The Washington times., 1910-03-12
Hundreds, Attracted by Fir
ing, Join in ClamorouS
Pursuit.
is EASILY CAUGHT
WHEN OUT OF WIND
Man Wanted in Sou:f Carolina
and Suspected If Rob-
bing Senator.

several SHOTS 0reQ IN tne busiest sec
tion of Pennsylvania avenue and q
chase that extended from Twelfth street
to Market Space. we're preliminaries TO
the arrest Of DR." J. s. Alurry. a big
mulatto, by Detective Henry Pratt this
morning.
The negro is wanted I'm South Carolina
on a charge Of obtaining money on false
pretenses and the police have been on
the lookout for him for several days.
He is also accused of obtaining 80 from
Senator Scott Of West Virginia.
The name of Or" Murry was but
recently adopted. The. fellow has been
known under half a dozen aliases and
the police department doesn't know his
real name.
The start Of the chase. which began
on Pennsylvania avenue near Twelfth
street, was witnessed by. Il large num-
her, Of pedestrians and most Of the men
and the boys in The crowd Joined in the
pursuit
Five Hundred Join In Pursuit.
BY the time the negro was caught, at
Eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue,
more than so men and boys had joined
in the pursuit. Detective Pratt had con-
siderable trouble In edging through the
crowd with his prisoner.
The Police Department was wired sew
eral days ago that Murry was in Wash
inEton- His arrest was requested by
Sheriff O. VI. Dantzler. sheriff Of Cal
houn county. South Carolina. The cir
cGlar sent here contained an accurate
description of the man.
The negro was walking quietly down
Pennsylvania avenue this morning and
c. H...G
10 cross the street as If he were going
10 the Postoffica. Later IL was found
mat ne was on Ills way to the PoNtoffice
10 Ect his u,al
Detective Pratt was standing On the
corner. and he recognized the negro as
the man who fitted the description. The
recognition was mU'Ual.
Sees Detective and Starts.
Nurry realized that ne was facing
detective. and took no chances OF wait
ing 20 make sure. He bolteC down
Pennsylvania avenue in the direction Of
Center Market, tnen dashed down Elev-
euth street. and Pratt set off in a hot
chase. The detective found the negro
a good sprinter. and when he faHrd ID
gain on him ne pulled out his revolver
and fired several shots into The air
The negro turned down c street. ran
I'D Eleventh street. and then down
Louisiana avenue along Wholesale
row" At every commission stand the
crowd gathered new force.
The detective fired ia the dir several
times, yelling stop thief" and Catch
that fellow" BY tie time the neero
crossed Ninth street he was pretty well
windcd and when he was grabbed by
two men on Eighth street he made only
a feeble resistance.
Tor a few minutes he was I'm danger
or beirs roughly handled as the crowd
thought he was wanted for murder or
some similar OffenSe Detective Pratr
forged through the crowd with him and
took him 20 Police Headquarters.
Al headquarters he was identified as
man who, under the name cf TOhu
W. heets, was arrested in this city by
Sergeant BrcmCrman and FrIvates
weber and Strawscr in 1908 on a rharce
OF obtaining money by false pretensee
ana sentenced To SIX months i'm jail
Senator May Recover Ten.
- The police also accuse him of obtain
ing so from Senator Scott OF West Vir-
ginia on an alledsed false representation
at the Union Station several months
ago.
Murray denied the charge. but said.
OIL. Il Senator Scott Identifies me,
Iii make good the $40
The man 10 whom Senator Scott gave
the $40 claimed 10 be a minister I'm
Wheeling. He said his nephew had
died suddenly and that ne did not have
SUFFICIENT funds to bury him Tuyogtira-
ton showed that the story was false.
shorty after murray was arrested his
wife appeared at Police Hcadquarters-
Murry says nc has been i'm Raltinorr
recently and Jhat he came to Wasbinr-
ton this morning. He is willing To re-
turn to South Carolina. ne said. with
eat requisitiOn papers.