New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-25
Ol-SLY INJURED.

OUsIY tNJrHEU.
daring burglar made desperate attempt yes
tcrlay morning upon the life Of William - porr'@
a collector for the Kings County TruS' COMPANY
Al his home so 90 SiXth-dye" Brooklyn lie Is d
wiIower nfty-uine year, Old. II is supposed that
the burglar hld az idea that Mr. Doris kept
con.ilcrabi. sum ~ money il the house ana "tS
after this H. was evidently an expert for Dee uS'd
a "limmy" i'm opening rear wnio" ol the mousse
which e one Of q Of two-s'orv brick structures
near Twe,fth-st. Mr.. Doris lives win ms daughter
Tuuc Sh, has frequently been awakened hy him
when hc WIS suffering from nightmares ana wheh
,l,ut $50 "a m Yesterday she heard him grooming
she thought D., hal one of his usual attacks but
the next moment she heard pistol shot and con-
c.uleI that burglar WAS IN "a" house ~,
screamed and ran % the window Of her ROOM open
ing ON the street ana shouted for all at the top
of h,r voice SIZE heard man - down stairs ana
ont az d., door and then her 'atn'r entered her
room 20 assure her that be- was s,ll alive. despite
the assault upon him. He was bleeding from cuts
~ The scalp and plsi7.-thot wound III the Ieit
thigh but was not hurt fatally
Tn. mr., Mr boris knew ~ me assault was when
h, ~a- awakened by the odor Of chioroform which
IS n,useaiing go him since he Wa subjected to Il
surgical operation and had to take Il some years
ago. lie found that some one Was pressing hand
kerchief saturated wiki the drug 90 his nosr and
struggle with the man. who held his wrist with
a strong grip As he tried 20 raise himself from
something blunt. The blow half stunned Mr. Dor
rls but he knew that be must struggle for his lie,
and then b.. sought 20 rise again
"A hc al so the man SAID. "I'll fix YOU" ana
fred a shot which wounded Mr. Doris in the thgu.
A. the shot was fred Mr.. Dorriss daughter
screamed and the mGrIcrous burglar hel probably
supposirg DE- had killed the PROSTATE man. II -
believed tlit had Miss Doris entered her father =
room she lId have been sh0t also.
Her screams were heard los Policeman Ansirt of
a. EigLth Precinct ana Doe raped for assistance
and ran 20 the house liut be- was not IN time 90
capture the burglar lie FOUND IN 'front.' door OF
The house open. but there wts no trace of the
would-be murderer. An ambulance surgeon was
summoned O. attend ~" wounded man, ana th'
police reserves wcre called oit t. scour the neigh
horhood and trace The pcrpctrator of the crime.
The burglar carried on nothing from IN" house.
Mr. Doris was able TO sit up Ia bel ana eat ms
breakfast yesterday. Ambulance surgeon spencer
ipunl thdt mere were W." cuts on ms hodl one Oh,
the left Of the crown and the other near the LEFT
fracture Of the skull, hu' such was no. the case.
Tn buiict wound iu the tnigu not Serious. II
passed through the heshy portion AMI was found
The police made careful search Of the house
basement window in the hallway. a, dark lantern
at the top OF the stairs with a candle burning III
with chloroform. used by the burglar on the bed
VIM" the front door Of the house had been opened
Is thought that he dld not leave the house in this
way. but that be- went out as he entered and es-
lot. His fooprints could BE- found in the yards
he crossed. Had he gone ont the front door. Miss
would have had chance Of capturing him. There
report that two mon. wearing light over
coats were running In Twelfth-st. soon after
the shooting. policeman on duty there was un-
able TO capture them.
MIR Doris can give description Of the man
in his room as 1t was too dark 70 see him lie
says that the reports of his having considerable
sums OF money In the house are untoundcl.
The police Of the Twelfth Precinct arrested a
man VINO a light overcoat. and said his name
was John Krcth of no. 2O72 Atlantc-ave. al Ralph
and Fuiton-st an hour after the shooting.
but II is not known whether he can be connected
with the crime. He held on charge Of va
grancy. in order TO Investigate his record Mr. Dor
rs thinks Tn" burglar must have been young
man. as he had powerful grip.
This murdcrous assault recalls the two fatal ones
Of like character few years ago i'm brooklyn the
one i'm which LYMAN H. Weeks killed by the
murderer Grconwald. who was hanged in Raymond
Street Jail. and the other. OF which the grocer Lucd
was the victim. for which Charles McllvIine suf-
fcrfd the extreme penalty of the law at Sing Sing.
Mr. Doris said that ne attributed his escape
from being overcome by IN" chlOroform used by
the burglar the fact that he WAS especially sen
stlvc II. and the ,scap" OF his daughter To- the
fact that she did not rush To his aid. They were IN
The habit OF sleeping with their doors open Mr.
Doris had So I'm cash and gold watch under his
pillow but the burglar ala not nnd them