Arizona republican., 1902-03-28
BURGLARS WILD FLIGHT
He Outclassed Bullet in His Exit
 From R. Wilson's Store.

Another burglar was treed yesterday morning about 3 o'clock in the second hand store of R. Wilson & Co.,. but owing to the scandalous craftsmanship of ". H. Williams, who sleeps in the store, the coroner was robbed of his legal fee.
 The center of the store is packed full of goods but a counter runs along the east side of the room and about half it's length. On the front end of the counter is show case filled with watches and other valuables. MT Williams sleeps on the floor a little distance from the end of the countei' toward the rear of the building. About 3 o'clock he was awakened by noise and looking toward the front of the building he saw a large man taking a watch out of the show case. He in- quired at once What are you doing there?" at the same time shooting high up toward the rear wall of the building in the hope of attracting attention from passers by. As soon as he shot the burglar laid down the watch in his hand and dropped on all fours behind the counter. Then he crept back toward Williams and when within
 
 Now I've got you' Williams fired at him from his reclining position, aiming low. At the same instant the burglar either jumped over or around the end of the counter and made a run for the front door, passing through the big glass like the young lady in pink tights jumps through the paper covered hoop at d circus. He probably struck the glass first with his shoulder to avoid cutting himself. but he got out never theless and did so before Williams last bullet could catch up with him.
 Williams fired three times. The first bullet left a hole in the plaster, the second perforated a coffee pot that lay in dishpan behind the counter and it is hard to figure out how it missed the burglar. The third bullet did busi- ness with bureau that partly ob- structed Williams view of the iron, door,
 An examination of the premises showed that the man had forced an en- trance through the back door and no doubt intended to go out the same way 1 but MT. Williams impetuosity caused him to adopt a different plan of exit. | What he wanted then was a short cut rather than a tortuous trail to the alley. MT. Williams says that after the shooting he telephoned to the po- lice station, but could get no response. The shots were heard at the Lemon hotel and an effort was made there to telephone the police station but no answer was received. The phones must have been out of order for the po- lice say they received no call. There is no Identification of the burglar ex- cept that he is a large man, probably an American, and spoke in a heavy voice. MT. Williams thinks that he absorbed one of his bullets the second one, as it canot be found. and there Is no indication of it's having passed out of the building unless the burglar car ried it out
 For some reason burglars seem to have q special liking for the Wilson store In former years they visited it so often that MT. Wilson employed a sharpshooter, MT. Charles Crow, to sleep there. He turned one of the lads over to the coroner and for a time the place was boycotted by the profession Later they turned their attention in that direction again and were bluffed off with bullets at least once. It is suggested that MT. Wilson's store be placed under the civil service rules and no man be allowed to sleep there unless he has successfully passed an examin- ation in marksmanship and proved himself to be ambideXtrous with a gun The burglarious operations of yester- day morning were not all confined to the Wilson store. Some one presum- ably the same man or his fellows forced the door to Cooks barber sho, On Second street, just north of Wash ington, and stole about all the portable property in there. Among other things missing are about thirty razors, a hone three pairs of clippers, scissors and other barber's tools
 Dr. Hamilton, whose dental parlors are in the second floor of the Lewis building, reports that some time in the early morning he heard man on his stairs. He thought likely it was some. one with an aching tooth who could not sleep and was in search of d dent. lst, so he sang out to him to "come in. But the invitation seemed to startIt the visitor who turned and fled dowr the stairs.