The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-17
M'MURRAY UNDER ARREST.
CAPTURED IN NEW YORK AND
HELD FOR A REQUIsITION.

Charged with Larceny After Trust.
Several warrants For Him-His
wife Found in IA HefOrmatOry and
Proceedings to Secure Her Release
Begun-Mrs. McMurray's Letter 10
Her MOther-A RequisitiOn For
McMurray Applied For.
Patrick McMurray was arrested yester-
day morning in New York city on the
charge of larceny after trust.
The warrant was sworn out in Savan-
nah, Monday, before Justice Waring Rus
sell, Jr., by Mr.. Edward McCabe, who
was recently appointed receiver for the
Prenty property by Judge Fallgant, and
is only one OF three warrants Of the same
kind sworn out by Mr.. McCabe. There
is also a warrant for assault and battery,
charging McMurray with assaulting, beat
ing and cruelty maltreating his wife on
Oct. l.
The arrest OF McMurray promises to be
the beginning of a most sensational case,
involving charges of illtreating his wife,
defrauding her and her mother Of their
property, and, worst of ALL conspiring to
destroy his wife's character and having
her incarcerated in a reformatory in New
York, where she has been kept against her
will.
The case will largely hinge on the truth
or falsity of these charges against Mrs.
McMurray by her husband. He charged
her with the most fragrant infdelity, and
endeavored to secure proof of such charges
here, but without success. The charges
are believed to be groundless by all here
who were in position to know anything
concerning Mrs. McMurray, while no one
has been found to uphold them.
Three weeks ago the Morning News gave
an account of the departure of McMur-
ray from Savannah, after disposing of the
property at Perry and Houston streets,
and the anxiety of her mother and friends
on account of the disappearance of Mrs.
McMurray, who had not been seen or
heard of for several months. All efforts
to discover anything of the whereabouts
OF Mrs. McMurray were without avail.
Mr.. William Prenty Of Pittsburg. an
uncle of Mrs. McMurray, was informed by
Chief McDermott while in Pittsburg at
the police chiefs convention of the state
OF affairs here, and at once set to work
to discover the whereabouts of his niece.
He sent his son to New York, where the
latter spent ten days searching the CITY
Tor MS cousin, but without success Mr.
Frehty then came to Savannah and inves-
tgated affairs from this end of the line
lie found his sister-in-law in the ST To-
seph's lnfirmary nearly dead with anxi-
ETY. for her daughter, without means of
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left by her husband about to be sold for
debt -O'
Mr.. Prenty engaged the services of
Messrs. J. l.. Whatley and A. c. Wright
ana the steps which have been taken have
been by their direction. 1t was found that
McMurray had collected the rents from
the houses of the Prenty estate for the last
several years, amounting in all to several
thousand dollars, for which no accounting
had ever been made, and it was decided to
arrest him on the charge of larceny after
trust, it being considered necessary to
brlng both him and his wife back to Sa-
Vannah in order to unravel matters.
Col. Whatley went on to New York about
ten days ago, and was followed several
days later by Mr.. Prenty. The warrant
Tor McMurray's arrest was forwarded by
Chief McDermott Monday night. He re-
ceived the following telegram from New
York yesterday morning:
McMurray under arrest Send officer
with requisition. Stephen J. O'Brien,
Chief of Detectives"
The telegram was turned over to Solic-
itor General Osborne. who prepared the
papers for the requisition and communi-
Gated with MIR. A. c. Wright who is now
in Atlanta. No time will be lost In for
warding the requlsition.
Later Chief McDermott received the fol-
lowing telegram from New York:
'McMurray is arrested Is warrant on
its way? Police will not hold without
warrant"
Chief McDermott does not know the
sender of the telegram and made no reply
to the telegram. Other warrants have
been forwarded, however
At noon Chief McDermott received q
telegram from Chief o Brlen saying that
McMurray had been paroled in the Gus
tody of his council until the arrival Of
the officer with requisition papers
1t was not deemed advisable to arrest
McMurray until his wife had been locat-
ed. This was done through a letter re-
ceived by Mrs. Prenty several days ago
from her daughter. in which the latter
stated that she was in a reformatory in
New York, giving its location and beg
ging her mother. for Gods sake to get
her out of there, saying she had done
nothing to be put in such a place This
letter was kept secret for obvious reasons.
Mrs. Prenty was very unwilling to talk
about 1t yesterday for fear McMurray
would do his wife bodily harm when he
heard of It. Habeas corpus proceedings
for the relief OF Mrs. McMurray were to
have been begun i'm New York this week
by Col. Whatley, but 1t is not known what
steps have been taken.
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