The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-14

Shot through TIE abdomen
while in the act of robbing the
store of Charles a. Lemert, at
Teegarden, between :00 and
2 O'Clock Thursday morning, a
we'll dressed burglar, % years OF
age, died in a vacant store room.
across the street from the store
he burglarized at 4 :05 o'clock Fri
day afternoon. Physicians who
probed the wound, found the in
testines perforated, and internal
hemorrhage which caused his
death. a short time after burg
lar was shot, he gave his name
as William Osborn and said
that his parents resided in
Indianapolis. a telegram to
the chief OF police OF that city,
brought the reply that the name
was assumed as the above name
could not be found to fit the case.
When asked for his real name,
that his relatives might be ap-
prised before his death, the young
man refused to tell who he was,
saying Il will die with my lips
sealed"
Four in the Gang.
The general store OF Charles
Lemert is located in the village
OF Teegarden, about twelve miles
northwest of Plymouth, in Mar
shall county. The residence adj
Joins the store, and is connected
thereto, by a door. Mr.. Lemert
was awakened between the hours
of / and 2 Thursday morning, by
hearing someone, in the store. AT
first he supposed that it was his
grandfather, who resides with
him and his family. However, he
sent mis- wife to see. His wife
looked through a peep hole, in
the door, and saw four men IN the
gloom. She told her husband, that
burglars were in the store. He
noiselessly secured his revolver,
and went to the front entrance OF
the store. Here one Of the burg
lars was posted as sentinel. Lem
ert demanded what he was doing
there. The man shouted warn
ing TO his comrades in the store,
and Lemert snapped his pistol at
the sentinel, but the weapon
hung FIRE, failing to explode.
Lemert then ran around the store
to the back door, which the
thieves had just torn open. As
the three came out, Lemert fired
twice The first man, threw UP
his hands, and gasped God, I'm
shot" The other three escaped
in the night The wounded man
asked Lemret to allow him TO
walk TO the front OF the store,
where he sat on the 'front.' step.
He then told Lemert, that ''he
guessed he was done for.' Lemert
asked him where he was hit,
and he said in the bowels Dr.
White OF Teegarden was called,
and the man was carried to the
vacant store room across the
street. DIR. Denant of Walkerton,
was also Immediately summoned,
who arrived couple of hours lat
er.
Wound is Probed.
AT o'clock Thursday morning G
on counter in the deserted stor!
room, the wounded man was op-
ened by the two physicians, and
an investigation of the wound
made. The bullet had struck just
below the bottom line of the ribs,
and had passed through the alb
domen, coming out through the
small of the back. The examina-
ton showed that the intestines
had been perforated in two or
three places, and had filled with
internal hemorrhages.
1t was seen that there was no
chance for recovery, and the ply
sicians stated that death would
occur before midnight. Before
lapsing into unconsciousness, the
doomed man was told of his con-
dition, and asked TO identity him.
self, which he steadily refused to
do, repeating Il will die with my
lips sealed"
Joined Gang at Bremen.
In regard to his companions, he
stated that he did not know wllv
they were, that he had Joined
them on the afternoon OF. the bur
glary, at Bremen, Ind, and tha
they had come on together tc
Teegarden. He said that he die
not know who they were, OF
where they were from. This, O
course. could BE- an invented story
to shield the partners OF his
crime. Nothing had beer
heard of the other three, and i
seem that they have made goot
their escape. Mr. Lemert state:
that It is possible that he may
> have hit one of the others, anC
Slightly. wounded him. IL
*NThief is. Wef Dresss
The burglar ?vI9 .das a
Teegarden, refusing .S rfE hi:
real name, may b. ne fe6lo
-. grSa parents, whorshe dsfsStr
shield in his refusal to4Tfntify
himself. He is a medfI3srsizec
man, 5 feet 6 inches ~ height
complexion dark, wears mus
taohe, dark suit OF clothes, sof