Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-11
MURDERER sHAw's REGRET.
Wanted to Die With His Boots On and
Is Sorry He Was Taken Alive.

Dustin shaw, who IL Now in His Old---
Cell at wOOdstock, Tells OF suIferinEs
In the Desperate Flight.
81 wanted;to die with my boots on, ," said
Frank Shaw, the murderer Of Sheriff Hoff-
man. in the Jail at Middlebury Friday,
the morning after his sensational capture.
al did not want to be taken alive. want
ed to die game. | am sorry that they did
not kill me yesterday"
Young Shaw was feeling little better
when he made that statement. He was ly-
ing on the cot in the jail when two persons
called upon him He was smoking a Gig
arctic, and asked for drink Of whiskey.
Water was given him, and he said he felt
the need of some stimulant, not having
slept at all during the night.
my arm is very painful" he said, land
kept me awake all night. My chest feels
as though there was a chunk of lead inside
my lung"
Young Shaw was asked If he intended to
| kill Sheriff Chapman and his assistants.
81 did not want them to take me alive"
he said, because l thought it was Sheriff
| Tinkham and his man from Woodstock. l
did not want them to get me. If had
| known that it was Sheriff Chapman who
was after me l would have surrendered.
| They we're so far away that could not see
who they were"
Young Shaw was asked how it happen
| ed that he could not shoot better, as he is
known to be a skilful msrksman.
81 could not hit anything yesterday" he
said. 81 was 80 weak and worn out that
could hardly hold up my gun. No one who
has not been through what had can have
any idea OF my condition yesterday. We
were almost starved and very weak from
| travelling and lack of sleep. | was all
worn out when | started from Holden's
barn yesterday"
Young Shaw was very moody and seemed
to be brooding over the fact that he was
taken alive. Apparently he was sincere
| when he said he wanted TO die with his
boots on. When asked about the murder
of Deputy Sheriff Hoffman he repeated his
statement that he did not intend to kill him,
| but fired in the air.
There was quite an affecting scene at
the parting of Dustin Shaw and his son.
| The father bent over his son when he was
ordered to leave, took him in his arms,
wept and kissed him goodby. The old man
! was taken back TO Woodstock jail by Dep
| uty Sheriff Tinkham. There is every
probability that Frank Shaw will recover,
although he is obviously suffering intense
pain from his wounds.
George Flanders, his wife and son of
Ripton were arraigned before Trial Justice
Moore Friday upon the charge of assisting
the Shaws to evade arrest. 1t is alleged
that on Monday the Flanders family gave
the ShAws food and overcoats. There was
probable cause found, and they were held
for the grand jury.
Dustin Shaw talked freely in the Jail at
Middlebury Friday. He says he told Spe-
cial Deputy L. J. Knight, who discovered
him and his son in Holden's barn and Ad-
vised him to surrender, that he would have
done so if the officers had been there TO de-
mAnd it. He asserted, however, that il he
and Frank had had another day they would
not have been captured, for they had
planned TO steal Harrison Holden's horse
and with it to reach New York state. Dus-
tin described the days of privation through
which the two fugitives had passed. They
had suffered from cold, had waded in water
up TO their hips to throw their pursuers of
the trail, and at times had almost starved
to death. He concluded his story with the
remark that they wanted just one more
days leeway TO permit them to get out CT
the state. Then they would have worked
their way West he said, and never would
have been caught.
arrived at Middlebury Friday. Their home
has been in New York state, and no doubt
the Shaws were heading for that section
when they were caught. Mrs. Shaw will
take care of her son as long as he remains
at the jail.
Young Shaw's condition is serious, bu
the chances are that he will recover. HI
has had one bad hemorrhage since he wa
captured.
Dustin Shaw was taken from Middlebury
to Woodstock Friday and lodged in the eel
which he occupied previous to the desperat,
dash for liberty. Deputy Sheriff Pau
Tinkham of Rochester and Ed Rock o
Bethel had him in charge from Middlebur,
until he was delivered to Sheriff X. A
Spofford at White River Junction. Tink
ham and Rock brought the guns which tn
Shaws carried, and they will be used a
evidence when the men are tried. bi
crowd gathered around the officers and tn
prisoner at White River junction. A spe
; cial train was chartered to run from Their
TO Woodstock, and Sheriff Spofford an
! Deputies Tinkham, Thomas, Peck an
Moore made the trip.
! Frank Shaw has had two hemorrhage
+ since he was lodged in Middlebury Jail an
his condition is still regarded as critical
Z The doctor says internal hemorrhAges ar
most to be feared in the case.
A In spite of the reports that the Shaw
i will shortly be taken to the states prise
Z at Windsor, the men will be held at WOOD
? stock until their trial, if Frank Shaw
2 able to be carried there.
q Like States Attorney Sargent Of LuC
r low, Sheriff Spofford is of the opinion tbs
Z the new jail at Woodstock is strong enoug
Il to hold the most dangerous criminal thu
f may come to it, if only he be locked il
d In the present case the prisoners enjoye
J. too much liberty, according to all account
/ and there has been much adverse CRITICS
d of the Woodstock discipline ever since Il
v tragedy. Tailor Eugene A. Thomas, hoy
e ever, seems to be 80 popular throughout Il
| county that probably little will be done
= the case officially, except to see that in Il
1t future escapes from Woodstock will be f
Z, from easy.