The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
BURGLAR ALARM WAS ON JOB
Posse of Village Residents Search All
Parts of the Town for Wounded Man
bat it is Thought That He Caught
Freight Train and Got to Milwaukee.
From SATURDAYS Dailv.l

The burglar alarm in the Bullamore
store at the village of Somers was
called into service at an early hour
this morning, and as a result history
repeated itself and would-be burglar
who had entered the store is now
trailing somewhere over the country
hearing with him the marks of wounds
inflicted by a shot gun in the hands
of Albert Bullamore and the officials
believe that it is certain that the man
will be captured within few hours
Bullamore aim was good, but it was
not good enough to put an effective
stop to the escape of the burglar.
However, he left trail of blood and
a loaded revolver behind him.
The attempted burglary took place
just before l O'Clock this morning.
The burglar had made entrance to the
store by use Of skeleton key and just
as soon as he started to walk behind
the counter he touched the burglar
alarm and awakened the village. The
people of the village had heard sim
liar call to arms a year ago and they
had good reason to believe that some
thing would be doing as on the former
occasion one of the members of the
Bullamore family winged a fleeing
burglar and he was afterward cap
tured in Milwaukee and brought back
Ito Kenosha and sentenced to term
in prison. He is still in prison. Be-
fore the man who had entered the
store discovered that the burglar
alarm, which is located at the home
of the men connected with the stores,
had been sounded the store was sur
rounded and he was caught in a net.
The men who had come to the aid of
the storekeepers made an cutlery, and
the burglar seeing his critical situa-
tion decided to make a dash for liber-
ty. lie chose the north door Of the
store and managed to get out of the
door and some feet from the store
building before Albert Bullamore
trained his shot in that direction.
Bullamore caught sight Of the fellow
as he was making his getaway and let
go with the shot gun. The man drop
ped and rolled over and over on the
grass, but he managed to get out of
sight and a minute later freight
train pulled through the station and
it is thought that the man managed
to get aboard the train. Before the
smoke of the shooting had blown away
Sheriff Stahl was aroused and he hur-
Frled to Somers in an automobile and
with posse of people of the village
made search Of the surrounding
country. The search continued all
night, but no trace Of the wounded
man could be found. The revolver
which he had carried was turned over
to the sheriff and as the trial of the
man stopped at the railway tracks it
is thought certain that the man man
aged to catch the passing freight
train. On the former occasion the
wounded burglar escaped to Milwau-
kee and was captured there.
Bullamore was unable to give any
thing like an accurate description of
the man as the night was dark and
he had to take a hit or miss shot at
him.
The burglary caused great excite
ment in the village.
The burglar alarm at the Bullamore
store has been about the most success
full thing of the kind ever installed.
The store is located near the railway
tracks and it seems to have been
marked by tramps for burglary. On
one occasion the burglar alarm sound
ed and the man got away, but on two
other occasions the alarm aided ma
terially in the capture of the burglars.
Sheriff Stahl this morning sent mes
sages to police departments in Chicago
and Milwaukee and to all cities along
the line asking that an effort be made
to arrest the wounded burglar. An
investigation revealed the fact that
the man secured absolutely no booty.