The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-21
BEARDSLEY QUITS
FIGHTING SHERIFF
AND GOES TO JAIL
Spirited From His Home Fort
Before Dawn, While Posse
Is Still on the Watch.
IS PLACED IN PRISON.
Surprise for Officers, Who
Hear Five Hours Later of
Happening-Children Home.
IS PLACED IN PRISON.

MAYVILLE. y. ", Jan. ED.
ward Beardsley. the Chautauqua
County outlaw farmer. was locked in
. cell In the county jail here to-day
after having stood of between forty
and fifty deputy sheriffs besieging his
home near Summer Dale for more
than q week. Beardsley laid aside his
rife. unstraIped his cartridge belt
and surrendered peaceably to Charles
Backus. an attorney and hotel man Of
this place, at 4 A. NJ. to-day, but after
being housed at the hotel OF Backus
displayed another outbreak OF war.
like spirit when q deputy arrived to
take him to Jail.
A. the deputy entered he closed
with him and after a scuirle. during
which Beardsley was roughly han
died. he was overpowered.
Although Backus had been APP
pointed a Deputy Sheriff by Sheriff
Anderson, the surrender was entirely
without tho knowledge of the latter.
Beardsley having bargaincd secretly
With Rackus.
ohsriH Andersen and his posse
maintained their guard FIVE hours
SITTER the surrender, not knowing that
Ossrdslsy had voluntarily gone to
jail.
Beardsley turned his firearms over
TO Ray F. Pickard. a jamestown law
yer retained by his brothers. Pickard
10 now In charge at the Bcardsley
farmhouse.
COULD HAVE HELD OUT WEEK
LONGER, SAYS eEARoslEv.
That Sheriff Is rotten. could have
held on. another week II had enough
fuel" was Beardsleys sharp criticism
Of the county guardian.
The Beardsley children are still In
the cabin on the hill in charge OF
their grandmother. Mrs. Edith Austin.
Of Youngsville, Pa. 1t has not been
arranged when they will be removed
to Mrs. Austins home in Pennsyl-
vania.
The ARREST" Of Beardsley leaked
out gradually and caused much sur
prise, for II was not expected that he
would surrender before late to-day. as
he had agreed to do. But 1t was
thought advisable by his legal adviser
and brothers to bring him into May
viile as quietly as possible to avoid
demonstration.
To add to the comedy features Of
the whole AFFAIR. just before Boards
Icy left his fort" he fred shot to
intimate to the sheriff's posse that he
was on duty and watchful.
After Beardsley was spirited away
the sherin's posse continued their
watchful duty. not knowing that their
bird had fiown to Mayville.
Beardsley IL an understood man.
rather slim. but muccular. He wore q
rough workingman's shirt. heavy
trousers and high boots. The man 10
not an ignorant. uneducated farmer. as
might DO imagined. He talks with
wAS at one time Q teacher and q
preacher Of humble sort and his con.
Vsrsation Is that Of Q man who IL not
without recognition OF the fact that he
knows exactly what he 10 talking
about.
Beardslsy before going to jail was
served with warrant charging him
with assault In the first degree in
having shot q. w. Putnam, Overseer
Of the Poor Of ChautauQua County,
with intent to kill. Locked in his cell
no one was allowed to see him.
Beardsiey's capture" came after
eight days of open defiance Of the
law and his effective defense Of Fort
Beardsley." AZ his farmhouse strong
hold came to be known, dwindied In
TO q burlesque with the outlaw in the
principal role. He would not allow
any one to see and talk with him
except the Sheriff. and he turned his
notoriety into money by the sale of
autograph posta, cards. posing for
photographers and moving picture
men. He boosted that Sheriff Ander-
son would never take" him.
A week ago Tuesday Beardsley shot
Overseer OF the Poor Putnam a. tho
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