The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-08
YOUTH OF MYSTERY
DROPS FROM SIGHT
"FrauIein" Murray Sought By
Customs Agents 10 Reference
To Seaman'S Certificate Is
sued To Him Drops Out Of Sight

sued To Him Drops Out Of Sight
Where is "iFraplein Murray, other
wise known, locally, az Frank Moray
! or Henry Mccain, who was released
I by United States Attorney s. c. Hu-
Der and United States Marshal J. j.
! Smiddv, because it was believed he
! was either an escaped patient from a
! New Jersey insane asylum, the son Of
rich parents, only twenty years OF
agei
This is n question thht q deputy of
the customs service would like to have
! answered so he can have another inter
] view with Murray and so he can take
! up n seaman's certificate which was is
sued 20 the stranger n few days after
| arriving in Honolulu, since when he
has been something of mystery to
the authorities, perhaps excepting the
two federal officers.
Secures Seaman's Certificate ..
Murray is the youth Of middle
weight prize fighter build, Austrian
features and Bolshcvik, curly, black
and buAchy hair, who arrived here on
the steamer Governor as steerage
passenger. He attracted the attention
of A. f. Carter, the waterfront detee 8
tive, who kept track Of him until Muir
ray admitted to the detective that he
was twenty three years of age, and
not twenty, as he made affidavit to
| when he was securing a certificate as
| an American seaman from the customs
staff,
Carter turned Murray over to the
I federal authorities for investigation as
it was suspected he was a draft evad-
er. Papers found in his baggage, an
swcrs made by Murray to questions
land inscriptions upon his suitcase in
Dictated he was from South Orange,
| New Jersey, which he admitted, ii is
said - 1
| The New Jersey authorities were
communicated with, after which, Az
] torney Huber and Marshal Smiddy
| both are reported to have said that II
was believed Murray was an escaped
patient from an insane asylum Then
| afterward, it was asserted he was
"Henry McCann,' (Which it was
frankly admitted was not the right
nance the son of very prominent par
| ents who lived in New Jersey, and
! that it was not desired to cause them
| or their offspring embarrassment 50
| the right name was withheld. AS an
! explanation of this it was said the
! young man was to be put in the draft
here.
Conflicting Stories
Still, later, the federal authorities
are said to have asserted the real rea
son Murray was released, as was done
after the escaped insane patient"
story was given out, was that Murray
was not of age, and therefore not an
\ evader from the draft.
/ n Murray was given his freedom with.
out the knowledge of the customs
/ staff, members of which were anxious
! to question the New jersey youth
again to make him prove his identity
I and age before allowing him to re-
| tain control Of the seaman 5 certif
| cate.
Drops Out Of Sight
. But Murray has disappeared ami no
trace of him has been found since last
Sunday. How he was able to leave
the island, if he has left, is another
mystery, as every one who appears to
be Of draft age has to secure special
permission from the selective draft
officer 10 do so.
All those who have had any cOmmu-
nieation with Murray feel certain that
he Is not insane, and most of them
! assert besides that he appears to be
exceptionally well informed about
everything except seamanship, which he
has sworn was his profession.
While only about twelve dollars was
found in the effects Of Murray when
he was first booked for Investigation
he seemed before that to have had
plenty of money, and had, in fact, tried
to get Jack Edwardson, the secretary
of the Sailors Union, to get him on a
ship for which he is said to have
offered a large sum of money.
Murray claimed to have been only
three weeks coming here from New
Jersey. Due to his evident education,
his familiarity with South Orange,
New Jersey, his knowledge that there
was a man of the name by which he
passes who had escaped from an insane
asylum in that State, his own rational
utterances, and the evidence that he
was supplied with funds from some
source, Murray is growing to be more
of mystery than ever to HOnOlulans
who have had reason to investigate
him-perhaps, again, excepting the two
federal officers who it Is presumed
agreed TO release him from detention.
The belief is growing in police and
customs circles that Murray is really
the son of "inhuential parents but
not under the draft age, and that he
is masquerading as the escaped asylum
patient until he gets an opportunity,
if he has not already, done so, to es-
cape from THE United States and the
second draft
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