The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-11
A BURGLAR WOUNDED
His Attack on an Officer Meets
With Bloody Repulse.
CAME TO HIS COMRADES RESCUE
ssrprissd by omeer Carpenter, Bargfars
Mako Desperate Fight-Both
Men Make Thefr Escape

burglars ard Policeman l. IA safpSnksf,
I'm which seven shots were fred and one Of
the thieves probably fstaily wounded. oc-
Cured ON Pearl street. near Jackson. yes
ferday morning at ais O'Clock. Csrpen-
ter's helmet vas pierced AID Amos; torn
open By one bullet aud. though both bur
glars were injured. they ran away, and,
the darkness siding their escape, sue
eeeded in eludlDg the pursuing officer.
One Of them Was traced almost tive blocks
by his bloody tracks and it j. believed
that he has been fatally wounded. al
though has whereabouts have not yet been
located.
In the early hours of yesterday morn
log, a. the policemsa was waking leis-
ureiy along Jackson. near Pearl, he beard
o suspicious NOISE as Of smothered bresk-
ing OF glass CHANGING down Pearl street
he saw two figures standing az rear
window Of the grocery store Of Anderson
Bros. directly at the corner Of Jackson
and Pearl streets. The thieves must have
recognized the uniform Of the officer, for
they hastily grabbed something and ran
down Pearl street in southcriy direction.
CARPENTER, wbo Ii q tall, weli-buiit man
and swift runner, gave chase. and sue
ceeded in overtaxing the heavier Of the
two men. The thief, seeing that hs was
about to be caught. wheeled and dug his
finger nails into the officers cheek. barely
missing his eyes. The officer Knocked
him down with his revolver. The blow
cut the burglars head and he lay on the
sidewalk as If unconscious. The officer
looked shout, but the second thief had dis
appeared. SEEKING his handouts Carpenter
placed his knee on the chest of the pros
trate man and was putting the cuffs on his
wrists when he heard noise and looked up.
The second burglar had returned 10 mis-
pals aid and had crept TO within four feet
of where the policeman and his friend
we're The moment Carpenter looked up
his eyes were blinded by streak of fire
and a report almost deafened him. The
man had placed a revolver TO the police
mans head snd fired. the bullet tearing
open the helmet grazing the top OF the
head and passing to the other side. The
weapon was held so close that the helmet
was powder-burnt.
Carpenter struggled to his feet and at
tho same momen. the man under him
started 10 move The burglar In the street
fred another shot, which. however. went
wide OF its mark, and then Carpenter adj
his revolver as he approached. The thief
fell. but regained his feet and ran across
the street into the brush. The officer fol-
lowed until he had fired five shots. empty
ing his revolver. In the meantime the
man who had been knocked down took adj
vantage of his faithful pals interference
and disappeared,
On the sidewalk and along a narrow
trail leading through the brush of a vacant
lot were found ciots of blood, showing that
the wounded man Was bleeding proiusely.
BY the crimson stains he was traced across
the block to Florence street and then the
trai! was lost for time. Carpenter made
a detour around the block in anticipation
Of overtaking the man on the other side of
Florence street. bat without avail In the
meantime, TEX" johnson. day driver of
the patrol wagon. who lives on Alton
street, hearing the shooting. Joined in the
search fer the burglar. Several people
in the vicinity of Anderson Bros. store
heard sounds of groaning coming from the
vacant lot opposite. as II some one was in
agony aud rolling about in the dead un-
derhrush
At daylight the news OF the shooting
resehed police headquarters. and the
searching PARTY vas reinforced bv Detsc-
tivss cudihee. Philbrick and Roberts.
Capt Hanna and Lieut.. bryant. The
trail was again found At Florence street In
different place, and the wounded man
was followed by the bloody stains across
streets To tho tracks of the Rainier avenue
electric line. where the trail was COM
pletely lost, and this time il could not
f1..ft. a
through the brush, marked by large
rock, the injured man must have fallen,
Tor there Was good deal of blood on the
ground and the rock bore the imprint of a
bloody arm and hand. The man must
have leaned on the rock in an effort 10 re-
gain bis feet.
Ii the officer hal not happened along at
the moment 'hat he lad the thieves would
have undoubtedly succeeded Ia affecting
an entrance To the store. Under the win
dow opening on Pearl street was found n
cold ehisel. planning hii. - inche. wide.
and : seFeNdrivsv. The window had been
prled open and the easl-lron catch on the
sash had heen broken. The breaking Of
the catch must have been the sound which
fivst betrayed the presence of the thieves
To- tae officer. In the lock Of door near
the window was foun3 wire iock-tsck
These ssilsa.e Implements are now AZ
police headquarters, and. together with
the powder-huTnt musilasea helmet. will
he placed in the collection OF police relics
AS a reminder os Carpenters close cali
from death
Carpenter describes both men ss being
young. weli-built fellows. one of them
was short, heavy-set man, Who probably
weieas ito pounds. The one who ,iid the
shooting ta tall, slim man, ana viii
weigh about Isl pounds. Owing g. the
darkness and the sh0rtness OF the en-.
counter, the officer could not get good
view Of the burglars faces Carpenter WIS
oniv Pat on thc force in November. and
this IS hss Arss experience with burglars.