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Show MAN BELIEVED BRAMBLE HELD IN SOUTH UTAH Suspect's Prints to Be Sent Here for Check Possible capture of Clifford Bramble, Bram-ble, pyromaniac who escaped last week from the state mental hospital, hos-pital, was reported to the sheriffs office late Thursday. A man believed to be Bramble Is being held by White D. Morrel, sheriff of Piute county, in the town of Junction. 113 miles south of Salt Lake City on highway No. . According to Sheriff Morrel, who telephoned the local ihertffl office, he is holding a man who answers ths description of Bramble and Is sending the man's fingerprints here for checking. Tricked Alienists Meanwhile, in Salt Lake City came hints that the escaped firebug may have tricked alienisu Into believing be-lieving he was Insane so he could escape came from Chief of Police Harry L. Finch. Whiie the police chief did not condemn an order which transferred trans-ferred Bramble from the state prison to the hospital "because I think the sanity board used Its best Judgment regarding him." he said the man did not appear Insane In-sane while he was in police custody. cus-tody. Appeared Rane "I am puzzled how he could have gone suddenly insane during the short time he was in the state prison." said Chief Finch. "He appeared ap-peared perfectly sane when I talked with him." The chief expressed belief that Bramble might have been a clever actor who feigned Insanity in order or-der to be released from the prison to the hospital, where escape would be easier. Bramble's record shows that he escaped In 1917 from the North Dakota state mental hospital, after being sent there from the North Dakota state prison, where he was serving a term for grand larceny. Gave Incentive That experience may have pro-j vided his incentive for being committed com-mitted to the mental hospital here, some officials said. ,"I don't know whether the sanity board had Bramble's previous record rec-ord when It recommended he be committed to the hospital." said Chief Finch. "If the members did not they would have no way of knowing of his escape from the other mental hospital. "I am not qualified scientifically to pass on the sanity of any man. As a layman, Bramble did not appear ap-pear insane to me." The chiefs comments came along with recommendations from him and Owen D. Nebeker, warden of the state prison, that some provision be made at the Provo institution for detention and care of the criminally crimi-nally Insane. Comment on Letter Commenting on a letter to Dr. u P. hnanital BUDerin- tendent, copies of which were sent law enforcement officer and the state attorney general by Third District Court Judgs P. C. Evans, the officials agreed the hospital was the place to keep the criminally crimi-nally insane, not th stat prison. They agreed with Judge Evans that neither the prison nor the hospital has proper facilities for such persons, but thought such facilities fa-cilities should be made available immediately. Pending necessary legialative enactment, en-actment, they said, some sort of "emergency measure" must be adopted as Judge Evans suggested. Meanwhile, search for Bramble was at a standstill Thursday as one more man suspected of being the pyromaniac was released after investigation. in-vestigation. The man was detained in Logan, but released after his fingerprints fin-gerprints failed to check with those of Bramble, who is credited with setting fires which did more than (2.000.000 damage in Salt Lake City and California. Ask Opinion . The emergency measure agreements agree-ments came on the heels of action by th state board of corrections, which, at a meeting Wednesdsy. requested an opinion of Attorney General Joseph Chez regarding what procedure to take under present pres-ent state law in dealing with the criminally insane. Samuel W. Stewart, member of the board, said no plan was discussed dis-cussed for caring for such cases, inasmuch as the stU at present is not In position to change the policy of sending Insane criminals to the state hospital. Mr. Ches declined to comment on Judge Evans' letter pending its r- ceipt. Wednesday. Sheriff 8. Grant Young of Salt Lake county expressed ex-pressed the opinion protection of society against such criminals should be considered before treatment. treat-ment. Better Qualified Both Chief Finch and Mr. Nebe-j ker. commenting on a suggestion of Judge Evans that law enforcement enforce-ment heads participate in aanity board hearings, said officers who I handled the actual cases would be 1 better quslified than the department depart-ment heads. Detective Captain E. A. Hedman of the police department Thursday said be had information "which leads me to believe Bramble has (fled th stats. |