How does Sam Gardiner put a stop to guy Wortman's trouble making?

Sam Gardiner sets a trap at his store, and Wortman takes the bait. When Wortman attempts to break in, he is met with a loaded gun and some very uncomfortable buckshot.

Vandalism was proceeding in full force when a blast of buckshot sent three men leaping into the darkness and caught Guy Wortman, as Gardiner had intended it to do, directly in the hindquarters.