Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-05
WHO SHOT SHAW
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Sheriff Chapman, Mr.. Butterheld
and Deputy Sheriff Cobb had to wade
through a small swamp in their run
to head off the Shaws. AS soon as he
came within easy hailing distance the
sheriff cried, by the authority OF the
State of Vermont ] command you to
surrender and throw up your hands. y
The only reply was a shot from young
Shaw which whizzed over the officers
heads. Mr.. Bosley, who had sccreted
himself behind stump fence alta dis
lance of about 80 rods, opened fire on
the desperadoes at about the same
time and the younger Shaw was soon
engaged in replying to hot cross fire.
After firing shot at the officers, who
stood Is rods in front Of him, he would
wheel around and send few over to
the man behind fence. After each
shot he ducked to the ground and dis
charged the empty shell from his gun.
A cooler trio than the sheriff, But
terfield and Cobb, as they stood in line
and replied to the fire of the young
desperate, have not been seen any
where.
~ knew he was dead shot," said
Mr.. Butterfeld afterwards, ''and every
time he fired l said We'll. here goes
one OF us. 81"
Deputy Sheriff Cobb said he had not
had so much fun since the war. sit
made me laugh to see Thad Chapman
standing up there and plugging away
with that big revolver and then load
ing it again as cool as cucumber"
The Shaws kept working to the
south as the battle progressed, and in
crossing ditch the father stumbled
and fell. Frank was trying to get
behind big stump, but just as he
was about to reach the shelter there
was simultaneous crack from the
rifles OF Deputy Sheriff Cobb and Mr..
Bosley, and the young man staggered
back and fell. The officers at once
started to close in, but Mr.. Buttertield
held them back, fearing that Frank
was "playing possum.
Tho oIJar Cl,ovu or;n1 ftof fl,o 1>n,y
was dead, and at a command from the
sheriff he threw aside the guns and
held up his hands.
"Dustin Shaw" said one of the Of
tlcers, "what did you want to get into
such scrape as this for?" The old
mans knees shook with terror as he
answered, II don't know, / don't
know"
Within 40 minutes after the shoot
lug of young Shaw there were 80 men
surrounding the wounded desperate.
His indomitable spirit did not forsake
him in his weakened condition and he
opened his eyes to reply to a remark
from Deputy Sheriff Tinkham of
RochesteNsg~usa an oath. els that
yox, Tbs. ! .said to Sheriff Chap
man, 'If had known it was you
wouldn't have fired, but I'd like to get
crack at that man Tinkham."
The bullet which wounded young
Shaw was found in his clothing, and
the fact that it is a 80 calibrc proves
that it came from the rifle of Mr..
Bosley, because Deputy Sheriff Cobb,
who fired at the same time, uses
32-calibre rifle. Mr.. Boslcy served in
the confederate army during the
army.
A man who saw the battle in Hol-
denis meadow yesterday counted IS
shots fired by both sides. OF these,
it is said Sheriff Chapman fired four,
Deputy Sheriff Cobb three, Mr.. Bos-
lev three, Mr.. Buttertield two and
Frank Shaw six. 1t is probable, how
ever, that more shots than these
were fired, for everybody was greatly |
excited and most of the men do not
know how many shots were fired
themselves. The fact that Frank |
Shaw, the reputed crack marksman,
failed to hit any of the men 10 rods
away from him is put down to his
weak and nervous condition.
States Attorney Sargent of Lud-
low has possession of the rifles carried
by the two Shaws. The fathers gun
is 80 calibre and the son'sa 3S. The
guns were earthly examined yesterday
but no one could find anything to show
that the fathers gun had been recent
ly fired. This important question of
Dustin Shaw fired at the
officers yesterday will be one of the
hardest things in the case to clear up,
because of the disagreement of disln.
tereSted witnesses.