The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-22
THE OCEAN MYSTERY
Story That Passenger Monck
Will Tell in Court Of the
Murders on the Her.
bert Fuller.
THE FIRST MATES SHIRT
He is Said to Have Washed the
One He Wore on the Night
Of the Tragedy.

! HALIFAX, N. S., July p, 1sss.-The
| intense excitement occasioned yesterday
/ by the news Of the triple murder on the
barlxentine Herbert Fuller, the arrival Of
] the bodies OF the three victims, and the
/ arrest Of all on board the vessel has IN
nowise abated. The streets around the
/ police station where those in custody
are held are today crowded with people.
| The body of the second mate August
! Blanburg, will be Inferred at Camphih
/ Cemetery today The remains of Cap
1 tain Nash and his wife have been sealed
| up and await the arrival of the dead
| captains brother, who is expected here
| tonight. The Magistrates investigation
| of the tragedy. ordered by Medical Ex-
| aRliner Finn, win begin today and the
! handing over of those involved to the
! custody of the United States authorities
/ will probably occur Immediately after.
| The story that Leslie Monck. the pas
/ senger on the Herbert Fuller, will tell
| on the stand will be substantially as fol-
/ lows
/ When Mrs. Nash's scream awoke Monck
/ he realized that something was wrong,
4 and put on his clothes. Then he loaded
his revolver and went out in the COM
panionway. He did not see any person
as he emerged from his room. He took
/ a look into the chart room and saw
! the captain lying on the floor. and ne also
observed blood. He thought that some
! misi9ap had befailen the captain and Went
/ forward to call the captains wife 10
| come to the assistance of ner husband
4 On reaching the room horrible and
sicke1ling sight met his gaze. The hor-
| ribly nlutilated body OF the captains wife
/ lay On the floor. 1t then dawned on
Monck what had happened to the cap
4 tain, and he hastily proceeded to the sec
4 end mates room, only to flnd that he,
too had been murdered.
Mcnck now trenlbled with fear as he
i did not know what to DO, or how many
4 Of the crew We're Implicated IN the tras-
/ edy. AT first he started aft and was
i about to go on deck. but then he thought
that the murderer or murderers might be
| waiting for him to come up and kill him.
/ So he retraced his footsteps and went up
4 the forward companionWay. NO sooner
had he placed his head above than bill
let of wood was hurled at him by Mate
Bran. Monck leveled his revolver at the
mate and the latter begged MIN not snoot.
Monck was suspicious of the mate, but
he did not do anything TO nm. Inc
crew were then aroused and were hogrl-
fed At what Ia nad g taken le plaee; Srs Arter
piaced in irons. Sus picion, however. rest
ed very much upon the mate Monck
steward, talked the matter over alter
wards and that they proceeded to look
FOR The CAPTAINS ad pex0bs b osnd II TheS sS
searched the chart room, but It was not
there Then they looked in the captains
room, in which Monck had been sleeping,
and il was found underneath the mat
tress. II was loaded when they FOUND
it and Spencer took It 10 protect him-
self against any further outbreak, as
aIonek mad his own revolver
Both Monck and Spencer seemed to gain
morsed II Ssdh ashfFs spen who ond IS as
dently a very shrewd man, took in the
situation minutely and kept close watch
very suspicious of the mate and he fire.
quently told Monck of it,. Monck says
the mate was very cool all through the
" Bram Bra 4 Suggested that the bodies be
thrown overheard and the cabin and
Monck declined to allow being done
After the bodies had been removed from
the rooms Monck locked the doors and
took the keys and kept them himself.
4 tha bodies. but others helped fix them
up and put them in the small boat.
During the morning after the murder
Spencer ara Mate Bran had q conversa-
ition in the course of which Bran asked
him il a certain washing powder was
good to wash clothes with and Spencer
said it was as his wife used it at home.
Later on Spencer watched Bran and he
saw him get a shirt, which he wore on
in bucket of water and throw a
large quantity of this washing
powder on top Of it. Then Spencer be-
came more suspicious. No steps were
taken at that time. however. but the
same close watch was kept on the mate.
The mate had full charge Of the ship all
this time and was navigating her him
self but Monek and Spencer did not
thin khe was steering her for the nearest
port Monek consulted the chart and
found that the mate was taking the ves-.
sci off her course and was heading in an
other direction altogether Monek an and
they wonld have to place the mate in irons
while, Monck stood over % him with ,,a
not resist. All hands were ordered on
deck and remained there all the time
in league with Mate Bram- Monck con-
suited the chart again and found that
the nearest port was Bermuda, but as the
wind was not favorable for sailing in that
direction the ports of ST. Johns or Hall
fax would have to be made for, and 1t
was decided to head for, Halifax: Bran,
had an old rusty revolver in his posses
sion IT was taken from him and thrown
be crew who Keeps @ his mouth re Ghs cosea
and when questioned regarding the af-
fair pleads that he knows nothing con-
Last night all the prisoners slept
we'll at the station house. particu-
larry Morfck and Spencer, who were ex-
hausted by the weeks strain on them
THE bodies of the victims were in very
bad condition when they were closed up
in the caskets When the clothing was
removed from the woman a gaping wound
on the left breast was discovered, evil
IDENTIFY having been made with the axe
The blows she received in the face make
her coumtenance almost unrecognizable
as they cut the side of her face open and
jasnmed her upper row Of teeth together.
The second mates head Is split open
and across the captains face there are
three gaping wounds
At eleven o'clock. the hour at which the
ma gis trate's IN yestigation was to COM
mence. 1t was announced that Medical
Examiner Finn's report on the post NOR
tenn examination was not ready, and that
the Inquiry would not be proceeded with
today.
A BISHOPS RESIGNATION.
WILMINGTON. Del. July %. 1896
The Right Rev. Alfred e. Curtis, d. D..