Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-05-10
The SHAWS CAPTURED.
H0FFMAN'S MURDERERS HAVE
FIERCE BATTLE WITH
OFFICERS.

Taken in Middlebury Last Thursday
--Were Found Sleeping in a Barn
--Running Fight in an Open Field
--Frank Shaw Received a Bullet
Through One Lung. --Both Now in
JaiI.--Their Wanderings in the
Mountains.
Dustin and Frank Shaw, father and
son, escaped prisoners from Windsor
county Jail, one of them the assassin
of Deputy Sheriff George w. Hoff-
man, were captured in Middlebury
last Thursday noon, after battle
with officers in which Frank Shaw
was severely wounded.
The first reliable clew of the Shaw's
whereabouts after they eluded the
deputies at the home of George Elan
ders in Riptor early Monday morn
ing, was secured early Thursday
morning. Two strangers claiming TO
be fishermen raped up Julius Seeley,
who lives two miles south of Middle.
bury, at about O'Clock that morning.
They asked for something to eat,
which he gave them. When he arose
in the morning it flashed on him that
his visitors might have been the Shaws,
and he notified Sheriff Chapman at
Middlebury. The sheriff went to the
Seeley place and called some OF his
deputies, who were in Ripton, TO assist
him. They searched all about but
could not find any trace of the fugi-
tives.
Meanwhile, on the road leading to
Middlebury, LOOMS Knight had con-
ceived the idea Of searching the barns
Of Harrison Holden, with whom the
Shaws had been acquainted. Holden
consented, and he and Knight went
up into the hay NOW Of the sheep
barn, where they discovered the Shaws
sound asleep on the hay, with their
guns beside them. Being unarmed,
they did not disturb the sleepers, but
Knight made all haste to Middlebury
and gave the alarm. Volunteers to
effect the capture were less numerous
than they had been when it was not
known just where the Shaws were,
but finally a small squad, armed with
revolvers, returned to IIolden's. In
passing the house Of John Bosley,
who lives near Holden's, they notified
him and he took his rifle and went
down across the field to cut off the
Shaws if they should try to escape.
This was just what they did try to
do. Knight saw them come out of
the barn. He pointed his revolver at
the fugitives and called to them to
stop. Frank Shaw raised his rifle to
his shoulder and Knight, thinking
that his own weapon was too small,
put it into his pocket and the Shaws
continued their run across the fields.
At this juncture Sheriff Chapman
and his party, on their way home to
drove up from the south.
The men were in four carriages.
Marcus Carr and a newspaper man
occupied the first carriage, Deputy |
Sheriff Cobb and Noble Sanford the
Sheriff Chapman and Deputy |
Sheriff Alden the third and M. i. |
and newspaper artist the |
fourth.
Marcus Carr was the first man to
catch sight of the Shaws running in
The fields. With a shout Of ''That's
hem" the whole party jumped to the
ground and vaulted fence into the
field. Deputy Sheriffs Cobb and
Alden were the only men in the
,rowd who had rifles and Mr.. Alden
lid not get a chance to use his for
Mr.. Butterfield snatched it from his
land with the remark, 81 can run
'aster than you cam" and was soon
,ut of reach Of the deputy.
When the sherifis, who were fresh,
while the Shaws ran as though jaded,
rad got near enough Chapman sum
noned them 10 surrender. They re-
,l;ad with a shot from Franks rifle,