The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
,alosrs cam. upon shs refugees ON on South pti .d hi1.

was nit ana ulOTthly nun. fI'HViu Nhu oN-
revolver shooting at close range. but be was
not filled with an oyerpoweriny aipbIuoh "
continue the chase alone. SO the Shaws sot
away. IIsfm%n :, died sa,, the n 81 ina as n..l- snD"ohls he
wanted 10 continue the chase, liz, sent over 70
Rutland to sheriff peaobdy for the House on
Correction bloodhounds. Peabody WIZ ~
ton brought along Duke, the dog Duk, a
grent. goodnatured beast who would hot pIte q
fy at hay. but IL a remarkable follower o. p,a-
field though. tho trail OF IN" Nhaws wa ~
Peabody and his. men stayed to heIp VI tm'
chase Deputy, sheriff Thomas cam, w ' ,nnn
armed with more or less authority OF me IA.
who expressed themselves. az anxious 10 hiee'
the Shnws In deadly cou,baa -, ,h.
From the general direction or ~" flRht 81 wv
Shaws from Woodstock III" officers behcVen
TINT they were trying 10 make thrlt ~ay wy
through tho hill owl 10 klI,2n a,n n u1t IL
county and in that way get wlthin STRIKING ~
tnncc ~ New York State, They were tlorS
Onghly familiar with the mountains AZ hotno W
them had been hired men IN hlln"st 'NrrN 'pmn
Of Windsor and Addison counties lh'y Ian
crossed into Kptlnnd county soon ait'I l'hNht
Woodstock had entered Windsor ayaIn az
Siockhridge and left 70 20 UP ,hrouSn nd.hhen
field and Brandon IA Rutland county 70 'usnsn
and Ripton in Addison county, ms ,Huoa
along the mountain houndar."- OF u" inu'"
counties involved Ii" officers oi al III 'h''un"i
II known that Nv" ShHNs had one" "hIh'N
for u man named Flanders ~ llplnn ,Nltth,s
famous ms the place who're the Bread ln.i inI
ilourshcs. and il was >iid maj ii'f "rI' .',',tn
10 Mrs. Flanders II seemed we'll to "Htch w"
Flanders house, in the hope that "" Sht"s
would call there on their way north seven
deputies were posted IN the WOOD ~ u ilue rmn
opposite the Flanders house, and FlanucfS Hhs
10 show n lipnt when the Shaws arrived lh'
Shaws came AZ midnight on sunday, lhe"spua
ties said they We're nor sure that me MN WI.
the Shaws, and that the light was not sho"nlus,
ms had been agreed upon. One Of them Went
down 10 the house and met a dlsrepu'abltHiQ3k-
ing individual with a Winchester who tolu MN
10 get out Of that and mind his own buHiesSp
he would get hurt. The deputy slowly nitie ms
way back to the rest Of the watchers ana NE.
talked the matter over and, deClu.H tiW
really could not have been either OF 'he Shaws'
and must have been some volunteer watcher,
They did nothing more about the matter uWi
morning. Then they we're told by tIand'Is anu
his folks that the Shaws had been there curing
the night and had borrowed an ,overcoat ana
had likewise been supplied with IA bag o' ""ue'-
nuts and "A ham
The deputie, took our their feelings IN passing
around deep suspicious of the good ram Of w
FlanderseS. Warrants We're issued lot
their arrest on a charge Of aiding and ab"'-
ting the escape Of the Sha~S.
II took n very short time for the news OF
this lasco to reach Rochester over the telrII
phone line which runs from town TO Town a.,
through the mqnntal,.I, On im'7n n,Hyrm ned
that Paul Tinkham had organized a force OF
100 mon in Goshen with whom n" was gong
Ia beat up the mountain all the way over 10
Ripton in the hope OF flushing The Shg"s ana
driving them into III" hands 81 Nhofl1 NaI.
man, people in Rirton, II was thought lhGt
If the pursuit could he pushed hard enough
of the officers 10 visit the Flanders h9liSe hgall,
Tinkham failed To rout theln ont. They we're
moi there Just where they were j. Treiiy
we'll indicated by the finding Of aham bone
and a lot Of broken doughnl'7 IN the cellar
of N" Flanders house.
Sh"rln ,thapnlan I4sted gun[u7 a. rrca(
ford aud bridge along otter Crock NC tf''h
was very much swollen and, in some lIa''H
had spread ont over the meadows unti IL va
a mile Nidn. The sheriff believed that i would
b" imros.iNl for The fugitive, TO gel +" S"w
York without, crossing The cr"rl
Hnkham would not rr.t VITA two other
dpputir, nrd tWenty-eight mcu ne s'4i'"d
on from Sucker Brook 10 bca, NJ aad down
the mountain over 10 Rrton AGillh nero
is nothing much wilder auywh'r" nan iG"e"
raynn> and wildcrn'N-cs IN IA" town. oi uo.nGm
daud when they reached the picket Nnn on
the road from Kpton ,'" i,ast M.ndI'nurr,
The road had been %plcke''d lGr "a o-'aH,'
0f four miles along the base 90 tho nu'ln'dl,h
Pickett, were placed NJ every eighth ~ a nm"
to watch for any one whe might ,0'iolnUt, 10
cross the road Most oi them ne n'ulln
boulders and fence corners. in tho hoi" they
said hat they would not scare n" Nho%s "N,
or Wednesday. Shcrln chapman, WE" j.
