The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-03-09
SHOT, ENTERING STORE

Louis Barnard, of Weldon, Shot and
Killed while BurgIarizine Store
at Stur9es, Missouri.
Louis Barnard, we'll known
young man whose home was at We'll
don, was shot while attempting to
enter store at Sturges, Mo-, on
Sunday morning, Feb. rs, and died
at hospital at Chillicothe the same
evening. When placed under arrest
Barnard gave the name of Thomas
Moor, but before he died made a
confession, telling his real name, and
who his relatives we've. Barnard
was only twenty years of age, and
had never before been known to
have done a criminal act. w. B..
Richards, a relative who lives at
Weldon, went to Chillicothe and took
charge of his remains which were
taken to Weldon for interment.
The coroner's jury returned ver-
dict exonerating Mr.. Boorn, who
fired the shot which resulted in
Barnard's death, finding that Barn
ard was shot while entering the store
of C. N. Boorn and was shot by
Boorn, who was justifiable in shoot
ing said Louis Barnard in protec-
tion of his life and property.
The following account of the sad
tragedy is taken from the Chilli
cothe, Mo-, Daily Constitution:
A young man about twenty years
old and giving his name as Thomas
Moor and his home as Weldon, Iowa,
was shot and fatally wounded by c..
N. Boorn, owner of a general mer-
chandise store at Sturges about one
o'clock Sunday morning as Moor was
entering the store in an attempt to
rob it.
Mr.. Boorn, who was sleeping in
the rear of the building, was
awakened by noise of falling glass.
In about fifteen minutes after hear
ing the crash, he saw the form of a
man entering the store through a
panel in the front door in which the
glass had been broken. AS the man
had one foot over the wood foot
board and was in the act of stepping
into the store, Boorn raised up in
bed and fired. The man fell back
ward onto the sidewalk with 38
caliber bullet in his abdomen. Fear
ing he had companion, Mr.. Boorn
waited sometime before he ventured
to the door to see if he had wounded
the intruder. In the meantime
Moor had gotten up and walked to
the, depot where. he summoned Mrs.
Mccarthy, the Milwaukee operator
and told her he had been kicked off
a train and shot by a brakeman.
The agent Immediately wired to
Chillicothe and found the mans
statement was false.
Mrs. Mccarthy then summoned
DR.. J. B. Freeman, of Sturges, and
DR.. L. P. Carlyle, of Chula. In the
meantime, Moor, thinking he was
going to die before medical assist
ance arrived, asked the operator to
summon a priest. She called up
sheriff Mark White and after telling
him the condition of the man, asked
him to send priest. Father Bern
ardin of St. Columban's church de-
parted at 2 o'clock Sunday morning
for Sturges and soon after he ar
rived he gave the last rites of the
Catholic religion. The physicians
upon arriving, made careful ex-
animation and found that the bullet
had passed through Moor's arm and
entered the body, lodging in his alb
domen. They gave temporary re-
lief to the wounded man until he
was removed to the hospital here,
where he died at o'clock Sunday
evening.
After the arrival of the priest,
Moor confessed he had entered
store in Sturges and was shot. Mrs.
Mccarthy again telephoned sheriff
White, and deputy sheriff Rohrer
was dispatched to Sturges. Upon the
arrival of the officer at Sturges de-
pot, he found Mr.. Boorn there, who
told the officer the particulars of the
shooting. Boorn was exonerated.
Moor asked the storekeeper to forgive
him which he did. NJ Boorn stat
ed that he did not intend to kill
him; he only shot to scare him away.
Moor was brought to this city on
the milwaukee passenger train Sun
day afternoon and was taken to st.
Mary's hospital, where he died at
II o'clock Sunday evening. Moor
stated to the officers that his mother
was dead and that he did not know
where his father was.
The body was taken to the Mohrs
undertaking store where it was pre-
pared for burial and will be held
awaiting word from the dead mans
sister, Mrs. George Wolever, Of We'll
don, Iowa.
"A post mortem was held by Coron-
er Dowell and DR.. w. f. Simpson
Monday morning and an inquest will
be held Tuesday morning.
The little town of Sturges was all
agog Sunday over the shooting.
Farmers for several miles flocked to
the town to get glimpse of the man
who attempted to burglarize the
Boorn store. On the street corners
you could see men discussing the
shooting and citizens upheld Mr..
Boorn in his act in defending his
property.
The following coroner's jury was
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