The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-13
Dcsperado's Single-Hnndlcd Contest
With 2,OOO Man

Desperado's Single-Handed Contes
With 1900 Men.
The little village of Woodward Pm ,.,
battle with desperate last week that roads DAY l
dime novel. Wm EtIinger s"uara In ',ls,,, ~.
ago assaulted his father.in.iaw, BENJAMIN Ia,
WOOD ' and n was n,ed him with piece of cord
W ms tflai ana He'd to the mountains, TIc wo
sceh occasionally but none of his neigbhor
ThS vGntufesome enough to attempt his arres,
hmursuay t,e oilccrs heard that he was nj hi
nome ana Constable Bonner and two ,lenu,ia
unueitook 10 arrest him. lie barrlcaded hin
SUI anu ms family and shot and killed tho cor
T 'i,o, I'm, nnu Daaly wounded one of the others
nv Town. was then aroused and 1000 men ,,ot h
sreu ana laid seigc to the house, and Lept M
losituue OF shots until their ammunition MAS ey
,,iimusted. During the seige in the afternoon III
iihger sent Il shot through the window or
mouse next door TO his, and Frank Geiswhi,c
VINO VINO was lying. Ill therein, was hit and danger
ously Wounded: little later Etlinger fired in
Just ee her %, iI on ODer Miller the bue
lns Etiihger's house, was shot in the neck anr
severely wounded. Finally the sheriff with n
i, mn OF deputies made rush for the build
iis, Dut inc whistle of the bullets from Etin
GER rule took the courage out OF the stormno
party and drove them back under ceyer. Thns
w sherifi decided to fire the building. James
Sorlv e ~ a nellet9nte deputy, volunteered tc
nupRiy inc match The heat OF the fire drove
E.,i,nger and his family to the cellar When the
DuiiuinS had become too hot for habitation the
Eeiar aoor was stealthily opened and the two
Daples nushed through into the street. Closely
following the children Mrs Etlingcr burst
through the door and staggered ont
Mhen inc building was all ablaze from cellar Ia
ao1 ., ci'tinger stepped from the celiarway with
a riiie In one hand and n .evolyer in the other.
IN a demand to surrender the outlaw threw
uowh his gun and facing the mob, cried out :
self aq hut want va to XIII any other man but my
the revolver to his head and fired, failing dead
In the street. When Mrs Etlinger had re.
covered her composurc she said that she was
not nor willing defender of the house with her
husband, but that she had been detained there
Dy MIN. Tokeep her from escaping he had
tied her feet together.
Ethnger had anticipated an attempt to arrest
MN and had made an arsenal of his house II
was his plan to;hoid out as long rs possible, and
when driven to eNtremities to give liberty to the
children and kill his wife and himself
A $4,000 House Robbery.
;, burglars entered the house of Gen Field at
buhalo, n y early Friday evening and stole
Jewels and money aggrcgating 900 to $50, 900,
including diamond necklace, the finest in the
city. Six persons were in the house at the
time.
During a fight saturday night at Twenty.third
and Lombard streets Philadelphia, George
Queen, coorcd, stabbed and killed John O. BrGn
lataily cutJoseph SWecny and quite seriously
wounded Thomas Reany and Charles Fisher.
Ten Men Shot by Maniac
terrible shooting tragedy took place ut
Brockvilie, Ont, shortly before noon Monday re-
sulting in the instant death of one man, the
PROBABLY fatal Wounding of two or three others
and the injury of seven more. About ll.l5
O'Clock man named Lapoint, a hunter who had
shown signs .ofinsanity lately and had been
drinking heavily appeared on one of the leading
streets with dou6le.Darreled breach loading
shot gun and began firing right and left. One
man was shot dead. the chief of police was NOR.