A. small and WHY a. linkhaw Is hr"qceh"Nld,
to look into the conduct Of ouclierrov. over
northwest Of Rinton. m lid friend OF ne Shaw-'
The crime for %hhicn 3" I'M " , M. dsar pee" nm iiiII
1inkhan had found 'hr. carcass OF me doer
i'm Tiernoys house and had induced Ticrncy
TO turn States evidence aId bring about mo
like Tinkhlm. does not go about ms business
with "A Winchester. He. carries. q revolver
which few eyer saw bin drh%; NE ,, i"G nH;h HGry
hair turned grey. lie led his men Ia ll"rney :
house and when they hung back, 5ill a hl'
wary Of the fate Of poor hoffman, ne W"n'l N
alone. Finding nothing in ~" house, 10 Went
through tho barn and uoRodin the hay with
q ritchfurk. and then dc~Lttc th" protest, 81
his men he got down on his belly ana WrlGGltd
under the undcrpinu,uE ut H." hous" and We
barn inst to make sure that he Vas mistaken
in his conviction that the ShrWs were hiding
about the place Somewhere, ma, ne WE
right in his notion Of m" way they would
seek to hide themselves was shown next day
on Thursday morning Al dHyhr"ak Frank
Seeley Of Middlehury drov" mt" ltlp'"n M VIA
haste to tell Sheriff Chapman that TWO etranrerI
who were, he was sure, the Shaws, had walked
him up AT . o'clock in the night and had asked
for food, saying that they were trout liNh"rlnen
who had lost their way II" gave Them 1000
and watched them 60 down tho road When
he wns sure II was safe he FASTENED to town
with the news. u was now, c"r,hIn 'hat the
fugitive, had rvadcd the pickle, line on otter
creek, had crossed the river and were making
for Lake Chamrlain sheriff chapman "nn a.
many Of his men rs ne c9uld. gamer on Shor,
notice at once went to ,Se"leyS Ii" lonhd Illt'
the report had got about among the farms,
and the roads swarned with men ana boys
who talked loudly Of what they would don in'y
saw the ShawS.
NNl l'f 'ltl IlllI NV t'll'l ~ WV ~ 49, t''''
ptnr Creek, searching every deserted. barn
and clubhouse he saw. Meanwhile a Motel cork
i'm Niddlnhury, having heard oi TN" S"'l"N
report took n buggy ont Of the stable ana went
ont on the road that runs south from III" bridge,
on the west side of the creek. When h" cam" Il"
Harrison l%lold"u's, tho FIRST nous" after leaving
the bridge. he asked Holden whether u would
not bo n good idea Ia search N" barns IN the
very nrst loft they entered they found Duncan
SHAW hiding hlrsoli under the hAV
For Gods sake, boys, said M" ola man,
don't tell ANYBODY You saw me here
who are vou?" asked the hotel clrIh
40 matter who | am, answered shaw, Just
don't please shy ANYTHING nh"ul II iioId"n
and the clrrk said. Al right, and retired
The hotel clerk who had gone out mon" with
tho ldna of seeing things than of doing things
rode back 10 NiddlrburV ~ fast ~ his hor,"
could take him lie borrowed n revolver, a.
he had been quite unarmrd,, ana .'ailrdt Inr
volunteers. ~ all tho multitude that mad been
tearing about the rnad- for a wo"h -""klnE W"
gore of the ShHwS only unc man md not one
boy would follow him now that II va, certain,
that the Shaws were really III the ncIGhborhoUf.
He stoDped M John Bosloy's hOu'c and told
him where they were gong. and Bo.l"y pitched
M n buggy and his wife brought HIM rtIlc, and
he struck out across he meadows away from
the road to head or the ShHV~ if th"r a'trmnt"d
10 Cut across lots III" Shaws were 'u~i leaving
the Holden barn when w., clerk rot there W."
raised the revolver, which was 81 lh" putty
hl0vcr" tyur, and storuly curwaudcd tho
flgiriycs 10 halt Young Shaw iit'rd the gun
which he was trailing h'-.d" him and T1t II 10
his ~hOrl her
TO GacE, he -aid to the hotel clrsk. The
clerk plt tho revolver int' his pocket and wont
back Al this mom"ut sheriff ,hapInlu Dar}r
nlnnc on his return from hr- irultleSS search Of
the houses On the w"s, road He had four de-
ru'es and some newspaper REPORTERS with
INN They did not wait 10 ask anv questions
Of the hotel clerk. II was enough Tor tIcn
that two men with NDncnrNt"r- woro running