The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-12-14

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ing attempt at burglary ever made
sn tsI- "tN Mas tnaI made at the
home nf H {. Moore last night. It
VAS battle IN the dark with two
men a-nIn une Six shots were
Ell. tl.,e, :, Mr. Moore and three
" tu u Is The range at
h.ca = liz. = ras done was at no
.,.-. 3 -. and most of the
- .- h',-,I at distance of less
.~t ..alt fe+f
1T was atnlt clock this morn
ing that the attempi was made, Mr..
Moore said, az h. ush-red the writer
INTO the rooms VIII ch had been the
scene of the battle. My wife and
I are both light sleepers l sleep
on the south side Of the bed, and in
stead of keeping my pistol under my
head, | hide 1t III the side OF the bed
where l can get my hand on it with
out turning over.
My firsa intiH".t,on that any one
was in the room Was tha, i,desc'iha-
bic feeling which oppresses one I'm
der such circumstances Ny wlfs
also awakened about the same time.
They were craving on toe floor
and though moving very slowly the
noise made by their clothing on the
nap of the carpet was distinctly aud
ible.
"One of the men crawied around
to the chair at the side OF tue bed
and took my pants. He took the
pocketbook fr"ln it aud moved back
10 the foot of the bed The other
fellow during this time was going
through the dressing case.
"The room was perfectly dalk and
it was impossible to see either Of the
| men. It seemed to me that five min
utes or more elasped while we were
kept III suspense, but my wife thinks
it was couple Of minutes. l was
fully awake, aud trying to calm my
self for th. struggle which l knew
must come. You can rest assured
that | Was thinking very fast l felt
certain that the men would light a
match, and with my hand OH my pit
tol waited for flash of light to
enable me to shoot.
"Wbile l WAS waiting my wife
whispered: Harry, l AN gong to
get up" The burglars heard her
and both rose quickly at the foot
b ,ard of the bed. Que of them said
Lay still, and at that instant l fired
Mrs Moore jumped out of the
north side of the bed and as she did
so the burglar returned my fire.
Both started to run and l followed
them. They tumbled over each
"ther through the door and into the
hall.
81 could not shoot then because /
was certain that my wife was cross
ing between them aud ne. Both
men were shouting as loud as they
could. [ do not know what they
were saying but it seemed like 'le'
US get out [ was doing some louG
talking but cannot repeat the word,
at present.
Through the hall, the men raj
into the dining room and l was clos,
behind them. One of them raj
against the dlniu, room table ano
tie shock must have turned hin
around Fl ewas evidently hewilderee
aud losing his direction started into
| = h., Inn I ,1 = h,t
door aud we came together. Fl,
struck ne on the left shoulder. bu
whether it was with his head or {
weapon of some kind l did not know
The blow turned me partially arount
but as we pasted / fired the SECOND
shot.
The second burglar had reached
> the rear dining room door through
which they had entered and at th,
fash of my pistol he fired two shot
in quick succession. Then I fret
nv third shot and at that momen
lost trace of them. They had gon,
out the back door.
Il ran around the front way hop
ing to intercept them but saw nt
: more of them"
= There were several wicked look
I ing bullet holes in the walls ant
9 window castings.
The first shot was fred by Mr.
Moore while lying in his bed Th
+ burglars were then standing at th
4 foot board, The pistol was aimee
+ by the sound Of the man voice ant
e the ball lodged in the window cas-
+ ing. The aim had been but fes
t inches out of line of the burglar
+ head. The first ball fred in return
t by the burglar had not been found
The direction was downward, and
q lis probably imbedded in the carpe
+ or bedding.
t Probably the most critical part c
/ the fight was when the bewildere
j. burglar ran against Mr.. Moore i