Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-28
LOST BOY INSANE
FUGITIVE IN COUNTY
Lad Who Claimed To BE M Iil
Son OF Pennsylvania 3
comes Dangerous
Is CAPTURED BY P +

Hast Tuesday TO bn tale TlimaW stss q "a
sat IIugi stone Gf scranton. Pantil
his supposed father arrived ana Ia
ed 10 identify him caused intensS
iteinenf yesterday when he be4sn 4
journey through he county 4 Iilg
a loaded revolver,
Leaving Annapolis some Ire f lie
aft teraoon the hey walked e. thealtll
klsfyer bridge, Mhere lie appa o.
have made The first display
thirty eight caiibre Iyer J0hnse re
yosyer and told the story Of hisles
far man with brown suit, hs'.
said, had killed his mother
deputy Silsrifr WIN. n X
IS Yesi telephone call froal AGth
liver al about six-tlirty lase zen
The call said that q man sll i
revolver had been seen In the y
berhood and that from tue thiN he
u.il sail il was plain That hisSssiisl
,sas effected Deputy .ee and spn.
] MIR Augustine Lee. set out 81 9Fs5s 10
IND the man ana bring him Rssk e
annapolis
At the store of AEr eajanlin fkaW = !,
IN FSdgewater, ii was learuea ne
unknown man had passed aho5l tSo
Faours before From here Il vs. s5f
ia trail him 10 Double BRIDGES s he
sssiasl stopped uf several iarinhoslssss on
tho way. To each person to - Iskzaa he
t,:sgl talked he had shown the yer
lis,I said that he Wns looking 9ar q
man in 4 brown suit, who had He'd
! lis mother. At one place he a Of
The murder In detail. and Al esther
ne said that il WIS his brotls for
whom he was looking
When the Officers reached Cog1son Il
ore man was found who hss seen
him d short time before. and tlls man
Nas nicked up as guide. Soon tier
lslis the fugitiva was located ii 81 aaolit-
EbaiIding on the farm Of Thos lin
son. Before he could be surr0aded
she jumped over q fence and ran
across a field toward thickly lsOwr
snarsh. His pursners were gairaag on.
hin and he drew his revoly and
pointed 1t In their direction. hen.
they did not stop he plunged iilf@ the
siarsh and disappeared from WY in.
Itha thick growth of cattsils allIsasass.
tt was now almost DARK. ans the
otiesrs. who had heard enoughsaE the
happenings to- be convinced If psa IN
lssanity III the unknown man. kne hat
ta Ieava him IN the marsh an ight
wonld mean death According they
/ !. ,.lad into he wafer and surr6 aded
the place where he had disap red
A ser beating around for some pc in
Ire bushes M. Thomas Gardne ~ ao.
h.,a iainea the searching par step
l.pttI an the mans foot The was WAS
/ 4sn,t waist tleep III this pla and
sas fugitive was completely snIer
,yal,.r evidently having ducked when
! ne found that his pursuer near
I,hsna. W5nen lie appeared frq& be-
| p,.ath the water he held the solver
lin his hand and prandished itaA the
hdircction of his captor, but bs2sse ne
could use ii il was taken from % BY
| Mr.. Augustine Lee
On reaching firm ground pris-
Ioner refused ID Walk. and haa $50 be
earrissd across the fields 70 ne de-
1 paty's car, about quarter Os mile
Aaway. His wet clothing was aaoyed
kand he was wrapped III blanIs and
drought to Annapolis
i Here he was recognized as sag the
sboy who was held ut the pod sta-
btier Tuesdav to await identifls ION by
MI. Hugh Stone, of Scranton. as who
had advertised for his runa son.
AT that time The bcy said thaaai was
the one sought BY the adver EN- eslt.
land told pathetic story of AK pc
from d reform school where be had
II been mistreated When his np0sed
father arrived he found that be boz
Vas an inDostor. and 1t was once
suspected that the lads mind IS uTi-
balanced. II was not though hat ne
4 was iii any way dangerous, swever.
and as he had committed no q knse he
was allowed to go free.
j ON being released from ci6Akody he
returned ia the grounds of Nj Robert
Combs where he had been ployed.
though he was not re-enN ged he
STAYED around the establishm ht until
lEesterday, when he left and started
shis march through the cous Be
fore he left he showed his re- nlver to
IA colored man and offered sell II
While in fhe employ of n Combs
the boy gave no signs of insat tity, bul
gained name for himself ais0ng the
other employees by, the nusaber 81
wild and impossible tales hich ~
told. One Of these was that ls fathe.
land seven brothers bad begR killed
lin the war. AT each reiatio& of this
story the number of brother inrreas.
lea by one At the police stallion hs
ssaid later that be was an ossy child
Though he seemed taIkatiy enough