The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-03-27
A CHARGE OF MURDER
AGAINST RAY MULLEN
LEVELED REVOL YER
ON HIS CAPTOR
Man, Wanted in Oregon, Escaped in Bos-
ton Last Night While Big Crowd
Looked On in Amaze

Boston, March 2T.-Leveling a reyolv-
er ait the head of his captor. United
States Marshal w. B. Burns of Washing
ton, ID. C., Stephen "A. n. Puter Of San
Francisco, known here Al John III. Brown
Eell, who is wanted by the government
as a witness in the s0.called Oregon land
fraud cases and BY the State of Oregon
on d charge of forging school certificates
amounting to 10000, was able to back
loft into Il crowd on one OF the busiest
corners of the Back Bay section of the
city last night, and escaped after being
under arrest less than half an hour.
Burns arrived here some days ago,
but III was not until yesterday that
Putcr was traced to house on the
Fenwav iii the Back Bay section Of this
city. Burns also found that the man
was Iii the habit Of coming to the branch
post Office On populous corner and ret.
ting letters under the name Of John H.
/ Brownel.
Burns decided to wait fer him, and
about $50 o'clock last night pnter APP
peared. He recognized Che officer rs
the latter appeared and asked him To
60 into the private office Of the post
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two seated themselves while Superin-
tendent Swift went out, As Burns
thought, for two policemen. They wait
cd nearly an hour for Swift, and when
he turned up he tapped on the window,
remarkiug as he dia SO: Have you
got your man, Bufnsg'
Yhe marshal thought that the remark
was a hint that the policemen were ont
side the door, 30 he told Futer that
he was under arrest and made hurried
search for weapon OF any kind None
was discovered and the officer and his
prisoner stepped out on the sidewalk.
There was Mo policeman there, and Burns
found himself alone with q man who
was rapidly becoming desperate
puter asked the officer to take him to
Washington at once, but Burns replied
that he would have ID lock him mp and
stsrt for Washington hi the morning.
Then Puter asked Burns to 20 with hi&
to his room for his bag, but Burns de-.
clined At that Puter drew cut his
handkerchief and IN putting it back in
his breast pocket suddenly thrust his
hand inside his coat and flashed re-
volver into the face 81 the officer.
@Ill kill you, Burns said the west
erner, s'if you dare 70 move"
The crowd about the two men was
quite dense, as it Is street car trans
fer point, md the lomebeund people
were rushing about for their slips ef
paper, The crowd fell away rapidly at
the appearance uf the revolver, but
Burns, although considerably older than
bis prisoner jumped At him and pushed
up Is hand.
Puter struggled and suce eded in poin.
ing the muzzlr of the revolver al Burns
breast for 4 second time Again the
plueky officer closed with his man and
this time threw down tho leyeled arm,
but his strength was not sufficient to
wrench the weapon away, and there was
no policeman near TO assist him, al
though nearly q hundred were assem-
blcd at station 16, only hundred yards
away, for the evening roll call.
Puter in the second bout was able to
ret entirely free from the grasp of the
marshal and then gradually backed
away from him with the revolver still
pointing at Burns, who did not dare
to draw his own weapon for fear that
TIE gun play would result fatally to the
crowd. Puter was about dogen yards
of when he turned and darted down the
street, followed by some of the crowd
and the officer. He soon disappeared
however, and Burns, after a frmitless
chase for some distance, returned and
reported his loss to the local authoii-
ties.
Every effort win be made by the
Boston police 10 find Puter again for
Marshal Burns.