Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-31
C0NVICTS CAPTURED
Terrible Battle With the Tren.
ton Fire Bugs.
AN OFFICER FATALLY WOUNDED
One Of the Fugitivss Killed After Sew
eral Shots Were Exchanged.

ais Partner Run Down by BiOodhOnnds.
Forced to Surrender After Desperate
Resistance-Hs Id, ntiaed the Body Of
for All The Troubl".
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, May 31.-Patrol-
man Henry +. Barber. of the Fifteenth
Police District, attached to the Tacony
sub-station, came face to face early in
the morning. with Tom Thomas and
Henry jackson, the negro coAvicts who
escaped from the New Jersey State
Prison at Trenton Wednesday evening,
after having snndbagged and robbed
doorkeeper Charles Parker. AS a result
of that meeting, Barber lies wounded
at his home, one of the convicts is Il
corpse, while his partner is prisoner.
Word was telegraphed from Holmes
burg to the Tacony sub station that two
colored men resembling the escaped
convicts, from Trenton were coming
down the Bristol Turnpike. Officers
Harry +. Barber and George Milligan
were sent out to capture the colo red
men. The fugitives were met near the
end of the 'Longshore. The escaped
men seemed to anticipate re-capture,
and they were prepared for an attack.
shot the / oliceman.
AS soon AS Policeman Barber saw the
convicts he shouted, stop! 1 know
you," and the negroes turned to flee.
They only ran into the park. Barber
blew on his signal whistle for help.
This stopped the fugitives suddenly.
The smaller man of the two turned
and ran at Officer Barber ferociously.
He pulled big Colt revolver from his
pocket as ne ran.
"D- you, you have brought this on
yourself !" he yelled, firing point-b flank
at Barber
The latter fell, mortally wounded,
just as two mounted policemen, at
tracted by his whistle, dashed up.
Seeing that in all probability he was
beyond all earthly aid they got on
their horses again and spurred forward
after the negroes.
| Jackson Shot Dead.
They came up with them at the edge
| of dense growth of underbrush Both
fugitives stopped suddenly, turned on
their pursuers and fred point blank.
The mounted men returned the fire
jackson dropped in his tracks anG
| The mounted policemen could not fol
low him. They returned and tool
Barber into Philadelphia, and also tn,
corpse of Jackson.
A large force of policemen with blood
hounds at once started in the woods
about Tacony hunting for Thomas.
From marks of blood on the greer
sward it was seen that he had been SO
verely wounded.
| Thomas Captured.
| The search was continued, and fnall,
| Officer Smith stumbled on Thomas an,
threatened to shoot holes through hin
on the spot if he offered any resist
snce. The negro was unarmed, having
thrown his pistol away. He was takel
to the Tacony sub-station, where h
told the story of the escape, but pu
the blame of everything that took plsc
on his dead comrade. He identified tn
body of Jackson. He said that jackson
was better off dead than alive. Hi
statement was sworn to, and he wa
taken the Central Police Headquarters
Although the convicts had taken owe
SIS in money and $500 in negotiable
securities when they escaped, but 5
and a few pennies were found on thei
persons.
Jackson's body was removed to tn
morgue, and Thorn as was locked up il
the City Hall. Keeper Patterson, o
Trenton, has fully identified the tw'
| men.