Arizona republican., 1910-06-25

ting murder, if necessary-the moment
 he looked up.
 When Horning did see the b1rglar
 silhoueted against the window he drew
 back instinctively just out of reach.
 The thief hesitated a fraction of a sec
 ond and the blow did not descend. He
 held the steel behind his back and
 watched in silence every movement of
 Mornings. For perhaps two seconds
 the men looked each other in the eye.
 Then Horning said, What are you
 doing here?"
 The thief never relaxed a muscle.
 His face was drawn and his whole attitude vas that of d panther wait ing for the moment to spring.
 After a moment the thief said, "I don't know" His answer showed a pitiful lack of ingenuity.
 They were the only words spoken by either Horning or the burglar. In the long silent conflict that followed nei- ther man uttered an exclamation even when stinging blows and cuts rained on Mornings head and when the bull let from Mornings revolver reached its mark.
 Horning sprang at the burglar, caught him about the. thighs and at the same instant the steel bar fell cutting a gash across Mornings fore head. He thought at the time and all through the fight that it was a knife for the blood poured down into his eyes. His spectacles were shattered at the first descent of the bar He threw the thief to the floor. They grappled on the floor, kicked the sink loose and smashed the china that was on the table. Horning thought of his revolver but could not remember which room it was in. He forced the man into the pantry on the walls of which there is a splash of blood Mornings blood-as a souvenir Of the encounter. From the pantry they fought to the dining room, Horning striking when his arms were free and the burglar rapping at his head with the steel.
 From the dining room Hcining threw the man into the hallway, up against the piano and then to the floor. He had him down in the center of the hall but the man continued to strike with the bar and Horning be- lieving that he was being severely cut by a knife. suddenly threw himself off and started down the hall to the screen room where he was now con vinced his revolver must be 1
 Looseued from Mornings strong grip the burglar sprang to his feet and ! started with the iron upraised for Iorning again. He advanced a few steps and then seemed to change his ! mind. He whirled around and dashed |. ID the hall to the front door.
 Horning loaped to the porch. Sripped | he revolver which he found on the | shelf, cooked it and whirled back into ! he hall.
 The burglar had thrown open the ! ront door and given the screen a kick i. when Horning, now confident that he | lad the upper hand, deliberately aim d and fired. The burglar pressei his land to his side and sprang ouc on he porch turned back and ran trough the rose garden. HorninS fol- owed. He fired twice as he ran trough the roses and once as the burglar climbed a board fence and gain as he sped across the vacant lot oward Washington street Drops of loOd-the burglar's-were spattered | m the door sill where the first shot vas fired and a little pool of blood vas left on q box which the man topped on as he got over the fence.
 The burglar ran rather slowly He 'as followed by four men and some oys at the start and later others took ID the pursuit He crossed the lot ntered Washington street between 'hird and Fourth avenues, ran past ,onofrio's furniture establishment and own the alley hchind it where he was ,st. He could have been captured asily but the men who followed seem q afraid to close in on him fearing nat he might be armed. He had drop ed the iron bar in the yard and also is hat, both of which are at the po- ce station.
 Mornings wounds were bound up by IT, Willard Smith. One cut vas to le bone and five stitches were taken it. Three stitches were taken in mother cut He seemed in his usual { leerful spirits yesterday afternoon nd none the worse for the encounter. l fact, he talked as though he rather (