The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-13
BURGLAR THREW
LAMP AT HIM
Dr.. Mccoy Discovered Thieves
in His House.
STARTED AFTER THEM
They Hurled Lamp Over the
BaIuStrade.
MISSED DOCTORS HEAD
Robbers Escaped Through a
Rear Window.
MISSED DOCTORS HEAD

Burglars at the home Of Dr.. A. W
Mccoy. $50 North Lawrence avenue. last
night used a lighted lamp as q weapon
with which 10 defend themselves from
capture, and threw IL At the head Of the
doctor who had discovered the robbers
and starred Up stairs AFTER them. Had
not the doctor stepped backward when
he saw the arm Of The burglar appraised
prepara tory TO throwing the lamp, the
peculiar instrument OF defense would
have stuck him on the head and possibly
caused his death.
Or. and BLrs. Mccoy had locked the
house al 1-l5 O'Clock ana driven 70 the
home of their daughter, Mrs j. l.. New
man, I5l Park Place They stayed
there but few minutes and then drove
home
As drove up TO the house" said
Or. Mccoy, 10 a reporter for the Eagle
last night as he stood on the stairway
which was covered with broken glass. Il
saw Z light in the bed rooms upstairs. IS
we had put ora all the lights before we
left the house, we knew that burglars
had entered eLaviug Mrs. Mccoy out
side unlocked the door and started Up
stairs. I head the men talking and APP
preaching the balustrade-
After Z mad reached the fifth step I
stopped and called out. Hello. UP there.
I heard one Of the men say something.
7 could not distinguish what. and then
saw on the wall the shadow OF an up
raised arm I knew that the burglar was
preparing 70 throw something al my
head. and stepped back. Scarcely had
done so when the lamp came crashing
down on the stairway. barely missing my
head As nay revoivers were upstairs
concluded that I had better leave the
house II 7 would escape injury. After
had run down the stairs the burglars
came down and escaped through the
wifs%ow through which they had enter
ed
While this excitement was going on
within the house. Mrs. Mccoy was stand
ing on the sidewalk. screaming for help,
bur the neighbors did not arrive until the
robbers had escaped. When she heard the
lamp crashing on the stairs Mrs Nc
Coy thought her husband had been kill
ed The burglars entered the house
through a window. They removed the
screen. unfastered the latch Of the win
dow. probably with a case knife and
climbed into the house. one Of them
leaving the dust Of his shoes on the win
dow sill. Passing through the house
they knocked a flower pot over. breaking
It. and went up stairs. They then went
into a rear bedroom and tried u light a
nickel bowl lamp They were unable TO
make the wick work. however. and seiz-
q a glass bowl lamp. After lighting the
lamp they pulled out one drawer of n
stand. but found nothing they desired.
They then entered large bed room
and rlImmaged through the contents Of
several drawers OF the dresser. Again
they failed 60 find anything thev wanted
and entered the front bed room. Just
ct this time DR.. and Mrs. Mccoy drove
UP and discovered the burglars.
ReaIizink that there was bur one stair
way by which they could descend and
desperate lest they should De- caueht.
they decided % defend thems elves Icy
throwing the lam7 AZ the doctor as he
came up stairs. The oil from the lamn
vas snattered over the wall and 10 VIII
probshl be necessary 10 repaper it.
DR. and Mrs. mccoy are unable 20
identify the burglars. but Mrs. Mccoy
thinks one Of them wore q white hat.
After the AFFAIR was over Dr Mccoy
said he should have called the neighbors
befo-e entering the house and then sur
rounded u SO the BURGLARS cculd not
escape Dr. Mccoy said there were at
least two burglars I'm the house