The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-14
THE MURDER or sEGHERs.
Interview WITH Jzdxe DesAnoy, Wke
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wo<za. n TIE party s-on TIE begzzz<-g
&c tie en- c< -hs Scz-zey. Z here ha2
beer. g wozl1 lar. c-occe5 ez- scze-
where. Tie facts as brought o1s ~ rs
s-zzf we're these. Bishop Test 1oE 81 tne
Cz.EoEsc priest, accompanied ~ 5sxaoo
segzsTs and Filler. ~s-t ever 10 1zvzts
and Esen SorE tie RIVER a. sA-
a. s1s rsoEs5 CO Stewart rvs-. .
tributary - u. Yzxnx- Tier. tsey par
-. B.sasS T0s. zn1 ne priest rs<z-zAng.
leaving Bishop Segh@-s ard Fs2sisr - eoz-
rsn1s thar Journey zfc1e- Tzey rzgxe1
boat ard Ea--sd OIL 90 far a. tas s@s-t-
missy showed. tnsy ws.. zsox=. bgt hey
eldA's get ous fne rSTe~ he7ore < trczs
~. Tnez thsy xDs dog Staging o---zE.
ard started 5owz ths river with tA<ss
sle6gss ard .w0 natives. Ezxsnos. On ths
way down. TIE nzxne rat Ire Eor1sc11s
occurred. they stcpn@1 a. . rois sssz-ty.
where the In6Ez1s Org FISH - tk= g1EzE1e-
were si@eptrg o. tas hack side - TIA
sack IN string. head % foot. Fuller srsr.
Bishop Segn@rs second ard TIE Eskimo
SZ%tzw th1r1 and TIE other Eskimo. oc-
tzw. last Sustz~ vas . wtt-szs =. re
trial He .sSrs1s3 hat The bIshcp Ecks
him I'D early Il re usc-ntrg- he Get -,
PICKED - lis Shes and Hzs again s.ccs-
Ing over % reach sor h1s rzttEs1s- wae1.
boxing ID he saE Fuller with his RTE
e. haa1. pointing az ths bssnoc- TIE a--
ter lad been setting ID. All as It's gun
was discharged he torpssG oger with
bullet hole Il lis sea. oTer u. eye. Fsll-
ers story q TIE witness sEa-9 vas ta2-
he vas swzEez@1 by the Indian getting
and raising an Ak 70 strike him. thai Re
GrasileF1 reached ever and caught h0if %
his Winchester rife packed Il the szefges
with the stock toward him. AS be sw11g
IL srcand with 3 view "a cover the indian
Il was accidentally discharged AID killed
the bishop. They placed the bo1y II
corner Of the shack. covered !. viii bear
skin ard wez. .o-z 20 SGkzhzyta-r =
trading pos. of the Alaska Commercial
Company and there reported tire homicide
70 the conpany-s agent. Tz- named
Walker. A party was mate 60 ard went
hack after the body. distance OF several
hundred miles. FILLER went with TIE
party. and when they returned ard took
THE body 70 S. Zschzeis Fzsis- went there
With IL ST. Xichzels Is a. the mouth Of
the Yukon. and i was there that TIE
body u TIE bishop was buried UotI tzse-
to Victoria. b q. II the American naval
vessel Thetfs. Fuller always Insisted that
there was 70 bullet mark o. ire bishops
face. and II - shot & Uas through the
body. and this vas confirmed ~ h. au-
topsy made after the body arrived a. We
toria- In ny opinion. continued
Judge Delaney, the mystery of his
death can never he Explained. bur there
ia absolutely nothing in the testimony
from the commencement 70 the end CO tie
trial 20 base a statement that there was
any woman IN the case. There never was
anybody with the party but the four men
after they started with the s3eages- !
would have acquitted Fuller al the tire
IL ffse court. Judge Dawson. had not
changed bis charge In the first place Re
charged that II they found the defendant
guilty Il must be OF murder. which was
right /. they believed the testimony
% the Indian suetaw. The other
Indian was lot present. The Jury
was ort seventy or eighty hours
ard when the court found that they could
rot agree hs sai1 that they might return
a verdict o. uansl2uEhter. so3 they Cid.
upon which Fuller was sentenced 20 tea
years TIE Liza OF 6e<ecss vas insanity.
and two doctors gave th-tr opinion that
Fuller was insane Bishop Seghers was
large. powerful mar. q he prime q lie
ard very popular. / think he had met
Fuller ga the Occur G. Aiene country Full
ler Eas also q tall six-sootsr CT powerful
physscue. a man vel qualified 20 De ch0ser
for companion "a s1ca journey. TIE
prosecuting attorney was Whit NJ Grant
and Il remember correctly the trial took
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