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 LOOK Win him k. r. rosi and Ff A' t.0Dauit Dorn ol tne Society Of 1esas' anu suler a secuiar heper wnose lserWees, he thought would prove moat yamaoie ourns an expedition ol tnis Sind in wild country
 Ine missionary party had reached no nWlner than Juneau, Dy the 5. S. Ancon. July l9, 1886, when inc two Jesmt rriests, aiarmed at tho unmis' lakaOle mgns or mental disturbance, goomy dlsposiuon ana wanton iras- cimnss ot Funer begged tho Archbah. 0b .o send nm back Go che States by lue same boat under the circum. slnces me zealous ereiate could not ueeu ,nen warning, and Desioes he .,.ss conudout tnar Q temporary ao- sence from civilization, as he himaelf asserted would euro Fuller of his persecution mania.
 At Haper's Post on the British Yukon, the Misaonaries parted, Faths ers rosi and kobout stopping there Tor the winter, and the Archbishop, wlth sulier proceeding down stream to Nuiato, where the Prelato had spent tne season or 1S77-lS7S. On this oc- casion, tuiler enthusiastically gave the Fathers 9 solemn pledge Of loyalty to tne Archbishop, declaring that he would be ready even to lay down his life for the Prelate
 In the course or the Journey whom they had arrived at the trading post or NuRluRayet (Nugiorhyet), some sin- ister influence was made to bear up. on Jne man. who hencetorth began to look upon the ArchDishop as an enc. my 10 get rid of From day to day Fuiems nts or frenzy became more ac- centuated The Prelate's diary bears witness 10 many instances in which tne man showed himself insanely en. ragged violent and threatening. The travellers were at theT last camp be- iore making Nulator near a low pro- jecting hin which has since been known as Bishops Rock" when Ful- lers mania having come to a climax, on the morning oi November 27, 1886, he aroused the Archbishop and shot him dead The bullet severed the aorta. and Che death was instanlon, eous.
 The V Rev. p F. Hylebos of Ta- coma, (then at Portland, 0re) dur ing the night of November 26 to No- vomber 27 of that same year. saw in a dream the s8lntly Archbishop killed by a rifle shot Wildly impressed with the strang occurrence, he noted it down In his diary and later on heI thus ascortained that he had seen In his sleep the scene ol the murder atI the very moment the crime was bel ing perDeuated.
 The murdered was brought by tho steamer Rush to Sitka for trial The proceedings took place towordg the close of the year 1887, Faher who until then. cn many occasions. by word Of mouth and in letter to bis evil genius, Walker of Nuklorhoyet had coldiy boastcd of his dastardly deed. now before the Court In his de- Tense. .contended that the deathly shot had been accidental; that while lift ing his rifle to protect himself against one of the Indian guides who was at- taching him with an axe, the gun had gone off, and the bullet struck the bishop. 'I could even sustain, said he, chat did not kill him at all; and he may have died a natural death.
 The jury was out 61 hours, and theI votes were taken nineteen times, eight of the jurors constantly returning a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. while Che other four persisted in sopining for acquittal; un til a solution was suggested in agree ing to compromise on a verdict of manslaughter. The accused was son. fenced to ten years of imprisonment and fine of S3,000
 On the plea Of good conduct, theI prisoner was romitted part of his term. But Gods justice seems 70 have overtokcn him; for bc died violent death not very long after.
 A Reverend gentleman by the name Of p -, who waa at st. Michael when Fuller arrived there one month or SO after committing hia crime promptly wrote Go the morayiau Ms sion on the KuskoigRim that a Jesuit priest had murdered an Archbi5hop At least it was Che believed lhat tho gentleman had written the letter until be justified himself by saying that not he. but his wife. had done it. The report spread Ike wiid-I