New-York tribune., 1896-07-23
DID THE MATE KILL THEMi
THE TRAGEDY ON THE HERBERT Full
LER STILL A MYSTERY
SUSPICION HOWEVER. POINTS STRONGLY TO
BRAN AS THE AssAssIN-FURTHER DE-
TAILS GIVEN BY MoNCK-GREAT
EXCITEMENT OVER THE AT
FAIR IN HALIFAX.

FAIR IN HALIFAX.
Halifax ~ s. July 22-The intense excitement
occas,oned Yesterday by the triple murder on the
barkentne Herbert Fuller has not abatev' ihe
streets around the police station where those Ill
custody are held were crowded with reopie all Day
The body of the second mate. August biahours'
was buried in Camphill Cemetery to-day. Inc
bodies of Captain Nash and his wife nave oee"
sealed I'D and await the arrival Of the dead man
brother At II o'clock when the Magistrates III
vestigation was 10 begin, 1t was announced that
Medical Examiner Finn's report on lhe poer
mortem examination not ready, and tAat the
inquiry would not take place to-day
The story which Leslie Monck, the passenger on
the Herbert Fuller will tell on the STAND WIN oe
,,hs,or,,ouv os follows: When Mrs. Nash )
screar awoke HAM he realized that something WIS
wrong and nut his clothes Then ne ioaoeu ms
revolver and went out In the cornpaho"""'' "
looked into the chart room and saw 'he capa
living on the floor, and also opsef'eu o'oou'
then went forward TO call the captaihs : VIC "
reaching her room he saw her mutiiated oouy y .
Ing on the floor It then dawned on Monck "ha'
had bannered and he hastily proceeded TO the
second mates roour only to find that he, too' hao
been murdered At first he started aft ana was
about to 90 on deck but reraced ms napy l4orSvep'
again and went up the forward rw bnxa The deck
than billet of wood hurled at him Dy brai, H IT,
the frst mate Monck levelled his revolver a' The rc
mate ars anG 'nS Sen aroused and Brown the wheel
man was placed in irons Suspiir,o', pinsa watch wa
rested strongly on the mate, and close "a'0" ""'
he mate had full charge OF the ssIp snsnder ana the
steward did not think he was steering rer ND .
nearest port Monck consulted ba .ne yesssi off her
course and heading in another h conelaton orsGH,
Monck and Spencer then came m Tops 70 .ne and
seized Bran while Monck stood over MN WIN Il Il
loaded revolver. The mate did not rsslSSI' .h hera
bapI ordered deck ana T'i'idi'S
ali the time as feared that scis ~, I'd ,ba
char, again and found that the nearest por, was a
bermuda but ~ the wind was n9l iav9i law a. so bead
M sl'ns s,,ea ~ Pram when searched after being put
in irons had an old rusty reVoiVer u, ~. ovsr
sion, II was taken from him and throw" o'e'
The mate declares that he knows nothing eo"-
BPa T Who accofns the theory Of the NoIs4 pSfs n
and the passenger. Monck, was the prime novs' M ,bn
the TRIPLE 5aEEy ahs ysd in or
number OF long time ago ne w@S conamcted
restaurant, of his own on TIE wsst siae sS o. lie lie
Bowery, between Houston and Becker ss, no
Street Sire Me,hodst Church. 1t was reported THIS
afternoon that Bran had made eS,ndaou for
the story. c, us
Arlington " j. July % CspecaD.-captan and
Mrs Charles J. Nash. who were murdered on 'ne
barkentne Herbert Fuller on July l3 were wen
known in Arlington. where they had relatives and
many friends They were to have settled perma-
nentv in Arlington on their return from TINS trip
"a ntoln and Mrs Frank Nash. cousins OF the
murdered couple live IN Iauresye ana rnins wmgh
Mrs Nash was found almost prostrated over the
news OF the terrible affair; She said mat shs naa
well acquainted with the ship and the location Oh
the cabin where the murders were committed .,
NO one could have gone down into the cabin "a ,bo
said Mrs Nash without the knowledge OF tne
hein,sman nor do ! believe that those In the capln
noiId have remained In ignorance OF the terrible
decd She described the murdered captain as OF a
gentle and kindly disposition. and said that, al
,hnngo he had been at sea for sixteen years. he
Rad never had trouble with his men. Mrs. Nash.
who was murdered. was the only daughter OF cap
tain Judson Ray. OF Harrington, Me-