Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-10-05
THE LATEST OPERATIONS OF
THE BURGLARS.
GOwen 4 Co.'S Store Broken Into
and One Of the Burglars Shot.
A Faithful Dog Warns his Master.

All the daring burglaries that
have before occurred in Silver City
have been eclipsed by the attempt
made to enter the store of Messrs.
Gowen & Co. at an early hour of
last Sunday morning. The follow
ing are the facts as related to us
by Mr.. Ed. Gowen, who was sleep
ing in the store at the time: At
about half-past three o'clock in the
morning mentioned, a large dog
which is left to guard the store
room, came into Mr.. G.'s sleeping
apartment adjoining, sprang upon
the bed, and by whining and pull
ing the bed-clothes, woke the gen.
tleman menti ned from profound
sleep. On waking, and sus Getting
that the dog had discovered some
thing suspicious, ed" quoted
him, grabbed a six-shooter and
noiselessly went into the store
room. The faithful dog had not
fooled him, for as he walked toward
the front of the store he saw two
dark forms on the outside of the
window, busily at work effecting
an entrance. A portion of the
large pane had been already re-
moved and a box of tobacco pulled
out on TO the walk, while at the
moment Ed. appeared on the scene,
keg of fine cut was being taken
out of the aperture. Excitement
got the best of Ed, and instead of
keeping cool until the burglars
came in, and making a sure thing
of their capture, lie blazed away
with two shots through the broken
window, and as the thieves started
to run fred again through the 9TH
err pane, and quickly opened the
door to follow them. The night
was dark and the burglars were
soon out of sight, one running up
and the other down Main street.
Mr.. Gowen says that on opening
the door, he heard both men run
ming and could detect a cry of pain
from the one who ran down town,
SO it is very probable that one of
the shots took effect. There were
several drops of blood to be seen
next morning on the plank walk
before the store, but not enough to
justify the supposition that the
wound was a serious one. 1t is
not positively known whether the
burglars were cinnamon or white
men, but their boldness would indi-
cate that they were whites. "Ed"
saw but two forms, and thinks there
were no more at work. The glass
had been cut with a diamond and
then pushed in. The sensible action
of the dog shows that he felt incoin
petent to handle the fellows alone
and wanted the assistance of his
owner IN capturing them OF course
it is not expected that man can
think of all these things at such a
time, but had Mr.. Gowen turned the
dog loose out of the door after shoot
ing he would more than likely cap
tured the game. So far no sure clue
of identity of the burglars has been
ascertained, but there are several
suspicious looking parties who
usually infest the town that are not
to be seen on the streets since the
occurrence. We should scarcely
imagine that anyone acquainted with
that old dogs whereabouts and the
fact that Mr.. Gowen sleeps in the
next room, would attempt plumber
in that quarter. The thieves got Off
lucky this time, but ed. says that
he will give us local with more
blood in it if they make him Sec
ond visit.