Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-17

the fhcrlns ONCE,
PURSUED ny OFFICIALS.
For two hours hast night the insane
man was pursued by three police OIL.
GERS and two deputy FheHfs, ana
finally eluded pursuit iu the darkness.
Since his escape three weeks ago ilom
the asylum the Provo officials nave
done everything iu their power TO loc'le
him When the murdorous assault was
made ON Miss Mary Burton ON Nam
street o. week ago, a woman ln eall
Lake who knew Murchie wrote the
officials of the asylum that she hpd seen
him ON the streets of this city, ana thal
sine thought n was hf who made the
attempt OH Miss Burtous lie. lnyesu-
CATION following this Information Ted 10
the discovery that MurchIe was room
Iug Dt 90 Grape street. Yesterday
Guard David bennett was sent TO cape
Wre the man and return him To- th'
asylum. Accompanied by Deputy
Sheun sharp he went TO the Grape
street house last night and found tltt
Murchic was visiting next door nae
was sent for and upon coming Into bis
rUom and catching sight Of Deputy
Sheriff sharp, be- broke for the dooL
and made good his escape in me dark
ness. THE officers followed him fol.
some time, but finally gave mp the
chase and returned 90 the sheriff
office Then came "a telephone call to
police headquarters stating that "a man
with revolver Wus terIOrlziug cltl-
zpns zoo the corner of Grape and OAK
streets. The patrol wagon, with three
officers was sent up but failed To TO-
cate the man.
FOUR SHOTS FIRED.
Later word was received that be had
! gone Co bis home ana officer sgagp
| attempted to capture him there How.
ever be escaped out of back door ana
| ran down au alIeyway followed by the
| officer who fired four shots into inc
! air in am effort 20 frlghten him mo
| stopping But this only increased hla
| gait, and finally he escaped 10 the RAIN.
| For au hour The squad of officers ana
! Deputy SnerIns Sharp and Booth VINO
| had returned to The scene, made a gu,
| igent search OF the vicinity bul IaHeI
| 90 get any clue of the mans where
| lbouts The search was then given up
! tll this morning, when Deputy SherlIl
! sharp started out with Guard Bennett
for the mining claim near bounuiuL
| and the police attempted To- locate hlm
In barn near the Warm Springs.
HAS a BAD RECORD,
Guard Bonnet denied this morning.
| when seen by News reporter just
before leaving Tor Bountitul that he
| had captured Murchie as reported la u
morning paper. and was on his way
with him TO the sherit's Office when he
escaped lie also claimed that IL is
highly improbable that Murch.e at-
! tempted the murder OF Miss Burton
! However MWChia has a bad record. Tie
! was comtted TO the asylum six months
ago and 1t b. claimed that he has pre-
| yiOusly done time i'm asylums OF otner
! states, and that once before he was 100 %
| cutting affair He always carried Wlth
him pieces of glass, which he claimed
were gold samples from his mine, ana
| which he gathered at the deserted glass
| factory near the Warm springs That
he used one OF these In the attempt Co
murder Miss Burton Is the most plaus'
lble suggestion that has yet been made
since the MYSTERIOUS anair
| At the asylum Murchie was known a'
O. perfectly sane man except at inter.
walls He was trusted with work out
side of the asylum, and 10 was while al
| work about three weeks ago that De
disappeared He had been apparently
sane for some time previous. and hat
his good behavior continued for 9
month longer he would have been DIS
charged as cured
At THE BURTON HOME.
The news OF an insane man al llber.
Is In Salt Lake HTS a great weight Of
anxiety from Mrs. Robert T. Burton
Ir. and her daughter The little girl
has been afraid 10 go out since the at
tempt ON her life last Monday, and the
family has been bewidered 20 account
for what happened. and terrified at th'
thought Of a possible repetition Of The
attack.
Charles S. Burton. cashier Of the
state Bank of Utah, un uncle Of the
glrI. said today 1.-THE location OF au
insane man at large in the city is the
most encouraging clue since the mys-
terious affair Anyone who knows the
facts IN the case realizes that II was
clear case OF attempted murder by
some man mentally deranged. ] saw
Mary soon after she was cut. while she
was hurting pas, the bank. holding her
handkerchief 10 her face. | was just
leaving al the time, and called to her
as She passed. Whats the matter
Nary-to0thache?' She answered No,
a man cut me- and hurried on without
even pauslng / didn't believe ] had
heard correctly at the time, and ms she
did not appear 10 De ill I made no at
TEMPT 10 stop her. When ! heard Of
the matter from her father next morn
Ing could hardly believe that such g
thing could happen ON the main street
OF me city. and In broad daylight Th.
only possible solution would be- IN Tho
discovery Of a dangerous, insane char
acter abroad In the city and the loca-
ton Of Murchie seems 10 offer a solu.
ton 10 the veXing problem. II Is too bad
that the woman whom Mary saw just
after the cutting, and whom she asked
what had occurred TO her has not been
located. as she ought 10 be able 10 FUR
nlsh a description OF the lssailant'