Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-02
DARING OUTLAWS
How the Shaws 0utwitted the
Officers.
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| Oticers.
A special of the Rutland Herald
says: The officers knew the Shaws
would visit George w. Flanders in
Ripton and surrounded the house and
awaited their arrival Sunday night.
Just about midnight the father and
son put in an appearance. Dustin en-
tered the house, while Frank remain
ed on the watch outside the door.
Dustin said he was hungry and want
ed something to cat. Mrs. Flanders
gave him half of a ham and bag of
doughnuts. She invited Frank to
come inside but he said, 81 guess not,
you don't get me into any trap" Be-
fore leaving the house Dustin Shaw
borrowed an Overcoat. He had no
coat before this, but was clad in a
sweater.
While the father was in the house
Frank kept careful watch on the
outside. One of the officers on the
opposite side of the road approached
nearer than the rest and said, "What
are you doing here?" "You go back, "
Frank replied, "or III put a bullet
through you" The officer, it is said,
went back.
There were seven officers around
the house.
When Dustin Shaw had procured
his provisions and overcoat he joined
his son outside the house and the two
started down the road. The Flanders
house is situated on branch of the
main road from Ripton to Middlebury
and is about L., mile west Of the Bread
Loaf Inn at Ripton. The Shaws
walked down to the main road, which
they followed for about 40 rods in the
direction of Middlebury, and then
struck off southwest on an old wood
road. They were followed at day
light by their tracks in the road for
over mile when all trace of them
was lost on the east side of Gonyer's
mountain.
1t was from Mr.. and Mrs. Flanders
that Frank Shaw first learned of the
death of Deputy Sheriff Hoffman, and
this Knowledge, it is thought, will
make him more determined than ever
not to be taken alive. The Shaws
declared that neither of them was
wounded in the encounter with the
officers at Stockbridge last Friday.
Record Of the shaws.
Dustin Shaw married Ripton girl,
who procured bill of divorce from
him about l6 years ago when he was
sent to states prison for stealing hor-
ses. Shaw married again after
getting out of prison. but afterwards
deserted his second wife and eloped
with the first one. Three children
we've born to Dustin Shaw from his
first marriage, two boys and girl.
At the time of the separation of the
parents, Frank and his brother were
sent to the Catholic orphan asylum
at burlington, but they ran away af-
ter being in the institution about
week. Mrs. Shaw. the mother of
Frank, is said to be living at Glens
Falls, N. y.
Dustin and Frank Shaw have work.
ed in nearly every town in Addison
and Windsor counties, and are said to
be equally familiar with the land on
the west side of the lake and in the
Adirondack mountains.
a description of the appearance of
the fugtiveS may not be amiSs here.
Dustin Shaw, the father. is clad in
dark clothes and wears a sweater and
ii cap. His hair and muStache are
iron gray. Frank, the SOD, is larger
than his father and has sandy COM
pleXion and a reddish muStache. He
wears a snuff colored suit of clothes
and a broad brimmed black SLOUGH hat.
One of the pair it is not known
which. WnarS rlIhhnrS