The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
ROBERT MALLORY
SHOT AND BADLY
WOUNDED
J)seph Frank Charged with the
Shooting.
QUARREL AT so. SHAT TSBURY
Men Were Employed at Eagle Square
Works-Frank Wounded
In Arm
QUARREL AT so. SALISBURY


grinding room of the Eagle Manufac-
turing company's plant at South
SALISBURY Saturday afternoon, JOS
eph Frank, a native of Germany and
aged about As years, is in the county
Jail and Robert Mallory. a native Of
Woodford and former resident of this
village, is at his home In South
SALISBURY with two bullet holes in
his person and a cut on the back of
the head that nearly severed one of
his ears. Frank, too, has bad cut
on one forearm that required the at
tention of a physician.
Frank was arrested near the chap
ell district on the East road late in
the afternoon after a hunt in which
between 40 and so armed residents OF
SALISBURY and posse OF officers
from this village participated
Frank is charged with the shooting
and cutting of Mallory but win not
have hearing Immediately as it will
be necessary to await the result OF
the injuries. Both of the bullets
were extracted by DR.. f. Il. Dean of
South SALISBURY to whose home
Mallory was taken following the shoot
ing and unless complications develop
the wounded man will recover. He
developed some fever Saturday night
while at the residence of the physic-
ian but had sufficiently recovered Sun
day to be taken to his own home.
Mallory and Frank were both en-
nj n ha errfn nf "a
Eagle Square company, the former
being employed by the day and the
latter by the piece. The trouble orig
mated, according to what information
can be obtained, over the quality of
the steel being used in the squares
on which the men were working 1t
would seem that the German became
angered over an apparent Partially
shown the day man by giving him
metal OF softer nature on which the
| finishing could be done more rapidly
than upon the squares he was grind
ing. According to Mallorys state
ment Frank took some Of the soft
steel squares to his own bench from
which they were returned by Mallory
There was a tussle in which Mallory
claims Frank struck the first blow
that which cut Mallory's head and
nearly severed his ear. Then, Nal
| lory claims, the first shot was fred
| the bullet that lodged in the forearm
| The cut in Franks arm was made
with a piece of steel which Mallory
threw at his opponent and then came
the second shot which struck Mallory
to the left of the heart and passed
through TO the back where it was Ia
ken out by the physician.
None OF the workmen in the room
attempted to interfere and immediate
ly after the shooting Frank hurried
from the building to small shack OF
the Furnace lands near by, packed his
grip with few belongings and start
ed toward the mountains. 1t was hi!
evident intention to pass the night il
the woods for he put two larg,
loaves of bread in the grip.
A posse of armed men living in tn,
village Immediately came together
some of them on horseback, others il
teams but the majority on foot anC
the search for the German was be
gun. Frank was not far out of sigh
Of some members of the party mucl
of the time. He headed in the direc
ton OF the mountains to the east o
the village. At the home of Clarenc,
w. Chandler he was seen by Mrs
Chandler in the woodshed and order
ed away He left but before doing 81
told Mrs. Chandler what he had don,
and threatened to shoot any Office
who attempted to arrest him.
+ In the meantime word of the occur
renee had been telephoned to State
Attorney W. j. Meagher and a part!
of officers was collected here to TAX,
up the pursuit of Frank An automo
bile was secured and with Deput.
Sheriff John Nash, Chief of Police
Patrick Brazil and G. NJ. Christener
an Oklahoma national guard office
from Shawnee, Ikla., who is stoppinl
in the village, was hurried Il
South SALISBURY by the way of Nortl
Bennington. The automobile part.
soon got in touch with the Shaftsbur.
posse and after running over severa
cross-country roads caught up will
the fugitive who had been brought t,
bay by Francis Rice, Walter Collins
and John Lane. Lane caught sigh
of Frank in an open field near
swamp and fired a shot from riff
which struck the ground ahead of tn
man. Frank at once stopped runninl
and sat down on the ground. Ric
covered him with his rifle and mad
the German hand over his revolver
He was then taken into the automc
bile and brought to this village
Frank has been in the employ o
the Eagle Square company in the vic
unity of four years. He is an exceI
tionally good workman at his trad
of grinding squares and made bi
wages. He has always lived in Iii
tie shack not over six by eight feet K
Gated near the railroad track and full
half mile from the nearest house
From this shack to the point on tn
east road where he was finally ru
down is a distance of nearly five mile
and it Is probable that he was prett
well winded when he sat down in n
spouse to Lanes rifle shot.
He is a man of exceptionally frugi
habits. His little shack containe
little beyond bunk, stove and som
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