Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
ST. AUGUSTINE KNOCKED OUT.
A Lively Assault on the FiGure of st. Au-
 gustine at the Parsonage

A Lively Assault on the Figure of st. Au
 gustine at the Parsonage.
 Some days ago Father Antonio, of tht Catholic church, receive direct iron Paris terra cotta figure of St. Angus tine, which was to be placed on the north dome of the cathedral, and had been placed in the court of the parson. age temporarily. Yesterday afternoon an old lady named Hoyt, who has been Tn the county hospital for some time and who IS seventy years of age, walked into the main entrance to the parson- age, while Father Antonio was in the church, and deliberately proceeded to do some work in the iconoclastic line, and went at it with a vlgor that resulted somewhat disastrously to St. Augustine. When she gained the court she pulled a mesquite club from beneath her apron and at once began to Deiab3 the figure of the venerable saint.
 The figure represents the saint iH.the robes Of priest with a book in the right hand, and the first assault with the mesquite club resulted in the loss of the salnts right hand, book and all. Next an ear fell, and then the trimmings of the robe of priesthood and a section of nose that will in all probability result in the figure losing it's job on the north dome. The second lick ruined the right eye and mutilated the figurative cap to an extent that iniures the real intent and Idea ot the sculptor. A side swipe with the dangerous mesquite emblem of warfare knocked off a good deal of the clerlcal ermlne, and an acrobatic feat of the same terrible instrument resulted in the loss Of an ear and a portion of the "cabeza' of the venerable patriarch.
 k When Father Antonio returned from the church he found the crazed women belaboring the figure and at once took her Tn charge. When Father Antonio reached the court the old woman was saying "Oh; you fraud; I have been praying to you for more than sixty years and l know of no help you have ever given me-not cent"
 Chief Johnson was soon on hand and took the unfortunate woman in hand. While escorting her in his genial official manner across Church plaza accom- panied by Father Antonio she struck him blow in the face that came near sending him to grass. When he re- covered from the blow he became some what excited end had his excitement removed by another blow which con- vinced him that his prisoner, though aged, had a good deal of vigor and muscle. When her pugilistlc energies had been subdued she then pleaded to make confession and kneeled on the plaza for the purpose but WAS of course, taken in hand by the officer.
 This morning she was taken into police court for trial but Father Antonio appearing and asking that no charge be made against her she was discharged and at once taken charge of by the Sisters of St. Joseph.
 The figure IS considerably demolished and 1t IS question whether or not it can be repaired. It was to have been placed in position on the dome this week. The misfortune is an embar- rassing one as Father Antonio has been at great trouble to secure it and the congregation has paid a good deal of money for 1t. It is hoped that no material and irreparable damage has resulted and that the damage can be repaired here.