Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-04
HEROIC DEFENSE OF A HOME.
burglars Fooled by a WOman-0Re OF
Them shot and Wounded.


Them shot and Wounded.
From the Davenport Gazette, July g
A brave German lady in this city gave
burglar who was prOWling about her prem
Uses between and 2 O'Clock yesterday
morning, a taste OF lead hot from Tevel-
YER and injured him badly, if, indeed, she
did not mortally wound him.
The lady alluded to is Mrs II. RestOriff
who resides on Harrison street, between
Seventh and Eighth. The circumstances
were az follows:
Mr.. Restorifi carries on a cOOperage
business. On Saturday he received $500
from parties who were owing him, and Ia
| the evening he started for Chicago, his wife .
| accompanying him 10 the depot. During
her absence her children, two boys and two
! giris, went 20 a neighbor's. On her return
she found plenty Of evidence that somebody
had been In her house, Tummaging the
drawers and displacing things generally.
This aroused her suspicious, and she was
unable 20 sleep during the night. At mid
night she heard footsteps about the house,
and at last sounds ~ il the doors and win
dOws were being tried She arose and
made such a noise that the burglars, which
they evidently were, went away. She then
called a neighbor who came over 10 her
house. Shortly aherward she saw a man
sitting on rock opposite the house, and
She boldly went over and asked him what
he was watching her house for. The fellow
pulled revolver, and told her 10 60 back,
which she did in hurry. Not long after
. ward, while the neighbor was watching the
back part Of her house, she heard three
men in conversation under a window.
One Of them said, "The money Amt in the
house-lets 60" And off they went.
, On Sunday she borrowed revolver Of
friend, determined to give the prOwling
p gentry the benefits Of its contents, should
TO- they disturb her again. There was no
p sleep for her Sunday night. After the
clock had struck one, her wakefulness was
rewarded by hearing the sounds Of attempts
TO open a window again. With firm nerves
. and brave determination, she resolved upon
j shooting the burglar, and laid nice plan
:, TO carry her resolution into effect. She
- aroused one Of her daughters, miss in her
e teens, and told her TO go down to the front
door and tumble with the knob and key,
= As if she were trying TO open it, the noise
\ being designed to attract the burglars at
J, tention The child did so, with what feel
, ings Of dread no one can describe. The
Z | mother then went to a raised window,
| nOlStltrslN IDilch ~ the CulbdllIf aAh WIN
I revolver in hand, looked out. There,
. right under the window, she saw the
~ crOuching form Of A man. He had re-
!, volver in one hand, which seemed to be
2 pointed toward the door where the child
was. Mrs R. took deliberate aim and
-, fired The man rolled over like log, and
. | seemed mOtionless for a minute. The Wo-
q man, overcome with the reaction that en-
, sued, almost sWoOned away. She went to
!, the stairway and called her daughter back.
Then she peered out of the window, but
- the burglar was gone. She closed the win
. dow and did not dare to go near it or to
leave her room again.
= In the morning, after hours Of darkness
i and wretched anxiety, she went out to
, ] where the burglar was stopping when she
! J shot him. A couple Of pieces of board we're
n there, with large clots Of blood upon them.
The soil about the place for some distance
was covered with loose sand upon which
no blood could be seen. The blood upon
20 the board is all that can be found, but it is
a proof enough that the burglar was wounded
= in some part of his body, and managed to
n prevent the blood from betraying his line
20 OF retreat 1t is hoped that the wound will
prove 30 serious as TO require attention,
10 and that thus the scroundrel will be ex-
n posed.
h Mrs. Restoriff certainly proved herself a
II heroine-cOol, courageous and determined
- in the defense of her house and family
:, Few men would have acted more braVely
{, under the circumstances.