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*ll)TNI no eon and s ho :mn n toent,Canmodanditionlionverycon-1%7Garrow Shot; Manhunt EndsBy DAN AMON Stall WriterW1THEKBKE - The Robert Garrow manhunt is over.Some of Uh State Police who scoured parts of the Adiron-dacks for 11 days for the 37-year-old suspected killer are now guarding Garrow around the clock at Champlain Valley-Physicians Medical Center Hospital in Plattsburgh, where Garrow is in good condition with four gunshot wounds. He is fully conscious, said a hospital spokesman.He was shot and captured at 2:15 p.m. Thursday about a half-mile from the home of his sister. Mrs. diaries Mandy, of Wither bee His nephew. 16-year-old David Mandy. was in State Police custody awaiting arraignment on a cliarge of hindering prosecution It was Mandy who was spotted by Trooper Ransom Caola of Troop B at about 1 p.m. carrying a bag of food for Garrow at a point in back of the Mandy residence in Wasson Street.Searchers closed in. Garrow was spotted about an hour later at nearby Silver Hill Road, heading north trying to break the cordon, police said He was first spotted by a Department of Environmental Conservation officer, Hellary I a*Blanc Garrow . slightly thinner and with longer hair, was wearing a green pullover sweatshirt with Michigan State” lettering, a white Mickey Mouse sweatshirt underneath, and plum-colored pants.He was in possession of a sheathed knife and a loaded 30-30 Winchester rifle,U-Blanc ordered Garrow to halt, but Garrow fled in the direction of a ground scan h team of about six troopers, accompanied by a bloodhound.U'lllanc fired four times. Garrow continued into the woods. Searchers tightened the noose, follow ing a trail of blood’Ihey found Garrow a few minutes later, about 150 yards from where he was first spotted ami 75 yards from where he was shot. Garrow collapsed in a heavily wooded area.Authorities called for axes to cut a path to carry him out of the area.On the scene was Major David Ambler, Troop B commander, who said from his layman's standpoint Garrow was in serious condition with three visible back wounds, and was semi-conscious.Although Garrow was officially listed in good condition, his prognosis was guarded because of the nature of his wounds, hospital officials said.Two bullets were lodged in the chest wall lbs upper left arm bones were shattered. He suffered superficial wounds in the left foot, with some fragmentation of his ankle. Hospital officials said Garrow was in no danger.That would be considered good news to State Police criminal investigators, who are anxious to question Garrow not only about the July 29 stabbing death of 18-year-old Philip Domblewski of Schenectady, hut also about the earlier fatal stabbing of Danny Dahl Porter. 23. of Concord. Mass , and tlvo disappearance of Susan Pet?. 21. of Skokie. 111.Two hours after Garrow's capture, sunburned troopers scurried about outside the nearby Westport station, w here blue and yellow helicopters used in the search sat unattended on the front lawn Inside the office, follow-up reports were being completed.Troopers looked visibly satisfied, especially after having been criticized in some quarters after Garrow slipped past roadblocks last Monday in Hamilton County.Maj. Ambler admitted that State Police were rankled when Garrow escaped the ring around the Hamilton County communities of W'ells and Speculator, Hie scene of a nine-day massive search.Maj. Ambler explained that (■arrow escaped by having lost weight and having let his hair grow, by effecting bis escape with a car troopers didn't know was stolen, and by a broken fan belt in a pursuing troop car (■arrow had stolen a 1968 white Pontiac Tempest with Ohio license plates Monday and fled from Hamilton Countythrough Warren County and eventually to the Essex County area of his boyhood. From the car he took four sweatshirts, two pairs of jeans, blue and white striped pants, a nylon jacket with WanderinR Wheels written across the. chest, and black CPO jacket, a red laundry bag. a thin red check book with $15 in cash, a screwdriver, a crescent wrench, and personal papers including the car registration made out to a Samuel J. HadleyGarrow . acknowledged to be a good woodsman, was likely to have an even better advantage in woods familiar to him from childhood Monday he escaped surveillance and visited the home of his sister, Mrs Mandy.Maj. Ambler said his assumption was that this was where he was all the tinve.Actually finding Garrow's nephew relaying food was like a letter from home, Ambler said.We’re glad this thing is over. said Ambler.It's too bad ('.arrow couldn't be taken without injury. This w as a game Garrow chose and this is the way we played it. said Ambler, adding that Garrow had ample opportunities the last 11 days to surrender,Ambler also praised those aiding the search. He mentioned the police departments of Moriah. Port Henry and Ticondoroga, as well as the Conservation Department, to which leBlanc belonged.Maytie ora- of our own guy s lives was saved by this conservation officer,” Ambler saidEver since the search for (•arrow began, residents of Adirondack communities in three counties have expressed fear of going out at night and leaving their doors unlocked Tourist business hasn't been helped and camping in the areas involved suffered Every thing should now return to normal, but the Garrow case isn t over yet Garrow's nephew faces prosecution. Investigation of tfic Doinbleweski and Porter murders and the Susan Pet?
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Fri, Aug 10, 1973
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