New-York tribune., 1914-03-30
Drops Into Yard, Where
Watch Dog Aids in
His Capture.
COMPANION BITTEN.
BUT HE GETS AWAY
Men We're Surprised While They
Drilled Safe in a Williams
burg Store.

Discovered in the act Of blowing open
safe in the haberdsshery store Of
Schwart & Volfson. at No. rs Broadway.
Williamsburg. early yesterday. one OF two
burglars, while trying TO escape, was
shot by Patrolman Bernard Broden, OF
the Clymer street station The burglar
who is badly wounded, said he was John
Reid. and that he came here recently
from Buffalo. He is a prisoner in the
Williamsburg Hospital with a bullet in
the back. which is believed to have pene-
trated the lung, and a second wound in
the left thigh His condition last night
was said to be critical
Ii is the belief of the police that the
second burglar was not only hit by one
or two Of the bullets fred at him by Bro
den in the chase over rear fences. but
that he was attacked and bitten by a
large mastin in the rear yard to the
property of Joseph MehIing. "A saloon
keeper. at No. rs Flushing avenue.
Bloodstains were found on the ferces
crossed by the burglar in his fight. The
same animal attacked Reid, who was
trying TO fight off the dog when he was
shot and had only sufficient strength to
crawl over an adjoining fence into yard
where he was captured.
The two burglars left behind con-
hination drill and dog chain, which is
put around the safe; steel jimmies. a
crowbar, an electric flash lamp, explosives
and other tools.
Entrance to the store was gained by
way OF the cellar. where the burglars
bored holes in the floor and sawed out
4 section. The 10O-pound safe was rolled
behind wooden partition. and around II
was packed paper and pasteboard boxes
TO deaden the sound of the explosion.
The cash register was not overlooked; 1t
was pried open and $50 taken.
The burglars were engaged in drilling
holes I'm the safe door when Patrolman
Broden came along trying the doors lie
missed the safe in the store Of Schwart <
Wolfson, and he investigated. Finding
the cellar door open, he entered, ana
above him he heard the burglars working
at the drill The patrolman hurried out
and called his station house for help
Broden then re-entered the cellar and
crawled through the hole into the store
Just as he reached the store the burglars
became alarmed, opened the rear door
and escaped into the yard. Broden fired
when he caught sight Of the burglars
crossing the fences.
When the two burglars dropped into
the yard i'm the rear Of Mehlings saloon
they were attacked by the dog. Both
were bitten. but one managed to escape
over the fence into Thornton street. He
was last seen running around the corner
of the German Catholic Church of All
Saints by priests who had been awak-
ened by the shooting.
Weakened by the bullet wounds. Reid.
the burglar who was captured, was un-
able TO fight off the dog. His clothing
was torn, and while trying to escape the
animals teeth he was shot by the excited
occupants of the adjoining dwellings. He
was found living alongside the fence and
was fast losing consciousness. On reach-
ing the hospital the wounded man was re-
vived sufficiently to give his name II was
found he was wearing tight-ittng gloves
TO prevent leaving finger prints ON the
safe and this leads the police 70 believe
no can he readily identified He refused
10 saw ANYTHING about his companion.