Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
Eighteen-year-Old Boy
BarriCadeS Self and
Holds Police Back.
HAD ATTEMPTED ATTACK
ON HIS GIRL COMPANION
Screams of Victim Give Alarm
Which ArOuses Officers
and Many Citizens.

EAST RUTHERFORD, April 2S.-Ali
the deputies that Sheriff George NJ
Brewster, OF Passaic county, the police
force of this town and hundreds Of
citizens at noon today laid siege to the
Rutherford Boat Clubhouse. where IS
year-old Clarence Woods, with Win
chester rife. is defying them in their
attempt to capture him for mur-
derous assault on 19-year-old Anna
Kipp, sister of one of the most promi-
nent lawyers in Rutherford.
From his embryo fortress there oe-
casionally belches a spit of flame. ami
the crowd fees in fear Already one
man, Policeman Charles Smith. has
been seriously shot. and flying bullets
have narrowly missed others. The en-
tire country in this section never had
such a thrill There is talk of calling
out the Fifth regiment in Hackensack.
but Sheriff Brewster. who is in COM
mand of the situation wants TO take
Woods alive If possible.
| Both of the young people are we'll
known and the affair has created a
tremendous sensation in this section
Early this morning Miss Kipp accept
ed an invitation of WOODS to accoIn-
pany him on an outing on the river.
He is a member of The Rutherford
Boat Club and about 8 o'clock this
morning they were seen making their
way towards the boat-hpuse. He lad
represented to her, it is said. that thsre
We're to be others in the partT and maj
nice day on the water had beeit
/ planned.
About half an hour later passers by
heard the cries of girl coming frem
4 the boat-heuse. and few minutes
later Miss Kipp staggered out She
/ was bleeding from a fTfghtfni cut over
the head and her e4oinlnS was dis
ordered She ran little way on tls
path that leads from the boat-house 10
the main road OF the town and then
fell senseless She was carried 10 her
home. where she now lies. Ii Is fearesi
that she has a fractured skull
Woods poked his head out of The
boat-honse door and evidently was
preparing TO make a getaway whe;i
he saw a crowd coming up the road
News of the mysterious assault Quick
" flew through the town and soon
great crowd was on its way to the
scene.
Policeman Charles Smith led the
party Down the path he ran. and the
next minute there was the report and
he fell with a rife Bullet in his should-
er. Other bullets whizzed by and th-
crowd scampered. A few OF the ulora
intrepid braved death and picked up
the wounded policeman and carried him
to a wagon. which took him to the Pas
sale hospital.
Meanwhile Chief of Police George Nc
Clellan, of Haekensack, arrived w...l
the entire force of that town. Consul
tations were held and the men scat
tered about in the tall grass which SUI
rounds the boat-house. Every few nassz-
utes the rife would bark and the biil-
lets whizzed by their head. None Ven
tured to get too near. 1t meant sure
death 1t was plain that Woods had 4
plentiful supply of ammunition.
Sheriff Brewster was next to arrive
with all the deputies that he could
swear in. All were armed with revol-
vers. and it was decided to make a
concerted rush for the boat-house. Al
the last moment, however this idea
was abandoned, as it was feared that
it might result in the loss OF life.
There were calls from the big crowd
for the militia, and a message wss SEN,
to have the Fifth Regiment in Hack
ensack in readiness. Word was ssns
to Governor Fort asking his pernAs-
sion to call out the citizen soldiers
While all kinds Of suggestions We're
being made as TO how to rout Woods
from his fortress. the cry went up
that Chief McClallan was missing
Searching parties We're organized and
he was found in the tail grass about 81
yards from the boat-house. While rife
bullets came like hailstones two of his
| policemen dragged him to a more Sc
cure place. The chief said that he had
crept to within short distance of the