The San Francisco call., 1908-07-24
Boston Desperate Falls in Gem
etery After Long Chase by !.
Infuriated Citizens
Three Bandits Start on Their
Career of Terror by Shooting
Up" Saloon at Night
Murderers, Pursued by Angry
Crowd, Draw ReyOIvers and
Fire on All Sides
One Outlaw Escapes When
Companion Drops and Third
Man Is Captured Alive

BOSTON. July 2s.-After three
deadly battles between three des-
peradoes, 800 police and small army
of infuriated citizens, the first en-
counter being late Tuesday night in
barroom, the second last evening in
the peaceful streets Of Jamaica Plain,
and the third early today in the quiet
of cemetery, one of the bandits was
riddled with bullets and killed. sec
ond, believed to be wounded, was be-
ing searched for in the cemetery at
a. m. today, while a third was taken
last evening in the South station
The desperadoes left behind them
over their trail OF a mile and a half
two dead and II wounded All are be-
Iieved TO be foreigners.
The desperate captured is believed
to be Giuseppe Device He is charged
with murder. having been Identified
by four men as one OF ths three who
shot up" the saloon on Tuesday night.
The desperado's career OF terror
started on Tuesday night by the shoot
ing up OF the saloon OF Winterston &
McManus in Washington street Short
" before the closing hour, when the
barrOom was full of men. three men,
apparently Italians. made their appear
ance at the door and shouted. All
hands up"
When the shooting was over IL was
found that Frank j. Drake had been
killed, Patrick DOran had received a
bullet in the abdomen and Thomas
Winterston had been shot at the base
OF the skull and in the left arm
FIRING FOLLOWS PURSUIT
The police made a careful search
all night long without result Early
yesterday two OF the men made their
appearance at house on Bourne street
and at the point OF revolver demanded
that they be given food About !
o'clock last night they were discovered
IN Calvary cemetery.
When the desperadoes found that
they were pursued they drew their re-
volvers and with yell began firing on
all sides. The first person hit was Mrs
Della Fallon, who was walking down
South street Policeman English then
received a bullet in the leg The men
rushed through Cunningham field. Lee
street and into New Keyes street. down
which they ran directly into Washing
ton street
In Washington street. where electric
cars are passing almost incessantly
and hundreds Of people were walking,
the two men fired shot after shot. They
commanded everybody 10 hold up their
hands, and even ordered the mOtorman
OF an approaching car TO stop
The motorman dropped behind the
dashboard and the conductor, Thomas
Moore, who stepped or the car TO see
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in the leg
BULLET REPLIES TO STONE
Michael Flynn picked up a stone tc
hurl at the bandits and received one
bullet over the right ear and another
passed over the left ear. knocking or
his hat Patrick McGinn was shot IN
the wrist, Thomas Fleming in the hand
and John Nolan received bullet IN the
arm, while John H Wrightman carried
two bullet holes in his trousers to show
where bullets grazed the calf OF his
leg.
The men continued on through New
Keyes street TO a hill. where thew
stopped and, according to some men
and boys who watched them, loaded
four automatic revolvers with rolls OF
cartridges Through William street
the men entered Franklin park and
thence passed into Forest Rln Gene
terry.
Herbert E Knox. the watchman. wha
had been on the lookout for the men
came upon one OF them unexpectedly.
and before he was able to use his
pistol was shot through the abdomen.
Knox died three hours later
About daybreak the officers who had
been guarding the cemetery 10 prevent
the outlaws escape were given the
order TO advance toward the center OF
the cemetery. Scarcely a quarter OF an
hour later a man sprang in front OF the
o4-lcers at the south side OF the ceme-
tary and started on a run. The man
was barefooted, broken derby covered
his head. torn and ragged coat was
on his back. and in one hand he car
ried a heavy revolver, while from tia
other dangled reel OF cartridges
PIERCED By HUNDRED BULLETS
For more than a mile across the
cemetery the man raced madly over
graves. around shrubbery. through gull
lies and over mounds. an ever increas-
ing mob OF policemen following in his
wake. All at once he disappeared IN a
ravfne not 200 yards from the main
Morton street entrance 10 the cemetery
grounds But one bit OF shrubbery
marked the lower level OF the ravine
and into this the man sprang 70 make
his final stand In a moment the sides
of the favine were lined with 800 blue
coats. revolvers were brought to bear
upon the bush in the gully and shot
afterishot was poured into IT.
When the rain Of shot was over po-
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