The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-27
SAW MURDERER
 FLEEING SCENE OF HIS CRIME
Arms Company Guard Tells Police He was Accosted by Blood Rocking Fugitive. INQUIRED DIRECTION
 TO TROLLEY TRACKS Clothes Were Covered With Burrs Such as Abound in
 South End Lot.

The murderer of Michael Yorko, his clothing soaked with fresh blood, wild eyed, disheveled and greatly ag1tated was seen hurrying from the field at Railroad and South avenue, the scene of his revolting crime, at 1:15 last Sun- day morning, the approximate hour that Yorko met his death.
 He stopped and talked with Thomas Prothro, an honorably discharged ex- soldier, now employed at the heming- ton Arms Co.,, as a guard, for a per1eo of nearly five minutes, the "slasher inqutring directions as to his way and the running of street cars.
 That this man is the murderer of Michael Yorko the police have not the slightest doubt. Even to the broad toed shoes. the imprint of which he left in the blood stained grass, as he stood surveying the mutflated remains of his victim-the police have a most complete description of him.
 Burrs which abound in the field where Yorko was killed and which one cannot fail to catch on his cloth ing, passing through a rank growth in the lot dotted the clothing of the mur- derer. When told by Prothro that to reach Main street, his stated destina- tion, he could walk up to State street and get a trolley car, the criminal sig nifcantly remarked in fair spoken English, "No, guess I'm too dirty"
 Prothro had been. visiting friends Saturday night and was walking home. He reached Park avenue and Prospect sereet at 1:15 Sunday morning, when a man greatly agitated approached him from Park and Black Rock avenues, standing in front of Colonel Hefv's house, when first seen. He inquired of the Remington guard the direction to Main street
 While talking with the murderer, Prothro noted his alarmed mental state, his dfsheveled appearance, and kept his eye closely on the right arm of his questioner, noticing that he kept the hand covered in his overcoat pocket, while the arm held a bundle, which Prothro believes contained un- derwear, hugged to his side.
 In line with his employment as a guard at the arms plant, Prothro in stinchvely scrutinized the man care fully by the aid of the electric street light at this point. It was then noted that the left side of a medium length overcoat, from the pocket down to the bottom was literally soaked with blood and the left leg of his trousers smeared with the same substance.
 T told him." said Prothro in an fn- terview with The Farmer reporter, when he asked the way to Main street to walk up two blocks to State street, and take a trolley car. He re- piled, Oh, I guess I'm too dirty
 "He started to walk through Pros- pect street, and stopped as I informed hi fn Broad street and walk one block south then go straight ahead one block to Main street. He left me following that direction. \
 'The man was a foreigner, al- though he spoke fair English. He was full faced, between 30 and 32 years of age, about feet or 8 inches in height and weighed about 160 or 165 pounds. He wore a light grey overcoat and the left side from the pocket nearly to the bottom was full of blood. His trousers were also covered with blood on the left leg. He was greatly excited, keeping his right hand in his pocket, while the other encircled a bundle which ap- peared to be underclothing. I be- lieve his suit was of the same color, grey, as his overcoat, and he wore dark uncrushed felt hat
 'I went to the lot where the body was found, Monday afternoon, hav- ing read the story of the murder in the newspapers and I now distinctly remember seeing many of the burrs on this mans clothes, the night that I met him; the same burrs that were found in the lot back of the bill- board where the body was discover ed.
 "I am positive about these details and I could easily identify this man
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