The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-04
SHOT
ONE BURGLAR STOPS ANOTHER
BURGLARS BULLET.
Shooter Meant 1t for Officer Osborne
Whs Surprised Thhem.

Two men attempted to enter the tailor
shop of Otto Lille, on East Douglas ave-
nue., on Sunday night, and few minutes
later, in an encounter with Officer Os-
born, one of the men, who gives his
name as John Donihue, was shot in the
thigh by his companion and seriously
wounded. The mans accomplice escaped
and at the present time is not known to
| the officers.
The wounded man was taken to the
citv hospital and has been receiving
treatment at that place. The wound IS
| a very painful one and may cause some
| trouble, as the ball cannot be found.
| The men first entered the laundry of
| Charlie Sing on East Douglas and secur-
ed a number of shirts and pieces OF
clothing which had been left there by the
| patrons of the laundry. After having
broken into the laundry the men went to
| the tailor shop The front Of the room
is lighted up by the lights In restaur-
ant just across the street. The front
door was open and the screen door was
fastened by hook on the inside Mr..
Lille, the proprietor Of the shop, has
room in the rear and was lying down at
the time the men came to the front. He
heard them talking and observed them
looking into the room. To ascertain
whether any one was around or whether
the rooms were coupled the men dropped
a bottle on the sidewalk to attract atten-
ton. One of the men was smoking a
cigar and both talked as though nothing
had occurred. Mr.. Lille remained quiet,
and a little later one of the men attempt
ed to open the screen. He first cut the
wire with knife and put his hand
through. At this point Mr.. Lille called
to them and they both started down the
street. running toward Emporia avenue.
Officer Osborn, who was on the corner
of Emporia and Douglas at the time, was
attracted by the falling Of the bottle and
walked west toward the tailor shop. Just
before he reached the placep;he saw the
two men running east. He next saw Mr..
Lille who told him OF the occurrence,
and the officer started in pursuit. The
men turned south on Emporia and the
officer followed them. After reaching
William street the men turned around
and started north toward Douglas. officer
Osborn met them about half way down
the block. He Immediately told the men
that he wanted them and took hold Of
them. One man pulled away and as he
did so struck the officer on the head with
a sandbag. The blow was a glancing one
and did not seriously wound Mr.. Osborn
After this move on the part of the man
who exclaimed, 81 will kill you" Officer
Osborn Immediately shot at him in the
street All of this time he had hold Of
Donihue's arm. Thinking that ne had
hit the man in the street Officer Osborn
turned his attention to the man he had.
Within a very short time the fellow in
the street fired a shot at the officer but
| instead Of hitting him the ball struck
his companion. AS soon as he fired the
man ran south on Emporia- Farther
down the street he fired his revolver at
dog which came at him in the street
The patrol wagon was called and the
wounded man was sent TO the hospital.
A guard he's been placed in his room and
after his recovery he will be taken to
the county Jail as there is a warrant out
for him at the present time.
In the afternoon of the same day Mr.
! Lille was lying down IN his room at the
rear Of his shop and he once heard the
screen door close very softly. Thinking
that some one came in he raised Up from
the cot and saw young man standing
in the middle Of the room. He asked the
stranger what he wanted. and the man
told Mr.. Lille that he wanted some
scraps Of pieces OF cloth. Mr.. Lille re-
piled that he had none. and the man
started of Later IN the afternoon Will
Mr. Lille was lying down he heard the
same noise Of the door and Jumped up
20 see what il was This tine he noticed
that two suit patterns valued AT about
s2o had been taken from the rack. Mr.
Lille rushed % the street. but could find
nothing as 70 the whereabouts Of the
thief.
II was understood BY the officers thai
two men had been or Ackerman's Island
IN the evening trying 20 dispose ~ the
suit patterns Whistler these were The
same men or not IS n7t known. but Il is
thought that thev are the same
Donihue. who Is IN the hospital. -
large man and has a slight Irish accent
Re told the officers that re Rad only heea
In the CITY for the past two days The
man Is very dark and has an athlete
. build
Officer Osborn in talking u the mat
ter YESTERDAY though, tlaf 10 ha5 ezczp-
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% think that Il vas a nysterT that The
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