Bandit Chase Timeline Through Forest Hills Cemetery
Chronological account details a July 21 to 23 manhunt for bank robbers after a saloon shooting in Washington Street. Police, gardeners, and volunteers pursued suspects across Charlestown, Forest Hills cemetery, and Jamaica Plain, with multiple arrests and injuries. Two suspects remained at large at daybreak on July 23, and a blood trail led to no further discoveries.
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Winterson & McManus
Washington Street
Frank Drake
Patrick Doran
Thomas Winterson
Seymour Butler
Iffley Road
Franklin Park
Forest Hills Cemetery
Edward Powers
Powers
Bourne Street
Davis’ House
Davis
Albert King
Charlestown
Vogges
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Harvard Street
Morton
New Calvary Cemetery
Wellington Woods
Giuseppe di Vic
Waterbury
Conn
Wallace
Roslindale
Hunt
Giuseppe di Vico
South Station
John Carty
Edward Patch
William Pettie
McManus
Michael Fallon
Inglis
Cunningham’s Field
Lee Street
Keyes Street
Patrick Keyes
Thomas Moore
John Nolan
John Monahan
Michael Flinn
New Keyes
Washington Streets
Garrity
Copperhorn
Herbert Knox
McMahon
Thompson
Geggs
Weld Hill
Comotery
Arts
Pierce
Cers
Beedahan Than
Sur
Amund Gutterman
Buckley
Araabe
Lucia Sprude
Sosmuielan
Frank
Christopher Sprude
Weld Farm
Mt. Benedict Cemetery
Pierce Farm
McDougall
DeVico
Jamaica Plain
Naples
Italy
Linden Street
Somerville
de Vico
New York
Watts
Edmund Gutman
W. G. MacDonald
City Hospital
Geggman
Bravado Faces Arraigned Bandit DeVico in Murder Charge
Giuseppe DeVico, linked to a murderous trio, smiled in court as he was arraigned on murder and held without bail. Eugene McDougall, another suspect, faced assault with a dangerous weapon charges with examination postponed to next Wednesday. Crowd filled the Jamaica Plain court as spectators, including women and girls, watched the proceedings.
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McDougall
Jado
Guiseppe DeVico
Jamaica Plain
DeVico
Eugene McDougall
Boston Elevated Railway
Edward McMahon
MoeDougall
Boston police praise after forest hills cemetery shootout
The article details McDougall and DeVico in custody after a deadly street confrontation. It reports on testimonies, identifications, and autopsy findings for the slain gang leader Edmund Gutman. It covers police commendations, internal notes, and speculation on a larger four-man gang.
Shooting of Bandit at Forest Hills Cemetery Vigil
Police 800 strong began a dawn search of Forest Hills Cemetery after an all night vigil for a bandit who may have killed himself to avoid capture. Superintendent Pierce refereed and Captain Wescott took immediate command at 4 o'clock yesterday morning.
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Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Wescott
Hanley
Watts
Forest Hills Cemetery
Pierce
Cemetery Pursuit Ends With Lone Man Shot
A fugitive armed with a revolver fled through a cemetery pursued by police led by Superintendent Pierce and Chief Watts. He was cornered near a fir tree after a high intensity gun battle and was shot as smoke rose from the scene.
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Superintendent Pierce
Chief Watts
Pierce
Douglas
Farley
O'Sullivan
Police training debate amid Warren gunfight and gang kill
Warren Civil Service chief discusses requiring revolver qualification for police applicants. In a later gunfight, officers killed a foreign bandit believed unnamed, with Edmund Gutman name on his sweatband. questions arise who fired the fatal shots.
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Charles Warren
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Edmund Gutman
Freeport Farmer Pays $10 Fine After July Fare Fight
In Hastings Michigan on July 23 Emory Wait a Freeport farmer paid a $10 fine in Judge Bishops court after claiming he should arrest for assault and battery. During Fourth of July festivities a buxom country girl horsewhipped Wait and his son in a village scuffle. Wait, 45, widower, known as a county gallant, faced charges.
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Hastings, Mich
Emory Wait
Freeport
Bishop's Court
Wait
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