Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-23
FIGHTS UNTO DEATH
DesparadO Makes Last Stand
in Cemetery.
is RIDDLED BY BULLETS
One Companion Under Arrest and
Third Thought to Be Wounded.
KILL TWO AND WOUND ELEVEN
Battle Begun in Boston Saloon Con.
tinued in Suburban Streets and
Among Graves.

BOSTON, July 23.-After three deadly
battles between three desperadoes, op
posed by the police and a small army o.
citizens, the first encounter being late
Tuesday night in a barroom. the SECOND
last evening in the peaceful streets of ia
maica Plains and the third early today
in cemetery. one of the bandits was rid
died with bullets and killed. a second be
lieved to be wounded, was being searched
for in the cemetery today. while the third
was taken last evening in the South sta.
ton.
The desperadoes left behind them over
their trail of mile and half two dead
and eleven wounded. The bandits are al
believed to be foreigners.
The desperate captured Is believed to
be Giuseppe Device. He is charged with
murder. having been identified by four
men as one of the three who "shot up
the saloon Tuesday night.
Battle Starts in Saloon.
The desperadoes' career of terror started
Tuesday night by the shooting up OF the
saloon Of Winterston & McManus on
Washington street. Shortly before the
closing hour, when the barroom was
crowded, three men, apparently Italians,
made their appearance at the: door and
shouted "all hands up."
When the shooting was over it was
found that Frank ]. Drake had been
killed; Patrick Doran had received bull
let in The abdomen, and Thomas Winter
ston had been shot at the base of the skull
and in the left arm.
The police made a careful search all
night long without result: Early yester-
day two of the men made their appear
ance at house on Bourne street and at
the point of a revolver demanded that
they be given food.
About O'Clock last night they were
discovered in Calvary cemetery
When the desperadoes found they were
pursued they drew their revolvers and
with a yell began firing. on all sides. The
first person hit was Mrs. Della Fallon,
who was walking down South street.
Policeman Ingliss then received bullet
in the leg.
The men passed through Cunningham
Field. Lee street and into New Keyes
street. down which they ran directly into
Washington street. On Washington street.
where electric cars were passing almost
necessarily and hundreds of people were
walking. the two men fired shot after
shot.
They commanded everybody to hold up
his hands and even ordered the motor
man of an approaching car to stop. The
motorman dropped behind the dashboard
and the conductor. Thomas Moore. who
stepped off the car to see what was the
trouble received a bullet in the leg.
Stone-Thrower Wounded.
Michael Finn picked up stone to hurl
at the bandits and received one bullet in
the head over the right ear and another
passed over the left ear, knocking of
his hat. Patrick McGinn was shot in the
wrist, Thomas Flemming in the hand. and
john Nolan received a bullet in the arm,
whiie John H. Wrfghtman carries two
Duilet holes In his trousers to show where
the bullets grazed the calf Of his leg.
Ihe men continued on through New
keyes street to sand hill, where they
stopped According to some men and boys
VINO watched them. they here loaded four
automatic revolvers with rolls of cart
ridges. Through Williams street the men
entered Franklin Park and thence passed
into Forest Hill cemetery.
Herbert E. Knox. the watchman. who
mad been on the lookout for the men.
came upon one Of them Unexpectedly. Be
fore he was able to use his pistol he was
shot through the abdomen. Knox died
three hours later.
About daybreak the police, who had
Deen guarding the cemetery to prevent
the outlaws escape, were given the order
to advance toward the center of the ceme-
terry. Scarcely quarter Of an hour later
a man sprang up In front of them at the
south side of the cemetery and started
off on the run.
The man was bare footed, a broken
derby covered his head. torn and rag
ged coat was on his back and in one hand
he carried heavy revolver, while from
the other dangled a reel of cartridges
Mad Race Over Graves.
For more than mile across the ceme-
terry the man raced madly over graves,
around shrubbery, through gulleys and
over mounds. an ever-increasing mob of
police following in his wake. All at once
he disappeared in ravine not 200 yards
from the main Morton street entrance To
the cemetery grounds
But one bit of shrubbery marked the
! lower level of the ravine. Into this the
man sprung to make his final stand In
| a moment the sides of the ravine were
lined many deep with the bluecoats re-
volvers were brought to bear upon the
| bush in the gulley and shot after shot
was poured into it.
When the rain of shot was over police
| approached the bush, and, parting the
leaves, found the desperado's body pierced
| with hundred bullets.
Almost at the same time another COM
motion was created on the opposite side
| of the main gate within the confines of
| the main cemetery. A man who had re-
| fused to throw up his hands had been
seized and disarmed.
| Both the dead body and the captive
were taken to the Jamaica Plain station.
| Some doubt arising. however, as to the
| identity of the captured man, police were
again marched back into the cemetery to
continue the search.
At s am the police were tracing large
| spla she's of blood In the cemetery in the
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