The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-22
TWO STATES SEEK
 HARTFORD FIREBuG
Believe Man Who Confessed to
 Arson Was Freed by Triclkery.

The police of this state and Ndassa- rhuEetts are on the lookout for Ser 'n@rd e. Murray the confessed dre- hug. who was released from the state aavIuzn at Westboro Tuesday. the 1 Eth and who is now at large. Warrants have been issued by the Greenfield and Waterbury eCt authorities. where he is wanted on charge of ar sDn- Murray was released from the Agy1um in custody of his father. fo~- ner Fire Commissioner James T. Murray of 172 Clark street, Ha~tford. Ct. after being confined there for nearly two years .als the, result Of his 4dmfssion to superior court grand 5nry> in Greenfield nearly two years ago. that he had been responsible for nit least two hotel fires. in this state, mH well as numerous other fires, bot h in this state and in Waterbury Ct
 Murray was at the home of his father in Hartford soon after his re- lease from Westboro, but fl was learned yesterday that he had left Hartford and had probably returned to this state. The Waterbury, author fties as well as the Greenfie1a ali- khDrsties have issued warrants for his arrest
 The Hartford police were notified early Sunday morning that Murray was in that city. bt1t mo efforts were made to arrest him. as there was at that time Nno warrant to prevent his going at liberty The Hartford po- lzeA believed that his release was the result of proper legal proceedings, and this belief astilI obtains.
 The Hartford. as we'll as other po- lice departments in this state and Massachusetts. were notified late Mon dar night that the Waterbury police charge of setting one of the fires on the night of April z2.1912s the night 0n which the Waterbury city hf1l1 WAS burned The Hartford police au- thpritfes searched his fathers home fn Hartford. but learned that Murray had left Hartford Sunday afternoon and was headed for Massachuset ts
 Xhe fact that he is still at large has stfrnulated tne police of all the cities in this state and Massacf fusetts- Hfs status is now that of fugitive from justice. and he is liable to be arr rested 1t sight in either elnis state or Massachusetts, The police of Green azaan on charges of arsors ana t is possible that if he Is located in Mass &chusetts he will be turned over to the GreenfeId authorities.
 Under the usual pr6cedure he would be tried before the d5strict court which would dot bt1ess hold him for the superior court The charges held against him by the. Wat erbury authorities would be answera pie in fhis state and he should he brought before tine courts ofl Mas aachuaetts 1t is probable that the Wa ferbiary authorities would secure his arrest as soon as he regnined his lib efty for his sallesed effenses in that corn aonwealths
 5nEestigatlon started Tn ALassaehu- sefts and Eenpecticut show that Mur- rat- obtained his release from the in : sane asxiusli at Eestboros upon the bFssenta tinn to fine officials 1f that pAaee of formal papers ordering that lie be taken to Hartford aIde put iI the custody of his father Murray was taken to Hartfordf "Wednesday last and was left at his fathers home there Officials who were concerned in the exchange of the insane prisoner from Massachusetts 10 Connecticut mas that they supposed that he was to be put i'm some asylum in Conn ecticut. This corrse is permissible where ee1aeone is willing to assume the re- sponsfbf1ity Of maintaining an insane charge without danger to, the gen. eralpeace Of the community
 There is general belief that HIur- Nmyss afe1eas6 from Westboro vas the work of some lawyer who built up Ehaa scheme scn the Knowledge of the caEe1esaness supon which official bus-