Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-08-13
A Tramp Burglar Fight In New
Hampshire.
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A sharp contest with tramp burglars
occurred at Laconia, N, H., before day
light Friday morning of last week. 1t
appears that at about o'clock, Mark
Reason, clerk in C. X. Sanborn's gro
Gerry on Main Street, who rooms nearly
opposite, hearing whispering in the
street, went out, and finding that it was
the police, invited them into the shop,
and while the entire force was eating
crackers and cheese in the front part of
the shop, the thieves were retreating
from the rear, being screened from OBJ
servation by a partition. Young Kea-
son, hearing noise, started into the
street up to the corner of Mill street,
and seeing man dodge into the alley in
the rear of the building, he called to the
police and ran to the alley, and as he
was about turning the corner man
crouching against the wall fired pistol
at him, the ball striking his watch ex-
actly in the centre, pierced the case,
crystal and dial, and lodged among the
works. Had it not been for the watch,
which was in the upper left hand pock-
ct, the bullet would have entered his
body within an inch of the heart, and
instant death would have resulted. AT
ter the shooting he was struck over the
head, probably with sand billy, and
lay unconscious for several minutes. His
escape was almost miraculous, and seems
almost incredible. The men fed, and
no track of them was discovered. No
pursuit was made On hearing the re-
port of the pistol the officers ran out of
the shop into the street, installing the
direction of the report. The whole
neighborhood was aroused, and in the
afternoon the woods were searched, but
the thieves we're not found. The demand
for pistols is great.
The other burglary was that of Mrs.
Welch's house entered two days pre-
vious. Her house was entered by push
ing the key out in the L and then fore
ing the bolt with skeleton key. The
burglars ransacked the lower part of
the house, taking some costly silk dress
es from a wardrobe under the stairs in
the front hall and wrapping them up in
waterproof cloak. They then made
another bundle of bronze ornaments val
ued at $500, also silk dress, which
they tied up in camel's hair shawl
valued at 800. They next went up
stairs to the chamber of Mrs. WEIGH
occupied by herself and mother, Mrs
Hamilton. Mrs. WEIGH first heard a
slight noise and saw small light on the
bureau, which gradually turned toward
the bed, when it was extinguished, and
the burglars disappeared down the stairs
Mrs. WEIGH then grasped the revolver
which was under her pillow, and fol
lowed to the stairs, when she saw one OF
them 60 out the front door, She called
to her companion, and firing ran down
stairs into the street, when she fired two
more shots One of the burglars turn.
ed upon her and called to his companion
to run. As he turned she screamed
when he struck her on the head with 6
sand billy, knocked her insensible in the
middle of the street, where she was
found by her mother, Mrs. Hamilton
who carried her into the house with
the assistance of Mr.. A. G. Leavitt.
She lay insensible for four hours, when
she survived sufficiently to explain the
circumstances, and has been in a pre-
carious condition ever since.