The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-05-06
MRS. HUGO SHOOTS
At TWO BURGLARS
BRAVE WOMAN FIRES SEVERAL
SHOTS AT MEN TRYING TO
ENTER HOME-CAR STOLEN.

Because she was not afraid to use
gun Mrs. G. j. Hugo, wife of Hon
orable G. j. Hugo, representative
in the state legislature for Latah
county, prevented robbery of her
home last night. She fired number
of shots at two would-be burglars
who were attempting to enter her
home and may have struck one of
them, as he fell to the ground, but re-
gained his feet and made his escape.
Bullets flew thick and fast, for Mrs.
Hugo shot rapidly with a repeating
revolver. The shots were fired from
the window of an upstairs bed room
and bullets cut the vines around the
porch on which the two burglars
stood.
Mrs. Hugo was alone at home with
her children when she heard noise
on the porch She arose and went to
the window, which was open, but COW
cred by a screen. She could see two
men on the porch and got good view
of them as the light shone on the
porch from street lamp. She fired
several shots and the men started to
run. One fell, after he had leaped
from the porch, but regained his feet
and made off. The neighbors were
aroused and Chief of Police Grant
Robbins was summoned. He got de-
scription of the men and took meas
urements of their tracks.
Chief Robbins said: Il do not think
either of the men was hit as no blood
was found, but Mrs. Hugo surely shot
close to them She showed me where
the men were standing on the porch
and I saw where the vines had been
cut by the bullets, which must have
passed uncomfortably close to the
men if they were not struck"
The Chevrolet car of Professor H.
v. Matthews, of the high school, was
stolen last night and it is believed the
men who attempted the burglary took
the car and escaped from Moscow.
Professor Mathews had driven down
town about 7:30 and went to the Uni
versity of Idaho with w. C. Renfrew,
vice-president of the First National
Bank, leaving his own car in front of
the bank building, on Main street, In
the very heart of the business center.
When he returned at about 10 O'Clock
the car was gone. The attempted
burglary occurred about $50, and it
is believed the men came directly
down town, took the car and left.
Inc car is OoScTlU0u DIS OueNIO-
let, model 400, with license (Idaho)
No. 1882; motor No. B84582, both
front, and left rear tires Riverside
right rear tire, Goodrich; yellow len
ses Mohair top, about one-third COW
cred with oil and had turned gray,
and single oval glass in rear curtain.
Sheriff Woody and Deputy Sheriff
Summerfield drove to Pullman and
Colfax last night after the theft was
but found no clew.
Later investigation leads to the be-
lief that the car was stolen before
the burglary. Mrs. Mathews says
she heard car, which sounded very
much like their car which was stolen,
come past their home about o'clock.
She saw the car and it had yellow
lenses and she thought it was Profess
sor Mathews returning home until
the car passed the house without
stopping She feels confident it was
their car and it is believed to have
gone east. She knew that Professor
Mathews was going to the university
and wondered why he was returning
so soon, and looked out in time to see
the car approaching and go on past
the house. The car came east on Sixth
street and passed the Mathews house,
at corner Of Sixth and lind and went
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