The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-12
BURGLARS
ARE CAUGHT
Men In HOld-up On Railroad
Train Soon Captured
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ITALIAN PASSENGER SHOT
Shoe Factory Robbed at Dover, N. H.
Attempt to Escape on Boston g.
Main Road Resulted in
Tragedy
ITALIAN PASSENGER SHOT

Dover, N. III, Feb. 1.-THE two burg
lars who robbed shoe factory here at
midnight Friday and who murdered an
Italian laborer III the smoking ear Of
tho Sunrise" express train bound from
ST. John, N. b., for Boston, at Rock
| ingham junction on the Boston and
Maine railroad, early Saturday morning,
were captured in the afternoon after an
exciting chase OF III miles through Rock
ingham county, IN which deputy sheriifs,
police and citizens participated. The
officers and one of the burglars eX-
changed shots while the man hunt was i'll
progress, but no person was injured.
The robbers escaped from the train
| hands at Rockingham Junction, after
they had shot and killed Giuseppe Clam
pa, Il passenger, who endeayored 10 leave
the smoking car while the railroad men
we're attempting 10 detain the burglars.
One of the men captured is Joseph Gonin,
French Canadian shoe worker, who has
recently been living at HayerhilI. Con
in is "a years OF age, and his companion,
whose name Is not known, ii OF about
the same age He Is also supposed to
be Freneh-C Canadian.
AS soon as Giampa fell the burglars,
with their pistols still drawn, edged
their way to the near door and jumped
from the train. One fell III the snow
but both men escaped and entered the
woods near the station. The robbers
went in the direction Of Portsmouth
discardng their overeoafs in the fight.
Within an hour deputy sherifis from
StTaiiord and Rockingham counties,
number of town officers from Exeter,
tJose- and other places, and several ci-
villains were III pursuit. The fugitives
were easily tracked ia the snow. They
headed for the town Of Strstham, cross
ing the Newmarket and Stratham bridge
over the Exeter river. They took a
course through the Stratham woods, and
emerging about eight o'clock, called at
farm house and were given breakfast.
The men then continued through STRAIT.
ham in a straight line to North Hamp-
ton, thence through Hampton and Hamp-
ton Falls. They they separated, and
Gouin made for patch Of woods in
North Hampton lie had thrown away
his revolver and when the officers ar
rived he surrendered without making re-
sistanea.
Officers Walter Sterling Of Dover and
Fred Ii, Morse and Maurice Dwyer OF
Exeter and others continued the chase
for the other man. He was found three
hours later at point near the Exeter,
Hampton and Amesbury street raid
way, four miles from the scene OF Gou-
ms capture Az the officers approached.
the fugitive hid behind a elump Of
bushes. He fired six shots at the officers,
several Of which passed near Dwyer, but
no one was injured. The officers return.
ed the fire and the robbor surrendered.
Like Gouin the man was exhausted, but
had not been wounded. In the prisoners
pockets were found two bottles of nitro.
glycerin, a large number Of fuses, sew.
eral skeleton keys, large quantity of
smokeless cartridge and s23.Q4 in money
The prisoners declined to say anything
about the matter. They viii be ar
raigned today on charge Of murder
! From description furnished by Con.
ductor Reeves the authorities are Of the
opinion that the shots which killed the
Italian were fired by the man who was
last taken.