The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-28
A GOOD HIDING PLACE
Believed to Have Been Found b
Escaped Murderers
AT MT. WASHINGTON, MASS
Armed Mon Are Scar ching for Pallister
and Roehi-If They Are Well Pro-
= visioned They Might Hide for Months
In the Caves OF the Mountains.

PfrTsFIELD, MASS, April %. -sc fs BE-
lieved here that Frank w. Roehl and
Thomas Pallister, the murderers who es-
capped from Sing Sing, have been In hiding
for some days in the little town of Mount
Washington. Two men, with smoothly
shaven faces, one wearing a cap and an
other hat, were seen to emerge from the
barn of Henry Douglass. In the town Of
Mount Washington, and make their way
over the hills out Of sight. They were seen
by Harry Hughes and William G. Weaver,
who did not know that any prisoners had
escaped from Sing Sing.
The men made their way toward Mount
Everett, and were lost sight of as they
passed into the woods just before dark.
rington and told their story to Deputy
Sheriff L. G. Raifestanger. who thought
by their description of the men that they
Must he the Escaped Prisoners.
When Weaver and Hughes returned
home searching party was organized,
armed with revolvers, guns and all sorts OF
weapons, to search the surrounding coun-
try. They have found nobody up to date.
A farmer who lives in the vicinity of Sky
farm says that two men, who were well
ance, came to his house on Sunday and
asked for dinner, which they paid for.
They bought considerable quantity of
provisions. and started for the east. He
thought that they looked like suspicious
characters, but did not question them, as
they paid well for what they received.
The Douglass place, where the men were
seen, has not been occupied this winter,
and the hotel at Bash Bish falls is not
occupied. There are only about 40 voters
In the town OF Mount Washington, and
the houses are few and far between. The
two men who were seen had on dark
clothes and
Appeared to Be In q Hurry.
There are many places in this region
where men could hide for months II they
were well provisioned. DIR. Camp of Great
harrington says that about Bash Bish falls
and Mount Everett there are rocky fast
nesses, caves and primeval forest where men
would be practically safe from pursuers,
and il was his opinion that two such des-
perate men as the escaped murderers could
remain in that region at this season of the
year without any possibility Of capture.
1t is learned that Pallister knew some
thing about this part of the country before
he committed the crime for which he was
sent to Sing Sing. 1t Is said that he
spent some time at the hotel at Bash Bish
falls one summer, and became perfectly
acquainted with the region roundabout,
and knows all the hiding place in the To-
cality.
The town of Otis and the other eastern
towns of this county are just as safe for
them as the town of Mount Washington,
and they
Could Easily Pass Through
these sparsely inhabited places to Bland
ford and further on to the east
Since the people of Mount Washington
learned of the probable presence of the
escaped murderers in the vicinity they
have hardly been able to sleep nights 1t
has also been little difficult to get men
to 20 out in the searching party. for they
realize that If they should run across the
murderers their lives would be in great
danger.
Deputy Sheriff Raifestanger, with posse,
will thoroughly search the town of Mount
Washington for the escaped murderers.