The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-23
DONALD MORRISON BROUGHT TO BAY.
Bullets Fly During His Fight With
Two of His Pursuers.
A Wound In the Hip Leads to Don
AIDS Capture.
The Megantic Outlaw and His Reign
of Terror.

MONTREAL, Que, April 2a.-The famous
Megantie outlaw, Donald Morrison, after
whom the entire Provincial police force and
80 of Montreaps officers have been hunting
for the past three weeks. has been captured
after a pitched battle between the outlaw
and his captors and the wounding of all the
parties concerned. Morrison, last June,
killed constable after having set fire to a
house near Agnes, a small town in that por-
tion of Quebec, near where the boundary
lines between New Hampshire, Maine and
Canada meet. The country is exceedingly
wild, and the most strenuous efforts of the
police to arrest the murderer until last night
were futile. He was succored by the inhabs
itants of the region, who were all his friends
and not move was made by the police that
was not made known to him within short
while after 1t was begun. He rode into
town heavily armed and compelled people to
supply him with food at the muzzle of his
rife. He attended sociables and balls with
revolvers in his belt, and openly defed the
authorities.
All the efforts to capture him proved fruit
less. and parley was finally arranged by
Morrison's friends between him and the
magistrate. At the interview Morrison an
nounced that he would surrender if tie mag
trate would promise him that he would be
acquitted. He also said that if the man
whose house he burned down would give
him $500 he would leave the country He
thought either of these propositions was
fair. But the magistrate didn't think so, and
the parley ended, the latter coming back to
Montreal Saturday last The mayor ordered
all the police back to the city, and the hunt
was apparently given up, Morrison was
thrown off his guard, and yesterday after
noon visited his fathers house near Mars
den.
In the woods near the house for the preyi-
Gus two days had been hiding Policeman
Mcmahon and an Indian guide named Le-
roger. sort of Canadian Buffalo Bill"
whosexhibits tamediwild and.animals in the
winter guides hunting parties through the
woods. They saw Morrison enter the house,
and watched all day for him to come out. As
darkness fell and no one left the house, they
went on to investigate, and had got within
20 feet of the doorway when the outlaw
and opened fire with his revolver. His first
shot struck Mcmahon in the side, glancing
of and doing little harm. His second caught
Leroyer in the leg, and his third went
through McMahon.s hat, McMahon, in the
meantime raised his rifle, and before Morri-
son could fire fourth time planted huge
bullet in his hip, bringing him to the ground
where he lay, the two wounded men holding
him down with difficulty. Then Leroyer
limped off for assistance, while Mcmahon
sat on a stump with cooked rifle pointed
toward Morrison and the door of the house.
When assistance arrived it was found that
Leroyer's bullet had also hit Morrison in
the leg. He was carried to the railway sta
Hon, put in special engine and carried to
Sherbrooke, where he was lodged in Jail this
morning. Neither of his captors are seri-
ousy injured. Morrison is unable to walk.
A general feeling of relief has been caused
by the capture. Mcmahon is the most cour-
ageous officer on the Montreal police force,
where he has distinguished himself by many
heroic deeds