The Portland daily press., 1896-09-22
BOUND OYER.
George Murray Held On the Charge
Of Attempted Burglary.
THE STORY AS TOLD in THE PO-
LICE COURT YESTERDAY.

Witnesses Swear That MURRAY Was In
Town Earlier Than He Says He Was
Conductor Barri 9 Tells His Tale of
Masked Mon On the Cape.
George Murray, the man arrested on a
charge of being concerned in the at
tempted robbery at the office OF the cold
storage company on Commercial street
was given hearing before Judge Rob-
lnson in the municipal court yesterday
forenoon.
Assistant County Attorney Webb ap-
peared for the state and Carroll ". Nor
rill, Esq, for the respondent.
Officer Keating was the first witness.
He told of hearing loud noise while
on his beat near Fore and Union streets
at about % minutes to one on Saturday
morning. Mr.. Heating told how he and
Officer Cousens arrested Murray on Com
meroial street after the burglary in the
Cold Storage Company's office. When
arrested the man said he had come into
the city on a freight train and had come
from Wateryille. He told Heating that
he followed the races and belonged in
Pittsburg, Pa. When arrested Murray
was considerably heated and perspiring
as if he had been running. Heating told
Murray he thought he was too well
dressed to be jumping freight trains and
Murray explained his neat appearance by
say ing that he had recently bought some
clothes in Boston. On Gross examination
by ME-. Morrill, Officer Heating said the
explosion caused by the blowing of the
safe was heard about twenty five min
utes to one o'clock. Officer Cousens cor
roporated the testimony of Officer Keat-
ing as far as the arrest of Murray was
concerned.
B Officer Stuart was with Officer Heating
when the explosion WAS heard. After
hunting about little Officer Stuart
found tho doors of the Maine Provision
and Cold Storage Company open, the
place full of smoke and the safe blown.
I he look of the door had not been brok-
en- but both doors were open.
Tho transom over the door was open.
It was about one O'Clock when the doors
OF the Cold Storage Company were found
open and the explosion occurred about
H. 80 O. CLOCK.
Deputy Marshal Sterling heard of the
explosion from Officer Stuart who tele-
phoned one station about 1t. The depu-
ty sent the night class out to make a
search. In the Gold Storage Company's
Office he found the safe blown and the
doors opening onto Commercial street
sprung open. In conversation with Muir
ray after his arrest the prisoner told hi m
that he had just got into Portland from
Boston at II O'Clock at night and was on
his way to the Grand Trunk station to
take train for Montreal when arrested
by Officer Heating.
Mr.. Rupert G. Parker, bookkeeper at
the Maine Provision and Cold Storage
Company, told about Murray's calling at
his office at 4.S0 O'Clock on Friday to got
SIS bill changed. Mr.. Parker identified
Murray at the jail on Saturday, picking
him out from among five or six other
prisoners. On cross examination Mr..
Parker said he was positive it was Muir
ray who had been in his office to get a
S. bill changed. He had never seen Muir
ray before Friday.
Mr.. George o. Hatch, manager of tn e
Cold Storage Company, said he was In
the store on Friday afternoon at 4.S0
O'Clock. Murray stepped up to the off ce
and got bill changed and then went
out. Mr.. Hatch on cross examination
said he did not identity Murray by any
particular feature but he was positive he
had seen him on Friday afternoon.
Mr.. G. E. Wood. driver for the Cold
Storage Company, also positively identi-
fed Murray as having been in the store
on Friday afternoon
Mr.. George E. Colley, bookkeeper OF
the Cold Storage company in the upper
office, saw Murray III his office on Fri
day. He yyantea to hLvla bill changed
Another man came into the oe6ce short
ly before Murray was In there who asked
some qu estions.