The Jasper weekly courier., 1875-06-25
A STRUGGLE IN TIE DARK.
A Brooklyn Man shot by Burglar fn
his own Bsd-room-A Desperate Com
nfef.

From the New York sun, June
A burglar entered Mr.. Aaron Shute-.
residence AT 469 Tompkins Avenue. Bro 4.
lyn. opposite the Piesbyterian Church
Yesterday morning. BY pushing aside the
latch Of a rear kitchen window with 4
putty knife. and by the aid of a dark lam
tern he found his way into the bedroom
Of the second noOr Of the dwelling. where
Mr.. Shute and his wife We're sleeping.
The gas was burning low over the dress
ing tribe, On which were Mr.. Shute's golc,
watch and chain. The burglar turned OF
the Pas. picked up the watch and chain.
and started 10 cross the room. Mr.. Sbut..
heard him. and saw his form reflected IN
the mirror which was opposite his bel
tie jumped out Of bed aud started 10 seize
hun, and the burglar struck him on the.
side OF the head with dark lantern. and
almost Knocked him down. The lantern
ieil 20 the floor and was extinEuishel
Mr.. Shute sprang az the burglar again.
threw hi- arms about him. and pushed
! him on the bed. Then he reached a mach
and started 70 light tie gas. and the bur
glar grasped his arm and they clutched
again and f.ll 10 the floor Mrs. Snute
jumped out Of bed and tried 10 light the
"a. but in her fright could not Mr..
Shute " on top OF the burglar. hOlcing
him down by the throat, and while he was
In this position he burglar put a revolver
which he had in his right hand against
Mr.. -hute neck and fired twice. The
blood spuTted into the burglars face. and
filed hi. shirt bosom. Mrs. shufe took
hold Of the burglar BY the left arm. ana
he told her 70 LEI 20 or he would shoot
her. Mr.. Shute was too weak from loss
OF blood to mold the burglar longer, and
as he relaxed his grip on his throat. the
burglar slipped out of the room into the
hall
TIE BURGLARS ESCAPE.
Mrs Toby. who lived on the third floor.
came down stairs just a. the burglar passed
into the hall. tie warned her to keep
away. aud then ran down the steps and
tried 70 get out OF the front door. The
guard chain held II tight. and he turned 10
look for the basement stairs. and left bis
bloody finger prints on the door OF the
back parlOr. into which he went. Then
he groped back, staining the furniture and
carpet With blood. and az length went
down stairs and out into the yard as he
entered. Mrs. Toby and Mrs. Shut.
screamed " Murder and =. Help from
the window. and some OF the neighboTs
entered. Nr. Shute was able 70 20 10 the
wash-stand and stand over il while the
wound from his neck bled. The first ball
had passed clean through his neck from
the left 10 the right side. and the second
shot had entered the neck and had lodged
IN the right temple. Blood was also flow
ing ION the cut over his left eve. which
the blow from the dark lantern had made.
tie was put 10 bel, and DIR. Pierson was
sent for. The wound in the neck, the
Doctor thought, must prove fatal.
THE PoLIcE on THE TRAIL.
Capt Mclaughlin with soue detectives
reached the house about $50. and made an
inspection OF the dwelling. He found the
bed-clOthes and the carpet bespartered with
blood. The burglar had tracked blood
into the hall. They picked up a black
alpaca skull cap. the dark lantern which
was stained BY blood. and the putty knif,.
which the burglar hal left. They fol-
lowed his tracks through the kitchen win
dow into the back yard. where he had
skulked along close TO the fence, and had
left his footprints in the soft earth. On
the rear fence were bloody marks which
he made in getting into the next yard. and
from the impression in blood on the boarts
Of the fence made By his weight a. he was
scaling II. the detectives believe that he
wore check pantalOons. The next tracks
were found in the garden OF Sir. Macma-
hons residence. which fronts on MELON
ough Street and the footprints are seen in Z
the soft earth for many steps on either
side of the point ar which he scaled the
fence. The tracks are lost in The green
lawn near little summer-house. The de- +.
tectivcs secured the neighbOrho0d 70 lind 4
the burglar- and general police telegraph \
alarm was sent out.
Mr.. Hunt. who lives next door 10 Mr.. 4
~huf.4 TOLL rha Iaf.aatfx.A- that bss mail
servant saw the burglar jump over the 4
rear fence. and rom MR.. snute and Mrs. 4
Toby and this girl the officers gathered
description on which they ars working
The ONLY CLUE.
The burglars face was too much filled A
with blood for those who saw him 10 dis
tinguish whether or not he had whiskers
but all agree THAT he was short and stout,
and was about thirty years old. Superin-
tendent Fold sent an order 10 the police
captains to ascertain of the drug stores in
their precincts whether any wounded
man had obtained relief from any Of them.
The only return that was received was
from Mr.. e.. Altheus' drug store, al
Fulton and Nassau Streets. wnere clerk
said that at about O'Clock two rough men
entered the store and asked 10 have q
wound dressed which one Of them had on
his chin. The man said that it WAS made
by knife. The cut was bleeding. and
the blood had discolorcd his shirt bosom.
The clerk plastered the wound. and the
men went toward the ferry. The police
are not Inclined 10 connect this incident
with the tragedy in Tompkins Avenue.
Mr. shute Is employed by Bradstreet's
Mercantile Agency in New York as a re-
porter for the Mercantile Journal. lie II
20 years old. and Is very highly respected
by all who know him. Drs. Pierson. Gae,
and Heath were with him all OF yesterday,
aud strictly forbid any communication
with him. He was very weak las. night
from loss Of blood. but was still alive. The
burglar had not been arrested. Coroner