Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-04-21
WHOLESALE MURDER.
A TERRIBLE SHOOTING AFFRAY
IN ELK COUNTY,
a NOTORIOUS foRGER SHOOTS THE offI'
GERS VINO ATTEMPTED MS ARREST
Two or THE OFFICERS KILLED AND
ONE OTHER woUNDED--TBE DEs
pERADo ESCAPES AFTER BEING
NoUNDED

terrible exmtipc affair oceurred
ios, Sa,rr.o,. ,,.,.in., a, Calodonio
,rv' ,,u ''e' "'0'"'" "
E'N county Vll'ago on 'no Ao"
Grade Railroad, about nine miles east
of Penfcld, this county, and thirteen
miles south Of ST Marys. A dispatch
c.o,o pidouou - bo Wll;oms,or,
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Dd"y ""-e'le ana n"He'" VI "o"u"y
gives the following aoeonnt OF the al
fair .... ....
NOW 1r occuRnEp.
.on ,ar.1 L., En,,,,.L ,i,ol
o+ rai"doni" T H. % h"s ,or " ioon, ,,Oo ,i,Oo
~ sa,, ,oa,ordnd a Nv IL" Iana,orors 80, ,' a.o ",.
,or on5 ;ns,l,' " 80 "s bns nom hnan
sLl,n" ~, ~ p,.i!. ~, y haan ,'nj,,, % ' 80 !"
9noI ann'h"r 81 .a",,';as ou aao IL Eui WcHoan ~
nnd o,hor oonn,,os Va hod beoo1nn
emboldened bv his success and crew
more reckless in his operations. Va
rious attempts were made to arrest
him, and once or twice he was taken
into custody but managed 10 get
away. Friday night last, Thomas
Burke, Justice of the Peace, of st,
Mary's, accompanied by Constables
Philip Bollmer and Frank Warnotb,
started for Caledonia with a warrant
to arrest English. They arrived at
their destination about eleven o'clock,
but did not proceed to English's house
until $50 A. NJ, Saturday, May 10,
English knew that warrants were out
for his arrest and he only remained
with his family during the night Al
the hour mentioned the officers called
English up and notified him of their
intention TO arrest him. Without ut
tering q word in reply English gave
an unearthly yell, left the officers
standing at the door, ran up stairs and
locked himself in q closet.
BEGINNING THE BALL
Tbe oficer. follovcd domandod nd
mittancn wherennon Fnglisb 6red
,brec shots ot them tbronsh Tho nan
ncls of tho closet dnor wo9nding Ins
,icc of the peace Bnrkc in ,be leo
Rn,lo ro,nrncd tho fro ,,vicc tbronTI
| ,ho Joor yonnding EnnlisL IN tbo isS
hand Attbis no,n, Rnmmol
Gtherinlow Of Fnglisb onnoored On
,he scone and tolI bc oHIcers mo,
they had shot English. and warned
them 10 go down stairs or he would
shoot them. The officers started to
90 down stairs when Rummel handed
English loaded Winchester rife
English walked TO the head of the
stairs and fired at tho officers, fatally
wounding Constable Frank y. Warn
eth. BY this time the village was
aroused and the house surrounded
Warneth was removed to the village
hotel, while the Widest excitement
prevailed throughout the town The
crowd held the desperado at bay, but
with the utmost coolness he would ap
proach a window and take deliberate
aim and fire at the officers from St
Mary's.
Before beginning this shooting En-
glish had declared that all he wanteC
to do was to kill Dixon. the hotc
keeper, and Burke, the Justice Of tn,
Peace, as they had been concerned il
the attempt TO effect his arrest.
ANOTHER FATAL SHOT.
pho ers, shot prolish fred from ,h,
window struck Constable Bollmer
who subsequently died from the wound
He was an aged man, and bore The
title ofJudge. Shooting was continued
between English and the crowd. A
number of shots were fired at English
but without taking effect. The sieg,
was continued until about s o'clock
when English, watching his opportu
nifty, escaped from the rear OF the
house, at time when nobody wai
guarding that portion Of his residence
He ran like a deer across the fields
and no less than dozen shots were
fired at him, but only one took effect
This shot was fired by "a Mr.. Lewis
Fegley, of Williamsport, who was arm
ed with Winchester rifle. His bal
struck English in the calf of the right
leg. The outlaw dropped on one knee
ran few steps further, dropped again
but only Tor an instant, when he reel
cd around and fred four shots at hii
pursuers, none Of which took effect
FLEEINa 70 rHE WOODS.
Erclisb srccooded in gc,ting int,
| Tho woods and disanneore3 among an,
Lnshas Tho of,or,s 40 can,nro hi,r
waro kent nm a lorve nnmber of citi
lens ioining In the hunt. sheriff Ovste,
of his Mace CRiJgwav) having beet
snmmoned nroeeedod with moss,
to ,ho scenc Tbe latest advicas va
ccivcd hero ara n tbo cfIeot that I'm
,,lisb Las heen surrounded tho citizen.
heing on one side or him and tbe an
cers on Tho other bn, ,hev ara no, obl,
to get near him. as it involves grea,
danger, he being armed with a sixteer
shooter and being well supplied will
ammunition. The doctors believe b,
is badly wounded and that he will
soon die, if not captured. A reward o
$500 has been offered for his body deaC
or alive. English is married mar
and has two small children. He wa.
raised about 81. Marys,i Is 40 years old
and measures six feet six inches in hi,
stocking feet and weighs 240 pounds
1t is said that ho is man Of very
pleasing address when not excited, bur
that he Is treacherous He was ARRESTED
once by a Constable, and went alonl
with the officer very peaceably quite !
distance, but upon coming to a poinr
where the road crossed another, h,
drew revolver and directed the Con
4 stable To nush ahead and that if h,