The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-08-08
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE :
TRAPPED AFTER 6 YEARS
John Lowry, Jr, Slips Back Home in the Dark
ness; is Shot and Apprehended, and
Taken to States Prison

Slipping back home under
cover of darkness prowling
around in the old town, visit
ing familiar scenes, getting the
lay of the land, and probably
plotting for more crimes, John
Lowry, Jr., convict and fugi-
tive from justice came to grief
here Saturday afternoon, after
evading.the law for more than
six years.
Lowry was taken by a squad OF
police after they had fired a bullet
thru the calf Of his right les.
Driven from the home Of his mother
where he was In hiding when poli,e
acting OH tip. surrounded the
house, Lowry was desperate and
made a hnsty flight thru the back
lot, followed by fusilade OF bullets
from the guns Of policemen who
have been hungry for months for
something to shoot at. Making his
way from the Pearl Street home Of
his mother Mrs. John Lowry. across
the yard Of Geo. Smith on Poin.
dexter Street. and suffering with
bullet hole clear thru the calf OF
his leg. he dived under the house
Of Mrs. c. C. Clark on Burgess
Street.
Policemen dragging the rat.likc
figure forth. and started with him
to Jail. Avid harrange by Lowry
against a Pearl Street. girl who he
alleged had informed the police was
cut short when Chief Of Police
Charles A. Gregory struck the ou..
law a telling blow on the forehead
with his billy. The brave act which
has been the boast Of the Chief tf
Police all the week, took place while
Lowry was handcuffed, held firm
by a policeman on each arm. and
limplng his painful way to Jail,
with a long 45.calibre bullct.hole
bearing an upward course thru the
muscle OF. his. right les. "A dirty
trick" declared several Of the by.
ISLANDERS, who, In spite Of being
bitter against the dirty career Of the
desperado. think an officer OF the
law, thus strike a helpless creature,
should be dealt with and that
severely.
But there has nothing crestfa..
len about the desperate who once
with his brother Fulton Lowry,
were the terror of the citizenry and
the pest OF the police, for many
months until they were captured.
While sitting In the il'yard walt.
Ing fDr physician TO dress his
wound. he was ut first defiant,
boasting Of the strong friends he
had made In this town and else.
where. promising that someone
would pay dearly for. bis capture,
but later calming down, and In
jovial mood proclaiming to all about
him that he had led straight life
In the six years he had been fugi.
tive from the law.
A Globe.Trotter
With his wound dressed, Lowry
stood on one foot before the bars
of his cell and told lengthy story
of his adventures since he made his
way out OF the jail In March, 1918.
Tie had gone to Canada. enlisted In
the Canadian army he declared. and
served on the battlefields Of Eu.
rope. He said he had been pursued
from Germany across the border
into Holland. and making bis way
back to America, he had spent much
OF his time trapping In the Hudson
bay region, making a good profit
from the hunting and buying Of
furs. His earning last year had
been more than $4,000 he said. and
with these. he had come to Balti.
more, where he met an Elizabeth
City girl Of his acquaintance In q
questionable house, and there dis.
cussed with her the possibility Of
coming home to see his folks. HI
declared that thru her connivance,
he had quietly returned to Elizabeth
City. and that following n dispute
with her, she had told the police OF
his whereabouts.
Doubtful Statements
Lowry's statement that he haG