The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-08-04
Burglars in bennington.

I
Great excitement was created in Flem-
ington last Thursday night by an adven-
ture which may be briefly stated as fol-
lows:
Fred. Huber is young apprentice in
the employ of Mr.. William Green, the
blacksmith, whose shop is on small
street running through from Bonnell to
Mine, near the Pennington Railroad sta
ton. Mr.. Green's residence is in front of
the shop and the boy Fred. lives with
him. Shortly after 8 o'clock on Thurs.
day night Fred. had occasion to go into
the garden, and while there heard some
one prowling around the shop. He went
to the house and calling Mr.. Green out of
bed stated to him what he heard. Both
started toward the shop to investigate
and as they neared it they saw a man
start and run across the road, jump
fence and make off in a westerly direc-
tion. The man inside the shop at this
juncture struck match and held it up so
that the light would fall upon the work
bench, as if he was anxious to find tool
of some particular kind. Mr.. Green went
on one side of the shop and Fred. on the
other, they thus hoping to capture the
intruder as he came out. A minute later
he crawled feet foremost through win
dow on the side where the boy stood
guard, and as soon as enough of his body
| haoa mn y;s;hla Fred oon,p,apoad bnst;l;
ties by striking him with chuck of
board. Mr.. Green hearing tho industri-
GUS wacks of the board ran around to as
sist the boy, but by this time the man had
reached the ground and started on a full
run down the road toward Bonnell street,
with both Green and Fred. in hot pur-
suit. just as the fellow reached Bonnell
street, and as his pursuers were nearly
close enough to him to seize him, he cried
out for them to halt or he would shoot.
He was promptly told to shoot If he wan
ted to- and the words were no sooner ut
tered than he wheeled half around and
fired heavy 3S calibro pistol, the ball
striking the brave boy Fred. in the wrist,
he having his faithful board raised and
ready for war. The same ball just grazed
his side as it sped on through the wrist,
and he cried out to Mr.. Green that he had
been shot and began to totter from the
shock. Mr.. Green of course now had to
abandon the chase and care for the boy.
He was taken back home aud placed in
physicians care. He is not seriously
hurt
About twenty minutes later, persons
near Reading Academy on Bonnell street,
heard a mans voice family calling out !:
Come help me, Tom, my legs broke p
Messrs. W. S. Buchanan, Asa Shepherd
and John II. Thompson, having heard
the pistol shot had come out on the street
to try and discover what the trouble was,
and stood talking when the call for help
broke the stiffness of the night. The
call proceeded from the direction of the
stone wall of the bridge just this side OF
Reading Academy. Procuring lantern
they hurried to the bridge to find mar
r lying on the other side of it with both
, bones of his left leg near the ankle bro
ken. He was stranger to the party ant
accounted for his presence by saying tina
he had seated himself upon the bridge tt
= rest when some men came running past
pushing him off and breaking his leg
That story was q little too thin, ant
others heinU now nffractnd IN tho snn
: by the noise, Mr.. Green among the rest
the fellow was recognized as the one VIII
had shot Fred. Huber. A pistol of TIL
4 British Bull Dog" pattern, with on
empty chamber was lying by his side.-
A wagon was secured, the man place.
in it, and he was brought over to tn
County Jail. Dir. Ewing came and Sc
the broken leg, and the excitement grad
ually subsidized. He is a man of some fiv
feet six inches in height, weighs abou
1855 pounds, wears a short black nous
tache and is rather a fine looking man
He gave his name as James Carman, hi
age at 80 years, and his residence New
York city.
The next day kit of burglars tools
of the finest description, and embracing O
Jimmy" several punches, bits, &c.
was found wrapped in cloth provided
with pockets expressly for the purpose
near by where the prisoner was found
These things are in possession of the
; Sheriff.
What particular place this professional
crook and his pal had their eye upon is
mere conjecture, but it is absolutely GER
tain that had it not been for the mere
accident of the boy Fred. being in the
garden that night some business place, a
bank or the express and post-office would
have been robbed. Their visit to Mr.
Green's blacksmith shop was for no other
purpose than to secure some tool that they
did not have, probably, brace to use
with their bits. 1t is supposed that Car
mans accomplish made off down the
Pennington Railroad track, as a man was
seen running by resident along the
track between and 10 o'clock, and be-
otuOo bhhb tho tthth bcni
Copper Hill next day number of buglars'
tools which he had either lost or thrown
away in his fight. Among these articles
was an implement Of rare workmanship
which buglars use to turn keys in their
locks.
These two men were around town all
day on Thursday, walking about and &C.
casionally inquiring for an iron foundry,
they claiming to be moulders looking fol
job. Carman has evidently got good
long one before him.
1t is supposed that Carman broke bii
leg in attempting to jump from the bridge
to the field on the other side. In hi'
hurry and excitement he evidently mis-
calculated the distance, which is sever