The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-31
FULLER MURDERERS
pram and Brown Arraigned at
Boston Again To-day.
STORY OF THE COLORED STEWARD
r, Private Conversation He Tells Of the
susptcious Actions of q Sailor and
Saws the Trial Will Develop
Sensational Features.

Sensational Features.
BOSTON, July 2s.-The hearing of
Rram and Brown, first mate and sailor
respectively on the Herbert Fuller,
charged with the triple murder on
hoard that vessel on the high seas,
and who arrived here yesterday with
the rest of the crew and Lester II.
Monks, the only passenger on board
the barkentine at the time of the
tragedy. are again before United
States Commissioner Fiske to-day. All
of the crew besides the accused are
held as witnesses, Mr.. Monks being re-
leased Oh his own recogniZance.
story Told by ColOred Steward.
While waiting in the marshal's office,
Spencer, the colored steward, said in
conversation: 81 do not think it is fair
for people to make so much talk bout
Monks navigating the ship into Hall
fax All I have got to thank him for is
that he loaned me his revolver. With
that in my possession was able to do
a good deal Monks had never been
on board ship before and he was sick
before he came on board, and seasick
after we got outside. The great
wonder is that he was able to compose
himself at all when he met the mate
after leaving the cabin. He had to go
through the cabin where the bodies
were; he could not help it, but he was
afraid to notify me because the mate
would not come forward with him. /
don't want to say great deal about
this affair a present, but there will be
some interesting developments at the
trial. was about the only one that
Bran talked much to before the muir
der and I believe it was all planned
beforehand. 1 know just after leav-
ing the port l was little worried
about my wife, who is in delicate
condition, and one day told Bran
that had been worrying but that 1
felt better then. He looked at me and
said, well, do not feel happy yet
That night the murders were COM
mitted
Something To Be Explained.
"There are some things that will
have to be explained in connection
with Bran and Brown, to show that
both did not know what was going to
happen When / went to the little
window in the cabin through which
Brown claims to have seen the muP-
ders committed, found that the brass
bar had been bent and that the cur
tains were thrown aside. Brown ad-
mitted to have done this, and he left
the wheel to do it. He could not see
what went on in the cabin from where
he stood at the wheel l know, myself,
that sometimes when l wanted to see
whether the missus' was down there
lhad to put my face close to the glass
before l could see anything, and that
night the light in the cabin was so
dim, as it always was, that nobody
could see down there unless they took
particular pains to go to the window,
push aside the curtains and look down.
We kept a close watch on the sus-
pected men the next day, and there is
another one of the sailors who may
know something about this affair
when he is made to testify. This man
was on the watch below at the time,
and the next day the passenger called
my attention to the mate, who took
occasion to talk to this sailor through
one Of the windows of the house. As
soon as [ saw them l ran over and
asked the mate what the matter was.
he turned it off by saying the sailor
asked him what was to be done, and
he had told him they had decided to
put Brown IN irons.
Speak Well Of Monks Conduct.
Il don't believe that was the subject
OF their conversation at all and L do
not know what to think of that sailoE,
Tor he certainly acted queerly. When
ne saw me with the revolver after the
murder he shook like leaf and looked
frlghtened to death. He asked me II
that was the gun the captain had
Killed himself with, and said to him
you know very well he didn't kill him
self Spencer would not give the
name Of this sailor. The other men did
not have great deal to say, but seemed
tothnk young Monks had conducted
himself well under such terrible cil-
eumstances and according to the sail
Ors stories they all had hand III
navigating the ship and did not require
master after they had got a course
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