Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-24
TWO BOSTON BANDITS.
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commotion was created on the oppo-
site side of the main gate within the
confines of the main cemetery, and a
man who had refused to throw up his
hands. had been seized, disarmed and
hurriedly rushed to the main gate In
the charge of an escort of officers. Both
the deal body and the captive were
taken to the Jamaica Plain station.
Believing that their long vigil and
hunt was over. many OF the officers left
to go home. Some doubt arising, how
ever, as TO the identity Of the captured
man, the 100 officers remaining were
again marched into the cemetery to
continue the search.
The desperadoes' career Of terror
started on Tuesday night by the shoot
ing UP of the saloon of Winterston &
McManus on Washington street,
Jamaica Plain. Shortly before the clos
ing hour, when the barroom was full
of men drinking and conversing, three
men, apparently Italians, made their
appearance at the door and shouted
"All hands up" When the excitement
was over it was found that Frank j.
Ii ohC Uccil hlIlCu, 1 lOIdH
had received a bullet in the abdomen
and Thomas Winterston had been shot
at the base of the skull and in the left
arm.
The police of the city made a careful
search all night long without result.
Early yesterday two of the men made
their appearance at a house on Bourne
street and at the point of a revolver
demanded that they be given food. La
ter they were seen in Calvary ceme-
terry, but eluded the efforts of the Of
ficers. Throughout the rest of the day
there was no report of anyone having
seen the desperadoes.
Abou. O'Clock last night, George
Powers, an emplOye of the Forest Hills
cemetery discovered the men III Cal
vary cemetery and traced them to st.
Joseph street and here secured the aid
of Officer Inglis and closed in on the
men. followed by a great crowd of men
and boys When the desperadoes found
that they were closely pursued they
drew their revolvers and with q yell
began firing on all sides. The first per-
son hit was Mrs. Della Fallon, who was
walking down South street officer Ing
lis then received bullet in the leg as
he followed the men into Childs street.
The men passed through Cunningham
field, Lee street and onto Keye.s street,
down which they ran directly into
Washington street.
On Washington street, where electric
cars are passing almost necessarily and
hundreds of people We're standing about
the corners, the two men yelled at the
top of their voices and fired shot after
shot from their automatic revolvers.
They commanded everybody to hold up
their hands and even ordered the mo-
torlnan of an approaching car to stop.
The motorman dropped behind the
dashboard and the conductor, Thomas
Moore, who stopped off the car to see
what was the trouble, received q bullet
in the leg.
Michael Flynn picked up stone to
hurl at the bandits and received a bull
let in the head over the right ear, and
another struck over the left car knock
ing off his hat Patrick McGinn was
shot in the wrist, Thomas Flemming
in the hand and John Nolan received
bullet in the arm. while John H.
Wrightman carries two bullet holes in
his trousers to show where the bullets
grazed the calf of his leg.
The men continued on through New
Eeyes street to a sand HILL where they
stopped and according to some men
and boys who watched them, loaded
four automatic revolvers with rolls of
Through William street the
men entered Franklin park ana thence
into Forest Hills cemetery
After two hours search in the vi
Gritty of the Weld farm in West Rox-
bury, the police gave up the hunt
there and started off in the direction
of Newton. An automobile with six
officers left Jamaica Plain station at
p. NJ, followed shortly after by
second automobile with officers The
police refused to state the nature of
the new trail.
At P. M. the police gave up the
search in Newton and started back
toward the station at Jamaica Plain.