The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-10-05

The Wound Serious Though not Neces-
sarIIy Fatal.
Within q few minutes of 12 O'Clock FIJI
day night burglar entered the room oc-
cupIed by Mr.. o. d. Hardcastle and wife
who board at w. F. Jones' ON CONNER
eiaI street near the Normal. MIR.
and Mrs. Hardcaslle were both asleep
| when the entrance was effected, but
shortly after Mrs. Hardeastle was awak-
ened by d noise in the room. She lay
and listened in almost breaIhless silence
| for moment, when she heard some one
breathing in the vicinity of the bureau
that stood between the bed and the win
dow that opened TO the west. She nOis-
lessly awakened her husband, who rais-
eli on his elbow and called out: who's
thtrc" No answer came, and Mr..
| Hardcastle called out again
as before. With that the burglar drew
a revolver and fired, the ball taking
! effect in the collar bone, about three
inches from the left shoulder point,
| ranging between the carotid artieres. MIR.
| Hardcastle jumped out of bed to pur-
sue the midnight marauder, but the lat
Ter escaped the same way he came in,
the veranda.
Mrs Hardcastle rushed to the door
and called to the other inmates of the
house. In an instant Miss Emily KuhI.
mann, who occupied an adjoining room,
came TO Mrs. HaTdcastle's assistance. A
lamp was lighted and Mr.. Hardcastle
was found to be bleeding freely from
the wound received at the hands of
the burglar. His clothing and
the bed on which ne reclined we're sat
uratcd with blood. w. f. Jones and
wife, who slept down stairs, heard the
confusion and Mrs. Hardcastle's calls
for help, and, as quick as he could, Mr..
Jones dressed and went up TO their as
sistance. On learning what had hap
pened, he fastened to DIR. FIlkins, resi-
dence and notified him OF the occur
renee The latter Immediately sent for
his partner, DR.. TrueworthY. DR.. Jacobs
was also called and the three made an
examination of the wound. but the
course of the ball could not he 10,
Gated. The collar bone was very badly
fractured, and the patient suffered from
hemorrhage for time, but that was fin
ally checked, and the wound was dressed
by the surgeons, and at this writing the
unfortunate man is resting as comfort
ably as could be expected under the
circumstances. The wound is not con-
sIdered necessarily fatal, but it is inn
possible to conjecture what may follow
from 1t, though 1t is sincerely to be
hoped that Mr.. Hardcastle will survive.
This hope is shared by the very large
circle of warm friends that Mr.. II. has
made during his short residence here.
1t is scarcely six months since he came
amongst US, and yet he has made more
friends than many men would in a whole
lifetime. He is young, thrifty bust
ness man, barely twenty-eight, haYing
come here from Carrollton, ILL.,, where
he was prosperous and highly esteemed
furniture dealer, which vocation he has
been following during his residence
here. in company with Mr.. Kenyon, also
of Carrollton.
So far as asccrtained, no definite clue
to the identity of the would-be assassin
has been found. but it seems evident that
the person thus engaged is some one
who is familiar with the "lay of the
land" This morning small footprint
was discovered in the soft earth near
the house, indicating that possibly fe-
male might have been implicated in
the affair. The house was visited about
a week ago by burglars, but nothing
was taken and no damage was done.
Whoever the guilty party was, on that
evening he seems TO have known that Mr.
Hardcastle took a considerable amount
of money home with him, as the banks
closed at noon, and deposit there could
not be made as usual.
1t is to be hoped that the bloody vii
lain or Villains, will be tracked down
and brought into the clutches of the law
and dealt with to the fullest extent OF its
power.