New-York tribune., 1896-02-05
A BURGLAR BADLY WOCNDED
SHOT N THE BREAST BY tE OLD NAN
OF SEVENTY.
THE sTonEKEEPER HEARD HIM AND LAi ~
WAIT BEHIND THE DOOR WITH SHoTd'N

WAIT BEHIND THE DOOR WITH \ SH'i"''
Two AccoMpLicEs ESCAPE.
The report OF a shotgun startled people }"
Irving Place quiet section OF Clint n t""'''"'
in tho suburbs Of Newark shortly after '."'
night Yesterday. and three men hastened o"' -,
the cyuat~y stors e James b. C'aWiD'' 49,
scurried down the road. one Of the men ""'
badly wounded and too.. refuge n A". ''
/ Mitchclrs blacksmith shop. about nv" ""''U
yards distant Ills companions Gis@PFe"
Crawford Is about seventy years old ana "'
alone IN story ami a half frame N'"'s ="
Stuyvesant-avc. TIE store occupying most VI -
lower part Common rumor has 1t that re "eef'
considerable money on the premises Inc so.
has been a landmark :or years. and C!A"'o'u "
known ~ Pop Crawford
About midnight he was awakened by the ho'S'
II some one breaking open the tTapooo' d. ~
head Of the winding stairs leading 10 Ms s'Fep
ing apartment. Crawford picked up his do"".',
barreed shotgun and took his stand at the 10"
Of the door leading into his room. The bu's'A's
main strength forced The door OPEN teai'"s
.ha catch o., the lock Crawford waited until ne
saw a man enter. vhcreuDon he raiser MS s""
and fred pointbank. There was an exclamation
- sunrise and pain and then the burglars
hastily retreated Crawford. fearing that 'he
burglars might return stood the remainder ~
the night by the side Of the door, gun IN manu.
ready FOR second attack.
When dayl!gh. came the Oh man secured '.''
house anl hastened to inform n neighbor "Ho
had heard the shot but had not sought 10 IN
ouira into the cause. Meanwhile. at o'loVN
Yesterday morning n younG man of eish'T'''
named Frank Meeker. was returning nome N'''
he passed two men who dreT their coat 'o''"''
I'D around their faces and asked him wha' '''''
/, was. He told then that Il was about ] o c'o'N
As he passed the Blacksmith shop ne "r'''
groans and some one moaning In German "U'-
ter mutter" Without sscertaning WhaI N"'
the matter he hasteneI home and informed Ms
father. who accompanied him back 10 the S"'P
Mrs Mitchell wife Of the blacksmith had pee"
awakened. and was attending the man. WHO
said he had been UP the road and was sho'
He was carried into a barn In the rear oi '"r
shop and placel on a pile Of hay.
On examination II was found that a c""'e
Of shot had torn through the heshy part ol HIS
upper left arm and buried itself IN MS 'r'"''
Dr. James r. English. OF Irving:on' eN'f"o''u
a handful Of shot from the man arr" Sni
side The clothing OF the arm ana Si'e "a"
heen forced into the wound In the breast anu
the nuzze OF the gun had been 50 cIo7t .'.'
the cloth was sinEed. Detective CosSroVe PR
cured a wagon and took the Durs'Hi 10 '
City Hospital. IN Newark 49,, ,,.. .
II was not until after o'clock that inc shoo'-
ing OF a burglar by Crawford ana the It'S'I'.r
~ the wounded man Mt the blacksmith sh"p
became generally known. and word v IS s'hl
TO the Newark police. Before Dr. tnShsh ar +,
rived the burglar had given his name as Dahlei
Heller Of No 10 Plane-s;.. but AZ the i"'l''",
he said II WAS Henry Heller. and that he had
been living in a lodging-house at NO 80 Mar
ket-st He gave his age as :hirtY-one cars
He dld not make any confession beyond saying
! that his comrades had LEFT Aim - axe care
| ~ himself The address in Market-st given -
Heller IL a cheap lodging house called IN" NlII-
ard Hotel II was said there that Heller had
been living there FOR the last three months
and went away about ! o'clock IN Monday
morning He always seemed 10 have plenty
OF money. He left no baggage. II was also
said that Heller said he had two sisters living
In Newark.
4, the hospital tho surgeon found that the
charge of shot had completely severed the
biceps muscles. After going completely through
the left arm and making "A hol" an lnch ana a
half in diameter the charge entered tie chest
cavity. II may have gone - the inside ~
| the spinal column or passed over . the right
aide OF the chest cavity Il cut the upper part
Of the left lung. and perhaps he right.
Hospital Detective Cosgrove questioned the
| wounded man closely. and he admitted nat he
was the burglar and gave the nam g z his
two companions one Of them Is Nrw1rker.
Drops OF blood found In the snow from
Crawfords door 10 the blacksmith shop. II
was found that the robbers had entered by
forcing open a window In the back kitchen.
They also forced open stair door, and the
man who went up had two doors % break open.
Old man Crawford quite a hero Gmong
his nclghhors and customers yesterday. and
his time was occupied in telling how he fought
and won the battle with the burglars.