Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-30
HGHWAYMAN IS SHOT AT BOzRAH
Theodore Russell, One of Two Men Who Attacked Frank Hertz Occum Road Is Now in Backus Hospital Bullet From Revolver Fired By Will Church Brought Him Down-Other Man Flees Toward Colchester.

Theodore Russell, 20 of Troy, N. Y, one of the two men who attacked and robbed Frank Hertz of the firm of Hertz Bros. of this city on B road in Baltic about 10 o'clock Wednesday, morning, was shot and captured We'd Resday evening about SEQ o'clock on a road in the Scott Hill region of the town of Bozrah, and is now patient in the Backus hospital here, with a Norwich policeman on guard over him.
 The other of the two highwaymen, whose name Russell says he does not know, escaped into a swamp for which both were making when Russell was shot. The other man was reported late Wednesday night to have been seen travelling towards Colchester about a mile and a half this side of that place.
 Will A. Church, a famous fox hunter of Bozrah and a crack shot with a rifle, was the man who put a 3S cali bre revolver bullet into Russeil's hip from a distance of about 100 feet, that brought him to a halt and made him a prisoner.
 Deputy Sheriff John J. Mcclure of Baltic led an automobile party in a search for the two men all Wednes- day afternoon and into the night, while Chief George Linton of this city had Policemen Frank Henderson and Charles Smith in an automobile SCOUT ing the roads of Bozra7l and Fitchville. They had with them Constable King berger of Fitehville At least four different times the Norwich officers got on the trail of the men, finding places where they had ducked into a piece of woods, but the fugitives al ways got sight of the automobile with the officers in it and managed to- slip from one piece of woods to another Two Jewish residents of that section joined in the chase in an automobile when they saw the fugitives in the road, and they picked up Church to help them capture the men. As the 1 two men saw them coming they start ed to get away into a swamp where l they could hide, when one of the Jews handed Church a revolver and l told him they wanted to get the men 1 Church. he afterwards explained, be- lieved that the two men were officers and that they had called him into ser vice to help them. He brought Rus sell down with shot that went into i the mans hip.
 Russell was brought to the Backus l hospital by pr. Louis T. Cassidy il the doctors machine and was reported as resting comfortably at the hospital 1 1 who made the attack on Hertz and that the other man did not know any. l thing about it. Russell says the othel man was driving the automobile a ] the time, with Hertz sitting next tC
 him in the front seat, while he was ir the rear seat
 It has been stated that he used {
 hammer to hit Hertz in the head with
 striking several blows, but he stated
 to the officers that he picked up {
 pair of names that was in the auto mobile and used these to deal tn, 1 blows on the back of Hertzs head
 The chase after the remaining fugi
 tive will be pushed today and it is be
 lieved he will soon be i'm custody. Tn, two men covered 8 lot of ground oI i Wednesday and were kept continuall-
 on the move when the officers go after them.