The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-22

HALIFAX, July 21.-The barkentine
Herbert Fuller, captain Nash, from
Boston July 8, for Rosario, put into
Halifax this morning flying the stars
and stripes at half mast with a black
flag Immediately beneath This is the
signal for ''mutiny on board" When
the Fuller was boarded it was learned
that murder had been added to mutiny
and that Captain Nash, his wife Laura
and Second Officer Bramberg had been
killed in their hunks while asleep.
The murders had been committed
with an axe. The rooms in which the
victims lay were
COVERED WITH BLOOD,
showing that a severe struggle had
taken place, and the bodies were horri-
bly, mutilated. The cook, Jonathan
Sheere, of Rosario, suspected the mate,
Thomas Bran and succeeded in plac-
ing Bram in irons and he afterwards
ironed the man who was at the wheel
at the time the murder was committed.
Upon arriving, all on board the vessel,
including Frank Monks, of Boston, a
passenger, were placed under arrest.
The United States consul here has
telegTaphed to Washington for instruc-
tions, pending the receipt of which he
has enjoined all connected with the
affair to
MAINTAIN THE STRICTEST
SILENCE.
In view of these conditions it was
difficult to obtain further facts but it
was apparent that the murders were
committed at about o'clock on the
night of the 18th instant Captain Nash
and his wife were in their respective
sleeping apartments and Branberg was
in his, which was separated by those of
Captain Nash and wife, by the room
occupied by Monks.
1t was the first officers watch. When
all was quiet on board and those below
We're sleeping soundly, the murderer
or murderers crawled aft to the cabin,
descended and with axes chopped their
victims to death. The affair became
known not long afterward. Them the
cook, a. negro, who had shipped at
Rosario became suspicious of Mate
Thomas Bran, a naturalized American,
but a native Nova Scotian. Bran was
placed in irons The man who was at
the wheel when the
MURDER WAS COMMITTED
was also placed in irons and the ship
was then headed for Halifax. The
bodies of the victims were all placed
in a boat and covered with canvass and
were towed behind the vessel. They
are now in charge of the coroner here
who will hold an inquest. Police Of
ficers have been placed IN charge Of
the Fuller, under directions of the
United States consul and nobody is al
lowed ON board. The Herbert Fuller
halls from Harrington, Maine.
F. H Monks, the passenger on board
the Herbert Fuller, belongs in Boston.
He is a member of Harvard's 81 and
has been suffering for some time from
pulmonary troubles. He had been adj
vised to take a. sea voyage and was go
ing to South America for recuperation
In spite of the secrecy it has been as
certained that he first became aware
of the horrible crime when he went to
the captains room to inquire if the
captain was i'll, Monks having been
aroused from his sleep by a groan or a
scream. Failing to receive an answer
he entered tine room and found the
captain lying on the floor covered with
blood. He rushed on the deck and con-
fronIaed the first mate who was in
charge, with the statement that the
CAPTAIN HAD BEEN MURDERER.
Bram, the mate, seemed much agi-
tat-ed and appeared not to know what
to do. Monks then rushed below and
aroused the crew. The men hurried to
the cabin where the full extent of the
crime was soon made known. Mrs.
Nasl's skull had been split almost in
twain. The fingers of her right hand
had been almost cut off while another
blow Of the ak had cut off a section