The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-09
CADETS SHOOT A BURGLAR
,or,, TRYING 10 non TEE RIVER
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a... HI. RAJ c..Eh, Ani.r . Chase.
,hr,aI.ry. shooting eross-eountry hunt.
.'Atro captures combined TO lend variety TO
-. ,ou,.ne OF military life at Riverviev Acad-
-, Pouehks epsle. on Monday night The
,.,o., OF the oecssioa are Hugh bullock and
g.,old 3. Lewis, room mates At the academy.
III !, Is due to them that Charles X. Davidson.
a.. burglar, Is now In the hospital suffering
49,, two bullet wounds. and King Mahsly.
.n.sro ex.convict. who Is supposed to have
h..o an secomplice. has been sent to the peni-
tntl.ry for the fifteenth time.
puI,oek and Lewis both came from Atlanta.
n. In the academy Bullock IL Cadet 4.
,sd his friend Cadet 20. Bullock. who 10 20
,s.rs Old Ia n son OF ex-Goy. Bullock Of
G.oreie. and Lewis, q year younger. is son
Al Gen. j. II. Lewis. Postmaster OF Atlanta
nader President Harrison.
Their room in the academy 10 on the third
soOr. and opens from . hallway which itself
lads to the big hallway whore the main stairs
are. 1t is up these stairs sfhst the burglar
came having probably entered through .
window In the study room. He may have
aren't the whole evening In the study room
v.ltipe. as the electric lights we're out Of order
there and all the cadets did their studying in
another building.
wherever he had been previously. at . little
after 8 o'clock he came up stairs and opened
the door OF the room where Bullock and Lewis
slept. Un,ortu n stsly for the burglar. Bullock.
Who lie troubled with dyspepsia. Was not asleep.
hut was sitting up In bed facing the door. He
had heard footsteps In the hallway. and wasn't
greatly surprised at the sound Of some one
fumbling at his door
Presently the door opened. and By the light
IN the hail. for the electric lights had been
nxsd late that night. he saw q very tall. heavily
built mau. who stared intsnty at him. The
youth returned the stare. and presently the
Are you sick 20
No" returned the cadet briefly.
Who 10 making all the noise. then = de-
Oh. don't know; some one down the bar
air Of one bored to death By the subject and
closed his eyes YEARLY.
Ts hat SsS 20 IN that
he left the room. stopped for moment at the
staiss to eH sss fourth Door sarraef' No
had he gone than Bullock jumped out Of bed.
1o a 9 e lewis wi aa;aWafsaoS. ssEsa what
II Sa .sa il sa Sss e.s too said Bull
II: sSS:: ssS iS' f:f 1. ss5ias g .sssi
'1 Oh. mo-" said his friend. he's Just stepped
In TO ask II Ne don't want the snow hovelled
as ''G Il. RIB. ne and
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ersssd S;sy:f and tstsn out 4 hs.yy 50:
so% S. AZ .nd ouaS e:
revolver. also 3s-calibre. and loaded that. Il
have rsgoisss. in sh.ir rooms. but the BOYS.
being southeIners had Alyays been accls-
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the decsssy ii the foot OF the stairway. and
sf W ell both both cover him." said Lsvi. and
when he gets to the foot wen hold him up. He
SSH Ss ear; n the turn In the stairs
In aeeordancs with these plans. Cadet 9 in
and one slipper, and C.det ~. elsd in suit
p wA e: sss. Sf *. ;
ss.s csa.s: sSa him but did n not G DEEM s al
Sisaols e make aay fuss about 1t aithongh
e s:9 S :.s as re-. sSi;
spssaifs but % tie sn ssntSiss below Il seemed
Just az Lewis was about to ask his com panion
shat On earth vas the matter with the sun
regular linn. ,hss ss.Hd g.. e Ga 9s. sssd
Of the stairs The boys raised their rsyolysrs.
ss1uirsd some self-eontrol to stand there
did quits Isisurely. but the cadets had deter
mined not 20 make move until he was on the
no chance Of his escaping Finally the man
reached the last step. and as he put his foot
pn the door he heard steady voice Just be-
Throw up your hands. or wen shoot"
.t "A aSis ss sianes back over hts shoulder SLis
Ing revolver. the muzzlss OF which pointed
directly At him. Ne isapsd forward to gain
toc The distance 70 the head d the stairs Is
twelve fssti He hadn't gone half the distance
X: euIsa9 Ssk shoulder. hs cams sp Ssss Win
sonyulsivs movement and his right arm
dropped; but he went right on; A he reached
The man went stumbling, tripping. tumblipg
down the long, curying night. but before he
be OSaistsrs sSd Lewis fred a second shot.
uhs man pitched forward. but picked himself
INLAND ran along the hall lust as Lewis nIsd
burglar ran through the hall. out Of the front
eo9r. and down the road.
t0qs uproar in the sead smy. The students
teacher. ran from All directions 70 the
a.a the cadets ss 'V .Ipi.i1sd What a' had hap
fs::s4s md e.a:i. sHa . vsa. . the S Do.
but the excitement wasn't over AZ the asad-
A. VINO LOOK tu0 u
re adventure where the burglar tried to lay
down was negro named stephen Garrett
ane called King MAhAly. from the Tombs TO
he Albany penItentiAIy and mack again. In.
i STI1a eonyietIons fer various crimes and
arrest he was warned that II he didn't leave
toEn within tWenty-iour houTs the 70
suits would be disastrous TO him He
ssrt With the remark that when he re-
kqInsd he would do omsthing 10 psrpetuAts
ne memory among the townspeopls. namely.
seAt ne would burn down the town. In view
these things 1t would seem that IL was for
20 good purpose that King MAhaly was sneak
around htyerytsv Academy very early yes
tstaay morning, The cadets and students
IVY believe that he plADne ed the burglary aud
tspt guard while his confederate went IN The
Act that the burglar when captured admitted
t st mere was another man down stairs and
ia d me Hing is familiar with the academy
Nhls color to that theory.
At AnI rate. when cad cts and % returned
ION to,iee HsadauArtsTs with two otneeLs
hhon Chief MeCsbs had detailed TO 20 with
zen hing AAhSly vas standiDg on the top Of
AN heap In the rear OF the academy care
WY surveying the building. He had Just
laeed that ash hear. which IL ~ the top Of q
sn and he didn't notice that the rear win
SeSs OF the academy we're full OF cadets on
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