The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-12
BY A BURGLAR
HANNAH HINNERs STRUGGLES WITH
A HOUsEBREAKER.
She Is Wounded I'm the Arm, but Sc
cures the RevOlver-A North
. West-Street Affair.

Hannah Hinners. a domestic employed
with John Ungericht, residing at No. 40
North West street, was shot in the left
arm below the elbow by a burglar, last
night, shortly after s o'clock. The shooting
occurred when there was no one in the
house but the two. Ungericht is the pro-
prietor of the Occidental Hotel barber shop.
He always goes home for supper, but re-
turns to his shop and rarely gets home
before 8 o'clock. Last evening, after sup
per, Mrs. UnSericht and daughter left the
house, anu the place vas in charge of
the girl. About s o'clock she decided TO
go to a store close by and buy groceries
for breakfast this morning. She locked the
house, as she thought, very securely. She
went to the grocery as stated, but was
not gone over fifteen minutes On return
ing, as she opened the front gate and went
up the walk leading to the porch at the
dining room, she noticed that the lamp
which she had left burning brightly on a
table in the dining room had been turned
down. She thought Mrs. Ungericht had re-
turned home and had turned the light down
on account of the excessive heat.
The girl opened the door and says she
saw a well-dressed man with a beard fac
ing her, standing on the opposite side of the
large table in the center of the room. She
gave a hasty glance at the table and saw
a large basket filled with Ungerichts sill
verware on it. Beside it she saw a revolt
yer, which she also recognized as belonging
to Ungericht. The two stared az each other
for a moment without speaking or moving.
Then the girl started to walk slowly to-
ward the man, she says, intending to Sc
cure the revolver and thus get the upper
hand of him. When within a few feet of
him, the burglar grabbed the revolver. AS
he did this the girl sprang at him and also
secured a hold on the revolver. The TWO
struggled desperately for a lew moments
for the possession of the weapon. During
the struggle the revolver was nred twice.
The first shot was effective, the bullet en-
tering the girls left arm below the elbow.
As she felt the singing sensation she knew
she was shot, but did not finch, and con-
tinued to exert her utmost strength against
the burglar. With a hnal effort she
wrenched the weapon from him. The burg
lar Immediately ran out into the Kitchen
and through the door, which he had evil
IDENTIFY left open for an emergency of this
kind. The girl pursued and fired several
times. She said she thought she hit him,
though the burglar gave no indication of
being wounded. He continued running and
made his escape by climbing over the rear
fence and running down an alley: People
for several squares around heard the shoot
ing and hurried to the house To learn the
cause. No one saw the man running away
from the house. Patrolmen Thomas and
hnlSHl also HtdIu TIE SllOlof anu NOlC II
FIRST ones To enter the house after the girl
returned. Ungericht arrived also soon after
wards from his work. DR.. Edwards was
summoned and dressed the wound, which
was only a flesh one.
The girl said the burglar was about
thirty years old and very genteel-lookinS.
She said he wore a long getaway coat and
was otherwise dressed stYlshly. The po-
lice think that the burglar a was well
acquainted with the habits Of the family.
He evidently thought that when the girl
left the house she would not return for an
hour, and as Ungericht would not get in
until 9 o'clock the coast would be clear
for nearly an hour. The manner in which
he found the silverware also goes to show
hat he was familiar with the premises,
for the house was not much torn up.
Hannah Hinners. the domestic, is a WELL
built girl Of twenty years. She is of Ger
man descent and is well thought of by Mr..
md Mrs. Unegricht. As she was telling
me story last night she did not seem nerv-
Gus. She said that when she tackled the
burglar she had no fear of him..
Several other robberies have occurred In
hat part of the city within the last sew
eral weeks. but the police suppressed the
new Of them with the hone of being able
% get a clew that would lead to the
IDENTIFY of the perpetrator. 1t is thought
hat the burglar who shot the girl last
night is at least a party to all the thefts.