Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1899 — SEES THIEF FROM PULPIT. [ARTICLE]

SEES THIEF FROM PULPIT.

Minister Leaps from Chancel and Catches a Prowler. While preaching the Christmas service in St. Paul's Episcopal Church at Marinette. Wis.. Rev. Dr. H. W. Schefeler saw a thief coming out of his house with his pockets stuffed full of valuables. He quickly stopped in the middle of a sentence and threw off his vestments and gave chase. He caught the prowler and handed him over to the police*. The thief was sentenced to six months in the penitentiary.