The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-24
believes THAT She
WOUNDED A BURGLAR.
Miss Mamie LunsfOFd Discovered
Two lntrudcrs i'll the Home
of John IL. Vim.
FIERCE COMBAT FOLLOWED.
one Of the Thieves FclIcd Her
With a Blow, After She Had
Fired on EIim-RubhCrs
Obtained No Booty.


Fired on llim-RubhCrS
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'E' '-iEl'FS entered lh' nome o. ''-'
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men would probably have gotten away with
their booty. As f. was. nothing was taken
from, the bo,.a ,n,ass Il WIS ? bullet GreI
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snort time back three men made an al
tempt TO enter the Vim home. hut were on
thar a,,asior scared away before they
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az MS itA'iy. ms weapon MISS h"t@t'l'
took Charge OF. as she Was the only one Il!
Che house who could handle Il. Early ycs-
ttrGay morning she was awakened uy a
noise on the stairs which sounded ike the
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d b'd' anu ETaspihE me T''o1Nfr' "d'AeI
house save u night lamp In the front
room. which Is occupied by Mrs. Vim.
Trfa had liftra NJ no ..art in Iirb,inr the
q, IA.
it'7'o'H 4eI' HeF IOoHL ''e lt'' mex VIZ
10 The Top OF the steps holding TIE TeN'i-
Yer in her !cti hand. concealed In the folds
Of her gown. just as She reached the
staircase q roIeh hand c1utched hrr throat
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crr.--;r If-t, urfrb NC en- ,by,,~b tn
y,+rf,v .h. mid ssa ,Ear he v-nr. a hand
ka-rg,af ,f.7 ir.t h.roy,. bis .ves
$3.50
mere II "mn7 ''oi"' d'' '"IN ~"
or III Kill You" said the burglar In a
tar,a,cnin. voice.
Miss Lunsfurd reriiei that Mr.. VIM nal
ror ,on-a home var ana 40 the grin on
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n lL!oat l5nt'''u ana Sne W. C"'hlis'
she SliuEE-ed IF'c anu screamed LOT LeIp-
As she OH 80 a second man. WI" haI been
at work prsiGS open a drawer IN tn. lin
into the hail and struck her on the back of
he h.a5 ,,,-r his n. tn broyr zt,ar.r.5
az 80 -" rs - w" -.
a. ;'Uit7 "'"'h, ~ ~ ~. =, -
a'Hl- i. a second IAe uiAI!heSS pdSS-4~
she irrked out her revolver which she
hal held concealed during the entire strug-
c.a. and. pointing il at the man who had
struck r.- fr,.f Ry the flash she could
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mead, ana she ais, SaW mat ne heid a re
r"lF'F- Almost simultaneously Sn" was
struck or the head ana fell to he floor u1-
conscious. bleeding Cog.ouSly from her
mouth and nose.
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''- A"'5e "t S"r SI."E~'e Gnu "Pe'''S ''F
Hln-o" called Tor help. Mt. DcIeW. VINO
lives reNf door. responded He rushed into
tho street ard fired his revolver to attract
the notice Then he started for the VIM,
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80 -" -,
F"''is" anu tx tue ~IS. ~" '"' S' % tH'
DOR leading from me d!hihE-rgom mo the
h&!I lay me lnseisiG4e form OF MISS LunS1
With blood ANA 10 al a~Ipedrahce she was
dead.
BY this time the officer on the beat ar
rlN@i and NJ. VIM came CONTESTANTS.
They hAthed the face OF tHe youl;E woman.
ami finding that she SIN hreaiheI. applied
~e-torat.vcs. which had the effect Of re
yiyinE her. a thorough search of tho
house was then made ana i, was discovered
that the rear window in the dininS-rcom
vas open. and It vas concluded that the
men had entered that way. No trace of
the bullet fired by Miss LInsfcrd could be
found, and as she says that she remembers
q having taken deliberate aim. II IS be-
Ieved that the burglar took the bullet
away in his body.
There was nothing taken, and from tho
fact that one Of the men asked for MIR.
VIM and the other went 10 work on the
silver drawer. il was concluded that the
thieves were posted.
Mr.. VIM is a turf man. and II Is gener-
silly known that he has considerable money
at his home and about his rersOr. The
men probably were aware OF this fact and
thought 70 make u big htul. Mr.. VIM
says that he does not suspect any one,
though he says that there are many rough
characters who know him and might have
such a deed.
Miss Lunsford was seen yesterday by a
Republic representative She was suffering
great pain from the injuries inflicted Upon
her and was Frustrated with nervousness.
brought on by her narrowing adventure.
She says that uryermoSt I'm her mind was
the thought that the men might enter tie
room Of Mrs. VIM and do injury to her
md her Young baby. She said thar she was
determined to keen the men from mounting
the stairs if II COS, her life.
Il have been living with NIr and Mrs.
VIM for some time. as a kind of COM
panton tn Mrs, Vim. who is left much
alone AT nights on account of her bIsh3 "a
business. which kecrs him downtown until
very late. They ali used to laugh at ma
because I would not 90 into the rear Of
the house unless I took NV revolver II
was u-nhahlv INT b1bi. Of ynirs which