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Show iven him and Stevens' revolver wa nocked from his grasp by Sargent..The onstable then bound both men secure- and brought them into Washington id jailed them. In Jail here Gumberson and Robinson ly they had been drinking and held up ':e village of Frederlcktown simply for an. BAD MEN SHOOT UP A WEST VIRGINIA TOWN Captured by Constables and Later Try to Escape by Shooting Their Guards. WASHINGTON, Pa Dec. 7. Two West Virginia desperadoes, Edward A. Gumberson, and Edwin Robinson, were j landed in jail here, after having held up a town, terrified its Inhabitants by shooting up and down its main street, and engaged in a shotgun battle with two officers. The two men landed from a Monongahela river boat at the village of Frederlcktown, this county. Each had a fully loaded shotgun and two belts of cartridges about his waist. Walking from the wharf to the main street of the town they began shooting at bcdestrlans. The inhabitants, terrified, terri-fied, sought shelter behind locked doors and barred windows. Business was at a standstill and the streets were deserted. de-serted. Constable K. C. Sargent and L.. A. Stevens, who happened into the village met the desperadoes on the street. Gumberson and Robinson began shooting shoot-ing at them, and the officers took refuge behind telephone poles. When th bold- 1 up men had exhausted the loads i their guns, and before they had time t-reload, t-reload, Sargent and Stevens rushed them, shooting their revolvers. A terrible ter-rible hand-to-hand struggle resulted. In which the ofilcers were victorious. Gumberson and Robinson were overpowered over-powered and placed in the village lockup lock-up under a guard. Officers Sargent and Stevens started to bring them to the county jail here. The distance between the two points is twenty-five miles. When ten miles out of Frederlcktown Gumberson, who was handcuffed by one wrist to Robinson, suddenly drew a revolver and fired at Sargent, Tvbo was In the front seat of the rig in which they were traveling. Before he could shoot again Sargent turned and struck him with the butt end of his revolver. Robinson meanwhile mean-while bad drawn his revolver and shot Officer Stevens' through the shoulder. Stevens tumbled from the conveyance, and Sargent waged a fierce struggle with the two highwaymen. Gumberson waa unconscious from th clubbing |