Bridgeton pioneer., 1896-04-09
BURGLAR CAPTURED.
Charles Filler Breaks in the Post Office at
Shiloh, and is Captured After Being
Shot, and is Now Safe in the

Charles Filler, well known in police
circles and in every way bad fellow,
is in jail.
He occupies cot in the first corridor,
his arm in many bandages, suffering
from severe gunshot wound. Nearby
lays his hat and in it two bullet holes,
which had they been made an inch lower
would have caused Filers instant death.
All this was brought about by Filler
resuming his old role of a burglar, at the
Shiloh Post Office last night.
There have been numerous Post Office
robberies in this locality, and the fact that
Postmaster Samuel Tomlinson had been
victim Of robbers before, caused him
some time since to take the precaution to
have burglar alarm placed in his store
and Post office building and connected it
with his house.
Shortly after o'clock Friday morning
that burglar alarm was sounding lively
and Mr.. Tomlinson was awakened. He
Immediately called his son Joseph, and
they proceeded to investigate.
Mr.. Tomlinson had very good re-
loaded gun. AS they reached the store
they found the front door was opened
and felt satisfied that burglar was in
side.
Mr.. Tomlinson directed Joe to go to
one end of the store, while he remained
front. Then Mr.. Tomlinson called loudly
for help.
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inside, and he bolted for the front door,
determined to make his escape. The
Postmaster called for him to stop but the
fellow paid no attention. Then Tomlin-
son fired his revolver at him. The big
cartridge sped through the crown of the
mans hat, about two inches below the
top, and buried itself in the door.
The burglar kept on going, and Tom
| linson called upon his son to shoot. JOS
eph brought his gun in action, and fired
both barrels. Some of the shot took eff
| feet in the right arm. but the fellow kept
on running.
| Then Mr.. Tomlinson and his son gave
chase. They followed the fellow through
yard and out in the street, gaining upon
him rapidly. When quite close to the
| fellow. Mr.. Tomllnson grabbed the un-
loaded gun from the hands of his son and
clubbing it, brought the stock down
across the mans neck with sufficient
| force to break the gun at the breech.
The desperate turned upon his pur-
suers and gave fight. The two Tomlin-
sons grappled him, and took from him
an empty revolver which he was flour
ishing, and threw him to the ground.
By this time Frank Randolph, who
had been alarmed by the noise of the
shooting, came up. Mr.. Tomlinson told
him to go for help. Randolph secured a
clothes line from neighboring yard,
and the fellows hands and feet were
tightly bound.
When the captors looked over their
man they discovered it to be Charles
Filler, who at one time lived in the neigh
borhood, and who was always bad fell
low.
evidently suffering considerably. He
was badly scared, and thought sure he
was fatally hurt. He implored his cap
tors to allow him to crawl in some near
by barn that he might die in peace.
Mr.. Tomlinson insisted however, that
Filler be taken back to his store, and he
was hustled along.
A blanket was spread upon the floor
and Filler was made as comfortable as
possible. DIR. Geo. M. Paullin was sent
for, and gave the fellow the best attention
possible under the circumstances.
BY this time Shiloh was thoroughly
aroused, and there was considerable ex-
element. A horse and wagon was Sc
cured and Filler was loaded in the wagon
and brought to this city, arriving at the
Jail about half-past three, and was re-
ceived by Jail Warden Watkins.
Friday morning County Physician
Thompson visited the Jail and took charge
of the fellow. His arm was paining him
considerably, and the County Physician
gave the fellow such attention as neces-
sary. There were six shot passed in the
right arm about two inches below the
shoulder. The shot were probed for but
could not be located, and the wound was
properly dressed. There was a slight
flesh wound in the right thigh caused by
cartridge from Tomlinson's revolver.
Filler was made perfectly comfortable,
but his arms panied him considerably.
While he was lying on the cot, he broke
down and cried like a baby.
Filler had been very we'll dressed.
When arrested he had on mixed cloth
pantaloons, dark cutaway coat and a
natty blue Overcoat. His derby was a
brown one, from Jacob Reeds, Phila-
delphia.
When Filler was captured he was care
fully searched. He was loaded down
with complete burglar outfit. He had
tin flask of powder, a coil of burglar
fuse, and several steel bits of peculiar
pattern.
Filler entered the front door of Tom
linson's store with the aid of peculiar