. /. Nash, first mate,
Thomas Bran of Boston; second mate,
August w. Bramberg of Finland. but
q naturalized American citizen; stew
ard, Jonathan Spencer of Rosario;
crew, Frank Lohese, native of
France: Charles Brown of Sweden,
Henry G. Shea of New Jersey, o. An
derson of Sweden, and Henry Berook
of Holland.
A Matter for the United States.
The consul general will take the
evidence of all the men at the consul
ate here and send it to the district at
torney in whatever state the accused
is to be tried The alleged murderer
cannot be tried here, as the act was
committed on the high seas on an
American vessel, AMI, therefore, comes
under the jurisdiction of the United
States. When reporter of the United
Press visited the vessel he found the
pilot, William White, in charge. The
pilot stated that he had boarded
the vessel six miles southeast of
Devils island. At that time she was
heading this way, but before he got to
her the helm was put down and the
vessel headed off shore. He immedi-
ately surmised that there was some-
thing wrong. AS f Filot White neared
the ship and rowed around the stern
those on board told him to be careful
of the boat astern as it contained
corpses. He asked what was the mat
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