Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-07-30
ROBBERS IN BOSTON,
ELEVEN PERSONS SHOT BY TWO
MEN WEDNESDAY, NIGHT.
Ihey are Believed to Belong To Band
OF Three Robbers Who Shot I'm
Saloon Night Before.

OF Three Robbers Who Shot IT,,
Saloon Night Before.
dispatch from Boston saws tba,
eieVen persons were shot "Wednesday
nlsht, three of them probably fa-
tally, by two desperadoes. who ON
oeing pursued by policemen and a
crowd of citizens fled for two miles
through thickly settled district Of
Jamaica Plain, firing madly right
ana left and disappeared in the
woods near Franklin Park
Ihe men are believed to he two
OF the gang of three who robbed a
saloon In Jamaica Plain FRIDAY
night after killing one man and
wcunding two others. Herbert f..
Knox, night watchman of the Forest
Hills Cemetery, who was shot in
the abdomen, died at Emergency Hos
pitai. Mrs. Della Fallon is one of
the seriously injured of the victims.
She was standing in front of her
home with her baby i'm her arms
; when the two men, pursued by n
crowd came down the street. AS
they passed her one of them fired
and the bullet entered her head be-
hlnd her right ear. She was renov-
ed tc the city hospital in a critical
condition.
Edward Mcmahon, Dorchester
patrolman. received bullet i'm 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
ais. bullet in leg; officer Cox.
shot in ankle; Patrick McGinn, shot
in the sde: Michael Flynn, head
grazzed by bullet; Patrolman Thomp-
son. shot in leg.
IL is believed that the desperadoes
lay concealed in Calvary Cemetery
while the police were hunting for
them on account OF Tuesday nights
hcld-up and robbery.
Being driven from their hiding
place by hunger and fearing they
would he surrounded by the police.
who were searching the neighbor-
hood, the two men appeared on
Charles street. in Jamaica Plain. at
''t"' NNHhf 'hN plOCttutu W 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 began running, and with u
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 busi-
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 III crazy caused general stampede
for &c YER
Michael Flynn stopped to pick ur
II 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. running along
Keys street, reached Washington
street. trolley car came along
Hold up ,' shouted one o.!
the men. waving his revolver above
his head. The motorman set the
brakes and the conductor, Thomas
Moore, iumpG off. Instantly he be.
came target and II bullet entered
his leg.
Across Washington street and
along Keys street the robbers fled
hundreds of men pursuing, and soon
disapl cared in Franklin Park. shoot
ing down Officer Cox, who tried to
intercept them near the park gate
IS Son as possible a Gordon of po-
lice. heavily armed with rifles an
rcvolycrs, was thrown about the
park. while thousands of citizen
gathered in the vicinity.
According to IA small boy, who saw
the men reload their weapons I'm {
sand hill near the park early in the
evening, each man carried three re-
volyers. Patrolmen Mcmahon and
Thompson sighted the supposed
Italians in the neighborhood of the
park late in the evening and went
down before their well directed hre
At II O'Clock the chase had passed
bevond the park southward. re-
mort was circulated that the quarry
had been seen near the corner oil
Morton and Canterbury streets, and
n squad OF police was hurried there
in automobiles.
Beaten by Citizens.