The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-15

at that time. On a former occasion he
had chased her with a butcher knife.
Yesterday afternoon she decided to
leave him and go to Chicago. She
came to Schneider at $40 in the even
ing hoping to get away on the c. L. &
S. train which leaves Schneider at 7:4O.
Burns had followed her. There were
other passengers in the waiting room
and Burns stepped in and sat beside
his scared wife. In one pocket he had
a revolver. in another shells, in a third
La bottle of carbolic acid and in a
fourth a razor. He whispered some-
thing into her ear. She gave him a
startled look and left his side and sat
beside another woman.
SHOOTS WIFE A SECOND TINE.
You'll never leave this station" he
said to her in a threatening tone of
voice and he walked out. On the sta
ton platform he caught a glimpse of
her figure through a window, and
drawing his gun he fired. The woman
fell to the floor unconscious and he
rushed into the station. He ordered
everybody out and leveled his gun at
&C. T. Smith the telegraph operator.
The first shot was heard at Nc
Broom's restaurant. a hundred feet
OAA tto 1SRCr oAo oSN
came to the door. Frank Parsons n
young man about twenty years old
came out on the sidewalk and before
he could go far. he had a bullet wound
in his knee. Burns and his wife were
alone In the station now. He held his
gun again toward his wife and shot at
her. this time striking her In the
elbow. A wild yell went up from the
people at the restaurant. There was
a confusion of shouts. and a revolver
shot went into Burns direction. He
shot back without hitting anybody and
there was a luil. Harry Rouse the
deputy sheriff was m ard he
ordered several men to assist him to
capture Burns. The latter seeing this
move. opened the depot door far
enough to look out and fired at the
deputy sheriff and his assistants
lRouse heard two bullets whistle past
his head and they kept under cover.
A freight train passed on the C. I. &
is. and the fireman Sharkweather oil
Hammond who took in the situation a
la glance shouted to the insane farmer
For an answer Burns directed a shot ir
his direction but hit the cab instead
Everytime a human figure came with
lin range of Burns vision he fired
Eighteen times part of of his head
was seen to protrude beyond the dooI
land each time his revolver spit fire
After twenty minutes of this kind OF
warfare, Burns was seen to keel over
deputy Sheriff Rouse. and william
Chiel and Harry Balser rushed over &c
the depot and found the injured mar
reaching for the carbolic acid bottle
They took 1t away from him. He was
too badly injured to say whether il
was his own bullet or not that enter.
ed his body below the heart. Deputy
Sheriff Rouse says hat the bullet
could not have been fired by the posse
because Burns never exposed himself
He was taken to Ahlgrim's poolroom
where he was placed on a cot. The
woman wanted to continue her jour.
ney to Chicago but was persuaded &c
remain in a bed over Booms restaur-
ant. Parsons was taken to his homo
This morning Burns was taken to st
tMargaret's hospital in Hammond via
the c. i. & S. railroad. He is in a criti.
cal condition. He is said to be 4
brother of "Bill. Burns the forme,
lWhite Sox pitcher.
Sheriff Henry Whitaker this morning
had words of praise for his deputy
Harry Rouse for handling a critica
situation as he did without letting any
of those assisting him get hurt. Undel
cover OF a protecting telegraph pol,
Rouse advanced to parley with Burns
but the latter would hear nothing o
giving up the fight. The depot thi,
morning shows the effects OF the bull
lets that were aimed at the fghtinf
farmer.