Evening star., 1963-04-13
Boy Admits Staying
Man and Son at Sea
Coast Guard
Seizes Youth
Aboard Boot

KEY WEST, Fla, April l3
(AP) Roger Foster, 17-year-
old admitted killer of the
charter boat Dream Girls two
man crew, was brought to Key
West by a Coast Guard vessel
today and was Immediately
whisked away from the docks
by FBI agents and county
officers.
The husky youth from Grif-
fin, Ca, wearing a filthy tee
shirt and pants stained with
blood. was held for is minutes
aboard the Coast Guard cutter
after its arrival, then was hur-
ried to a waiting automobile.
Both his hands we're band
aged and he appeared dazed
as he was led ashore. An FBI
agent held him firmly by one
arm and Sheriff Henry Has
kins held the other.
Craft TOwed In
The cutter also towed the
Dream Girl into port. Her
deck, on which the captain and
first mate died, was spattered
with blood.
II murdered them and threw
them overheard" Foster told
Coast GuardSmen when the
charter boat was found yester-
day after a wide search, out Of
fuel, 20 miles from the coast
Of Communist Cuba. The youth
was alone on the deck.
He said he had killed the
captain. Douglas Trevor, AZ,
and Capt. Trevor's son. Edward,
%. the first mate.
Key West Police Chief George
Gomez said a looseleaf note
book. found in the boys motel
room, had the word Rockwell"
in quotes on its cover and the
word propaganda" in paren-
theses below.
Chief Gomez said this and
a check he made with Griffin
police convinced him the words
alluded to George Lincoln
Rockwell. head of the Amer
ican Nazi Party. He refused to
reveal contents of the notebook.
Boat Was Chartered
Foster chartered the boat,
possibly in a mad effort to
reach Cuba for an attempt to
assassinate Fidel Castro, after
earlier attempting to kill him.
self in a Key West motel room.
A crowd of about 100 had
gathered across the boat slip
from the Coast Guard docks.
The FBI and the sherifcs
department were to confer on
who had jurisdiction. 1t was
not known exactly where the
boats crewmen were slain. II
they were killed within 3
miles Of any United States
island, the sheriff's office will
handle the case.
The main deck of the Dream
Girl. a trim little blue and white
sports fishing boat, was
smeared with blood which had
dripped over the side.
Newsmen we're not permitted
TO talk to Foster.
Relatives on Hand
In the waiting group were
grief-stricken relatives and
friends Of the Trevors and
Fosters father. DR.. H. A. Fos-
ter. a Griffin, Ca. physician.
Until the boats arrival, details
Of the sinister sea tragedy had
been withheld from him. pre-
sumably because Of a weak
heart.
The Dream Girl was found
after a wide search. After
reaching II. Coast Guardsmen
gave Foster first aid. put him
under guard. and took the boat
in tow.
A suicide note found In
Rogers blood-spattered Key
West motel room had said, II
think ! am insane" II urged
authorities. do not publicize
my death. Be careful when
you tell my father because he
has a bad heart"
A picture OF mental turmoil
over American naziism. the
Communist Party and Cuba's
dictator Fidel Castro began
shaping up from information
police gathered about young
Foster. He was described by
his mother In Griffin as "a
brilliant boy (whol seemed 10
have strange ideas" that
prompted his parents 10 have
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