The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24
BROUGHT BACK.
Martin Murray is Behind the
Bars.
He Was Arrested Last Night ID Waseca
and Denies the Charge
ct Rape.


was accompanied to the city by Sheriff
Frank Collins, of Waseca, who made
the arrest last night When the Chi
cago & Northwestern passenger train
from the east arrived, a large crowd
was on hand to catch glimpse of
Murray. He did not know what to
make of the demonstration, and shrunk
from the crowd, nervous and tremb-
ling. He was hustled into hack and
was driven to the county Jail, where
he will remain until his hearing takes
place at least, and probably until the
November term of the district court,
unless he should be taken to LIE Sueur
county for trial
Sheriff Collins was informed Tues
day that Murray had been seen in
Waseca during the day. In company
with the village marshal, he made a
search of the saloons and other places
last evening. 1t was almost by acct
dent that he pushed open the door of a
card room in the rear of one OF the
saloons and ran upon Murray and a
companion. He knew Murray by
sight, as he had seen him at wrest-
ling match there, and he at once placed
him under arrest. Murray denied his
identity and claimed that the officer
had made mistake One officer was
on each side of him, and he asked
them to let go of his arms, saying that
he would not run After he had been
locked up, he admitted who he was.
For fear that he might attempt escape
or suicide, a deputy watched him all
night, but he slept soundly.
The arrest was made at about ten
O'Clock, and the sheriff telephoned to
the police authorities of Mankato and
told them that he had the much
wanted Murray. The officers had heard
this report so often that they scarcely
believed that it was true. Chief Bruels
took the morning train to Waseca, and
after looking at the prisoner tele-
phoned back that Murray was surely
in custody. The report quickly spread,
and big crowd was at the depot to
take look at one of the defendants
in the celebrated Edith Watson case.
Sheriff Collins will claim the 800
reward offered by the city and county,
marshall
On the way to Mankato, Murray told
the officials that he spent Saturday
night and Sunday following the hack
ride to Kasota hiding in the ravines
and underbrush ON the side hill back
of Bierbauer's brewery. Then he
struck east, and hid in corn fields and
other places in the day time and
moved little during the darkest
hours of night He got food from the
farmers and saw few newspapers,
learning in this way of the efforts
that were being made to get him and
of the fruitless trips of Sheriff Ger
Itch and Chief Bruels to Winnebago
City. He also told the officers that
Miss Watson was taken with fit as
soon as the hack had passed the north
Front street hill on the Friday night
of the assault, and that he and Joe
Safer were afraid and did not know
what to do.
Murray was seen at the jail by
Free Press reporter. He stated that he
was not guilty of the crime of rape or
attempted rape, and said that neither
Joe Safer or Dick Graves was guilty
of neither crime. He said that no
rape was attempted or accomplished.
When asked to give his account of the
affair, he said that he did not care to
say anything more for publication.
He said that he had not yet secured
an attorney
Murray stated to the reporter that
he had moved around good deal after
leaving Mankato, but had not visited
Winnebago City, Delavan or any
other town until he entered Waseca
Tuesday. He had kept under cover,
and did not have over much to eat
He said that he did not even know
the hotel girl at Winnebago City who
had claimed to the officers to have
had talk with him. He told the re-
porter that it was his intention to re-
turn and give himself up at the time
of the trial of the other accused
parties.
Murray told the officers last night
when placed in the lookup at Waseca
that he had not had his shoes off
since leaving Mankato When he was
in the saloon his companion went to
the bar several times and bought
beer and took it back to him. so that
Murray might not disclose his iden-
tity.
Murray's mother and sister visited
him at the county Jail this afternoon,
and an affecting scene was had.
County Attorney Hughes and Attor-
neys Pau and Comstock are out of the
city, and it is not known when Muir
rays examination will be had Judge
Shissler stated this afternoon that