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Show HIS HEAD BLOWN OFF. Burglar la Killed nnd Town Mnrshal Tatally Wounded In a Dnttlo With Eobbers. lllyrla, O, Nov. 14 Marshal Henry Krohm was seriously shot und nn unknown un-known burglar hud his head blown off In a battle hero early today. Tho shooting orcuied during a light with font robbers, who terrorized tbo town The gang stolo horses and rigs, entered several houses and shot recklessly In u wild charge down the main street J i: Ilulrd vvaa awakened by burglars burg-lars In his house He saw two masked men standing on either sldo of his bed Drawn revolvers were pointed at his hend, but he Jumped from bed and giappled with the Intruders In lhe darkness they broke away ami lied Tho burglars then entered the homo of Town Marshul Krohm who opened lire on the in When he hud shot thice limes ono of the robbers who had Jumped Into In-to a buggy, got out and began blazing away at the Marshal At tho third shot the latter tell with u bullet through his hip Ilulrd who had meantime arrived, nicked un the ofllcer's gun and rutlll- ued llrlng 'Iho robbers, however, drove rupldly away Ilulrd tollowed them tn tbo home of Hupirlntcnd.nl W, J miller of the Cleveland, lllyrla & Western railway, liven after llalrd opened llro on the robbers they walked Into tho 1 Killer home, nftei smashing In Iho door lhe noise moused Hllller und ho reached lor his gun, loaded with quail shot A burglar cautiously opened the door and Hllller blew his head off with the first dlschirge 'lhe other robber turned and run, hut Hllller discharged the second sec-ond barrel The robber yelled nnd tottered tot-tered but did not tall Ho tan Into the stieel and disappeared , Mutshiil Krnliiu Is perhaps fatally wounded The dead robber's linen Is marked 'Davis" Ho had In his pocket a mileage book sold at Oil City, Pa , lo 'Mr. Divls" |