Connecticut western news., 1922-04-20
DEAN RELEASED AFTER
 FIVE MONTHS IN JAIL
Mary Parsons Identified Him
 As Man Who Fired Shots

State Attorney Walter Holcomb announced Tuesday afternoon that he had secured permission from the superior court for the immediate re- lease of Henry W. Deane, who has been held at Litchfeld jail for the past five months as suspect in the Parsons murder case. Deane will be released on his own recognizance.
 Deane was arrested by the state police but it was admitted several weeks ago that there was no evidence against him other than the alleged statement by Mary Parsons, sister of the murdered man, that Deane was the man who killed her brother and wounded her at the Parsons home on Norfolk road last summer.
 With the elimination of Deane as the alleged murderer of Parsons, the mystery attached to the case has been further deepened, and, to all appearances the case is yet far from solved.
 Lawyer Leonard J. Nickerson, pub lie defender for the county, who represented Deane in court, an- nounced that the state attorneys course was agreeable to him in view of the fact that he himself was cer- tain that Deane was an innocent man. - ..g as
 Up to late hour Tuesday night, the officials of the county jail had received no notification to liberate Deane, but it was said that the order would undoubtedly be received We'd nesday.
 In statement, Lawyer Nickerson let it be known that, as public defen- der, he. had engaged Deputy Sheriff I. F. Hornbeck of Falls Village some time ago to gather evidence in the case. According to MT. Nickerson, the investigation revealed evidence which not only proved that Deane was entirely innocent of the. charge, but also brought to light facts of great importance to the state.
 He intimated that clues were ob- tained which may lead to the appre- hension of the man really responsible for the crime. He declined to say whether the information obtained by his Investigation pointed to the guilt of Arthur Burgess, missing farm hand, who disappeared, at about the time the murder took place and who has been sought since by the state police. 2 .
 Burgess's long unexplained ab- sence recalls the fact that at the time of the murder, all efforts of the authorities appeared to be bent to- wards his apprehension, inasmuch ns there were certain elements which pointed to his guilt in connection with. the crime. f
 Burgess, a roaming farm worker. had applied for work at the Parsons homestead and, is understood to have been engaged by Joseph Parsons to begin work in a few days. lie left his dress suit case at the home, and is believed to have left shortly before the crime was discovered. The theory was advanced that he might. have been led to do away with Par sons following quarrel, or for, deeper motive.
 At any rate the release of Ceane has caused renewed interest i'll the
 a4e in this vicinity and, while many theories have been advanced regard ing the case, there are large num- Der who incline to the belief that Burgess is the man whom the state police are ready to charge with the crime. It is believed that their ill., vestigation has not been allowed to lag, despite Deane's apprehension, and Lawyer Nickerson's statement that evidence pointing to the one who fired the shot that killed Par sons has been obtained, has served to strengthen the opinion that another surprise is in store for those inter ested in the case.