The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-16
F0uRTH'ED|TION
AN EXCITING FIGHT.

the Four Milford Burglars on q
Train-Pistol Bullets Fly Through
the Cars Like Hail Stones.
When the north bound Norfolk ex-
press reached Dover at $50 O'Clock
yesterday morning Detectives Hutch
ms and two local constables who were
at the station In search Of the Milford
burglars noticed four smooth faced
men, whose actions excited their sus-
picions. Two of the men bought tick
cts and the entire four got on tho train
just before IL started. They were fol-
lowed by tho officers, and as soon as
the train got well under way O plan
was formed to capture them. 1t wac
noticed that two of tho men took a
seat near to the stove, while the other
two occupied seat about tho middle
OF tho car. Officer Lockerman was in
structed to go to the front door of tho
car and guard it, to prevent the bur
glars escaping in that way, while Do
teetive Hutchins aud Officer Smith
with revolver5 In their hands, APP
preached the two men in the middle
of tho car. and told them they wero
under arrest.
The two men, In obedience to tho
orders of the officers. got up and
moved toward the front of the car,
when the two sitting near the stove
looked around. and compromising
what was taking place, made rush
toward the door guarded by Locker
man. He undertook to stop them
when the barrels Of two revolvers
were pushed uncomfortably close to
his face. and he was told that il he val
ued his life to step aside. Under the
circumstances the officers had nothing
to do but obey orders, when tho men
passed out on the platform threaten
Ing to shoot any one who attempted
to follow them.
What happened aftor this is best
told by Detective Hutchius and Con-
ductor Lewis.
WHAT DETECTIVE HuTCHINs AsYs.
The detective gave tho following
account OF the affair yesterday:
Eat O'Clock yesterday afternoon /
got news from FELTON, that the men
supposed to be the burglars who raid
ed the town of Milford had been ut
Felton, for breakfast and were on their
way up the railroad toward Dover. 1
also got news from Wyoming that the
same parties had been there for supper
and at o. IS O'Clock got the news that
they were hetween Wyoming and Do
YER and were coming up the railroad.
Il at once began to lay plans for
their capture. and got four constahles
from Dover, W. T. Mllburn, Thomas
knnamon, Walter Kinnamou and Geo.
W. West. to assist me. We started
down tho railroad toward Wyoming
and were met by Charles W. Smith and
John Lockerman, policemen Of Dover.
i These men said the burglars were on
the road from Wyoming to Dover. AZ
t.a1.,
Wyoming, who We're In pursuit of the
| burglars.
II concluded that the burglars were
t making for Dover and would attempt
! to get away on tho Norfolk express
which Is due at Dover at . 50 o'clock
1 We, myself and the officers from Do.
yer, returned to Dover and secreted
ourselves in the telegraph Office SC
! that we could see the suspects without
exciting their suspicion. Two OF the
men came to the ticket office window
and bought tickets tor Wilmington,
ana the other two got aboard the train
without tickets. ....
Three officers myself, G. w. Smith
and John LocEerman boarded the trair
and found the suspected men wart
III the smoking car. Two of then
We're seated about the centre of tll(
car and the other two at the forwar {
end, but all on the same side. Al
Cheswold, half way between Dovel
and Clayton, put the two men sit
ting In the centre of the car unoer ar
rest and told them to go to The front
of the car SO that We could have them
laltogether.
''As soon as the men were all to
gether the two who had been movet
IRON the centre of the car turned on
us and opened fire from their pistols
They all attempted to crowd out o
the door of the car and in the scuiil,
one of them passed INTO the water
closet Two Of the burglars got to tn,
platform OF the car. They passed on
|. of the door backward and kept thei
pistols presented during the who'll
movement. ON the platform they
stood facing us with their pistols level
ed. While they stood there the thirC
man got up from his seat, and undei
cover OF his own and tho pistols OF Ill
friends, backed out of the car door,
. Lockerman moved forward and fasten
cd the door OF the water-closet to pre-
won't the burglar who had gone into i
! from getting out.
The train must have been runnin.
. fifty miles an hour, and II WAS not he
lleVed possible for man to jun
from tho train, 1t appeared impossi
BILE that the man In the closet coul,
get out except by tho door. Smltl
WAS standing Il few feet to the rear O
tho closet and the man in there roach
ed his hand out OF the window am
fired his pistol at the officer, tho bulle
. going through his ovefcoat. The mo-
on the platform, ut least two of them
lfuti passed down the steps and wer
swinging Off beyond tho sido of tn
car SO MS TO watch Tor any attack iron
the windows or from the roar plat
form. | told Smith to 20 to the sid
OF the ear and shoot the fellow on tn
lower step of the platform, as VIII
going to open fife on the man on til
front of the ear. Smith fired out IN
window and missed his man. Tn
man returned tho iiro and strur1
: Smith on the midllie finger of hi
right hand. i passed out To the iron
OF the platform, the burglar standin
opposite me fired two shots at mo an
. moved down the steps fired M
MISSED; l fired again and believe IN
second shot knocked the burglar o
the Cur. Tie other two burglars ha
: jumped of as the train slowed up, w
concluded hat we woHid make sure q
, the fellow In the closet and opene
the door to attack MIN, but fouu
: that ho had escaped through the vii
dow.
81 am sure that these men are badl
hurt and will all probably be captured
one Of them has bcen arrested wa
notified at 5 O'Clock by messuge frof
Clayton that one Of the men, givin;
= tine nume OF john lIcarn, of Whining
ton had been ARE tod, ANA that Ii
= was buddy hurt.
E "When the silrmish began Their