Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-22
HORRIBLE STORY.
More Details Of the Butchey on Board the
Herbert Fuller.

strong evidences of horrible crime.
| The captains chart room is located in
| the after part of the cabin, on the
| starbCard side of the vessel and ad-
| joining the passage from the wheel
This passage leads to the dining room
| The passengers stateroom is on the
starboard side and forward of the chart
| room. The entrance to the room is
| through the chart room. Forward of
| the passengers room is the captain S
| Stateroom. In the Starboard forward
corner and adjoining it at the forward
| end of the cabin toward the port side
| is the room occupied by the second
| mate
The captains chart room is where
Captain Nash was murdered He had
evidently been on deck and descended
| to the chart room to lie on n couch
which that room contained. The couch
| was situated on the Starboard side of
the chart room and at it's head was a
| desk. The couch was evidently torn
| from the wall i'm the struggle There
| was blood all over the wall.
Mrs. Nash's room was in much the
same condition and fragments of hal,
were mixed with the blood of the vic
| tim.
| The second mates room is adjoining
and is covered with blood. On order OF
| the United States consul-general the
| police arrested all hands on board the
vessel.
| The mate was in irons and he with
others was brought ashore and taken
| TO the police station where the consul
general was in consultation with the
chief of police and Detective Powers
| Passenger Monck and the mate were
examined by the police in the presence
of the consul. who telegraphed the facts
| to the Washington authorities The
| owners of the ship were communicated
! with.
The consul general says the evidence
| of all the men will be taken at the
consulate here and forwarded to tn,
district attorney in whatever state the
case may be tried The trial cannot bt
held here as the act was committed OF
the high seas on an American vessel
| and therefore comes under the juris-
dicton of the United States
After the discovery of the murder
the passenger did the best toward navi-
eating the vessel until the pilot boarded
her, this morning. When the United
Press reporter visited the vessel he
found Pilot VIM. White in charge The
pilot stated that he boarded the vessel
six miles southeast of Devils island
At that time she was heading this way
and before he got to her the helm was
put down and the vessel headed of
shore.
He Immediately surmsed that there
was something wrong. AS Pilot
Wright neared the ship and roweC
around the stern, those on board TOLD
him to be careful of the boats stern a.
1t contained corpSeS. Then he asked
what was the matter and the steward
who was apparently in charge said
There has been murder aboard anC
that boat contains the bodies of the
captain his wife and the second
Shortly after II. the tug Argus came
alongside with Medical Examiner Finn
Detective Power. Deputy Chief Nicker-
son. Sergeant Lehan and Police Officer
Goulding. The cabin door was unlocked
and the officials and reporters entered
Here horrible sight met their gaze l
Passing down the stairs through tn, |
forward companonway. the first dool ]
opening on the starboard side led int !
the room occupied by the second mate
The bed ticking which had been of light |
coiored material. was dyed in blood ano
everything about the place was in dis |
order
Passing from there to the next room
that of the captains wife, the sigh; 1
was. if anything. more horrible thar
that in the second mates room. The
bed was literally stuck to the side OF
the cabin and covered with gore, which I
had soaked through onto the floor. Oh
the bed were numerous locks of dark
brown hair chopped from the head OF
the victim by the murderer. as he must
have repeatedly struck the unfortunate
woman on the head with the axe Tive
yellow garters We're on the bed and |
about the room We're various articles !
of wearing apparel.
The place where the captain met his /
death was in the after cabin or chart /
house. Here he had slept on a small |
so as to be ready at any |
moment to go on deck, when called !
This room was Strewn with books /
papers and other articles. and looked /
as though struggle had taken place
The stretcher was overturned but the !
bed was not soaked in blood as in the |
other rooms. there being more blood OF |
the carpet and pillow than on the bed !
that in his struggle the cap |
tain must have overturned the bed anC
was then cut to death while he lay or
the floor. The ceiling of this room is |
spattered with blood. The captains
og book was found in this room and |
N it was an entry made after the muir
Ter. 1t was dated Wednesday. July Is |
4 United Press reporter started to reaC
t. before he finished Detective Power !
ook the book away and refused to al
ow a further perusal of it. So far as
he reporter read. the entry was:
This day. at $50. the steward came
o me and told me that the sailors had
,ome and made an open statement to
lin in reference to a sailor named
Charles Brams conduct of guilt in.re-
,ard to the murder which took place
N board.
Il at once got each mans statement.
md then upon the strength of these
we concluded to put him
n irons at daybreak. At P. NJ, all
lands were mustered aft and
searched and no other