Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-03
CONFESSES TO
MANY THEFTS
FRED MURRAY ADMITS OF
THIRTEEN BURGLARIES
LOOT RECOVERED AS RESULT OF
MANS CAPTURE
Sneak Thief Who Operated Exten-
siveiy Comes to Grief When
He Enters Ellitnorp
Residence

Fred Murray, who was. arrested In
the home of r. e. Ellithorp, S14 East
Adams street Wednesday night after a
desperate hand to hand conflict with
Mr.. Ellithorp, confessed yesterday tu
having committed thirteen other burg
laries. Following is a list of the houses
entered by Murray:
A.. NJ. Butcher, 1881 West Twentieth
street, November 6, 1909.
c. II. Dresser, 945 West Twenty-third
November 8.
]. c. Clark, 6S5 West Thirty-ffth
place, November IS.
w. Il. Malen, 1907 West Twenty
sixth, November IS.
w: w. Wilson, 21O4 Thompson. No
vember 20.
c. H. Thompson, 1116 West Thirty
fifth place, November 20.
I. c. Carey, PIG Thompson, Novem-
ber 20.
]. H. Bohan, .1245 West Adams, No
yember 20.
w. P. L. Stafford, 456 Blxel, Novem
ber 27.
Arthur Kratz. 456 Bixel, November
Leo w. Collins, 1S45 Burlington, No
vember 2S.
Albert McCurley. 1916 West Eigh-
teenth, November 2S>
Mrs. Addison Lysle, 261S West
Seventh, November 2S.
Loot is Recovered
All the loot, which is estimated to
be worth between $3.50 and $10OO has
been recovered by the police. 1t was
found in Murray's room, S09h South
Grand avenue. Murray has not made
any attempt to dispose of his loot. 1t
was hidden in drawers, In trunks, in
the bedding and in fact all over the
room wherever there was space big
enough to hold the stuff. The loot
consists of ten watches, dozens OF
rings and pins, some clothing and i
small amount of silverware. Evidently
Murray took only such stuff as he
could dispose of readily. None of the
jewelry is very valuable.
Murray was a sneak thief. He oper-
ated mostly while families were at
dinner or while they were not at home
His plan of procedure was to watch
a house until he saw the occupants
leave and then enter by forcing a door,
Rarely did he attempt to enter a house
late at night or by forcing windows.
1t seems to run in the Ellithorp
family to catch lawbreakers. Six
months ago Sidney Ellithorp distin-
guished himself by hunting down a
man named Buchanan, who was SEN
fenced to San Quentin for passing bo-
gus checks. Young Ellithorp, who Is
a chauffeur, was one of Buchannan's
victims, cashing a check for $50. The
young man sleuthed through most of
the downtown rooming houses, finally
locating his man and turning him over
to the police.
Voice Is Affected
Mrs. Ellithorp has lost her voice and
is unable to speak above q whisper,
and at times unable to utter a sound
1t is believed that the fright she re-
ceived, combined with the screaming
she did when she and her husband
discovered Murray in their home, has
affected her vocal chords. Physicians
do not believe her loss of voice will
be permanent, although there is no
certainty as to this.
Murray was extremely bold in his
operations. He did not hesitate to re-
turn to a neighborhood he had once
operated in, and sometimes even went
SO far as to return to a building he
had robbed before the same night. He
seemed not to fear detection, and 1t
probably was for this reason he risked
capture Wednesday night. Last Sat-
urday night he robbed two apartments