The evening world., 1908-03-27
DEVERY SHOOTS
| FOUR TIMES At
. FLEEING THIEF.
Fires at Burglar Who Tries to
Enter Neighbor'S House in
t"Terror Zone"
MANGHS BILLBOARD.
Bullets Terribly Wound Post
ers of Three Shows on
Fence Opposite.
MANGtES BILLBOARD.
"stop thief

.'stop thief
Oufi-asiaf-;he hroodinG midnight air
or. 10 be exact. out upon tne brood ne
BIAS A. NJ. air rang the cry.
Bang
IT was the crack Of revolver.
''Rans bang. bang
Three more cracked similar 10 above.
What meant this untowari this an
y,tannerlv alarm in West End avenue
q. such an hour? Wei, .nly you ask
reader. Then list:
But let Us begin al the rerular be
ginning. taking up, in proper order
the events as they ve,oped-showin
IN terse. graphic phrases how the
prowlinas innrauder OF darkness got
into Miss Raineys house; how he was
djscovered how he ran for his mis-
etable Nts; how the clamor OF pursuit
awakened the best police chief that
New Nbtk ever had" how he arose
in his Gobelin tapestry pajamas; how
he rushed to his window. carrying IN
his hand his trusty revolver; how he
shot four times at the fleeing mis-
creant; Row his bullets shattered
willamS G. Walker sign. a Paid In
Full" tbree-sheet. and Wine, Wom-
an ana Song" advertisement: how the
burglar would have been blown to
atoms,-f-.he had only been seven feet
saller; how everybody said
Not His First Experience.
Ever since Big Bill" moved from
s-rhe Pump" up to No, 574 West End
-, bf,. Gov
Hughes. and began seriously consider
thg having his calling cards engraved
-w. Stephen Dey The Larches
Thursdays in January" he has been
troubled by burglars.
u; has only been a few weeks since
tousebreaker. was detected In the act of
trying to enter a rear window with the
ad of what Mr.. Devery sails James
tool, his object undoubtedly being to
steal priceless painting OF the great
Ssonby, which Mr.. Devery bought
itom the Old Master who painted it the
last time he was abroad.
Mr.. Devery took precautions. He re-
ibforced the. lower shutters with steel
asid laid f., supply of new and i'm
proved brands OF hardware which had
been particularly recommended by one
OF the leading night-riding families OF
Kent uckyH~ Thereafter he slept with
one ear uncaulked to an extent that
seriously threatened him with cold in
the head. by reason OF the draught
blowing in all night.
Early to-day vigilance had it re-
ward. Some fiend in human form at
tempted tsJ house break his way into
ne
al No. 3e5 West Eighty eighth street.
right around the corner from the new
Devery town house In 50 doing, he
touched off burglar alarm on tine
front porch and thereat he hastily
efentuatet-tn southwesterlv course.
"Bill' Unlimners Artillery.
Policeman Embe was within a nun.
dred yards. Embe took up the chase,
al the same time repeatedly utterlng
IN hurried manner the words which
open this account. The fugitive was
passing the billboard which encloses
she vacant lot at the south weste cor
ner of West End avenue and Eighty
eighth street when the climax came.
There was a reverberating roar, and
a section OF billboard was rent into
paper-co.%red fragments of resinous
wood. In rapid succession three more
segments 81 the billboard ere r!ven by
missiles OF undoubted high power. one
OF them. on Enhe's authority, must
have come within fifteen feet of the
hunted wretch. Following the last re-
port. the burglar took the safety clutch
on and disappeared in the night, with
dow. buzzing sound.
Need We say that the vicinity wos
speedily in a turmoil? We feel tina,
I'VE need not. Suffice It to saw that in
The presence of an assem- blage of heads
that flied every front window in The
block, a procession al once formed and
moved south on West End avenue in
the following order:
Here's the Order Of March.
Policeman f;mbe in Full uniform.
Trhe Gov Hughes csretaker. In red
ffnnels with point lace and bedroom
slippers carrying furled umbrella
with a dangerous hone handle No or
nnments.
'fhe Won Bermuth's family butter
from No, ais West Eighty seventh
street old-fasiioned nightsh!rt with
red r!chack trimmings on the front
visor, carrying Indian club
The J. H Houghton famlly's second
hired girl from No 23J West Eighty
eighth street, IN conventional evening
&Gro with rubber boots carving scent
bottle ana fire poker.
RESERVES from the West One Hun
dredth street station, on foot and
Citizens aroot
DeVery Butler Denies Bompardmer.
And now We see Wit what modest.
dot true worth oft disguise Itsrl' 4.
Ibe pevcry t9wn-house thu, morning
The second man brought the frs,
aoputy commlsslonor DUucr who stntel
that MS nArS'et-ae said narstr,
Ihd gone 20 Far RDrkpwav fnr The
dhy, and S.~o stated further iha' M
shots had been fired from the parery
home and that nothing Was Known
among the occupant NJ the tpmu. .e--
he SAID 'duMu .-r'- i"t uc any pN-
.aemer' during 'Hr -Ag' apIrs - the
new dry
So We ngsi AXE t.. word ~ porr.-