Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-27
THE OCEAN TRAGEDY.
Prisoners Will Be Met at Boston by
Squad Of Police.
Or. Finn, The Medical Examiner. Makes an
Interesting Report.

Halifax, NJ s., July 26.--With the
same attempt at utter secrecy that has
characterized the conduct of the case
on the triple murder on board the Her
bert Fuller all the persons concerned
were taken from the police station in
| City hall lat midnight and driven in
| cabs To the steamer Halifax, which
| sails for Boston about 2 o'clock in the
morning
Half an hour before their departure
United States Consul ingraham stated
To reporter that he had received no
instructions from Washington and
that, until such instructions were re-
ceived. the men would have to be de-
tanned in this city.
While this was being said, the mate,
steward and the members of the crew
were being handcuticd under the direc-
ton of Chief Of Police O'SuIlivan, and
officer Kline, in civilian dress, was
present in readiness to take charge of
them.
Thomas Bran stepped out of his eel!
an entirely differen man from him who
talked with the reporter the other day
Then he wore a blue gray WOODEN shirt.
n pair of dark working trousers and
heavy wooden stockings. He smoked
pipe as he talked, and was very calm
almost Indifferent, while he discussed
the tragedy on the Herbert Fuller
Tonight. Bran wore a dark ovcrcoat
carefully buttoned up, Il black derby
hat. gray trousers, creased and rolled
NJ at the bottom, and "A brand ncw
pair of black shoes. that creaked as he
walked. The confident checrfuincss of
his manner was entirely gone. and his
face with its dark skin and regular
features, wore worried anxious cx-
precision.
Good bye. Jim" he sair To "a man
who had been In friend In New York
10 years ago. I'm Innocent, and God
knows it; I hope I'll pull through all
right but it's an uphill fight"
Behind stood Charlie Brown. in rub
Der boots and gray clothes that have
seen much service. but are clean and
carefully mended- And beyond Brown
was Jonathan spencer. steward. thc
man who did more than other to save
the ship and TO guard its crew from
possible harm: the man who stepped
into the breach at moment that tried
the souls Of the living on that stricken
vessel. Spencer. like the others was
handcuftcd His hands were claspcd
before him in the rigid embrace Of thu
steel. but he held his head erect AMI
WAS the very picture Of man who
h2s resolved to suffer everything with |
out one word of complaint
Thu little party vas hustled into |
waiting carriages. ana under escort Of
4 number Of policemen. was driven
hurricdiy to the steamers dock A |
crowd Of perhaps 2oo men and women |
gathered around the carriages To SCI
the men depart Two hours earlier
the crowd would have blocked this |
street.
on board the steamer a small cabin |
had been fitted VI for the occupancy |
of Spencer and the members of the
crew. Toward in the bow of the yes
sci two storerooms had been cleared. |
one as a place of confinement for
Bran. the ether for Charlie Brown.
For the second time within the
month. Lester Monks sailed from an
Atlantic port a passenger His father
accompanied him. The uncertainty OF /
tho hour at which they should depart
the suspense OF waiting the action Of
two governments. had told seriously
others who are in any way personally
Interested in the case Uncertainty
has seemed to hc characteristic Of th
whole procedure and 1t has affected
everybody
The stipendiary's hearing. which
was, in fact. coroner's inquest was
not resumed at , o'clock as expected
aud Medical examiner l'inn's report
on his observations iii the Herbert
Fullcr's cabin and as To- the result oil
the three autopsies he performed was
not pat i'm as evidence.
This report has been kept rigidly Sc
crPt, Or. Finn was seen by reporter.
however, and while he declined to give
amy outline of his report he made Il
statement which is Of interest rs-
pecialiy since it appears to verify the
theory arrived at through other chan
nets. Said Or Finn:
Il found the chart room in which the
captain was killed in a condition which
led me to believe he died without max
ing II struggle. The position of the
pools of blood ON his couch and on the
floor, considered in conjunction with
the wounds upon the head ana body |
indicated that he was lying on the
couch with his head toward the after
end of the cabin when the first blow
was struck, This evidently caused him
to attempt to rise, but being stunned.
Il" was able only to roll from the couch
onto the floor AS he lay there he was
struck again, as was indicated BY the
marks of the AK blade on the ceiling.
NoW,Vcry near spot directly above
the place where his head lay. but a lit
tie to the right. there hung a large
cabin lamp. The ceiling is SO low that
only small enid could stand beneath
TINS lamp. The lamp was not dis
tufhcd. the chimney was in it's proper
position. and there was nothing To
show that the lamp had been as much
as touched during the assault From
TINS fact, and others of like nature.
take 1t that there could have been no
struggle. If there had been a struggle
the lamp would certainly have been
struck, and had the captain risen from
ms couch. he must have forced his as
sailant against it,
The second murder ] think was
mat OF the mate. In this case there
was a struggle. The second mate was
a prfrA 4 l