tally wounded, another policeman was seriously
wounded, an Indian was badly hurt, and six
others are suffering from wounds inflicted. in
the mean time other persons, armed with guns
and rcvolvers, had got TO the upper windows of
adjacent buildings and fired at Lapoint. All ut
once l-apoini was seen to DROP his gun and fall
to the ground. One of the shots had struck him
IN the abdomen and another i'll the leg. A charge
of heavy buckshOt lodged in his stomach and
bowels, and sixteen of these shots have already
been extracted. Lapolnt is 80 years old and be
longs to respectable family. His father was a
wealthy man, owning nearly thousand acres
Of land close TO Brockviile Mt the time of his
death. He left all his family in good crcum-
stances. The murderer was always OF n morose
disposition, and would 20 for days without
speaking To any one. When under the influence
)f liquor he was dangerous. Last summer he
got on spree and WAS arrested and lodged In
ali for several days. Since then, It. Is said, he
grudgc against the police
The War in Cuba-MOre Brilliant Work |
General View of the situation.
Within q Few da Gomez and Maceo have |
achieved another of those successes In the face |
he world wonder how 1t can be done. Gener |
II Weyler apparently believing he had driven |
hem to their stronghold in the everglades of |
de Iap haS been by nrrSSngd 1b
he purpose of hcmming his enemy In at that
Joint.
But Gomez and Macco, having left in the eyer.
,lade hospitals all their wounded and ill taken
ast from their raids in the western provinces,
their forces with new troopers !
resh from Puerto Principe and Santiago. and
O catch them they unexpectedly turned west
gain slipping past all obstruction with only
ew skirmishes, and since they have appeared
within half dozen miles of HAVANA. The Of
ciai reports had the two large rebel columns
urrounded by three columns Of Spain's best
roops, with cavalry, infantry and artillery. The
forces extended their lines In the
bape OF triangle, and for Two aaysa report OF
st. From all that can be learned 1t Is thought
hat Gomez pushed one side of the triangle back
fhile Macco pushed back the other, and the IN
urgents passed through the opening. Inc
Citing which occurred was not serious, Tor
;ith about 10000 on the nsurgent side and
ouble that number Of spanish troops, the losses
eported to have passed into santa Clara PROV
nee TO get a few DAYS needed rest. HIS troops
re In the extreme west of the province ana wen
,rtifed When Maceo was informed OF the
tton of the United States senate he ofuereu
lree cheers for the United States ana exclaimed
The machete will cut twice as deep nov that
Their peopie think Cuba's cause Is Just. IN
cry few weeks, Weylers army VIII be lald w
" the summer, while the reyointionists VIII
oubtIesg be as active In the rainy season ,
icy were i'll that of last year inc soFeThlhtnt
holding 5000 troops quartered IN the loitlCa
ans of Havana in readiness to suppress us
rder and demonstrations against Amerlcahs
pro IL is rumored in Havana that General
revlcr is about to resign, believing IL lmpossl-
lie 10 check the iusuI gents. In short the pltilot
luse holds the field, presents an unbroken front
the enemy, is alame with the spirit OF merry,
rhts moIe successfully than ever, controls tue
7eatcr part of the territory of Cuba, mas 4 Soou
ros meet of success, and possesses an uishaheh
i'm that it will win in this death Struggle {
rainst the cruel power of Spain
Westfe d, Mass had IA $4,000 fire Wednes
~ thc largest for years, in the burning OF
asonic block.
William f Brockway, the famous counter
liter. with his accompliccs, Mrs Abbie l. Snltl
nd William Wagner, who were cohSicteu III
le United States court before Ju9Se n nh
orc sentenced at Trenton, \ Y, Friday. Brock
nv received 10 wears In state prison ana q me
Il. OOO Mrs Smith received tour years III thG ,
ssex county pen.tentary and $3.50 iine; am,
ogner was given one year at Snake I'M anu
100 fine.
James J Corbett the pugiist was arrested at !
hiropo Wednesday on warrant for uisofuer-
conduct sworn out by Mrs Sarah johnson,
,lored woman who accused him OF threaten
,r with bodily harm because she WAS ttyInME NJ "
,jlect n claim of SIS for dressmaklnS TOT Mrs
nrhett before she married the hghtcr.
Twenty. five cases of small poN nave Deen
sroveycd i'm the Dayton, Ohio, workhouse
here there are over 100 inmates.