Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
SHOT BY DESPERAD0ES.
Encounter Between Railway
men and a Murderous oa
Near Chicago.

bo,,rr Tho crimes were comnlltteu hes.
Doo,;o,a a station on the Chicago q
Nortb- Western and Chicago, MllWauAee
e. St Paul railways. The VICTIMS y
the murderous outlaws are:
PATRICK OWENS, a detective IN tue p eiipy
of tho chicago Milwaukee " 81. faul srainht
company shot and instantly klile s;daS in Chi
train on that road at Deeiiie'O'
'ParRICK MGRATH, special detec oa,n n ".
NV. Sbot in the arm the breast ana the ielt so 4
nesr the heart III attempting 10 arrest 1onoN
Mayfair condition crlucal. sbot in the
WY LAKE one of the ROBBERS, suo Shy a na
,e ~ vii die; he admits having kllled De-
1ectiye owens and shot Policeman M snoondad in
W. F. GORDON, one OF foopeis'
two places; Will recover.
The desperadoes were finally capahhae .,t
in the woods in Blk Grove loWnsnlp The The
noon by five Chicago policemen. lne
men were surrounded and fought de sels
otoIv firing as often as their reVolsele
could he loaded. After fully loo sii euII
had been exchanged the men pom I ~.
seriously, but it is thought not da' WI
I In1u and ". +. Gordon and were brought
70 Chicago and locked up III west slue
r One train was robbed on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road and one on
the Chicago & NORTHWESTERN WE'VE
hours later At 10 O'Clock l;lst nlsnt q
north bound freight train on the Chlcaso,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road stopped at
Deerteld for water Patrick owens. one
of the detectives of the road, was rldlnS
on the train Conductor Largent OF MI
waukee was in charge OF the tram. WIZ
in thirty seconds after the tram mao come
TO a standstill two masked men climbed
into the caboose and ordered the con-
ductor and one brakeman who We're IN
the cab to throw up their hands. Inc
railroad men were forced to obey ana
the robbers had just taken the conduct
or's watch from him when the detective
entered and showed fight. He was shot
and instantly Killed by one of the bandits.
both of whom jumped from the tram ana
disappeared in the darkness. The tram
crew at once reported the robbery and
murder to the general offices IN tHls CITY
and the facts were at once communicated
to the police. Within half an hour three
score of officers were OF their way to the
scene of the tragedy. The desperadoes
had disappeared in the darkness, and Tor
several hours no trace of them could be
found
Policeman McGrath Of the INVEST
ern road, stationed at Mayfair, noticed
some men, three he thinks, Oh fat car
which was attached TO south-bound
train and shouted to them to get off. lie
thought the men were suspicious looking
characters and that they might have had
something to DO with the Deerheld rob
berry. When the men We're ordered to
leave the train they answered with re-
volvers McGrath fell to the platform
with a shot in his body. One bullet struck
the left arm one entered his body, and
a third struck near his heart, but was
diverted by penholder which the officer
had in his pocket. McGrath was brought
to the city and taken to the St Luke S
hospital.
The next news of the fugitives was re-
ceived by the Northwestern railroad Of
ficials in a telegram at II o'clock, which
stated that the fleeing bandits near May
fair had shot and killed two special po-
licemen VINO attempted to intercept their
flight The information received by the
railroad officials indicated that the des-
peradoes after their hold-up boarded an
inbound train at Deerfield. Holding up
the conductor, they robbed him of all the
money he had and then pulled the bell
rope and jumped from the train near
Mayfair.
After this bit of bloody work. the
bandits FASTENED out Holcomb avenue to
Laurence avenue. On the way they met
a farmer OH Il wagon on the way to the
city. 1t was but a moments work to
throw him out and take possession of his
vehicle. With horses to draw them, the
thieves made better time and they We're
soon Oh their way through Laurence ave-
nue. to Milwaukee avenue.
BY this time that part of the country
was in a turmoil. Boys and men ON
ponies and horses were in the chase after
the desperadoes. Out Milwaukee avenue
galloped the robbers in the wagon, while
behind them at a respectful distance clam
ored the horses OF the purSuerS. Behind
these again came a patrol wagon at full
speed. in which were four policemen. The
when they took to Orchard place woods
on the Desplaines river south of Hig-
gins road.
Three miles from where the farmer.
who was named Eggerston, was held
up, his team and wagon was found.
The wagon had broken down and had
been abandoned by the desperadoes Both
of the horses We're completely exhausted
The officers traced the fugitives to a corn
field through which they ran, and q score
of policemen took up the trail.
When news Of the shooting and rob-
Carney were at once on the alert for
suspicious characters. His officers found
two men lounging around the water tower
in North Evanston, and he at once locked
them up, telegraphing the railway people
and Chicago police. In view of the davel-
opments at Mayfair, it is not believed
the men under arrest at Evanston are inn
plicated in the killing of Officer Owens.
The shooting had stirred up the entire
community from Deerteld to the CITY
hall, and 1t was not long after the report
that McGrath had been shot at Mayfair
came IN that the unusual scene of a genu-
inc man hunt was presented Special Of
ficers in the employ of the railroads. CITY
police and central district detectives,
armed with revolvers and Winchester
rifles, hurried by train to the place where
the bandits were supposed to have taken
to the woods, and scouting parties fol-
lowed every trail that promised to lead TO
the hiding place of the murderous train
robbers. The citizens in the neighbour
hooq OF higgins woods, near Des PLANES
road, plotted bands of armed men across
the country and determined officers with
countrymen for guides searched untirins-
ly until the capture was effected. The
robbers were we'll armed and when a call
whereabouts they made determined
stand. Cooking their reviewers the two
men waited until their pursuers were in
view and then opened fire. It was re-