Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-23
RUNNING FIGHT
WITH POLICE IN
JAMAICA PLAINS
FOUR HUNDRED OFFICERS NOW
IN PURSUIT
BELIEVED HlGHWAYMEN ARE
SURROUNDED
Murderers Part of Gang That Robbed
Saloon Tuesday Night, Killing
One Man and Wounding
TWO Others
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BOSTON, July 22.-Two des-
peradoes tonight shot and killed
one man and shot ten other per-
sons, two fatally, and are hiding
in Forest Hill cemetery, with 300
police surrounding the burial
grounds.
The murderers, pursued by po-
licemen and a crowd of citizens,
fled for two miles through the
thickly populated settlement of
Jamaica Plains, firing madly right
and left, and disappeared in the
woods near Franklin park. The
men are believed to have been two
of the gang of three who robbed
a saloon in Jamaica Plains last
night after shooting and killing
one man and wounding two
others.
Herbert E. Knox, night watch
man of the Forest Hill cemetery,
who was shot in the abdomen by
one of the desperadoes, died at
the hospital late tonight.
Mrs. Della Fallon is one of the
most seriously injured of tonight's
victims. She was standing in
front Of her home with her baby
in her arms when the two men,
pursued by a crowd, came down
the street.
AS they passed her one of them
fired, and the bullet entered her
head behind the right ear. She
was removed to the city hospital
and cannot live through the night.
Edward Mcmahon, a Dorchester pa
trolman, received a bullet in the abdo-
men and is dying at Emerson hospital.
The other injured are:
John Nolan, shot in the arm.
Thomas Fleming, shot in hand.
Thomas Moore, street car conductor,
shot in leg.
OFFICER ingalls,, shot in leg.
OFFICER Cox, shot in ankle.
Patrick McGinn, shot in side
Michael Flynn, head grazcd by bullet.
Patrolman Thompson, shot in leg.
If is believed the desperadoes lay
concealed in Calvary cemetery today
while the police were hunting for them
nm account of last nights holdup and
Reine driven from their hiding place
by hunger and fearing that they would
be surrounded by the ponce VINO were we're
searching the neighborhood, the Two
men appeared on Charles street IN ia
maica Plains about dusk and proceeded
to SHOOT up the town.
They looked like Italians and were
roughly dressed. Some citizens VINO
had been assisting in the hunt Tor the
robbers saw the men and tried to IN
terr,,nt them, whereupon the two be-
gan running and with revolver in
each hand fired at every person in thelr
path. .s4,oi a,s+r;o+
the front porches of the houses were
thick with people enjoying the evening
air while the streets of the business
section were filled with the usual
throngs. The appearance of the two
desperate men shooting to each side as
thew ram as If crazy, caused general
stampede for cover.
Michael Flynn stopped to pick up a
stone as he saw the men coming
toward him, and instantly one of them
fired at him, the bullet grazing his ear
Another went through his hat. : AS the
fugitives ran along Keys street and
reached Washington street trolley car
came along.
Hold up, you -" shouted one of
the men, waving his revolver above
his head, The motorman set the
brakes and the conductor Thomas
Moore, jumped off. Instantly he be-
came target and a bullet entered his
leg.
Across Washington street and along
New Keys street the robbers fled, with
hundreds of men pursuing, and soon
disappeared in Franklin park, shooting
down officer Cox, who tried to inter-
cept them near the park gate.
AS soon as possible a Gordon of po-
lice, heavily armed with rifles and re-
volvers, was thrown about the park.
while thousands of citizens gathered in
the vicinity.
two men reloading their weapons in a
sandhill near the park, early in the
evening, each man carried three re-
volvers.
Patrolmen Mcmahon and Thompson
sighted the supposed Italians in the
neighborhood of the park late in the
evening and went down before their
we'll directed fire.
The police surrounded Forest Hill
cemetery after learning that the fugi-
tives had escaped from Franklin park
Three hundred officers under the direc-
tion of superintendent w. Fl. Pierce
were strung around the outside of the
cemetery, while 100 more, aided by'cal-
eium searchlights furnished by the fire
department, explored the interior. The
officers were confident they had the
men surrounded there.
A man arrested at the south station
this evening has been identified as one
of the robbers of the saloon Gle is
Giuseppe de Vico of "A Linden street.
Summerville. He is % years old. He
has been locked up at station No 13
and viii be charged with the murder
of Frank Drake, who was shot during
the holdup in the saloon De Vico had
bought a ticket for New -ork, and
was about to board train when ar
rested.