Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-05-05

in some places, and l have tramped
through it with nothing on but
pair OF rubbers. For the last few
days we have been beyond the hun
CRY stage and have cit only faint
ness at the stomach. I cannot tell
you what our route has been over
the mountains; we were lost on the
hills and wandered everywhere"
This last statement is probably
not true.
"From Monday till Wednesday
night Of last week." continued MIR.
Shaw, ''we had nothing to eat.
Then we obtained some bread at
farm house, which was all we had
until Friday morning, when we
killed and ate rabbit and squirrel.
All Monday and Tuesday of this
week we Law still on the Ripton
mountains, hardly daring to crawl
out OF our hiding place for drink
of water.
STORY OF THE CHASE.
For nine days or more the two
Shaws led the officers of three coun.
ties and scores of armed men a
weary chase through the Green
Mountains and the man-hunt which
ended Thursday has been watched
with intense interest all over the
state The hunt began Tuesday Of
last week but after the fngitives left
Hatch's house in Barnard the officers
failed TO get their eyes on them until
Friday morning. Early that morn
ing Sheriff Spafford, Deputy Sher-
ifs Hoffman, E. A. Thomas, Tink-
ham, Constable Wilson of GaysvilIe
and Deputy Sheriff George Chedel
of Pitts.icld started over South hill
in Stockbrielgr, Suddenly shots
were heard and the party hurried up
to investigate the shooting, Hoffmln
and Spafford being in sight of each
other most of the way as they
climbed the hill. Near the top Il
ring of smoke was seen rising from
IL clump of spruces and approaching
by a round about way Spafford and
Hoffman came face to face with the
Shaws, who were cooking a rabbit
over a camp fire
The Shaws had the officers GOV.
cred. "Helo, boys" said Spafford,
1--WE don't want any shooting," and
the elder Shaw replied to the same
effect, telling his son to drop his
gun.
"Drop your gun, Shaw" said
Hoffman, "or III bore >ou." H,ff-
man repeated his command AMI
Frank Shaw fi,ed and Hoffm ii fell.
the bullet entering the pit of his
stomach.
Spafford and Young Shaw eN
changed several more shot, ana then
the fugitivcs ran down the hill fol-
lowed by Il parting shot.
DR.. Hoffman was carried Il mile
or more to the house Ut Charles
Neff, where he died about 9 o'clock
Friday evening.
The first reliable information of
the whereabouts of the Shaws after
the tragedy was received from Mid.
dlehury Monday morning. They
had started westward and it was
thought they would stop at the house
of George Flanders on Ripton
for whom they had form
erly worked Accordingly officers
in the vicinity on Sunday,
and that night the house was SUR
1t is said that signal
was arranged with Flanders. If the
men who were wanted put in an ap-
pearance Flanders was to show Il
light.
The iugltives appeared, but Flan-
ders did not show Il light till five
after they had disappeared.
afternoon their tracks were
said to have been seen in the vicinity
Of Lake Dunmore and Sheriff Chap
man placed guards at every bridge
On the Otter river over which the
1eeing men would have to cross in
case they attempted to reach the
New York side of Lake Champlain.
Monday and Tuesday passed with
title event though the search with
officers, men and hounds was pushed
and "Wednesday all trace
If the desperadoes was lost. Sheriff
however, believed the
men were still in the mountains and
several pa'ties under him, Deputy
rinkham and States Attorney Sar-
gent continued to scour the hills.