New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-08
SHOT BY A BURGLAR.

A SUMMER VISITOR AT SARATOGA HAS AN en-
COUNTER WITH A BURGLAB-sHoT IN THE MICK
BY THE RUFFIAN.
IRON SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or THE rRIBuSE.I
SARATOGA, N. Y, Aug. This Summer re-
sort is unusually peaceful orderly and little troubled
by thieves and other criminals. Consequently the
struggle with burglar early hour this morning
IN which guest ct hotel shot, has startled the
people aud caused much comment and excitement
The event took place at the Temple Grove Seminary,
brick building used school for young ladies in Win
ter aud hotel during the Summer months II is pleas
antly situated in of the most prominent and theky
populated parts osaratoga only short distance east Of
| Broadway, the main thorOughiaro 1t Is at
! the Of Spring and Ciroular-Sts.. ana
OF the fronts looks upon the Indian Camp aud Park
Trees abound in the vicinity the streets are shaded and
COOL the grounds in the OF the hoteseminary are
spacious aud attractive. and altogether 1t Is one OF the
peasantest quarters In Saratoga There is room In the
building for nearly 100 bOarders and It contained about
eighty ut the time Of the burglary and attempted murder
Ofoourse all the occupants thrown into the greatest
CONSERVATION and alarm at the time. The coolest and
camet person in the house appeared to be the man who
was shot by the burglar.
This was John d. Candee, OF Bridg port, Conn., Editor
OF The Standard in that He arrived IN Saratoga
Monday afternoon with hts wife and chid the latter
being about years old They occupied two connect
ing rooms the second floor in the part Of the
hotel. AbOm O'Clock yesterday morning, Mrs. Can
dee. who invalid and sleeps lightly. awakened
by the movement closedoOr in their bedroom. She
aroused husband and asked bim shut the closet
door. lie did 50 and asleep again. In about
fifteen minutes Candee's attention directed TO
the cosetdOOr again by hearing II creak, and she was
almost parayzed with fright TO man looking in
tenty her from the closet The intruder had opened
the door again little way She instantly reused her
husband saying wake up, there is a man in the
rOOu."
Mr. CANDIDA ts nearly sixty yearg of arc. but he IA
man OF large frame and muscular power and also
a of great courage. He was unarmed but he Inn
mediaely sprang from bed aud seized the burglar,
had stepped IRON the closet probably intending to
escape. Mr.. Candee pushed him through the doorway
INTO the next chamber and closed the door, not think
ing the OF the fright that would be caused TO
his child who was sleeping in that The child
screamed and no rushed the room, grappled with
the burglar again and forced him down. pistol shot
was heard, but Mr.. Cindee did not know that he was
wounded and did not relax his hold The burglar did
not shoot again. Possibly bis pistol only had one
barrel Mr. Candies child that the fellow cried,
you don't let 20, IN kill YOU" but Mr.. Candec
did not hear these words After holding the down
a few seconds it occurred TO him to unlock the hall
door the room, order that others might enter and
the burglar be secured. He had not cried for help all
his attention being taken up with the struggle. The
screams Of his wife child however, rang through
the house
Mr. Candee unlocked and threw open the door into the
ball. and then turned back the place where lac had
left the PROSTATE rufhan The Is a small one and
he did not thick the could eude him In the moment
required to open the door. Before leaving the
ovcrpowered burglar he had felt Of the blinds In the
window and got the impression that they fastened
The night was very dark and objects could be dstn
ruished in this chamber In the occupied by Mr.
Candee and his wife a lamp had been burning dimly
and by its hight Mrs Candee had been able 10 the
burglars face In the closet though not to distinguish DIS
features The instant Mr.. Candee loosened his grasp
and turned toward the door, tne burglar escaped
through the window. The blinds not fastened,
Mr. Candee had thought In fact the thief had entered
through that very window. by means OF ladder
which be found the grounds The clerk Of the hotel
whose room was on side OF the house, beard noise
ana looking OUT dark object descending The lad
der slippcd aud turned, and the burglar almost fell
When be reached the EARTH he fed at great speed TO
Rcgent-st., aud thence TO Union-aye.
Mrs Candee, while her husband was graphing with
the fufan had opened tue door leading from her
mic the hall Her cries had brought the Waterman of
the hotel the door with revolver In his hand but be
did not euer fearing he said that IN the darkness he
might shoot wfons man. The whole house had been
aroused by the tumult and there the greatest
fusion for n short time. Men and women IN scanty at
r. rushed Wildly to the place where the noise heard
10 learn tue OF the alarm In the two rooms there
vere evidences OF the desperate encounter. large
chair aud other furniture had been shattered things had
been dashed about there were blood stains on the wall
and floor and Mr. Candee bleeding from the head,
face and neck surgeon found pistol ball IN his neck
II had entered under tue aud penetrated about two
inches following the OF the neck somewhat II
WAS near the surface and taken ont easily IL was
Duel Of size aud weight tat apparently indicated tbe
80 OF "A pistol about midway In caibre between tue
smallest lie the regulation army revolver MrsCdL-
e, however CaugBt glimpse 81 tue pistol ana says
"a IN looked small made only siigut noise Mr.
Cauder wounded III The tOrehead hnd tno lace,
,ngiy by blows from tue pistol In excitement
lyqle ne
wounds aud mad idea that thre was Dullet IN DIS
neck nut tue surgeon found H. His iuJures are not
.srluus and tue Whole matter lsuly ne gaks
,tboui xc ement nd very good humOredy about tue
whole affair. His wife, however Is much Aiscted Dy the
shock. 90, . a., -, t..,....,,t. 80 ,r,.o a..
bur liar Mr. Caud,e could give inll description OF
MIN lie SAYS however, that ne was man Oi ABOUT
u ami round He could not tell whether tue Duig
az wore ny beard whiskers, or whether MS lace was
snoothly shayen. lie was somewhat over tbe average
probably being neither fat nOi lean, but MS bones
h.i,r well covered with flesh He did not snow much
muscular power IN tie struggle Win Ms Candre. Ihe
later got the that the ruian was negro
mad no. hood his VEINS he was nos Diich no hdu
black or very dark hair she Thought lie ieIt IOOt,
nrnls In the ground his tght. one OF these Is Wen
defined. It Is that OF man Win stOoEng on Dut no
shoe. The remarkably long, ana tIe mafAs OF
Lnem snow plainly where the front oI ths
loot sank I'm, the iusuVe spTahs iofNeru
Some persons who have examined tue tracks
tbmK they are those Oi negro, but the O0t seems W
nave been too small that Of negro. Tho burglar
6ta,ed nothng by his bold crime. II Mrs Cander mad
nor been aroused easily however, ne might nave Sc
cured property considerable value, when was IN the
Mr.. l. b. Reid OF No. II East Thirty-0rst-st., New
York VINO Keeps the Pierpont House In Regent St.
Saratoga, in the Summer was rODDea OF ~ on N1n
dav nisht The money was In pOcketDoOA wbich she
le on desk in her private Office. There Is pfOfaDy
mo connection AT ali between tue two erlmes-ihis rob
berry and the burglary nj Temple Grove selmnary-and
In "a moth