Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-09
But the Officers Finally
Run Down Their Men.
Had Been Seen Around the
Jail at Portsmouth, n. H.
Captured BY Aewbuyport and AnesbuD
PoIiee..-0ae Is Known.

Newburyport, Mass, March S.-Two
men who, the police believe were con-
cerned in the attempted jail delivery
at Portsmouth, n. H., last night, were
captured in the town of Salisbury to-
Gay after a manhunt which was fully
as exciting as that which marked the
capture in New Hampshire several
weeks ago OF the two safe robbers who
are now in the Rockingham county
Jail and for whose liberty the attempt
was maze to enter that Jail last night
The local police were notified early
to-day by the Portsmouth authorities
that the two men who attempted to
break inc the Jail were on their way
to this city. The entire police force
were notified to be on the watch for
the men and several hours after the
telephone warning from Portsmouth
WAS received an officer notified City
Marshal Lattime that two men answer
ing the description of the Portsmouth
fugitivas We're coming into the city by
way of the Newburyport railroad high
way
Officers Murphy and McLane were
sent out and as soon as the two men
saw them they started to run. The
officers gave chase and Marshal Lat
time mounted a horse to assist the
men on foot. He eventually succeed
ed in heading off the fleeing men and
compelled them to turn off the turn
pike and into the Salisbury marshes.
Running over the marshes became a
difficult task for the two men and their
1,ursuers and both parties became so
tired that their progress was very
slow.
Their greatest difficulties, however,
were the numerous creeks and streams
across they were obliged to wade and
swim. There We're at least a dozen OF
these streams and the policemen find
ing that they were unable to cut down
the lead of the fleeing mon drew their
revolvers and fired several shots
which, however, instead Of frightening
OF bringing about the surrender of the
supposed Jail deiiverers only had the
effect OF fastening their footsteps
The men We're heading in the direc-
ton of Amesbury and Marshal Lat
time. whose horse had been unable to
make his way through the marshes,
hurried back to headquarters and tel
ephoned to that city 10 have Il squad
Of men sent cut to intercept the sus-
poets. The Amesbury police department
sent out a small squad Of officers and
two Of them were armed with rifles.
In the meantime the hunted men
deemed it expedient to separate, there
by necesSitatinG split in the forces of
the pursuing officers. The men swan
one more creek and were fastening
along as rapidly as their tired limbs
would permit when the Amesbury Off
GERS, carrying thcir rifles were sighted
in the distance.
The men tried to dodge the oncoming
officers, but with Amesbury officers in
front of them and Newburyport Off
GERS in the rear of them they had but
a small territory over which they
might escape. One of the men was cap
tureG by Officer Morrison of the Ames-
bury police and Il few moments later
his companion was captured by Off
GERS Murphy and Mclean of the local
police.
The policemen Of this city and the
prisoners were in an exhausted condi-
ton as a result of their fatiguing chase
across the marshes and they We're also
thoroughly chilled. At police headquar-
ters in this city the men gave their
names as Patrick Sheehan and Thorn
as Foster. The police say that Sheehan
is well known to them and that he was
recently released from the Lawrence
Jail where he served term of three
yars for committing highway robbry
at Ipswich. The police believe that Fos-
ter is using fictitious name and he
is unknown to them.
The men are being held pending fur
Their instructions from the Porthmouth
police. Sheehan is in a serious condi-
ton as result of his tramping from
Portsmouth, his running over the
marshes and the numerous involuntary
baths which he was compelled to take
during the course of the chase, and
lie is under the care of the prison doc
tor.
The two men We're taken to Ports
mouth tonight by Sheriff Collin and
Deputy Marshal Hurley of that city.
Sheriff Collin identified Sheehan as
one of the men at whom ne shot when
he discovered them within the Jail en-
closure, and the other man was partly
identified by William Penney. a Ports
mouth navy yard employee who took
part in the chase of the fuGitives. The
sheriff said the men would be charged
with attempting to rescue a prisoner
accused of murder