George Murray Found Lifeless in Snow Drift

George Murray Found Lifeless in Snow Drift Former City Detective Suffers Fatal Heart Attack While Taking After-Dinner Walk SURVIVED BY WIFE AND EIGHT CHILDREN Former City Detective George Murray dropped dead at Locust and Beckett streets last night. His lifeless body was found in a snow drift by Mrs. S. C. Moore and another woman. Coroner Holl gave a certificate of death from heart disease superinduced by acute indigestion, from which the former policeman had been suffering from for three days. Murray was 52 years old and resided at 649 Locust street. He is survived by his wife and eight children, whose ages range from two months to eighteen years. The former detective had been suffering from indigestion since Thursday and after dinner last night had a particularly severe attack. Mrs. Murray gave her husband a liberal dose of hot water and baking soda. This afforded him some relief and he concluded to take a walk with the thought that the exercise would aid in getting rid of the trouble. Half an hour after he left the house his body was found in a huge drift of snow at Locust and Beckett streets. He had fallen into the drift as he toppled over while walking on the sidewalk. Several men in the neighborhood carried the inanimate form into his home nearby and Drs. Branch and Vaughan were summoned. The police were also notified and when the ambulance went to the scene it carried Dr. Gamen, of the Cooper Hospital staff. All three doctors pronounced Murray dead and agreed that death was due to a heart attack brought on by indigestion. Murray resigned from the police force four weeks ago after charges had been preferred against him as a result of the inquiry into vice conditions. It was alleged that he took money from habitues of the underworld to afford them protection from prosecution. The evidence gathered in this probe is now before the Grand Jury and definite action of some sort was expected this week. Murray was appointed a policeman on March 1, 190[?], and was made a detective April 1, 1913.

Former City Detective George Murray dropped dead at Locust and Beckett streets last night. His lifeless body was found in a snow drift by Mrs. S. C. Moore and another woman. Coroner Holl gave a certificate of death from heart disease superinduced by acute indigestion, from which the former policeman had been suffering for three days. Murray was 52 years old and resided at 649 Locust street. He is survived by his wife and eight children, whose ages range from two months to eighteen years. The former detective had been suffering from indigestion since Thursday and after dinner last night had a particularly severe attack. Mrs. Murray gave her husband a liberal dose of hot water and baking soda. This afforded him some relief and he concluded to take a walk with the thought that the exercise would aid in getting rid of the trouble.

Half an hour after he left the house his body was found in a huge drift of snow at Locust and Beckett streets. He had fallen into the drift as he toppled over while walking on the sidewalk. Several men in the neighborhood carried the inanimate form into his home nearby and Drs. Branch and Vaughan were summoned. The police were also notified and when the ambulance went to the scene it carried Dr. Gamen, of the Cooper Hospital staff. All three doctors pronounced Murray dead and agreed that death was due to a heart attack brought on by indigestion.

Murray resigned from the police force four weeks ago after charges had been preferred against him as a result of the inquiry into vice conditions. It was alleged that he took money from habitues of the underworld to afford them protection from prosecution. The evidence gathered in this probe is now before the Grand Jury and definite action of some sort was expected this week. Murray was appointed a policeman on March 1, 1906, and was made a detective April 1, 1913.