Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-04-09
HELD ON SUSPICION.
Farrell, Murphy, King or Kenney May
After all, be McGuuuipIe

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John Farrell, or Murphy, or King, OF
kenney, as he has at different time.
styled himself, who was arrested here last
week for drunkenness and for disturbing
the Sunday evening services at several oil
the churches, is again an inmate of the
county jail. 1t will be remem bered that
mlttlmus was suspended on condition
That he leave Ellsworth. He started for
Bar Harbor.
On the day following Marshal Holmes
learned OF the escape from the insane
asylum at Howard, r. L., of one James
McGunnigle, who seemed to answer the
description OF Murphy"
Chief OF Police Clark, OF Bar Harbor
was notified, and soon located the man.
The Rhode Island officers were com
municated with, and they advised holding
the man until he could be identified
lie was committed to the county Jail for
ten days on technical charge OF
drunkenness, pending the arrival OF an
officer from the asylum.
McGunnigle, the man who escaped from
the asylum, had been an inmate for three
years. He was apprehended for the burn
ing OF church at Howard, and was de-
| cided insane. lie was considered practi-
cally cured and WAS given work waiting
on the tables. He made his escape March
10, by concealng himself in the dining
room after placing a dummy" in his bed
to fool the night Waterman.
reporter OF THE AMERICAN talked
with Farrell at the jail Monday. At first
he refused to say anything to reporter
because the papers had already done him
injury enough, he said. He was finally
induced to talk. He denied that he WIS
McGunnigle, and that he had eyer been
in Howard, X. |. He SAID his right name
was John II. Farrell, and his home was
in CharlestoWn, Mass. His age was thir-
ty-fve Years.
He sad TINT last November he Was in
Rocklaud, where he met some friends and
got drunk. The officers to get him out OF
the city tried to get him to ship on some
vessel, He would not do this, and wes
put on the rock pile. Here he Chains he
was abused. He vas then adjudged in
sane, and sent to the insane ward at
Thomaston prison, and given to under
stand that he was there for good. Herr,
he says, DR.. Sanborn examined him. and
declared him sane. He was discharged
Monday, March %, and finally made his
way to Ellsworth.
This story he tells in straig htforward
manner. He talks intelligeIitly, but
appears nervous, and does not lock his
interrogation squarely in the eye except
for an occasional shifting glance.
II FarreLl's story is true, he certainly IS
not McGunnigle, but Officer Clark, to
whom h. told the same story, says he
has received word from Chef of Police
Crockett, of Rockland, that he remem bers
no such man as Farrell.
The description of the man Nc
Gunuig.e. although answering Farrell in
some particulars, differs in Others Me
GunnlEie's eyes are described as black.
Farrell. eyes are not black, but grey,
though the heavy dark eyebrows give
him the appearance of having dark eyes.
McGunuigIe is described as young man.
Farrell looks fully the thrty-tive years
he says he is. MeGunnigle is five feet,
eight inches tall. Farrell is at least two
inches taller. Farrell mas a scar in the
middle Of his forehead which would be
likely to be used as means of ident flea
ton. No such scar is mentioned in the
description of McGunnig e.
The officers Of the insane asylum have
been notified that Farrell is held here,
and will come on to identify him.