The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-12

The Green Bag" an entertaining
magazine for lawyers, is at hand (Bos-
ton and London) 1t has fine leading
papers with portrait of Daniel Dough-
ierty Of the Philadelphia bar. It's chief
interest, however, clusters about the
paper by Charles E. Grinnei, why
Thomas Bran Was Found Guilty" 1t
tells the story of the Herbert Fuller's
voyage, the three murders, the trial.
and the sentence of Bran, in the actual
order of events. 1t begins with the
loading of the vessel in Boston, in June,
1896. The history of Bran, the first
mate, is given. His stay on the vessel
with the steward before. sailing, and his
interview with young Monks, the Har
ward student, begins the life on board
the ship. The crew is described, and
the peculiar experiences of Charley
Brown. The Captain and his wife ap-
pear on the scene. The ordinary life
on board is pictured, and the falling
out between the first and second mates
BramS criticism of the Captain begins
and grows. 1t is told how the evil
dence shows the evening before the
murders to have been spent where
every person was who was on the watch
and the conduct of those awake at the
time of the murders. The mooted ques-
tiOnS about laShing the wheel are
touched upon, and the details of what
the murderer had to do from room to
room are specified as increasing the i'm
probability that Charley did the muir
ders. The awful hours from o'clock
in the morning until i, when Bran and
young Monks sat with their pistols
pointing crossWise, waiting for day
light, are given, and then followed by
the exciting morning when the crew
were walked up. and everyone wondered
and was afraid The visit of the crew
to the after-house to see the dead
bodies is an unusually dreadful scene.
The strange conduct of Bran, i'll avoid
ing an examination of the bodies; in
his silent calculation when Monks dis
covered the murder of the Captain, re-
sulting in saying there was a nlutiny,
and that the second mate was forward
with the men, when he was dead in his
bunk; in throwing the ak overheard,
his submitting to the will of the young
student and the mulatto cook, all ap-
pear the more significantly as they are
Icdu III the OIoe1 VI tNtIlS liz SpOlS
of blood are tracked below and on deck
The light attempt of Bran TO dispose
Of the whole matter: and SO on through
all the details of the famous case tried
this year in Boston.
While the story sticks to the evidence,
and states with accuracy measurements
and dates. it is also a study of the
human nature of the persons involved
in 1t. 1t shows that the case requires
both study and judgment. They who
are interested in problematic characters
will be apt to look here for problem
which with great labor on the part of
the prosecuting officers was solved.
They who like facts will find one here
on every line. AS for excitement, to
furnish this, it was only necessary to
state what happened hour by hour and
day by day, and that is the method of
this story.
A noteworthy feature Of the North
| American Review for April New
! York; is the opening article, entitled
How India Fights the Famine from
the pen of the Marquis of Dufferin and
Ava. Dr. Henry Smith Williams dis
cusses the question, What Shall Be
Done With Dependent Children" and
Andrew Lang contributes an essay on
The New in the Old" Under the cap
ton of What Will Bring Prosperity ?"
Charles Stewart Smith and Francis B.
Thurber present practical papers deal
ing with the various aspects Of this
vital subject. Admiral A. Fl. Mark
ham. r. N, writes concerning Ant
actic Exploration" and the history of
the present. epidemic in Bombay serves
as the theme for a paper by United
States Surgeon General Walter Wy
man, entitled The Black Plague" Two
contributions are furnished upon THE
Uprising Of Greece" Charles w Dixie,
NJ. p, giving an English view of the
affair, and Demetrius n. Botassi Greek
Consul General at New York, the Gre
elan. Captain Jose Gutierrez Sobral
Naval Attache of the Spanish Legation
at Washington, gives "A Spanish View
of the Nicaragua Canal" and THE
Need of Copyright Reform is advo-
Gated by w. Morris Coles Director of
the incorporated Society of Authors.
An endeavor to forecast THE Foreign
Policy Of the New Administra ton is
deftly made by Mayo w Hazeltine,
and the Hon. Perry Belmont deals
thcughtfully with the important topic
Of Democracy and Socialism" Other
subjects considered are: Speculation
in Damage Claims" by s. p. Crosby
and Charles hewitt; " Chestnut for
Example" by Jane Marsh Parker, and
The Other Side Of the Shield by
Christine Terhune Herrick.
John Adams was inaugurated Presi-
dent of the United States just a hun
bred years ago, and the New England
Magazine" Rostom observes the CEN
tcnnial by the publication of an arti-
Gle, The Friendship Of John Adams
and Thomas jefferson" by T. p Row
ell, accompanied by fine reproductions
of the portraits CT Adams and jefferson
by Gilbert Stuart The Editors Table
is also devoted to an interesting side
of Adams life The first article is by
Herbert L. Jillson upon the hero and
the author of the famous song THE
Vacant Chair" The hero was Lieuten-
ant William Circuit of Worcester, and
the author of the song. Hon. Henry S.
Washburn, Of the same city William
Morris. the Artist is the subject of a
critical and important article by W.
Henry Winslow. the Boston architect
The English Holland" is the subject
of a charming article by Henry c. Shell
ley. illustrated by q score of pictures.
The Spring Birds of New England. -
by William Everett Cram. is an arti-
Gle of the same essential character as
that upon The Winter Birds of New