The sun., 1891-06-22
PROBABLY IT WAS MARSH.
LITTLE DOUBT THAT HE OR 4 COM
PANION STRUCK FREEMIN.

LITTLE DOUBT THAT HE OR 4 COM
PANIoN STRUCK FREEMAN
Freeman IL Sure OF It-Thrce Detectives
from Phii- ssiPn,~ Tracking His
Through the Jersey woods-Tho Detec.
tive's Three Visits to tho Lone Cottage
"A Vivid Description or the Third visit
by Livery Stable Keeper Hurley-The
district Attorneys Interview with Free.
man Before the Attempted Arrest.
SPRING LAKE. N. j.. Juno 2l.-Unitcd States
Secret Service Detective Max Freeman OF
Philadelphia. who was murderously assaulted
on Friday night at Como. near Spring Lake,
whom he was about to arrest President Gideon
W. Marsh o: the Keystone Bank. may live or
may die Of his Injuries. His chances are
about evon. DR.. Trout. In whose office he lay
to-day said his body Is completely parayzed.
He retains all his mental faculties. He suffers
intense pain. To-day the pain was 30 great
that he tainted three times.
The generally expressed opinion In Spring
Lake Is that the assault on the secret service
man was not made by Marsh or any Of his
friends. but by tramps or fugitives from JUS
tico other than Marsh, who may have chosen
the little cottage on the outskirts OF Como as
refuge. There is good ground to believe, how
ever, that the opinion is manufactured
Marsh and the crew that wrecked the Key
stone Bank have many friends In Spring
Lake. Tho place is one OF the most
popular OF the summer resorts on tho
Jersey coast for Philadelphia people. The
cottages are owned by Phiadelphlans and
the hotels are filled with wealthy people
from that city. and at least two-thirds OF these
people sympathize with the accused men.
Marsh's friends In the town insisted to-day
that the bank President was safo In Brazil. and
they affected to laugh at the idea that he had
bssn secreted in Spring Lake. and especially
at the detectives account OF the assault.
From investigation made by the writer It
seems almost certain that Marsh has been
secreted here. and that he or q companion he
had were willing to commit murder to escape
arrest On May 20 two men drove into town
In buggy. They looked as though they
had travelled a long distance. They went to
Timothy Hurley's stable and hired q cab. One
OF the men had a two weeks growth OF beard
on his face. Tho other ono. the man who
hired the cab. said his name was Lober. They
ordered the driver OF the cab to take them to
Manasouan to barber shop. They were both
shaved there and were then driven back to
Spring Lake. They went to the Essex and
Sussex Hotel. which fronts on the ocean. The
man who had had the two weeks growth
riaee to be sent to the hotel again on
tho following day in tho morning. He re-
marked that he might want to stay in Spring
Lake quito long while. and he wanted good
livery service. A few hours later in the even.
Ing on order was sent from the hotel to the
livery stable for a carriage at once. 1t was
sent. The man who wanted It was the same
who had ordered 1t for the following morning
He told the driver to drive him up the road along
tho beach. The driver left him. he thinks ON
the beach at Como.
Timothy Hurley. the owner Of the livery
stable. had seen President Marsh on Marsh's
porter:
Tho man with the two weeks growth Of
beard on his face was Marsh. and 1 would
swear to 1t. There 10 no question about 1t In
my mind. had sesn him and know him.
My driver cannot remember the exact place
that he Jet Marsh out OF the carriage and left
SlsEsl than his iisss; Hs paid from ths TSii st
tor for the tie Gs mernins following was sent the
HSle1 had f. fsoa Week
syeRus: which skirts t6s, woods .a IL which a.
he Kept bis back turned to me-" said Hur-
saw mo. As soon az he saw me be turned. and
ins, Ras Hsl,b sfss gould not bee his face know 1t
:. Hav. you seen any picture Of Marsh ?"
AsFSe Ae saia Gus:y. There is picture of
him ip tho Post Once. together with his de-
scription and the offer Of reward for his cap
%oods Ths tho Wooas
hfPs MslsS so lHI h asi
General Wansmak er.s brother in the lurch IN
s lad of MsHb s % N Ps
9i s29;Oo9. The report that he had escaped to
Brazil the same report that was so so assiduous-
from bis friends, ono OF whom said he, had re-
COMM Coming from friends it was looked on as more
OF less A aIthoIitatiEe; Dus ne ,d1eyslopmGints
ssa o shs nass SatSs 'oA 0n''
II. II; Yard. who is under arrest; accused Of
tho Ssnk 1SGd I, and taS
cottage n hs TPodsb Is q sbs smses
from sts; the yohOs;o ;oxn mood. last year z Mrs;
aud i has been unoccuped since. There are
two larger cottages IN the rear Of It about 100
K.se onr hs Of oS:s eS:s Is GSSSp:S sz d
few days after the two men hired the cab Of
LIyeryman Hurley. some members OF the
little cottage. They snw him only once or
twice and never saw him enter ii. SO they
Ebomt two weeks ago the report got about
th at Marsh had been seen In the town. and
that he, was hiding =, iomewhers In Cong Il
and no sent mon out TO Investigate. They
everywhere bus ioInd G%nsd n9 s tfSse
cal au utbortIes United states Marshal Leeds |
last Wednesday he sent Secret service Dstsetlye |
Il Il Is Is said. traced Marsh from fhilsds p6is 70
The Jersey wllds, and there M lost ,1 him, Freeman
surprised ,Livsryman Hurley Iy going INTO hls
stable and asking whether two men had not |
called ihere on May 20 and hired a carriage,
Hurley said they bad freeman then en- dessri6sd
lions Tailed NTH h.n h,s customer hurley
Him to hitch up and take t him f. i.. The sottaEs
parentiy par desertsi when they reached il. The
deieetive opened the blinds Of % one OF the front
Ihe house. ana II he heard him call to 5, Iun At
i've called and Hurley went up stairs: The
m M aoma 0no had slant In IL FecontlY. Free