Huntingdon-Fulton County PA Archives News..... TROOPER DIES TWO HOURS AFTER BEING SHOT IN ABDOMEN, Frederick Sutton, 26; Is Victim Of Shooting In McConnellsburg. January 4, 1940 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. M. shabodeho@aol.com November 13, 2010, 7:28 pm Daily Times, Huntingdon January 4, 1940 TROOPER DIES TWO HOURS AFTER BEING SHOT IN ABDOMEN Frederick Sutton, 26; Is Victim Of Shooting In McConnellsburg Last Evening DIES IN HOSPITAL Cattle Dealer Is Hunted By State, County A posse of sixty state motor police, which is being augmented hourly by additional troopers and county officers, is today combing Fulton county, in the vicinity of McConnellsburg, for the slayer of a youthful state trooper, Frederick Sutton, age 26, attached to the McConnellsburg sub-station, who was fatally shot last night. The object of the intensive search is Brice Hann, aged 54 years, a cattle dealer who lives near McConnellsburg. He fled following the shooting at 6:15 o'clock last night outside the West End restaurant in McConnellsburg, and at press time this afternoon he had not been apprehended. The state policeman was rushed to the Chambersburg hospital where, he passed away about 8:30 o'clock last night. Corporal John S. Trease, formerly a member of the sub-station at Huntingdon, is the officer in charge of the McConnellsburg detail. Trooper Sutton accompanied Constable R. B. Regi of McConnellsburg to the West End restaurant last evening to serve a warrant on Hann, charging him with issuing a fraudulent check, in connection with his purchase of cattle. As Trooper Button, accompanied by Constable R. B. Regi, 49, of McConnellsburg, entered the restaurant to serve the Warrant, Hann, whipped the pistol from his pocket and fired once. When the trooper fell, Hann, replaced the gun and dashed from the restaurant, disappearing down a nearby alley. Constable Regi picked up the wounded Button and took him to a nearby physician's office, from where he was taken to Chambersburg hospital, 22 miles distant. The bullet entered Button's abdomen. Searching officers were aided by a bloodhound obtained from the Rockview penitentiary. Hann, who once was employed as a driver on a school bus, owned by Constable Regi, walks with a slight limp in his right leg. Six feet tall and weighing 150 pounds, he was dressed in a blue suit and brown overcoat when he fled from the restaurant. Trooper Sutton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers Sutton, of 249 S, Erie St., Mercer, are now visiting a married daughter, Louise, in Philadelphia. Other survivors include another sister, Rose, and three brothers, Robert, Thomas and John. He was a graduate of Mercer high school. Hann, who has worked at various laboring jobs previous to taking up cattle dealing, is the father of several grown-up children, living in Fulton and Huntingdon counties, and he made his home among his children. Private Martin J. Walsh and Private Sutton were the members of the McConnellsburg detail, who looked after criminal investigation work in Fulton county. Trooper Sutton, a native of Mercer, joined the force two and one-half years ago, having been located at Chambersburg until he was transferred to the McConnellsburg station seven months ago. Sergeant R. E. Sprenkle, Corporal G. E. Shannon, Privates J. W. Rankin, W. E. Kowell and R. R. Heckman of the Huntingdon sub-station, joined the posse of troopers last night in the search for the slayer. The officers had not returned to Huntingdon at press-time today. Corporal S. S. Mollenkof, of the Rockview station, was ordered to Huntingdon to assist at the station here while the Huntingdon officers are on duty in Fulton, county. Harrisburg, Jan. 4. — State Motor Police Commissioner Lynn G. Adams, said today that the slayer of Frederick Sutton, 26-year-old trooper, "will not get away." Saddened by death of the youthful policeman, fatally wounded in the abdomen last night as he attempted to serve a warrant on Brice Hann, 54, a cattle dealer. Adams said a "good, tight circle" has been drawn around the desolate mountain country where Hann is believed in hiding. Police said Hann fired the shot that killed Sutton outside a restaurant at McConnellsburg. The victim died in Chambersburg Hospital, two and one-half hours after he was shot down, Hann, accused of passing a fraudulent check, fled after the shooting. "I know," Adams said, "our man is hiding in pretty wild country, but I don't expect him to get away. He will not be able to stay in the open very long." Adams said approximately 100 state policemen and deputy sheriffs were seeking Hann at noon today. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 4.9 Kb