The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-15
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NATHAN COBB
STILL A FUGITIVE

STILL A FUGITIVE
% rhe Murderous Assailant of Consta-
,s BILE Neary. Dempsey and Osborne
: Not Yet Apprehended-supposed
to Be Hiding with Relatives-some
Incidents of Cobb's Life-The
Wounded Men Are Improving and
Will Recover.
Ii has been many a day since Car
oondale was disturbed as it was by the
excitement wrought by the fury OF
Nathan Cobb. on Monday night, when
he used his knife SO freely, inflicting u
half dozen wounds on three persons,
William Osborn. Daniel Dempsey and
Constable Edward Neary.
The Wild murderous attack of Cobb,
in which he cut and slashed with the
desperation and ferocity of a madman,
set the town wild with Indignation and
feeling ran high against the perpe-
traitor of the knitting, particularly when
it was learned that Constable Neary.
who has a host of warm friends in the
city. was among the victims of Cobb's
murderous blade.
Searching parties were organized to
nunt down the notorious Cobb, but the
friendly gloom of the night and his
familiarity with the country through
which he fled served him well in baf-
fling his pursuers. and he successfully
eluded them in the hunt that led them
hn nf hp p1
out into the country.
The search was renewed today, but
with no success, though clues We're
picked that will undoubtedly lead to
the capture of the fugitive.
Cobb is supposed to be in Greenfield
township, where he has u number of
relatives. He has a half-brother, jess"
Cobb, whose home is near Clifford, and
it was thought that he would seek ref
uge under his roof. Acting on this be-
lief, Chief of Police McAndrew and
Patrolman Garden drove to Clifford
just before noon yesterday and also
made inquiry and search along the
route.
Yesterday morning. when they ended
their patrols, Patrolmen McAndrew.
Huddy and Garden accompanied Chief
were successful only to the extent that
they learned he had crossed the On
tario and Western tracks near No.
crossing and had taken to the road
leading to Greenfield township. After
securing that vicinity, the party gave
up the search for the time, and at noon
It was renewed by Chief McAndrew and
Patrolman Garden.
Cobb was seen to pass the nagman's
shanty at No. crossing about 1 o'clock
yesterday morning. He was observed
by a resident of this city, who was
waiting for car at a point close to
the shanty. The person who saw Cobb
was not aware of the wild doings of
the latter. but was struck forcibly by
Cobb's appearance. He was barehead-
cd, and fairly flew by the shanty. While
cobb was unknown to the resident
from here. yet the description of Cobb
fitted so well. besides the other COR
roborating circumstances, that there is
no question of it having been the fugit-
i've.
The three men who felt the plung-
ing and slashing of Cobb's knife are
lot in a dangerous condition. None of
them received fatal wounds, though
all three had the narrowest kind of
escape from the deadly weapon wield-
cd by Cobb.
Constable Ncary and Dempsey are
in Emergency hospital. and Osborne,
though pale and weakened somewhat
from the shock, was about the streets
yesterday.
Dempsey was taken to the hospital
about 1.30 o'clock yesterday morn
Ing. When he was examined by the
surgeons three wounds We're found, all
o. them located along the left side of
the back. Two of the wounds were not
more than mere cuts, due proba bly, to
the circumstance that they were in
ficted after the chief cut, while Demp-
sey was retreating from Cobb's at
tack. The last wounds, the one which
looked SO ugly, is located between
the fifth and sixth ribs. There is a
deep opening, as If produced by lung
ing blow of the knife. The plura was
entered and the surgeons shook their
hands gravely as they examined the
opening, for if the knife penetrated
an eighth of an inch deeper the re-
suit would have been fatal.
Dempsey is resting quite comforta-
bly, and there are no bad indications
in his conditions. He is expected to
recover.
Dempsey's escape from ii death
wound was dreadfully close. but
scarcely more so than Constable
Neary's.' The officers wound extends
from about an inch behind the right
ear and runs in slightly curved line
down under the ear and along the
curve of the cheek to almost the point
of the chin. Had it been but n trifle
lower, the iuglar vein would have been
cut. Cobb, when he stood on the
Delaware and Hudson railroad tracks,
with uplifted hands, as a sign of sur
render, after the constable yelled that
he had a warrant for his arrest, drew
down his murderous arm before his
victim got quite close to him, and this
circumstance probably saved the ofli-
GERS life.
IT required thirteen stitches to close