New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-15
FILLING A BURGLAR WITH SHOT.

A MAMARoNRCK sToREKEEPER SHOOTS MAN
OTHER HOUSES ENTERED.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Briggs keep dry-goods and
millinery store in the pretty tte h vltass dozen o1 hills
about twenty miles from this city, on the line OF
the New-Haven Railroad. Their store is in a two
been their habit to sleep in rear room on the
ground floor adjoining the store. On Monday
night they retired at 10 O'clock and and
almost as S.is Soon as his head touched the pillow
Ills wife, however, was restless. cudaehiy az
about 80 she heard noise, like the cracking OF
glass She listened intenty and was soon satished
that pane of glass was being forced. Two large
bay windows were in the front OF the store ana u
was one Of these. she thought, that was being
Mrs. Briggs was low thoroughly aroused, and she
lost no time in awakening her husband. The word
"burglari" acted on hun quickly and jumping out
room and The store and was promptly convinced
v Window SoH0 Mr. GH' Briggs had breech-loadas
res had been empty. and grabbing it from Its
place he poured handful of shot INTO one OF It's
chambers, cooked It, and stole out INTO the Store
The burglar had by this tlmc got most or the glass
out of the window, and was tearing down the cur
tain Placing himself in safe position, MI. Briggs
called out to the burg ar to go away or ne wonId
shoot. The window glass and curtain theIeupo h
Jared violently, but as Mr. Briggs could not read
lily tell whether the man was gong out OF coming
The burglar shrieked. 90. Lord. Pm shot p and
fell out of the window to the ground lie picked
himself up and ran down the street about
500 yards, and then fell into the gutter
Mr. Briggs went back TO his bedroom to dress
himself When he reached the street, some men
who mad heard the shot were picking up the Dur
gar lie was recognized AS Charles Beers, young
man about twenty -one years of age, who lived III q
Door, little cottage a few steps from MI Brlggss
store He was taken to his home accompanied by
his mother who was almost crazed by the news
that her son had been shot In burglarlous ATTEMPT
Beers has several times been arrested and convicted
fordlsorderly conduct. lie earns whatever ivingh he
gets by doing odd Jobs. DIR. Hoffman prescribed
ior him. The shot, least fifty or sixty IN mum
ber peppered his arm and right aide, ana about
half of them entered his abdomen. These wounds
make his case serious, and the doctor regards ms
recovery as doubtful His mother says that nor Sui
was intoxicated and did not know what he was DO
ing, and that he says he cannot remember thnS
that happened on Monday night after O'CLOCK
His friends say that he fell into the window
The excitement of the shooting was heightened
by the news that there had Keen three othcr DUP
glares in town. all which must have occurred a'ter
the shooting. The first was at the house OF George
Haight, on Rye Neck, where the burglars got away
with silverwaTe and clothing worth S3O. Among
the silver they found some plated ware. TINS thcy
broke and bent intO al shapes. Next they attacked
Mrs Thomas Moore's mouse. where they stole SILVER
spoons aud clothing. From there they went TO the
house of George Khchen, where they ransacked
everything but did not get away with much OF
value. In each place the burglars bored holes IN
the panels of the doors large enough o. sip their
hands through and turn the keys and slip back the
bolts