The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-07-28
ROBBERS IN BOSTON.
ELEVEN PERSONS SHOT BY TWO
aIlEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

ELEVEN PERSONS SHOT BY TWO
MEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
They are Believed to Belong to Band
of Three Robbers Who Shot Ur
Saloon Night Before.
a dispatch from Boston says thai
eleven persons were shot "Wednesday
night, three of them probably fa.
tally, by two desperadoes, who OF
being pursued by policemen and g
crowd OF. citizens fed for two miles
through a thickly settled district Of
Jamaica Plain, firing madly r,Sht
and left and disappeared in the
woods near Franklin Park.
The. men are believed to be two
of the gang of three who robbed a
saloon in. Jamaica Plain Friday
night, after killing one man and
wounding two others. Herbert E.
Knox, night watchman of the Forest
Hills Cemetery, who was shot in
the abdomen, died at Emergency Hos
pital. Mrs. Della Fallon is one OF
the seriously injured of the 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 be-
hind her right ear. She was remov-
ed to the city hospital in critical
: condition.
Edward Mcmahon, Dorchester
patrolman, received a bullet in the
abdomen and will probably die. The
Others injured are: John Nolan,
shot in arm; Thomas Fleming, shot
in hand; Thomas Moore, street car
conductor, snot in leg; officer Ing
alls, bullet in leg; Officer Cox,
shot in ankle; Patrick McGinn, shot
in the sde; Michael Flynn, head
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son, shot in leg.
It is believed that the desperadoes
lay concealed in Calvary Cemetery
while the police were hunting for
them on account Of Tuesday nights
hold-up and robbery.
Being driven from their hiding
place by hunger and fearing they
would be surrounded by the police,
who were searching the neighbor-
hood, the two men appeared on
Charles street, in Jamaica Plain, at
about dusk, and proceeded to shoot
up" the town.
Fhey. looked like Italians and were
roughly dressed. Some citizens
whe had been assisting in the hunt
Tor the robbers saw the men and
tried to- intercept hem. whereupon
the two began running, and with a
revolver in each hand fed along
Charles. South, Lee and Keys streets
firing at every person in their path
Throughout the residential dis
trict the front porches of the houses
were thick with people enjoying the
evening air while the busl'
ness section were filled with
the usual throngs. The appearance
of the two desperate men shooting
To each side as they ran and shouting
as if crazy, caused a general stampede
for cover.
Michael Flynn stopped to pick III
a stone as he saw the men coming
toward him, and instantly one o.
them fired at him, the bullet grazing
his ear; another went through nj:
hat. AS the fugitives, running along
KEYS street, reached washington
street. trolley car came along
-.HoId un.--," shouted one o.
the men, waving his revolver above
his head. The motorman set the
brakes and the conductor, Thomas
Moore, jumpd off. Instantly ne be
came target and bullet entered
his leg.
Across Washington street ane
along Keys street the robbers neo
hundreds of men pursuing, and sool
disappeared in Franklin Park, shoot
ing down Officer Cox, who tried t'
intercept them near the park, gate
As soon as possible Gordon OF po
lice. heavily armed with rifles ane
reyolyers. was thrown about th'
park, while thousands of citizens
gathered in the vicinity.
According to small boy, VINO saw
the men reload their weapons IN
sand hill near the park early In th'
evening, each man carried three re
yolvers. Patrolmen Mcmahon an(
THOMPSON sighted the supposed
italians in the neighborhood OF th'
park late in the evening anu wen
down before their we'll directed nre
At II O'Clock the chase had passe'
beyond the park southwark. a re
mort was circulated that the QUAR-.
had been seen near the corner o
Morton and Canterbury streets, ah'
a squad of police was hurried tner'
in automobiles.