The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-09
THE MAN OF GOD sMoTE THE
MAN OF SATAN AND SAT- ON

THE MAN OF GOD SMOTE THE
MAN OF SATAN AND SAT- ON
HIM.
Larry Hamilton, burglar, thug and
all-around villain, met preacher in
his rounds last night and was knocked
out forthwith Like David Of old, the
dominic smote the monster heavily in a
good cause. but he did not finish the
job by cutting off his head. The man
of God simply straddled the intruder
and held him down while members Of
the congregation hurried for the police
Hamilton is now in a steel cell at the
carry he will spend the next few years
In San Quentin prison for burglary. 1t
is not his fault that murder was not
added to his crime Of housebreaking.
The Rev. G. w. Maggart preached a
sermon at the Lutheran church, on Sec
ond street, last night, on Some Hin
ORANGES to Faith" It was a good SER
mon, full of wisdom and sage advice,
and the admonition of the preacher to
his hearers to be ever on the alert and
repel with all the force of ones being
the common foe Of humanity was illus
trated in a doubly striking manner i'm
mediately after the benediction had
been pronounced, when, with the aid Of
& flower pot made of uncommonly hard
pottery, the preacher smote a robber
on the skull and stretched him out on
the grass.
The Rev. and Mrs. Maggart live in a
house adjoining the church on the
north. When the congregation was
dismissed, about S:45 o'clock, some of
the church members noticed a moving
light in the parsonage. They at once
suspected that something was wrong,
for both Mr.. and Mrs. Maggart were at
church, and the house IS always locked
during their absence. F. j. Villa, who
was one of those who first saw the
light, notified the pastor and he hur-
ried to investigate the matter, followed
by Mr.. Villa, r. H. Young and several
other men of the congregation.
Mr.. Maggart and Mr.. Villa took their
stand on either side of the front door,
| which was a large glass panel. Mr..
Maggart had hastily armed himself
with a flower pot that stood near by.
They were Just in time to secure the
job they were after, for the burglar,
alarmed by footsteps on the porch, evil
IDENTIFY made up his mind that the door
offered the only means of escape.
Raising his foot he kicked a hole in the
glass, and, showing a huge revolver out
in advance of his body, began to slide
out
His head had scarcely appeared when
it was struck resounding blow by the
flower pot hurled by the athletic young
preacher. The robber fell out of the
door like an OK under the force of a
sledge hammer, and, before he could
recover himself, was grabbed by Mr..
Villa and Mr.. Maggart. Mr.. Villa gave
his attention to the big revolver. which
the burglar still held, and which he was
attempting to discharge at his captors.
Either through accident or by the eff
forts of the villain, the gun was dis
charged, but the ball went wide of its
mark. The report served to increase
the excitement of the occasion, and the
women and children of the congrega-
ton, nearly all of whom had a more or
less vague idea that something was
happening in the parsons yard, at
once became hysterical and tried to get
J out of range of the revolver.