New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-18
SHOT IN HIS OWN HOUSE.
A WEST HOBOKEN MANS EXPERIENCE
WITH \ BURGLAR.
srrppIst,n THE THIEF IN HIS HOUSE AND Is
SHOT WHILE TRYING TO ARREST HIM
MAY BE FATALLY INJuRED-ANoTHER
BURGLAR DISCOVERED IN

MAY BE FATALLY INJURED-ANOTHER
BURGLAR DISCOVERED IN
THE SAME HOUSE.
John smith thirty-s.x years old. OF No. pa
Soring-st West Hoboken. was shot early yester-
day morning by burglar whom he surprised
hiding behind an icebox in the basement OF his
house. The wounded man is now In Christ's Hos
pital in Jersey City Heights. and, though his
condition is prccarous. ne has a chance to re-
cover unless complications should set in
smith is employed as a driver for the Hygea
Water Company. Of New-Nork. re and MS
father Henry smith, left the house about mid
NIGHT 10 get some oysters, and returned at LAS
o.,lock John noticed that Ihe rear door OF the
basement was party oper and thought that MS
wife had forgotten to lock It. His lather "aiNeu
through the open door. passed INTO the hal""S
and swung oacn the kit ,hen door As ne Ga So
the rays of a lighted lamp in the kitchen ieh Oh
49,, ,o.h,x standing I'm the hall. revealing to the
Younger Smith what he supposed was pu''u'e
~ clothing living close e the chest He Leaned
,,.or IA examine the object. when ne SUDDEN!
discovered that il was the form OF a man Stli'h
ato,o,ted 40 secure the stranger ara IN the priel
scuGie which took place the INTRUDER dIV9e
! ,,.iIfSd a revolver at Smith and FREQ lie theh
rrshed out through the door and disappeared.
saith pursued him INFO an alley ana was dsalh
! s,,r,rised hy finding another man WIN re-
| ,i,sr I'm his hand Supposing that TINS was me
h,,rolar smith called 10 him not 10 shoot. me
second man proved to be- Paul Moore son %. ool
| nn,on Moore "A rcXt door neishbor VINO hau he,lIu
ths shooting ard had gone below 10 see what
| was the matter. . ,,, 49,
| Immediately after smiths encounter win me
! biir.,lar a Nj Ottsinger. VINO occupied apart
- IN IA. second floor. and who had been
ar,,..I H., ~, report of the revolver. opened MS
| do,, avn looked oct He espied second burglar
| sittinr m "a window. making preparations 10
! i,,r,u out Ottsinger asked him what ne was
/ AIM, ana received reply to the effect that ne
| fn,en5.l T., blow his brains out. me burglar
| n,liv dropped into the alley ana then ran on
! leo,.n, behind pair Of No SHOES
/ smiths wife and daughter slept on me IIst
| a. Tho man who was surprised in the kltchrh
r,,,.t have passed the sleeping SRI VINO was lylhs
| "n n lounge. as a box OF tinkets which she Kept
| near her were found in the basement halfway
/ Nothing else was disturbed. . Gu, .
/ ~ White was summoned ana sent SHH'h 10
! c.,ris,,e Uosnital where ID. C. X. Dickinson as
! olrtotr.d mat the bullet had penetrated the
| ,bor4cic cavity between the seventh riD ana the
| sterral cartilage probably puncturing the ilght
| lnnr Nobody Was allowed 10 see SIHlth AZ t''e
| bnsnftal cycooting Coroner y. J. Nolk. OF no
| holicn who took his antc-mortem statement ~
| G H. Purdy Of the hospital stan sald las' hsnI
| that Smith may recover ,., = ,ho
| Smith was unable II give description Oh III,
h,,rolar who shot MIN. except thdt ne aPPe"iV'
| 80 he ahout five feet six inches in height
| Entrance 10 the house was erected by pushiIs
| Id The catch on Q front window racing tht
| Tia1va The mode of entrance has led the west
IToboken police to believe that the TWO pursIa
| ave the same fellows who have been terrorAils
| that section Of late.