The evening world., 1908-01-21
BURGLARS SHOOT
BRAVE DEFENDER
OF BURDEN HOME
Little Gardener Mortally
Wounded in Revolver Fight
+ in the Dark.
TACKLES TWO THIEVES.
Caretaker of Long Island Man
sion Finds lntruderS Pack
ing Up ValuableS.
TACKLES TWO THIEVES.

With wound in his left breast Thor
den. was carried to-day to the Nassau
Hospital at Mineola, L. I. The gar
dener was shot in a battle with two
burglars he foiled in the robbery of the
Burden country home. on the Jericho
Turnpike in the Whcatley Hills colony.
The Burdens are IN town, and the
care of the Long Island home fell upon
wahleren. who. with Burt Silas. Il
coachman. occupied room on the top
floor OF the building. which is located
some 100 yards back from the road
Early last night stockily built
young man, wearing good clothes, APP
piled at the servants door of the house
for lodgings. Wahleren. noting the
mans evident surprise at finding re
sponse to his ring told him TO ind
lodging further down the road.
Found Burglars at Work.
Both wahleren and Sllas had turned
in for the night when the gardener.
about O'Clock, heard the rattle OF
piece OF falling silverware on 4 lower
floor. He dressed. and with a revolver
IN his hand. crept down the stairway
to the dining hall. where, through half
open door, ne saw two men at work
packing the costly stlverware OF the
Burden family.
One OF the robbers Wahleren identi-
fed as his early caller. The thieves had
been at work for some time. as they
had secured sheets and blankets from
the second floor and were bundllng to-
Rether heavy jard.1iers and other val
uable bric-a-brac. as well as great
quantities OF table linen and wares.
Throw UP your hands, cried the
gardener. advancing into the room with
his revolver extended. Walieren Is
small man. with pipe-st legs and
shrill voice.
No sooner did the robbers take into
account the size OF the man behind the
gun than one of them put out the
lights. Then followed :. revolver fight
In the dark. twelve shots were eX-
changed, one of them striking the
pluclly gardener in the left breast, pass
ing between the third and fourth ribs
and narrowly grazing the heart
Hearing the tr!nS on the lower moor
S!las armed with another revolver
turned on the lights and found the gar
dener had tainted from loss OF blood. |
The floor was strewn with the packed |
plunder deserted by the robbers. An
open front door told the course which |
the thieves had taken in their escape
Yelling for nelp, the cOachnan iol- /
lowed the robbers into the grounds |
Their footsteps pattered down the
gravel walk toward the road. A hedge /
shut of his pursuit, although he fired
several shots in the direction of the /
crunching sound of the wheels OF Il |
vehicle. rapidly driven up the road to-
ward Mineola.
An examination OF the house showed
that the robbers mad effected an en-
trance through rear window which .
had been pr!ed open with jimmy.
Bleeding prctusely from mis- wound. |
Wahleren was put into a wagon by .
Silas and taken to the Nassau Hos |
pital, where the doctor, after probing |
In vain for the bullet, despair OF saw |
ing the gardeners life.
Sheriff Foster was notified Of the at |
tempted robbery and shooting and he |
began his hunt for the thieves by .
searching the, livery stables of queens !
County for clues. A good description
OF the men has been received from !
the wounded gardener, and over the |
telephone Mr. Burden. when informed |
of the attempted robbery said that ne |
proposed Offering a substantial reward |
for their capture.