Show THIEF SHOOTS AT SHARP Detected in Act of Taking lumber an Unknown Man Fires Sev Several Several eral Shots Libel Liber Liberty ty tI was dear door to an unknown man who at an early hour yesterday morn morning mornIng mornIng ing was in the act of or making away with some old lumber owned by bT John JohnA A Sharp near the Jurdan Jordan bridge on Twelfth South street So dear was the mans liberty that he risked taking a few rew shots at Air Mr Sharp and his hie neighbor Ross ROBS Porter rather than submit to awaiting the arrival of ot Sheriff Joseph Sharp after he had been forced to return the lumber lumberto to the th place from where it was taken Mr Sharp was returning home from a neighborhood meeting when he discovered the theft Sending his son Jesse Jeue Sharp Slurp to telephone far the sheriff he caught th the theman man and compelled him to return the lumber In answer to his request that the theman theman man wait walt for the sheriff sh riff a gun was flourished and the man drove away Securing a Q shotgun Mr Sharp and Mr Porter gave pursuit and were wore fired tIred at I several times timet When Sheriff Joseph Sharp and a deputy arrived the man had bad disappeared |