The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-07
WOMAN KILLED FOR BURGLAR
~ 4 FRI. HTENgD nv VINO
SHOT or RANDOn.
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/ Monday night G.is'- Wtfe. Louise. wa-
Nilled Nv a pistol bullet In the early hours
20 yesterday nprntnR. and t'~ts stth has
daughter LOUIS" r-"ap"d d"ath ~ d
hair breadth
IN" hoy had stood h-hlnd door that
had four ruIts pushed against u and had
Ir~,l his revolver hindlv through a hole
m m" d,-,r Hut into 70 hallway whsr" b.
heard rho rlattsr - many running feet
u Wis s'raIg w. through Mrs Getss heart
that ht- ss,'ur.. outlet went after 'hs first
uad syrayr,i h.r hu,l and -nrm and another
Jrurkly following wufiid have killed rho
fifteen yrar-pld girl Louise had -h" not
stumbled over he- mothers b"dy ia the
dark and fallen. with the collar - her
niRhtsuw clipped
Young M-ifsi"g opened his bolt"d door
| after he had fired every shot IN tho
chambers 10 his revolver. expecting o.
ind one OF two burglars lying at his feet
When he saw th. wife - his friend dead
on the fiour he gave Way o. Mysteries and
b u vas a long tune lr''for" he could do
/ ought hut bah'l. ~ burglars and shoot
ng-
/ The Gci-ss lived on tho third floor ~
/ IA" apartment HOUSE They had WeifsfnE
/ the hail which divided the apartments
on this fl"nr Augustus simon. a nephew
IL Paul Gets lived With his wife On
sunday night a burglar pried open the
door - tho simon apartments and was
about - enter their bedroom when Mrs
simon avoke and shrieked an alarm. The
intruder vanished. hut he left hls
scar" behind him Tn" Simons and the
ti.ise- believed that the burglar would
mIrely return on tho following night To-
attempt a second entry. therefore they
acre hdgety and they took counsel how
rest 10 greet the eNpncted guest when
he should make his appearance.
II was Weifsiog who offered solution
81 the problem with the hraggadocio
Of youth he called attention TO the fact
that h" was IA" only one IN IN" house
who pDsz"ssed a revolver and b" SAID
that he could shoot. lac was not afraid
lie believed thai II he should call ia his
friend. Joseph Hubert, Who lives at 5ij
Past Eigh'y-tirst street the four men Who
/ would then toe under the Gels roof on the
following night could Law trap for IN"
"NIeCt.d burglar and -lay him AT their
ease.
G"ls thought his hoyish friends al, ic"
Wa- good Hubert was allied to the house
on Monday night. and III" forces we're
Diseased Hubert was 'n sleep on a
iuIrg. m the sitting room IT ~" IisiS
family while the three others M"'f-fog
SIMON ard t1eis himself WEI" - 49, ny
l-h'nd fh" door Of Simon'r APARTMENT
II tho burglar should enter Cess ruufns
Hubert would giy' M" alarm, Il he 10.
turned 20 Nlmon'- apartment direct Their"
would t., N''l'' eft ~ him. So 'hey thought
=" o." s'Ig'rgI" 'anpa ~ wa |r-
ra0g',i ln'lr.. Gers l"f' her is,lruuru.
whI'n ~ n 'i' rear e w" apartment
rear ~" ir.. c~,aI-'. 'u -i""p with L'r
mother Huu"rt took his U.aT" 20 90" 49,
'.uE ...s". N"'IUd tHI- '".irpsHfH and tho
'rr''' .'|rr~ 'ppk up their vigil directly
t"hfud ~iripu'- door This door -
almost tIT.,r'y UpI-pSIt. the door ot ~.
Gors ayar'U"n' lcru~s ~" hail Ea-l"-
IN The iav Stmon had Clt ID" l0Ck from
~" dopr panel. substituting h'lfs. 50
That thor" Vas "A hol" about NO inches
ga diameter through which on" could
book ON INTO tn" hall and across 20 the
d,..r uuiu~i'" IN" head Of ~" stars
- alsp across m" hail from this door II
the simon fat
The 'hr'-' men. weif-tlog with his -
caIIbr" revolver Oh he ,ne". at mot pu-
I''-.. t.'NIHd ~" SIMON door uN'Il long after
midnight and there was rot q sound 'D
iI-rur, them Then they r"gan - rrlsN
thor vigil en-" hy on" 'h"y -ef'led 10
'h"r hairs ar GA H"arhy couch aud
dTupI.'i IN 20 sleep
II Va- near OvlO'k ~ the morning
when. aCrur,ifug 20 N" word 81 n" pm
,IH,- ,u N" trag"dv given later M N"
rHIi-' Ui 'halT excitement Mrs t,-ls was
.waN"u'1 ny grating noise on IN" Hro
"s,'I.. outside ii IL" EItCh"n window
she t'fm .sft 4tU,kh from led and ippN ,.i
,.' - be. window Ih.r" IA" -aw Two
ir.'U ~ work pu tho window of IN. Kitchen
i'.'rul her l"iruot. She ~ .tS"u,-! her
daughter md ~" giri ipUE"U uul ana aW
'''. 'vu men also
Mrs Geo.. screamed G,.r- If fh,. simon
r.p'r- across ~" han heard me. scream
IAN ont and down ~. hail and INTO the
s.f.."u ~" -sI~ ~. heads II two bur
g.ar~ Ju~t a. they Vc-" slipping d"wn the
I'H -. az"
G.l- wa urarm.d "" though, Il
M"iI~fng na,k IN IA" Slrun Apartment
" ~ ils revolver JUst - le turned
- ran rl.'k through the hail - summon
'h" hoy WITH III" hr"arm Mrs G"Is and
her daughter came running out - their
i."dr"nw They followed Gets down
IN" LEX hall
-,rn" ont come out They're after
~ Yelled t'"i- ~ he plunged through
IA" dark
But nobody came out Of the Simon
door Something had happened 10 the
hoy guardian nerve the minute he heard
Mrs Gels first shrek and tho instant
Gels had left through Simons door Neifs-
fog had slammed II shut and bottled u
With all four bolts. imprisoning himself
Simon and Mrs Simon
Then when no heard the screams
and the pattsrng Il feet IN the hail Way
he thrust the mu2Ile - his revolver
through m. hol. made Nv tho cutting
put II the lock and hegAn 20 pull the
Trigger a. fast a. his palsied fingers would
answer m" spur Of terror
III" first bullet Cut through Cess
-l""," IN his LETT arm ~ he turned at
m" head % ~" stairs and raced down
ward Mrs Gels vas just behind hun
When ~" -ccpnd shot came she sank
20 m" floor WI'hout making a sound
Then 'h" daughter tripped and spraW led
over her mothers hody inst as the third
shot hanged out
When the people from m" foor below
cam" running up with lights after a II th"
uprpIr and found Mrs CipiS IfelaSs they
w"r" quick 20 ran into IN" street and give
tl" alarm. Policeman Stack 81 tn. Fast
l2Gth ,'r'."t station had heard tho shots
from hall a block away and ~. was
charging down onto the ChattsTinR half
chad ifartm.'t dwellsrr When h.. saw
what had hapI.'n"d h" sent ~ call
Tor . llarl"n Hospital ambulance. but