Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1912 — DIES BY OWN BURGLAR TRAP [ARTICLE]

DIES BY OWN BURGLAR TRAP

Memphis Grocer Fatally Wounded byShotgun Set Near Window for M an Intruder. Memphis, Team.—A burglar trap set by Ray S. Brooks caused the death of Brooks in his grocery store la the- ? outskirts of town. His body was found on the floor when his wife went to toe 1 store to find out why he had not gone to supper. A shotgun arranged to discharge In the direction of a windowjg should an effort be made to raise the window, was empty, Its load hattoll entered Brooks’ body. It Is supposed that he stepped on the string In passing between the gnu and Su»'f i a„ _. -* vSSgH w IDQQW» . „ -- ■