The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-19
FIRED AT BURGLAR.
While Latter Robbed saloon-BulIet
Fonnd its Mark.

EOuuQ llS MdIks
While in the act of burglarizing
the Wuestefelt saloon in the early
hours of Thursday morning, a
sneak thief vas discovered and
fred at by Officer Osburn Bloody
marks in the path of his fight in
dicate that the thief was hit, but he
made his escape, and is now in
hiding. The belief is general that
he has a severe if not a serious
wound, and the fact is relied upon
to drive the fugitive out of cover
through need for medical assistance
or other aid Several facts con-
spire to convince the police that
they know the identity Of the man.
and they are engaged in an active
search for him with much hope of
effecting a capture. Besides the at
tempted burglary and its prompt
discovery at Weustefelt's. the man
also entered and rarsacked the
pubic school buildings, and paid a
visit to the rooms of Charles Sheno.
field in the Occidental Hotel,
where revolver was stolen.
The shooting at the Wuestefelt
saloon happened at about quarter
past two o'clock Thursday morning.
At the moment, the burglar was on
his launches behind the coulter
and in the act of rummaging among
the contents of a low cupboard
built beneath the shelving along the
south wall. Officer O>burn was at
the front window about fifteen feet
from where the burglar was crouch
ed. A tiny round hole in the win
dow pane shows where the bullet
from the officers weapon started on
its fight, and another in a glass
four feet further back, or at the
rear of the show window indicates
the course of the ball. The burg
lars right hand, as he crouched,
was inside the cupboard, and his
left which was extended downward
nearly to the floor, clutched a re-
volver.. His back was toward the
window where the officer stood.
though turned slightly sidewise.
and presented a fair mark for bull
let. He was deeply intent on his
work and the report of the revolver
at the window, must have been the
first warning to him that he was be-
ing watched in his operatinos.
NOISES WITHIN.
On account of the lateness of the
hour, the streets were deserted.
The saloons had all closed at mid.
night, and no one save the night
officer. had been astir since thai
hour. AS is the case in several
business establishments, an electric
light burns all night in the Wues-
tefelt saloon. 1t is the habit of Of
ficer Osburn in his rounds at night
to take look into every place as
he passes. A Harper whiskey sigr
in the window at Wuestefelt's made
it necessary to step up on the iror
foot plate below the window in or
der to get full view of the interior
In order to do this the officer had
to seize hold of the iron grating il
front of the window, and it was
while standing in this uneasy po-
sition that his shot was delivered
! A noise from within, assisted the
officer in detecting the presence oi
his quarry. At first it seemed to
be on the south side, and then a
the north side. 1t gave the impress
sion that there were two men OF
more in the room, and caused til.
officer to look in at both windows
1t has since developed, that ther,
was cat in the room, and the lat
ter is supposed to have been res.
| ponsible for the second disturb
ance.
THE BURGLAR FELL. G3
The thief gained entranc,
through window in the rear o
the building. At first he tried The
transom over the west door, and
there he succeeded in tearing away
portion of the wire netting bacl
| of the transom. but eventually b.
gave up entrance atthat point as to-
difficult. Then he turned his at
tention to the window, which b
approached on low sheds in th,
rear He used chisel taken fron
the public school building Garlic
in the evening. The tool has since
been identified as his own by MI
Hotchkiss, janitor of the publ
school, and has been restored tt
him. With it, the thief pried up
the window with such force as t,
tear out the screws of the fastenin,
at the top of the sash, and thereaf
fer entrance was eaSy. His an