Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-03

| NOW, their murderOuS WinCheSterS at
their sides, and they were snoring as
contentedly as though they were
snugly quartered in the Woodstock
jail.
He was unarmed and SO he ran back
to the village to give the alarm and
soon returned with Ira Taylor. Just
as they got within sight Of the place
they saw the Shaws, father and son,
running for dear life across the mea-
dow making for the dense swamp to
the west.
They never reached that swamp,
but had they done SO different story
would have been told this afternoon.
1t appears that the officers had re-
ceived the news of the first alarm and
had come down from Ripton, IL miles
away. There were six Of them IN all,
among them being Sheriffs Thaddeus
Chapman and William Cobb.
They had reached the scene of ac-
tion just before Knights and Taylor
and were accompanied by one Of the
farmers living near there, John Bos-
ley.
They were all armed with rifles and
came up just in time to spy the fugi-
tives IN the middle of the lot about
twenty rods away. The Shaws saw
their pursuers and blazed back at
them.
There was hot fight both sides
firing as rapidly as they could in
mad desire to kill an opponent. The
Shaws put up brave fight as wild
beast when run to earth, but there
were too many against them and
Frank fell at last mortally wounded.
The old man then quietly lowered his
gun and stood where he was submit
ting tamely to surrender.
Frank was shot first in the left arm,
but pluckiIy kept up the battle until
a bullet from the rifle of John Bosley
pierced his left breast and he dropped
Imply to the ground.
The old man seemed to have wild
sort of an affection for his wounded
comrade, and although he would utter
no word, there was a dazed look in his
eyes as though his main stay was gone,
and with it all his courage and deter
mination to continue resistance any
longer. He was brought to the jail
here and no one yet has heard him
speak a word.
: Franz was brought here and DR..
D. c. Noble is attending him, but it
is thought he cannot live.
No one else was injured on either
side, although there were somewhere
in the vicinity Of 16 shots fired.
Both the captives were in a very
low physical condition and very weak
from lack of food. This was the 10th
lay since their escape from Woodstock
Jail.
Middlebury, May 3. - There was a
tumor here last night that Frank
Shaw has been seen in Waybridge.
He had guns with him and asked for
'ood. He is reported to have gone to
Buck Mountain.
The officers made a thorough search |
If the mountains in Ripton yesterday |
ind all the farms and vacant buildings |
IN Bread Loaf mountain. They visit
ID the farm Iof John Tierney, who
ives on a back road the place where
Dustin Shaw took the deer. 1t was
'oared that the Shaws might show
lp there and wreak vengeance owing
20 Tierney's testifying in court Of
jheir shooting deer in off season.
Sheriff Chapman is now satisfied that
they did not 60 there.
All the roads and ways of escape |
we're guarded last night as usual.
There is some semblance Of truth |
10 the story Of the attempt in good
'aith of Flanders to get the Shaws in
20 the hands Of Officer Day, but the
,agerness Of the motley crowd of pur-
,uers to be in at the surrender fright
sned the fugitives and instead Of sur
rendering they retreated again into
5he recesses into which the viglliants
lare not or at least do not follow
jhem. If the crowd had kept away |
t is quite likely that the surrender
proposed by Flanders and expected by
Day would have been accomplished.
There is scarcely a doubt now that
Flanders was acting in good faith |
when he got Day to go to the hill |