Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-05-10


had secreted himself behind stump
fence at a distance Of about 80 rods.
opened fire on the desperadoes and
the younger Shaw was soon engaged
in replying to hot cross fire. After
firing a shot at the officers, who stood
Is rods in front of him. he would
wheel around and send few over 10
the man behind the fence. After
each shot he ducked to the ground
and discharged the empty shell from
his gun. The sherifls pegged away
with their guns, Chapman, Cobb and
Butterfeld standing near together.
The Shaws, a little distance apart,
kept working away toward swamp,
but they never reached it, for Bosley,
who served in the Confederate army,
nailed Frank Shaw with ball from
his Marlin rifle and Shaw fell. The
older Shaw at once called out that his
son was killed. The officers were
fearful of tricks, and ordered him to
throw the guns aside and hold up his
hands. This he did and the officers
came up to where Frank lay groan-
ing. The ball had passed through
the fleshy part of the left arm near
the shoulder and penetrated the left
lung, The ball passed through the
body and was found in the clothing
when the wounded man was I'M
dressed. About 80 shots in all were
fired. This was the only one that
took effect. None of the officers were
wounded. Shaw. the dead-shot, was
too used up physically to exercise his
powers.
Frank Shaw was game and re-
marked as he lay at the officers feet
that he would like TO have got a
crack at Deputy Sheriff Paul Tink-
ham Of Rochester, who had just come
up. Both men were carried to Mid
dlebury, where the whole town
turned out to see them. They were
placed in jail. Franks wound was
examined and found to be serious,
but it was thought he would almost |
surely survive it. Both the Shaws /
were much run down physically.
Said Dustin Shaw:-"Yes, we have
had an awful time in those mountains.
The snow is three feet deep in some |
places, and have tramped through it
with nothing on but pair of rubbers.
For the last few days we have been
beyond the hungry stage and have
felt only faintness at the stomach.
! cannot tell you what our route has
been over the mountains; we were lost
on the hills and wandered everywhere.
"From Monday till Wednesday
night of last week." continued Mr..
Shaw, 1--WE had nothing to eat. Then
we obtained some bread at a farm
house, which was all we had until FRI
day morning, when we killed and ate
a rabbit and a squirrel. All Monday
and Tuesday of this week we lay still
on the Ripton mountains, hardly dar-
ing to crawl out Of our hiding place
for drink of water. We were con-
cealed in a thick growth of hemlocks
under the shelter of big log. | saw
two of the searching party which beat
across the mountains yesterday, and
knew that we were being hunted
hard"
YES he continued, in answer to
a question, "we were making for
York state when captured. hardly
wanted TO go there, but | could not
see any other way We came down
out Of the mountains last night by
what is known as the branch road,
and we walked straight through East
Middlebury village and then struck
off south on the poor farm road. We
got some potatoes at farm house be-
fore we stopped at Seeley's. We
crossed the creek on the three-mile
bridge and expected to pass the day
at Holden's barn
1t is pretty certain that Dustin
Shaw did not fire at the officers when
captured.
Friday, Dustin was taken by
Deputy Sheriff Tinkham back to
Jail. The old man was
still weak, and said he had been
for week, so the sheriff
loaned him his fur coat He was not
Dustin talked consider
able, and said If they had had one