The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-20

that arsafe had been cracked and in five
from the Grand Trunk to the old trans
fer station II Commercial street was
lined with policemen. Investigation
showed that ths safe of the Maine Pro
vision and Gold Storage Company had
been blown. The building of this COM
pay is on the corner Of Union and Com
mercial streets, and the two police offi-
GERS were standing just across the street
on the other corner when the explosion
took place. The men who blew open the
safe didn't have time to gather in it's
contents after the explosion for they
heard the noisa of the policemen on the
opposite corner telling the men at the
police station about the explosion. Tho
safe crackers had just time to get out of
the store before the policemen found
the place open and filed with powder
smoke.
The officers along Commercial street
W ere on the look out for the safe crack
ers and ten minutes after the explosion
was heard Officers Keating and Cousens
saw some one running along the south
erly side of Commercial street in the
shadows Of the big buildings. The man
was hurrying towards the Grand Trunk.
When stopped by the officers he was out
OF breath and the perspiratlon was run
ming down his face in streams. He said
his name was George W.Murray and that
he had been a waiter on Eliot street,
in Boston, and gave the name of the res
taurant where he had worked. No such
man as Murray was k nown in this res
taurant. Murray said he had just ar
rived in Portland on Boston and Maine
freight train and was hnrrying to the
Grand Trunk to get another freight train
out of the city. When he was captured
it was after O'Clock in the morning
and the last freight train into Portland
over the Boston and Maine had arrived
here at II O'Clock. The police thought
they had captured at least ore of the
oraoksmen who blew opea the Maine
Cold Storage Company's 8 safe, but they
felt sure of it when Murray WAS idanti-
feti the next morning as having been in
this co.npany's store the day before tn
have S5 bill changed. Another man
had also visited this company's store u.
a similar errand shortly before Murray's
all6QGu VlSlt, ttuQ SO esUUu II ucSuTiHUlOu
was given Of this fellow that the police
were able to identify him as wei l.
known crook.
Murray still stuck TO his original story.
lie engaged able counsel and prepared
to offer vigorous defense. His case
will come up for trial in the Superior
Court in few days as he has been in
d icted for burglary.
But meantime the police were not idle.
Marshal Triokey believed that in George
W. Murray he had crook of no mean
ability or reputation. Marshal Trick ey
to look up Murray's revi-
Gus record if he had one, and with this
object in view first had the man IS picu-
ure taken. This photograph he sen to !
every police bureau and detective agen-
CIV in the country. The result far exec ed
cd his anticipation. AS soon al Muir
ray's picture was received in Boston
and reply could be sent here, Marshal
Trickey believed mole firmly than ever
that he had under arrest one of the best
ku own and most success sful crooks in the
William B. Watts, chief inspector OF
Boston, identified Murray's picture as
that of "Ullie'' Burke, and told Marshal |
Irickey to write to Chicago for the
mans recor'.
Marshal Trickey did so and in few |
lays Freceived a letter from j. f. Fitz- |
patrick, commanding tho frat division
Of the Chicago spolics, the sum and SUBJ