The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-25
TULLY'S ESCAPE BLAMED ONLY TO
 LAWS OF STATE
Extent of Alleged Operations Amaze Local Authorities He Disappeared in Spite of the Shadowipg of the Police After His Release on Bail.

Superintendent Harvey V. Jones ot the Terre Haute police force and chief of Detectives W. H. Whaley of Roch- ester, N. Y., are still in the city, pick ing up the trail of Galena Fully, who was so cleverly captured by Superin- tendent Birmingham on Friday. The police made every effort possible to hold the man but he waA released on a bond of $750 furnished in cash by a MT. Leonard who appeared from New York in response to the telegrams of Attorney J. B. Klein on Saturday af- ternoon. The officers from Rochester and Terre Haute are very much disap- pointed over the result of the case and regret very much that Fully could not be held. It was pointed out to them that the escape of Fully was the result of defects in the laws of the state and not the fault of the local po- lice or the prosecuting attorney. All the police could do under the circum- stances was to accept the bond fixed by Judge Pullman and allow Fully to go.
 Fully, who has an unlimited number of aliases was arrested by Detective Fox Friday afternoon. He was held for the officers of Terre Haute where he is wanted for grand larceny. In
 
 name of Clyde Mcclure. In Greens boro, N. C., he was known as Prof Earle Vantare, at other places as pr. George McGee, George Kurtz, and oth- CT names. Fully. whose real name or origin is not known, has operated in all parts of the country. From his own statement made in the towns where he has operated it is believed that he was educated for the priest hood. He is well informed and con- vincing. He deals almost exclusively with women. He arrives at a city and distributes his literature. The receipts from his ordinary business of palm reading usually amounts to more than $20 Der day. His spiritualistic connec- tions together with clairvoyancy and palm reading, are only stepping stones to his real aim, to get next to large sums of money, and valuable jewels. His usual method is to advise his vic- t1ms to sleep on large amounts of non- ey or jewelry. Then he schemes to obtain possession of the. valuables. So cleverly does he do his work that his victims seldom suspect him of wrong doing until he has disappeared with lnds of dollars in Terre Haute. From one woman alone he obtained $1, 900. In Terre Haute he deviated from his IsuaI rule and obtained $190 from B. P. Parsons, an enthusiastic spiritual st. Parsons complained to the police md Mcclure immediately disappeared. This was on Jan. 1. / It is believed that ,e came direct to this city. He is a booze fighter" when not on duty. He never drinks while at work but gives ein to his appetite between towns. A period of a month or more usually in- ervents between leaving one town and lppearing at the next. He is a man 'f striking appearance and how it | las been possible for him to operate or years all over the United States without being immediately recognized, 1 s amazing.
 He left headquarters here just before l ix Saturday night. He was in a hur- l y for he did not remain to get his rub 1 ers. He accompanied Attorney Klein | o his offices in the Franklin block | hadowed by the police. He then dis as though the earth had | widowed him. He was not seen after e left the office. supt Jones of Terre iaute asserts that Fully would have ut up @ bond of $5000 rather than wait the arrival of out of town off, CTS. He also has knowledge that 'ully is possessed of a large estate nd that he employs parties in New -ttorney Klein knows little about the Ian. He said to-day that he should ave immediately brought habeas cor us proceedings if Fully had not been eleased and that the authorities had o right to hold him longer on the in- ,rmation they had at that time. Pros cutting Attorney Delaney is as much as the police over the es- ape of the man. As Tully had not any crime in this city the fficers were compelled to depend en- rely upon the information from out E town in their proceedings against ully Had the Rochester officers sent ut their circulars at the time Fully roke from the Munroe county jail 9 would have been held in Indiana had he escaped there he could sure- have been held here. It is conceded lat Tullys escape was due entirely what are considered defects in the