The evening world., 1914-07-21
SHOOTS
WOMAN WHOT TRIES
TO HALT ESCAPE
There He CoeS" Cries Mrs.
Chambers, and Bullet Strikes
Her in Side.
BUILDING FIRED TWICE.
Arson Suspect Gets Away In
Brooklyn Under Noses of
Police Guard.
BUILDING FIRED TWICE.

Plain c1othss men. policemen ana
fremsn searched the cellars. roofs
and back yards around No. o Md
dash street. Brooklyn. for several
hours early to-day for the mysterious
nrsbug whose repeated appearances
In the nsighborhood illuminated
shortly before midnight In the shoot
Ing Of woman after two incsndisry
fires had been sxtinguished in No. 81.
The building 10 owned by Peter w.
Rouss. son OF the late Charles Broad
way Rouss. the blind millionaire.
There have been four blases Of sus-
picious origin in the house In tho
last few months and Fire Marshal
Brophy and his men. cooperating With
the police. worked diligently to md .
motive and land the person respon-
sible.
One side of the triangular block 10
only half . block from Brooklyn
Police Headquarters. and for . lons
time the residents have taken an I'M
usual interest In the uncanny culprlt
who started blases and vanished
without leaving . trace.
Just before midnight James Pur-
cell. the janitor Of the building. found
q blaze at the foot Of the stairs on
the second floor. He called Police
man Pritchard. and after sending In
an alarm they went through the
building arousing the tenants. In .
vacant room in . fourth floor apart.
ment they found . second fire. Around
both blases tho firemen. VINO had 1T
tie trouble In oxttnguishing them,
found kerosene.
Detectives were left at the house TO
walt for Fire Marshal Drophy. and
Fireman John J. Leddy Of Truck No
20l was stationed inside the house,
On the third floor live Patrick Cham
bers. his wife. Rose: their son and
daughter. four and ten years old. and
a brother Of Mrs. Chambers. Leddy
was talking to them ieas than hall
an hour after tho hres whom report
spread through the neighborhood that
the firebug had been seen skulking
behind one the fences. lmme-
diately there was n rush to the win
dows Of tho thirty houses In the
block. and hundreds Of eyes peered
into the shadows.
Fireman Leddy. with . lighted
lantern, climbed out on one Of the
Chambers fire. escapes. and Mrs
Chambers, her husband and children
trying to follow. out on another es-
cape.
There he goes" exclaimed Mrs
Chambers. indicating a shadowy form
on one of the fences Tho remark
was followed by tho crack OF . re-
volver from one Of the yards. Mrs
Chambers pressed her hand to hel
side and toppled over.
Quickly she was drawn into M,
apartment. and DIR. Gehrman Of the
Long Island College Hospital wai
called. Tho bullet had entered hel
side and come out her back. Father
Grant OF the Church Of the Assump-
ton gave her the last rites and sh,
was hurried to tho hospital. where
it was said later she would recover.
Great excitement followed In tn,
neighborhood and few vsntursd 4
put their heads out the window
again until daylight. All tho avail
ablo policemen and detectives wsr
rushed into the block and searches
everywhere. but could ind no sus
picious characters. nor could the.
find any one who would admit hav
ing seen tho fash Of tho revolver
Chambers and his wife declared the!
had no enemies. The police are work
ing on the theory that the nrsbus I