Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1913 — PIECE OF BULLET REMOVED FROM BURNS [ARTICLE]

PIECE OF BULLET REMOVED FROM BURNS

Man Shot By Posse At Schneider After Trying To Murder His Wife Has Been HI. Hugh Burns, who tried to murder -his wife at Schneider about three months ago, and who was shot by one of a posse of men while his wife lay quiet feigning death, was operated bn Sunday, according to the Hammond Times. Burns is in jail at Crown Ponit, awaiting trial for his attempt to kill his wife. He has been quite ill lately as a result of a part of one of the bullets being imbedded in the hone of one of his legs. Sunday Drs. Houk and Farley, of Crown Point, conducted an exploratory operation and located and removed the bullet. The wound had caused Burns excruciating pain ever since the injury was received. It is expectednow that he will he greatly relieved. His trial will probably take place in September, and Attorney A. Halleck, of Rensselaer, who is an uncle of Mrs. Burns, will assist the Lake county prosecutor in presenting the state’s case.