The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-22

ther perusal of it. AS far as the re-
porter read, the entry was as follows;
This day, $50 p m. the steward
came to me and told me the sailors had
come and made an open statement to
him in reference to sailor named
Charles Brams conduct of guilt in re-
gard to the murder which took place ON
board. l at once got each mans state
ment, Then upon the strength of these
statements we concluded to put him in
irons at daybreak. At 700 p. M, all
hands were mustered aft and thorough
ly searched and no other weapon was
given them but their knives. Each
man was then placed certain distance
apart from the other on the aft house.
Myself, 'the steward and passenger
We're placed around the ship.
After Bran had been placed in irons
by the crew, it is said, he was taken on
deck aft, close to the wheel and lashed
with ropes. y
The scene around the undertaker's
until the bodies were removed to the
| morgue was one of excitement and in
tense morbid curiosity. The undertake
| er had stationed man at the door who
allowed people to enter u single file,
pass through the rear room and pass
| out. One Of the undertaker's men es-
timated that several thousand viewed
| the bodies during the afternoon.
| 1t is believed that the motive was
| robbery, as the captain and Mr.. Monck
had considerable money 1t looks as
though the captain was the first killed.
| then his wife and lastly the second
mate. 1t is now stated that Monck,
| the passenger, heard the woman scream
| and some one run on deck, and then
| he ran out on deck, revolver in hand,
where he met the mate, who also had a
revolver. The men spoke about the
screams and concluded that murder
! must have been committed. 1t is sur
| missed the passenger was to have been
murdered after the second mate, but
| the woman's scream awoke him and he
rushed out, spelling the supposed plan.
| Brown, the man at the wheel, who was
at the wheel at the time was also p aced
| in irons, has, it is understood, made q
| statement that he saw through pain
| of glass in the cabin the captain being
! struck with an axe or club.
| 1t Is said he has given the police the
name Of the party who held the axe.
| The police refuse to divulge the name.
| The three murdered persons were all
struck on the head with the blade. Mrs.
Nash must have tried to ward off the
| blow, as both her arms were cut at the
wrist nearly through. 1t is said the
steward first suspected the mate COM
mitted the murders, and it was on his
suspicion that the mate was put in
| irons. The steward said some liquor
| had been stolen and 1t is now supposed
| the murder was planned before the
| vessel left Boston.
/ Soffins were ordered this morning,
and at II o'clock an undertaken started
for the ship with three wooden boxes
| in which to deposit the bodies. About
| the same time Medical Examiner Finn
| put out on the government boat Ar
gus to examine the bodies, and decide
| about their disposal and the holding
| Of an official inquiry.
The following were the names of the
| officers and crew: Captain c. l. Nash,
First Mate Thomas Bran of Boston,,
Second Mate August w. Bramberg Of
| Finland, but a naturalized American
citizen; steward, Jonathan Spencer of
Rosario; crew Frank Lohese of France,
Charles Brown of Sweden, Henry G.
Shea of New Jersey, O. Anderson of
Sweden, and Heinrich Berook of Hol-
land.
/ New York, July 21.-At the office of
Swan & Son, the New York agents of
| the barkentine Herbert Fuller it was
learned to-day that the mate, who is
charged with committing the murders.
was shipped at Boston on-the present
voyage when the vessel left on July 8
for Rosario, and nothing was known
| about him there. Captain w. S. Nash
of the bark Emita, now lying at this
| port, brother of the murdered captain,
| was seen at the office of Swan & Son.
| He was much overcome by the news
| of the death of his brother. Instruc-
tions have been sent to Halifax to en-
balm the bodies of his brother and his
! wife preparatory to forwarding them to
| their late home at Harrington, Maine,
| and he with John Swan, the senior
| member of the firm of Swan & Son, left
| on the o'clock train for Halifax Mr.
1 Swan goes to look after the vessel and
expects to have captain sent from
| New York to take charge of her.
!