The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-31
A TRAPPED BURGLAR.
He is Shot by an Alarm Gun and
Wounded in the Hand.
Ingenuity Crowned With Success.

Thursday morning about half-past o'clock
q burglar Effected an entrance into the resi-
dence OF MI. A. Frederick, No. 1876 Baronne
street, by climbing the gallery post and rails
ing window leading into that gentleman 8
sleeping apartment The thief quietly sneaked
through the room and went down stairs into
the store on the ground floor. 1t is supposed
that his intention was to rob the store of Q
quantity of lead pipe, wire, etc., as he passed
through the room without laying his hands
on any of the valuables that were lying around
loose at his disposal
The entrance to the store from the rear was
easily effected BY raising the latch 81 the
door. Oace inside the burglar abandoned the
idea of returning the way he came, and re.
paired to the front door leading on the street
before he gathered his plumber. evidently for
the purpose of allowing his pals on the out.
side to come in and help him to carry it away.
The door was securely fastened with an iron
bar, about three feet long. and the only way
to open the door was to raise the bar, and he
did SO, not thinking for a moment that an
alarm would be given or the danger he run of
being killed. On the end of the bar was tied
black string which passed through pulley
and was attached to the trigger of large
sized dueling pistol, loaded up to the muz-
zle with fine shot.
The pistol pointed directly to where man
would have to stand to open the door from
the inside, or would frighten any one off that
tried to force the door open from the outside.
The burglar, whoever he was, not knowing
that trap had been set for him or any other
person who had no right in the house, raised
the bar, and in doing so pulled the trigger.
The pistol exploded, making report like q
cannon.
Corporal Smith, who was standing at the
time in front of police headquarters, heard
the report of the weapon, and Immediately
hurried in the direction from whence the
sound seemed to come.
On arriving at Mr.. Frederick's store, he
found several parties on the sidewalk, some
of them inmates of the house, who informed
him that burglar was on the inside. Tla
corporal entered the store through the rear
and discovered that the ingenious pistoltrap
for burglars had exploded. The front door
was opened, when it was discovered that the
unknown man had blown his hand to pieces
He bled profusely from the wound, as
evinced by the blood on the floor, which was
traced back to the rear of the premises, the
way that Mr.. burglar thought best to make
his escape.
The officer searched the premises but could
vDS an him Tho cnnn0ci4inv 10 fbot "a
climbed over the roofs and jumped down into
some yard in the vicinity. While the officer
and inmates were searching the house, . man
was seen making his exit from an alley-way
with his hand wrapped up in pocket hand
kerchief covered with blood He walked down
the street very fast and was soon lost to sight.
About an hour afterwards man entered the
Charity Hospital with his hand shattered to
pieces, and the superstition is that he. was the
trapped burglar. He had his wound dressed
in the Office and left Immediately afterwArds