New Britain herald., 1925-07-11
SHOOTS TWO, TEEN
 CUTS OWN THROAT
But W0uId,Bo Suicide Is Gap
 tQred by Posse

Franklin, N. J. July 11.-After shooting Jesse Mann, Lthieh Valley railroad section foreman and his wife, Viola, at Glcnwood near here last night, Nicholas Carey, a section hand, recently discharged by Mann, was captured by a sheriff's posse and state troopers several hours later in cave. Carey had cut his own throat All three were taken 10 Franklin hospital where it was said today that their condition was laN- orable.
 Mrs. Mann was shot trying 10 save her husband She had been in Sus- sex and her husband was bringing her home about o'clock last night on a handcar GlcnWood is on the Lchigh and New England railroad, a single track line running through a forcsted and hilly country.
 Close to Glenwood the road enters a narrow dfle in which bushes close to the track offered a perfect ambuscade. Three children playing nearby stopped to watch the car. Suddenly Carey stepped from behind the bushes and fired al Mann at close range hitting him in the thigh. Mann dropped over the machinery. Carey took aim again and fired hit ting Mrs. Mann, who had thrown herself before the body of her hns- band, in the left breast. X third shot hit Mann in the shoulder Then Carey ran through the brU~h to his own home, where he left the ravol- yer. He took a bread knife, went to a brook near the house. and cut his throat.
 The children who saw the shoot ing obtained help and Chief of To- lice Irons, after getting medical aid for Mann and his wife, went after Carey, After hunting around the Carey home for some minutes Irons picked up his trail at the brook, It led him up hin into the woods and to the mouth of Indian Cave, nor- row at tho mouth and leading into the hillside 4o or 5o feet. In colo nial times it was 2 rendezvous, aC- cording to local tralition, for the Lenape trihe of Indians.
 The entrance tu the cave is about four feet wide and just inside d large boulder partially blocks the passage. Proceeding cautiously Irons ap- preached the houldcr There he stopped and called, Carey answered and refused 10 surrender. Irons started around inc boulder hut stop ped when he saw his man Crouchad and ready. the big bread knife lifted to strike. The policeman aimed care fully and fired at tho hand holding the knife but missed. T2lon carey pulled his arm down and held the knife before his breast.
 Irons pleaded with Carey 10 Sl'r- render. hut Carey merely dared the policeman to shoot. They were deadlocked thus, with Carey smok- ing a cigarette which Irons had toss ed 10 him, when James MaCkerly, sheriff of Sussex county, state troop CTS ana q IlpSSt al " t'lr H. k1o- sage to Carey and his menacins knife, however, was too narrow for more than one man to advance at q time. After a hurried conference Irons sent to nearby ice house and obtained several long poles tipped with hooks and points. Armed with these, Irons and Mackerly finally haulted Carey out nearly uncon- scious from loss of blood and bruis- ed considerably.
 At the hospital the police learned that Carey had been discharged by the railroad after having worked un- der Mann for several weeks. He is married and has one child. Anger, the police say. because of his dis charge drove him 10 shoot his for mer foreman.