Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-30
R0WDIES RUN A TOWN.
DURYEA PEOPLE WE'RE TERRORIZED
ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

Thanksgiving Celebrated With the MUIR
der of Ono Man. Wounding of Three
Others and Assaulting and Robbing of
Three More-The Gang Captured.
gang of roughs, of Duryea, a small
town in the upper end of the county,
started to celebrate Thanksgiving night,
and between midnight and o'clock Fri
day morning killed one man, seriously
wounded two others, shot another one
in the hand, and held up, assaulted and
robbed three others. The victims are:
Frank Lambert, aged "a, shot in head,
back and leg, died Friday afternoons
John Taye, shot in right thigh and dan
gerously wounded; Arthur Reed, shot in
arm and body, in precarious conditions;
William Mackinos, shot through the
right hand; Lawrence Hearn, held up.
robbed of watch and money and severely
beaten; Mike Paskiski, held up, robbed
of watch and money and severely beaten
with stone; John Zulosky, held up,
robbed and badly bruised with stones
and clubs.
Early Thursday night number of
men started to celebrate Thanksgiving
in Andrew Palley's saloon, and they
kept on drinking until midnight.
Shortly after midnight five young
men, Frank Lambert, John Taye, Frank
Cosgroye, Arthur Reed and George
Brengel, all of Duryea, were on their way
home from party, when they stopped
in the saloon to have a drink. A num-
ber of men were in the back room of the
place and as soon as the five young men
entered they walked out to the front
room.
Lambert was treating and as he order
ed the drinks for his friends couple
of members of the gang pushed their
way in among them and called out that
they too would take whiskey on Lam
bert's treat. Lambert replied that he
had not asked them to drink.
Will Cosgrove, the bartender showed
drinks out to his friends despite Lam
bert's protests. Lambert refused to pay
for them and was at once knocked
down. Seeing that there was going to
be trouble, he and his friends rushed
for the door and ran down the street.
The men started after them firing as
they went and continuing to run and fire
at the fleeing five.
Lambert was wounded in three places,
one bullet lodging in the back of his
head, another being imbedded in his
spinal column and the third passing
Ia 10, To ;nl Lxf foll
afternoon. John Taye was shot in the
thigh. Reed was shot in the body and
another shot passed through his arm.
Word was then sent to Pittston, ask
ing for police aid, and Detectives Brown
and Bennett with four men hurried to
the rescue. While they were on their
way other crimes were being committed.
Lawrence Hearn passed the saloon on
his way home from friends house.
The gang thrust couple of revolvers in
his face and went through his pockets.
taking a watch and couple of dollars,
all he had of value.
They next encountered William Mack
mos, who had about $50 in his clothes.
He determined not to give it up without
fight, and knocking the men aside
dashed down the street with dozen
bullets flying after him, but the only
one which took effect passed through
his right hand.
Michael Paskiski passed down the
street soon after, and was also told to
hand over what he had. Paskiski was
stubborn, but was soon brought to terms
by being knocked down, and his money,
SIS, and his watch were taken from him.
John Zulosky was treated equally as
badly. He had $23 and a-watch, and as
he would not give them up he was per-
suaded by severe drubbing, in which
his clothes were nearly torn to shreds
About o'clock the men adjourned to
the saloon and proceeded to. complete
their nights enjoyment by final ca
rousal.
They were thus engaged when the
Pittston police reached the place and
dashed into the saloon. The men taken
completely by surprise and covered with
revolvers, surrendered quietly and were
h"h"Suheu eoRcohci' lucy "oio' A''
Connors, John Lyon, Lewis Clark, Will
liam Cosgrove, John BARLEY and James
Flood. On the way to Squire Gilboy's
office, at Pittston, BARLEY and Flood
made a bold dash for liberty and escap-
ed.
Squire Gilboy heard the evidence and
held the defendants for further hear
ing.