Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-25
CRAzED MAN
SLABS A PRIEST
Father Lubeley of st. Joseph's
Catholic Church OF Salisbury,
Mo-, is the Victim.
MAY BE M0RTALLY WOUNDED
lie Had just Finished High Mass aud
Was Leaving the Church When
He Was Attackcd.

Salisbury, Mo. May 2i-Rev. Father
Joseph f. Lubeley, aged SO years
pastor of st. Joseph's catholic churcf
of Salisbury. was stabbed twice with
. pocket knife and perhaps fatally in
jurcd in church this morning by Joseph
Schuette, prosperous farmer living
near here, who is believed to have be-
come suddenly demented
The stabbng occurred In view of 81
worshipers many of them women. The
injured man was taken to a nearby res
idcnce, where his wounds were attended
to by physicians. His condition is err
teal.
Immediately after Father Lubeey
had finished high mass. he started to
leave the church. Al the door he was
rushed upon suddenly from behind by
Schuette. who stabbed him twice, fell
ing him. The first blow from the knife
struck the priest in the temple. and the
second cut a deep cash in the neck, just
missing the iuguar vein.
The crazed man was about to stab
the priest third time when Mrs. Bar
bara Ginter and John Gates. both mem
bers of the church caught his uplifted
hand. In the struggle which followed
Schuette stabbed Mrs. Ginter in the
hand and inflicted a painful cut on
Gates arm, A dozen men came to the
aid of Mrs. Ginter and Gates and over
powered Schuette Struggling and
lighting. he was taken to Jail
1t is believed Schuette who has been
devout member of st. Joseph's
church. became suddenly deranged and
the attempt upon Father Lubeley's life
resulted.
During the service Schuette sat in
the rear of the church. 1t is said he
glared constantly at the priest as il in
great rage.
Following the high mass. Father
Iibeley started to leave the church, In
tending 20 go 10 a schoolhouse nearby,
where he was to preside over a meet
ing. The 40 worshipers were leaving
the church and the priest stopped in
the doorway to shake hands with
Woman.
without warming, and before any one
coulA divine his purpose, Schuette
rusncld upon him with a drawn pocket
knife.S II was not until the priest had
fallen, , seriously injured. that tho
parishicSners realized what had hap
pened' Frightened women shreked
and seNd,ral swooned,
Mrs. Gainter and Gates were the first
were quickly assisted by Il dozen men,
who closecl In on Schuette and pinioned
him to thee ground. Mrs. Ginter and
Gates were slightly wounded.
Schuette Sstruggled desperately with
his captors.H and refused to be quoted
even when this wife and five children
who had accompanied him to mass
hurried to hisS side He was taken tc
jail, struggling desperately.
Physicians who were summoned to
the house where Father Lubeley had
been taken In an unconscious condition
following the fttttack, dressed his
wounds. The priest quickly regained
his senses. and de5 pite the wound In his
throat directed tho sc about him. Later,
Father Lubeley had this to say of the
affair:
He attacked nhe from behind and l
had no chance to, defend myself For
tunately. the firjt thrust of the knife
grazed my temple. 1t would have killed
me had it struck me direct. The doc
tors tell me he}second blow missed my
jugular vein by marrow margin,
''Schuette ahd / were the best OF
friends. and Y never did anything con-
sciously or Ynconsciously to incur his
enmity. He must have lost his reason"
Another Version of the attempted as
sassinatioY is that Father Lubeley had
publicly 1eprimanded Schuette for at
lacking 4 member of the congregation
last SATURDAY,.