The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-13

Stratford town court was gravely trying it's cases this morning; Strat- ford town was peaceably pursuing its pistol shots burst forth in the little alley between the town lookup and the court room; shouts, gunshots and curses mingled in the morning air; spectators, constables and court off, flcials rushed pell-mell from the room, overturning chairs, and jumped out doors in time to see eight wriggling human beings piling through a win dow of the town lookup and beating it'' in all directions as fast as their legs would carry them, while con- stables and citizens, pistols and guns in hand, pursued them, fssnsl into the
 Stratford was equal to the occasion. With the assistance of the railroad detectives and special constables all except two of the fugitives were rounded up at once and showed back into the lookup.
 Of the remaining two, one, Pro- vencio Kashesho, the rfngleader of the wholesale "break" was captured at the pistol point the other, Johu Galousky, made his escape and is somewhere in the woods around SLrdLIOIO, WILl d pOSSS Ol udll d uOA- en on his trail.
 The excitement brought out the whole town of Stratford. The towns people thought there must be whole sale battle or riot in progress, judg- ing by the fusilade of pistoI shots which marked the adventure. about ten o'clock this morning while the Stratford town court was engaged in trying the cases of thlrty-flve cuI- prits arrested for train-riding.
 The majority of this number were incarcerated in the little town lock- up, a one story affair next to the city hail. It is just about big enough to hold a fair-sized automobile.
 Special Constable Chester Donald son, who was one of three specials guarding the lookup, was startled by side of the lookup. Fastening to that point, Donaldson discovered 8 pair of wriggling legs protruding through, whose owner was engaged in follow ing his feet through the window as rapidly as possible.
 lending legs and tried to push, the man back into the lookup. The own CT of the limbs thereupon delivered a vigorous and we'll aimed kick, which fetched the constable in the pit of the stomach and dropped him like log
 
 ed out.
 The kicker jumped to the ground and sped away like frightened deer, while seven other prisoners tumbled out of the window as fast as they could wriggle through the aperture.
 Leonard Holmes, and William Cli- born, two other special constables. at once jumped into the melee striking into the crowd of jail breakers and pursuing the fugitives. Constable F. l.. Palmer rushed to the lookup, drew his pistol and fired half a dozen shots into the air. Railroad Detective L. B. Lewis, gun in hand, Jumped into the fray. In an instant there was a wild uproar, gun-shots, cries, curses, and yells mingling in one grand medley, while the spectators in the court room stampeded in a body.
 Constable Palmer spotted Kashes- ho, thf first man out of the lookup, and started in pursuit of him. The constable fired couple of times and Kashesho halted for an instant, look ed around and then started again.
 Seizing his pistol between his teeth, Constable Palmer shed his coat on the run and put out his best effort to catch the fugitive. who was sprint ing like a college athlete.
 Lewis Policy and Ernest Wilcox, employed in the store next door, join ed in the pursuit of Kasfesho, who
  wit his pursuers.
 Halt or I'll fire" shouted Con- stable Palmer after rescuing the pls- tol from between his teeth. He the remark with a couple of shots. and Kashesho stopped shoft and felt himself all over to see if he had been hit. Lewis and Policy, who were nearest in pursuit, grabbed him and held him until the constable ar rived.
 In the meantime, the railroad detec- tives, special constables, court off, cers and spectators had managed to batter the crowd of would-be fugitives back into the lookup, where about 8 dozen more of their fellow culprits were hopping around in the widest excitement.
 When the smoke of battle cleared away, the spectators found it possible to explain to the excited towns-peo- ole who came running from all quar- ters for the next twenty minutes, that no one had been hurt beyond Special Constable Donaldson who was nursing the place where the kick struck him.
 A couple of railroad men and some set off in pursuit of John the one man who succeed ad in making his eScaOe They have