Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-20
BERRY PACKERS FIRED UPON.
Dwight Burr Cunning for Tres paSsers on His Farm and Fires IypOn Women and Children.

Dwight Burr Cunning for IreS-
 passers on His Farm and Fires 1 Upon Women and Children.
 Dwight Burr, who rents the Upson farm near Platt's mills, has been annoyed | every summer by the depredations, as he claims, of residents of the Brooklyn dis trict. Yesterday some women and child ren, who had been picking berries on the Burr farm received the contents of shot gun in the hands of Burr. This morning to a representive of the DEMOCRAT the ln- iured parties told the following story
 Mrs Stuhlman, a young and pleasant ap bearing German lady living on South Leonard street received several grains of shot i'll the back She at first was very reticent on the matter, but finally said that she with Mrs Wonn, who resides i'll the same house. and three little girls, Maggie Lillis, Ida Prena and Louisa | Wonn left early yesterday morning to pick berries. They did not not see any signs prohibiting trespassing and for that reason remained on the Burr farm until they had sufficientl quantity of berries Mrs Stuhlman with her friends, were sitting in the lot of Thomas Llllls, the sather of one of the pickers, when g. shot was heard and immediately all, with the exception of Maggie Llllls, e1, claimed that they were shot. All returned ] any serious results with the exception ot Mrs StuLlman, who was awaiting the ar | rival of doctor when the reporter called. l Mrs Wown corroborated Mrs Stuhlman's statement and the little girls who were l shot exhibited some of the inj urles which they received.
 Mir Lillis the father of Maggie Lillis was seen at his home and remarked that It was good thing his little glrl had not been shot, or there would have been more shooting done. Mrs Stuhlman received the shot in the back and Mrs Wonn in the arms and lower limbs and the two little childeen Ill the arms and legs The reporter visited the Burr farm and found MT Burr absent. Mrs Burr, however. proceeded to open her mind on the continued depredations of the hoodlums, as she termed them. She said that she herself would use gun on some of them critters and By gosh, l know how to shoot, too.' When questioned as to yesterdays shooting she admitted that her husband had shot at some women but had aimed low, only wishing to scare them. As the reporter was preparing to leave MI
 Burr arrived. He said he had just been tc town getting out writ for a
 young mans arrest who persisted HI stealing from his grounds. He had also
 he said, procured authority from Attorney
 Burpee to take the law in his hands and
 arrest hereafter any trespassers on his
 grounds. When asked about yesterdays
 shooting he gave partial denial. He said
 that since he had taken possession of the
 farm his life had been threatened many
 times. Young men would trespass on his
 grounds, break down his fences, steal his , fruit and when ordered away would draw
 revolvers and dare the owner of the farm to put them off.
 ) MT Burr appears to be an honest ye
 somewhat excitable individual, and whe1
 once started on his subject, warmed III 10 it and dwelt strongly on the amount O. trouble he receives yearly from pil ferers He has determined thi year to put stop tt , it. He claims that if he cannot arrest
 trespassers he has the privilege of shoot ing them.
 As yet no complaint has been issued against MT Burr He has had erected ol his farm signs at different corners reading thus Notice Trespassing, pilfering 0
 brow ling these promises strictly for , bidden under penalty of law, Dwight Burr.