The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-27
IDENTIFIED
AS GUTMAN
BOStOn'S Dead Bandit Posi-
lively Identified
THE POLICE HOLD FOUR
Who May Have Had Part in Boston
Shooting Up--Looking for Woman
to Whom Dead Desperate Ad-
dressed Letter.

Boston, July 27.-llaying secured al
the evidence they believe possible from
their captives about the men suspected
OF being ringleaders in the shooting up
OF Jamaica Plain at Boston last Tuesday
and Wednesday nights, the police Off
Gals OF Jamaica Plain Saturday night
releas Is Let's who were rounded up
in raids in that section during the early
morning hours Saturday. Abraham
Wesc, New York youth, and Sepa Pas.
quale, one OF the two men arrested in
the Needham woods Friday, were also
released. Saturday night the police were
holding four men, two Of whom, Guiseppi
di Nieo and Francesca Sperduto, are said
to have been identified by two or three
persons as being OF the desperate gang
who did the shooting. The other two
men held are the elevated road conduc.
tor, Hugh McDougall, and Genaro Bruno.
The officials are now putting forth their
efforts toward locating Miss /. Mauren,
Tor whom Edmund Gutman, the bandit
shot 10 Forest Hills cemetery Thursday
morning. lett letter II is believed
she knows much N Gutman and his
companions. The woman has disap-
peared from her Jamaica Plain address,
and is believed TO have gone 10 Law
renee, where the police are looking for
her.
Gutmans body was identified at the
city hospital morgue by Rudolf Oshe,
who bad known the dead man in their
native land. Oshes attention first was
attracted to the body by a newspaper
picture, which he quickly recognized. Ac-
cording TO Oshe, tiutman was born and
brought up in Lett province on the
Baltic sea, and from boyhood preferred
TO b. in the woods hunting rather than
occupying his hands with the regular
work Of his fellows He had been nick
named hazenger," which translated
means rabbit hunter About two years
ago Gutmsn is said to have taken part
in one OF the numerous rebelloDs against
the ear, and as a result he was Obliged
TO flee from the country. He succeeded
IN making his way to the frontier, thence
in Germany, and he came later to Bos.
ton Gutman is said 10 have been aided
after his arrival by other Let's who live
in the colonies in Jamaica Plain, Rox-
bury and South Boston, and through ire
quent visits he is believed TO have been
familiar with those sections of the city.
Last winter Gutmsn was gwen EN-.
ploynent with the gypsy moth workers
in the MiddIesex Fells. lie took room
at Joseph Murrays boarding house in
Winchester and remained there until his
final disappearance two weeks ago. Muir
ray recognized the pictures as those of
his former boarder. He said that the
man during his four months or so at the
house, had very little to say to anyone,
and that number of letters came TO
him from Russia. During the last two
weeks ne was at the Winchester house
the bandit was engaged in looking after
a spraying machine at night in the Fells.
When he left the house for the last
time, Gutman had Just been to break.
fast after being out all night, and he
said that he was going to work that day
also. He never returned. Letters ad-
dressed to him were sent by Murray to
7 Oak Grove terrace, Roxbury, as re-
luested by the bosrder several days be-
fore he went away. 1t is said that the
of the house at Oak Grove
terrace claim to know nothing about /
Iutman. Neighbors claim to have seen
many Russians entering and leaving the
house.
The note that Gutman wrote when
he knew that he faced death at every
turn was brief and business-ike. 1t
said:
4 am in the bush, but entirely sur
rounded. | may have to shoot fifty cops !
10 get out. am going to make fight |
md will get out"