The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-01
BURGLAR SHOT; THREE ESCAPE
LIVELY CHASE NEAR PROSPECT
PARK, RROOKLYN.
George H. Weeds House nrOken Into
Capt. white. Notified. sent Ore
PatrOlmRn, who Faced -Four Men
Entering the DEMONSTRATIONS Help.

| The residents of Second street near Pros
pect Park. Bro okyn, on what is known as
the Park Slope, last night witnessed chase
| after four burglars and the shooting and
, apture of one.
George r. Weed. n retired manufacturer,
has a house at $50 Second street, few
doors from Eighth avenue. He closed up
! his home last November and travelled in
the Southwest He returned some time
| ago, but did not reopen his house. He Wis
tied the place yesterday and was aston
shed to find the iron gate leading TO the base
mcnt and basement door unlocked. When
he got into the house he found boxes broken
| open and everything strewn over the floor.
The house breakers had carried down to
the basement and packed all the goods
they intended to carry away Mr.. Weed
at once communicated With Capt. White of
the Sixth avenue station. who advised that
the place be left Just as ii was found and
said he would send an officer to the house
to wait the return Of the thieves
Patrolman Patrick Shea was picked out
for this Job He arrived at the house at
O'Clock Mr. and Mrs Weed went up
stairs to the rear room on the second floor
while the patrolman took his post in the
lIoIl ItStIltut btllllIi VIC u'llI Z IOoHl
| table The house was in darkness. At
$50 o'clock Patrolman Shea heard the
inside basement door being opened. Then
four young men entered the dark hall
Nov don't make any noise, said one
of the burglars Walk as easy as possible
so that the people next door can't hear
you"
The man in the lead struck a match as
he was standing at the door leading from
the hall into the front basement. As soon
as he had taken a look around the room.
he discovered Patrolman Shea, who was in
plain clothes.
"Run for your lives" shouted the man
with the still burning match in his hand.
The quartette ran out OF the front base
ment door into the street, closely followed
by the patrolman, When he got on the
Seventh avenue. while the other had gone
up Second street toward Prospect Park.
Two of the men running down Second
street kept to the sidewalk. on which several
women were walking. The third man took
to the asphalt pavement and this fellow
Patrolman Shea followed.
The patrolman called to the man TO halt
or he would fire The man didn't halt
and shot was fired over his head. This
did not stop him and then two more shots
were fred this time at the mans feet.
Both shots struck the man in the calf of
the left leg. He dropped to the street,
and the patrolman, who was joined by some
of the neighbors, carried him back to the
front of Mr. Weeds house and an ambu
lance was summoned from the Seney
Hospital.
Surgeon Beach responded. and after
bandaging up the wounds took him to the
hospital, where he was placed under arrest.
The man said he was Richard Lundy, 10
years old, Of 900 Carroll street. He refused
to give any Information as to who his con-
federates were and said: IF you want to
find them, look for them I'm not
squealing."
Mr.. Weed said that as far as he was able
to ascertain jewelrv valued at about $500
had been carried of by the burglars when
they left the house the first time. He said
they had evidently entered the house yes
terday morning. for some of the neghbors
had seen suspicious characters lurking
around the house at about o'clock.
Capt. White Sergt, Brkett and the de-
tectves of the Sixth avenue station were
all out last night looking for Lundy's three
companions.
AT the time of the shooting the stoops
and windows of the houses on both sides
of Second street We're crowded, and some
of the men joined in the fruitless chase
after the fleeing burglars