Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-28

Is believed TO be a fatal wound IN the
stomach.
Before the others realized what had
happened. smith darted into nursery
close 90 the track The remainder or
the posse hurriedly surrounded this
place, where IL Is believed Smith stu
is
The news OF the shooting spread with
remarkable rapidity, and within mar
an hour q large portion OF the male
popuation of Woodhurn had arrived
In the vicinity Of the nursery.
Assistance from Portland was tele-
phoned for and number OF detectives
and deputy sherffs left that city on
special train which Is expected to reach
here AT daylight As soon as the Port
land officers arrive It is planned to
make another ATTEMPT TO capture
Smith
SLIPPED THROUGH GORDON.
Portland. or, April 2SA special TO
the Oregonian from WOODBURY., Or.
saws that Frank Smith. the alleged
murderer of Policeman Hanlon of ore.
eon city, was attacked by the posse
which had surrounded him in a clump
OF brush near that place shortly after
o'clock this morning. smith nred up
on his pursuers, shooting Sheriff j. :.
Saver OF Clackamas county through the
stomach and also woundlng Capt. Hen
derson, a member of the posse. In the
darkness Smith escaped. slipping
through the GORDON which had been
thrown around him and which II waa
believed was sure 70 effect his capture.
Plans had been laid 20 capture him at
daylight but at / o'clock Sheriff j. y.
shaver ordered the posse to rush smith.
Not a shot was fired until they were
close upon the man lying hidden III
the dense brush.
Then a yolley was fired by the posse
and evidently taking aim at Shaver
from the flash Of his gun smith began
to shoot.
His bullets went true to the mark
and shaver fell almost at the first shot,
10 be followed a moment later Ny Hen
derson The failure to get Smith when
hls CAPTURE was practically certain
gives smith more than an even chance
Of eludlng his pursuers.
Smith Is desperate man, according
TO the Portland police, He made =
daredevil escape from the city jail
Monday by climbing hand over hand
along a telephone wire to the nre En-
cape on building about 30 feet away.
Wednesday morning after Hanlon
was murdered a hat which the police
identified as Smiths was found close
10 the scene of the crime. Since then
he has led n posse chase similar
10 the famous Tracy and Merrill pun
suit.
The posse located him about dark last
nigh In the bushes where the shooting
occurred
SMITH GOT AWAY.
Portland Ore, April PA telephone
r,eesnge from the Associated Press corr
respondent at WOODBURY. says;
when search was made at daylight
~ the nursery into which Smith es-
caned and was supposed 10 be In hid
INC It was discovered that the man
had again eluded the posse, Smith is
believed TO have fled to the thickly
wooded country II, the vicinity OF APP
ple Greek. The posse from WOODBURY.
assisted by a detachment from the
Portland police department ana a num-
her of the state militia, Is now scour-
ing the country IN which the man Is
supposed TO be hiding.
Sheriff Shaver and Capt. Henderson
NJ the Oregon National Guard are both
said To be fatally injured. They have
been sent 10 the hospital where Shaver
is reported to be In a dying conqltion'
CAPT HENDERSON DEAD.
Portland. or, April PA Salem spe-
cial TO the Telegram states that captain
q. ID. Henderson, who was shot at
Woodburn during the night died at
the hospital at Salem this morning