Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-07
SHOT BY A MONSTER
An Escaped Murderer Shoots
Two Officers,
KILLING ONE ON THE SPOT
tie Then Kills Himself in an Ice House
While the Flames Press In Upon
Him--A Brute's Recofd-

PIrTssuRa. Aug. o.-AaItin Heed,
the murderer of Alexander Chapel.
escaped from Washington. Pa. iaii
May 10 last A large reward was Of
fered for his capture. This evening he
Was chased into an ice house ~ Mobiles
town and while attempting TO arrest
HIM Deputy Sheriff Coyle Of Mcdonald
WAS shot aud instantly killed. Reed
also shot Poiice Officer Orr Of waahing-
ton In the shoulder, but not danger
ously.
All efforts to rout the Murderer 10
proving fruitless the buiiding Was set
tire aud after il WAS burned 10 the
ground Reeds skull Was found In the
ashes. Coyle's body was taken home st
7:a0 this evening. lie had left just two
hours before TO assist in the capture Of
the murderer. who has been staying
near Mcdonald ever aimee his escape
from the Washington jail.
His capture, for sensAuonaiism, riv-
ais anything sIuce j. Wilkes Booth
died in ignominy for the assassination
of President Lincoln.
Twice q murderer, Reed stayed In an
:ce house until il was shattered with
nitro -glycerine and set afire. He
placed pistol to his forehead and took
his own lie, perlsning miserabiy IN ths
ruins.
A woman In the Case.
He broke jail, WAS traced for eleven
weeks over three counties. and when
brought IN hay shot Deputy Coyle OF
Mcdonald through the heart and seri-
ously Wounded Deputy Sheriff Orr Of
Washington in the shoulder with shot
from Q Winchester rifle. A woman, AN
Illicit lover. was the cause of il all.
Reed was triec for the poisoning of
Alexander Chapel, convicted and
sentenced on the 18th of May, 1892. 10
be hanged. That evening he broke jail
aud took to the country, hotly pur-
sued by Sheriff William L. Herry and
his deputies, Chief OF Police j. A. Orr
OF Washington and Deputies w. Il.
Mcbride and Samuel Williamson, fol.
lowed into Beaver county, after
ward getting track OF their
man At Mechanicsburg, Clin-
ton, Bovington and Noblestown.
This afternoon the officers discovered
the murderer IN an ice house at NoLes-
town. A crowd of perhaps 800 men,
women and children had gathered on
either eide watching the scene with in :
tercst. Twenty or thirty men and
boys armed with shotguns and Spring
field rifles came 10 help in the cap
ture.
Shot Both Omcers.
Shortly after 2 o'clock Chief Of Police
Orr approached the door of the ice
house next TO the road aud = small
creek. and directly after opening il
saw his man half reclining in
the darkness on . small scaf.
fold of boards that constituted the
second floor. lie wished TO be sure
that 1t was Reed and just about as he
recognized hlm Reed rose and hred
with a Winchester, tho bullet taking
effect in the upper part Of Orr's left
shoulder and passing out the back OF
his neck. At O'Clock Constable
Hugh Coylc of Mcdonald arrived "a
assist in the capture. lie was warned
not to enter the ice house, but in Z
fool.hardy way jumped out OF hii
buggy and, armed with o revolver, ran
to the door previously opened by Orr
and threw IL hack to the hinges,
He had scarcely done so when . shol
rang out quickly followed by another
He staggered back a few feet and fell
PROSTATE, shot through the heart.