St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
The Fugitive Bank President
Shoots at and Clubs a
Detective.
He Is Found Concealed in a
Deserted House Near
Spring Lake, N. j.
After Attacking the officer
He Makes His Escape
With a Friend.
A Pennsylvania Misfit Shoots
Another Mans Wife and
Himself.

SPRING LAKE, n. j., June 21.-De-
tectlve Max Freeman, of Philadelphia,
had an exciting adventure Friday night,
and he is now in bed suffering severely
from the effect of the injuries he re-
ceiyed while trying to capture man
supposed TO be Gideon Marsh, the fugi-
tive president of the Keystone bank.
freeman came here some days ago and
stopped at the Carlton house. He had
eceiyed word that Marsh had been seen
i'll the vicinity and was in hiding
at Como, owned chiefly by his friend,
Harry Yard. Freeman consulted with
Constable Sexton, and the pair, in COM
pany with Timothy Hurley, drove
to the place where it was be-
heved the missing bank president
was IN hiding. 1t is situated in the
midst of dense woods and was formerly
owned by Yard. For some time past it
has not been occupied. The trio made
a careful survey of the place, after
which the detective entered the house
through a window and noticed that a
room had been fitted up and had been
occupied recently. He Joined his COM
panionS, and the three men went to
. Belmar and consulted Justice Hall as
to whether they had authority to enter
the house forcibly and make arrests.
The lnstice gave them an affirmative
answer, and the officers returned to the
house i'll the woods. They tied their
horses short distance from the house
and then surrounded the cottage. Sex
ton took place on the side of the house
nearest the road, while his companions
stealthily approached the main en-
trance. They were about to step on the
porch when two men who were in hid
ing on the step jumped and fired at the
officers. Freeman
Drew His Revolver
and returned the fire. After emptying
their reyolvers. one of the unknown
men approached the detective from be-
hind and gave him terrible blow with
blunt weapon. Freeman fell to the
ground unconscious. The assailants
then took to their heels and escaped to
the woods. Sexton guarded Free
man, while Hurley proceeded to
Spring Lake to md DR.. Trout.
The physician came to Como and dressed
the detectives wounds. 1t was found
that he was badly injured about the hip,
and there were several bad gaShes on
his head. He was removed to the doc
tors office at Spring Lake, where he
now lies in critical condition, and the
doctor refuses TO allow him to be re-
moved. District Attorney Graham came
down last night and had a long inter
view with the detective. Mr.. Graham
returned to his cottage at North Spring
Lake. He refuses to say anything con-
cerning Marsh's supposed presence
here. Constable Sexton said tonight
that Freeman was positive that Marsh
was hidingain the yard-house, land he also
believed that the shots were fired and
the blows administered by Marsh or one
of his friends. Sexton says he exam-
Ined the house, and he found one of the
windows open as though the men were
preparing to enter the cottage as they
were surprised. He does not think the
men were tramps. The fact that the
house which the mysterious men were
about to enter was until recently owned
by Yard leads many to believe that
Marsh was i'll hiding there, and that he
intended to remain there until his
friends could take him to a safer place.
Spring Lake is the most popular of
Philadelphia resorts on the Northern
New Jersey coast.
Fireman is a we'll known newspaper
man of this city, who from his aptitude
for the work was commissioned by
Marshal Leeds to run down Marsh.
Although Freeman's condition is still
serious, 1t is thought that he will ulti-
mately recover from the effects of the
blow.