Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-23
JOHN J. MURPHY
FINALLY bRE AXIS
HIS LONG SILENCE
Missing Rutland Man Wires
from New Orleans Asking
How His Mother Is and
Requesting News.

Rutland. Dec. 21-"Wire full situation
at home, care ST. Charles Hotel. How is
mother"
This brief telegram received to-day by
Or. John J. Dervin Of Poultney, a brother
in-laW was the first word relatives have
received from John !. Murphy. former
treasurer OF the Marble Savings hank of
this city. who mysteriously left Rutland
November % and has not been heard from
since. except that It had been learned from
examina ton Of hotel registers and infor-
ation furnished by acQuaintances. that
the missing young man. whose home Is IN
West Rutland. had been In New York, In
Philadelphia and in Columbus. Ohio.
News that the young man Is alive and
probably we'll has relieved tho tense ner
vous strain under which his family has
been for many days. While the telegram
said little. DIR. Dervin, who has been one
OF the leaders in conducting the country
wide search. feels that Mr. Murphy is now
in his right mind and probably without
sufficient funds to come to Vermont. Dr.
Dervin left for Louisiana n few hours
after receiving tho message.
Relatives and friends Of the young man
have entertained the theory all along that
Murrhy's disappearance was due TO a
temporar ~ arrangement Of the mind and
! their heller IL that his brain assumed a
normal state. Late last week circulars
publishing his description and photo
graphs were sent broadcast. one going to
the ST. Charles Hotel at New Orleans 1t
is the belief Of the family that the missing
man may have seen the copy which went
| to this hostelry and on gazing at his own
picture suddenly came to his senses. They
point to the fact that his first thought was
of home. as the telegram indicates.
Mr.. Murphys mother has been prostrat-
ed with grief ever since her son left Rut-
land and the shock of JOY which she ex-
perenced this morning affected her near
ly as much as the original news OF his de-
parture. She rallied somewhat this after
noon
| Murphy's disappearance was one of the
strangest affairs of the kind which ever
happened in Rutland Having RESPONSE
BILE position in the bank and being asso
ciated with the management Of the New
Hotel Bardwel, he had wide ac1uaint
ance and he was looked upon rs one OF the
most promising young men in the city
After attending picture show on Novem
Der Il he left Rutland In his automobile
at ten O'Clock at night and drove to Man
chester. where he left the machine In z
garage and took the sleeper train for New
York. Several Rutland and Burlington
people. who knew him. saw him on thu
train and on the streets OF New forl
early next morning. II was subsequent,
ascertained that he had been in Philadel
phia. where he registered at we'll know
hotel under his own name. He was no
seen again until Richard II. Royce OF thi
, city met him casually in Columbus
Ohio, some DAYS later Royce at this tim
:, did not know of the search which was il
progress and noticed nothing strang
about Murphy with whom he attended tn
theatre. This was the last word receive
as to the missing mans whereabouts unit
the telegram signed by his own name ar
rived to-day. Immediately after Mr.. Muir
ply left Rutland his accounts at the Mar
. BILE Savings bank We're examined an
found to be absolutely correct.
DR.. Dervin has previously been in Phil
adelphia and New York making a scare
and j. c. Flynn Of East Dorset also visit
ed New York on the same mission De
II tectives In various cities have been enlist
ed in the hunt.
. DR.. Dervin will probably reach New o.
u leans some time Friday.