The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-23
. Pursued, They Run for Two
Miles Down Crowded Streets,
Firing Right and Left.
EVENING OF TERROR
ON JAMAICA PLAIN
with Revolver in Each Hand,
the Men. Running and Yelling,
+, Shoot at Every Person Who
Appears in Their Way
or Seeks to Inter
pose.

OsToN. MASS, July 22.-Eleven
persons were shot tonight, one
TX being Killed and two probably
fatally wounded. by two des-
peradoes. who, on being pur-
sued by policemen and crowd OF
citizens, fled for two miles through a
thickly settled district of Jamaica Plain.
firing madly right and left. and dis
appeared in the woods near Franklin
Park. The men are believed to be
two OF the gang OF three who robbed
q saloon In Jamaica Plain last night
Ritter shooting and killing one man
md wounding two others.
Their Victims.
Mrs. Della Fallon is one OF the most
.reriously injured OF to-night's victims.
She was standing In front OF her home
with her baby in her arms. when the
two men. pursued by q crowd. came
down the street. AS they passed her
one OF them fired, and the bullet en-
tered her head behind her right ear.
She was removed to the city hospital
IN critical condition.
Herbert E. Knox. OF Roslindale.
night watchman at the Forest Hill
Cemetery, and Edward McNahlon. 4
dorchester patrolman, each received a
bullet in the abdomen. and were taken
70 Emerson Hospital. where Knox died
late tonight. AT that time the condi.
ton OF Patrolman McMahlon and Of
Mrs. Fallon was so critical 1t was fear
ed they could not live through the
night.
Others Injured are: John Nolan. shot
in arm: Thomas Fleming, shot o. hand.
Thomas Moore. street car conductor.
shot IN leg; Officer ingalls,. bullet in
leg: Officer Cox. shot in ankle; Patrick
McGinn. shot in the side; Michael
Flynn. head grazed by bullet; PATROL
man Thompson. shot In leg.
Driven Out by Hunger.
1t Is believed that the desperadoes
lay concealed in Calvary Cemetery to-
day, while the police were hunting for
them on account OF last nights hold
up and robbery.
Being driven from their hiding place
by hunger. and fearing that they
would be surrounded by the police.
who were searching the neighborhood,
the two men appeared on Charles
Street In Jamaica Plain at about dusk
and proceeded to shoot up the town.
They looked like Italians, and were
roughly dressed. Some citizens. who
had been assisting In the hunt for the
robbers. saw the men and tried to
intercept them. whereupon the two be-
gan running. and with revolver In
each hand. fled along Charles. South.
Lee and Keys Streets. firing at every
person In their path.
Throughout the residential district
the front porches of the houses were
thick with people enjoying the even
ing air. while the streets OF the bust
ness section were filled with the usual
hrn 100 Nt1xa
desperate men, shooting to each side
as they ran and shouting as If crazy,
caused general stampede to cover.
Their Aim Good.
Michael Flynn stopped to pick up a
stone as he saw the men coming to-
ward him. and instantly one OF them
fired at him. the bullet grazing his
ear. Another went through his hat,
AS the fugitives. running along Keys
Street. reached Washington Street, a
trolley car came along.
Hold up. you shouted
one of the men. waving his revolver
above his head. The motormana set
the brakes and the conductor, Thomas
Moore. jumped off. Instantly he be-
came target. and a bullet entered
his leg.
I 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 Ok, who tried
to intercept them near the park gate.
AS soon as possible a Gordon OF po-i
lice. heavily armed with rifles and
revolvers was thrown about the park.
while thousands of citizens gathered
In tho vicinity.
Both Heavily Armed.
& According to a small boy who saw
the two men reloading their weapons
in a sand hill near the park early IN
the evening, each man carried three
lrevolvers. Patrolmen Mcmahon and
Thompson sighted the supposed Ital-5
fans in the neighborhood Of the park
late In the evening and Went down be-
fore their we'll -directed fire. d
@ At II o'clock the chase had passed
beyond the park southward. "A report
was received that the quarry had beer,
seen near the corner OF Morton ana
Streets. and a squad of
police was hurried there in autonlo.
biles..E s IN 5 53s88 5388
Surround the Cemetery.
The police surrounded Forest Hills
Cemetery, after learning that the fugi.
tiyes had escaped from Franklin Park,
Three hundred officers, under the direc-
ton OF Superintendent William H.
Pierce, were strung around the out
side Of the cemetery, WhilcSa a hundred
more. aided by calcium searchlights
furnished by the fire department., ex-g
plored the Interior, The officers, were
confident that they had the men sur
rounded there. 5ssi5s j