Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-26
Hdrold Ydtnali
Stain By burglar
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os 80 , AS she left the City Hal, I'm conno,,.
., two of her friends she was :. uompany
state of collapse '"e was nearing a
rollowing this the police ,,r,,., Al.
,t servants of the ysrnaii fann;t'' e ,,e
e.neu them Tor several hours Detecti,as
aIe WORKING on the theory tina, ,ba ,,,',.
iete' ootained some assistance in eaininu
entrance to the place :" e''''"s
VICTIM TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Hter the shooting Mr. Yarnall was ,.,o,
w ,re Pennsyvania Hospitaf where h ,s y
operated upon by his family physician Dr
@ onn n dibbon Mr.. Yarnail is fftv.one
mrs; Yarnall collapsed after she hoa
LIS, o1neo 10 the window and called for
nelp and Is now under the cara 20 ~.
Hobart A. Hare at her home she AZ.
scr,oed the fugitive as saffron coIored
sho s scant inch above Ave feet in heipbt
MIS- iarnall says she believes he ,ya q
ADMITTED to the house by a colored woma ~
who was cooking for the family lust for
we oay In the absence OF the regular
ned during the melee.
Mr.. Yarnall had been in tbe oorna,.
OF his brother, Charlton yarn,,i d,,'.;,, J.
S.e AFTERNOON at the lattei's farm near
NeWtoWn. They returned shortly after
o'"o O'Clock, and were to dress for dinner
ana then attend the last of the m,lsicaies
Which charlton iarnall has been giving
at ms nome on Sundays during the win.
ter. While Mrs. Yarnall went 10 her room
which is on the second floor, her ms
nahd went to the bathroom and was i'm
'he bathtub when he heard her shout.
CAME TO wIFE's AID
The door to Mrs. Yarnall's room u..
opened 1t swings back upon bureau where
she had her jewery and mesbbag which
contained 800. As she stepped to tbe
bureau Tor her comb she espied the col.
ored intruder secreted behind the door.
Her purse was in the mans hand
The burglar flung the door shut and
then sprang at Mrs. Yarnan. She
srappled with the man while she screamed
Tor her husband. The intruder smothered
door with the other hand. and then ar.
tempted to drag her into the hallway. all
the while trying to shake off her grin.
The bathroom is on the same floor with
MRS. larnalIs room, and Mr. Yarnall had
Just completed his bath when he heard
the cries.
Mr. Yarnall rushed at once to her aid
AS he jumped at the negro the latter
pulled revolver from his hin noclset
ana nred Mr.. Yarnall staggered forward
seized the burglar and told his wife
to release her hold. As she did so Mr.
farnall half pushed and half threw the
negro toward the head of the stairs Then
although his wound was bleeding frenI,,
9.r. larnall either kicked or fell down.
stairs with the man.
AS the burglar reached the bottom he
arose and fired again at his victim. The
shot went Wild however and buried itself
in the wall.
During the battle Mrs. Yarnau rushed
to of the uinIpus nI !,
George Mason Chichester, a neigbbor ar
S2O Pine street, heard the screams and
the sounds of the struggle, and arming
himself with revolver went into the
farnall home. When he arrived the des.
perado had disappeared
Mr.. Yarnall. after the burglar fled had
arisen and staggered up stairs, still con
scious, although suffering from the wound
in the groin. He hung over the balus.
trade and directed Mr.. Chichester to
search the premises to see If he could
find the burglar. Then he walked slowly
to his own room, where he lay down on
the bed. When Chichester reached him
Mr.. Yarnall said calmly:
Get Doctor Gibbon and send for the
ambulance at the hospital"
Mrs Yarnall's cries had reached the
ears of the ambulance driver across the
street. and he hurried to the house. BY
this time Chichester had telephoned to
the family physician and had also nOt-
fed Lieutenant Duffy, of the police sta
ton at Twelfth and Pine streets. The
ambulance was sent, and Lieutenant
Duffy and the driver carried Mr.. Yarnall,
who was still conscious, into the hos
pital. On the way to the ward Mr.. Var
nall recited the events in his home to the
police officer. while Mrs. Yarnal furnished
him with meager description of the
burglar.
In the hospital the victim retained his
nerve. Upon the arrival of Doctor Glib.
bon, Charlton Yarnall and several friends
the wounded man recognized them all
and talked in broken sentences Of his
fight with the burglar. Doctor Gibbon ad-
ministered an anesthetic and decided that
he would not probe for the bullet. as the
chances against success were too great
Charlton Yarnall was especially affected
by the affair. He had just gone in to din
ner at his home l7l0 Locust street, when
the telephone rang. and he learned that his
brother had been shot.
Charlton Yarnall went at once to the
home of his brother, where Mrs. Harold
Yarnall told him the circumstances of the
shooting He then hurried to the Pennsyl-
vania Hospital. where Daniel Test, the su-
perintendent. met him, and, with several
friends they went to the ward Harold
Sarnall still conscious, related his story
to Charlton Yarnall, and then Doctor Glib
bon took charge of his patient.