The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-16

stairway with Mrs. Troops son, Eu-
gene who fired a revolver point blank
at the intruder. 1t is not known wheth-
er the shot took effect as the man es-
capped. 1t was later discovered that he
had gathered together a quantity of
silverware which would have been
missing today but for his detection.
Between midnight and l o'clock
young Tropp heard a suspicious noise.
He arose, took a loaded 22-caliber re-
volver from the bureau and went from
his bedroom into the hallway. He
leaned over the railing and saw the
CLEAN of a dark lantern flashing on the
walls of the floor below. The bearer of
the lantern soon reached the foot of
the stairs and began to ascend.
Young Tropp levelled the revolver at
the man and pulled the trigger but the
cartridge failed 60 explode. The click
of the trigger attracted the mans at
tention and he flashed the light of his
lantern into the young mans face The
latter aimed again and pulled the
trigger second time with better re-
suits The cartridge exploded but the
intruder turned and fled to the rear
of the hall and into the dining room
and out of a window to the ground.
SILVERWARE READY.
Another son, Fred, had been awak-
ened by the report of the revolver. He
and Eugene went to the ground floor
to investigate. They found n tea set
and other silver on a tray which was
| placed on the kitchen table near a
window through which the burglar had
| entered and by means of which he fin
ally made his exit. Nothing besides the
silverware had been disturbed. The
man when detected was evidently on
his way to the rooms upstairs for the
purpose of adding to his plunder.
Eugene Tropp says he heard noises
in the lower rooms during the stair
| episode and consequently believes that
| two men were engaged on the job.
Previous to the discovery of the bur-
| glars Mrs. Tropp was awakened by the
| loud barking Of a large dog which
| had beeen locked for the night in the
barn at the rear of the house. The
! dogs barking finally ceased and Mrs.
! Tropp went to sleep. An offer to pur-
chase the dog was made several days
ago by a young man who leaned over
| the front fence and made the PROPOSE
tion to Mrs. Tropp. He offered her s..
| The dog was standing nearby. Mrs.
| Tropp thought the offer a peculiar one
and remarked: mo, he is our protec-
tor" The man then walked away.
Until recently the dog has not been
| confined nights. A few days ago the
| practice of locking him in the barn was
followed as he had frightened a servant
| girl who was recently engaged in the
| house.
An unsuccessful search was made for
the bullet from young Tropp's revolver
| Its course could not be found. From
this evidence it is believed the bullet
| may have hit the man or his lantern
| The police are at work on the case
BOY WITH A RECORD.
A boy who is suspected of pilferinl
the hardware store of T. f. Bowen, or
Lackawanna avenue, three times il
one week, has been cOrralled by the
police. His name is James S. Dougher
jr., known as SAMMY" son of &
Scranton street saloonkeeper. He il
an incorrigible and has been confined
in a reformatory.
The police We're considerably puzzled
over the report made to them that tn,
Bowen store had been visited so FIRE
quently within a short period. AS tn
goods stolen consisted solely of knive
and other cutlery and watch, effort
were directed to tracing the article
rather than the thief. 1t was foun,
that about ten Pine Brook boys hat
purchased knives from Dougher a
from 8 to Is cents each and that on
lot of eighteen had been sold to Rob
ert Walker for 10 cents. A relative o
the latter heard of the purchase an
made young Walker return the knive
to Dougher and get back his Is cents
These facts were reported to the police
Mounted Patrolman Dyer arreste
Dougher on Franklin avenue yester
day noon. He was locked in the Cen
ter street station house and will
given hearing this morning. He de
MES his guilt, but his stories are con
hicting. He has said he was given tn
knives by tramps, that he got ther
''at a fire" in Wilkes Barre and tina
he bought them at Leonerd's hardwar
store.
ROBBERY ON SOUTH SIDE.
About 1.30 o'clock yesterday morr
ing Patrolman Haggerty, who wa
doing duty in the Twentieth ward, al
rested Michael McHale and Patric
Burns on suspicion of burglarizin
Lovern's saloon, opposite No. II schoo
: Later in the night developments prove
that the suspicious of the officer wei
: we'll founded.
, The patrOlman heard noises in III
rear of the place when passing ther
and he investigated. In the yard WEI
three young men, all intoxicated. T'W
z of the trio were those whose nam,
| Artx
them as to why they were there
: such an hour. McHale walked acro
= the street and shouted to his compai
, ions to soak the cop" Haggert
dashed after him, and, after a live
+ and long chase, caught him,
: While en- route to the Alder sire
; station house Haggerty and his pri
4 oners went into the Lovern yard agai
There they found Burns asleep. r
= peated and heavy raps on the soles
f his shoes from the officers club awol
e him. The pair We're handcuffed al
: locked in the police station. In the
clothes was found candy, cigars al
Y whskey. They refused to state whe
= they got the goods.
% Martin Lovern, on opening the pla
a yesterday morning, ascertained that
i had been robbed. While preparing
e come to the central city to notify 4
d police a message was sent to him
" call at the South Side station. The
e he identified the articles taken fro
the prisoners as his.
Alderman Donovan held them in 81
bail each. In default they were COZ
3 mitted to the county Jail. McHale h
o served term in the county Jail on
n similar charge. McHale's mother fu
n nished bail for him last night.