Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1909 — PRIEST CUT BY BURGLARS [ARTICLE]

PRIEST CUT BY BURGLARS

Franciscan Father In Hand to Hand Clash With Thieves. Utica, N. Y„ June 11.—In a hand to hand encounter with three burglars, a Franciscan father attached to St. Stephens church of Croghan, a suburb, was stabbed In the right arm. Other priests heard the struggle in the monastery and prevented a killing.