Grandma dies trying to stop sword fight

[jimmy olsen]

  Weird story.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30136788/

Grandmother dies trying to stop sword fight
Grandson, 39, charged in death; another relative, 69, in critical condition

INDIANAPOLIS - A 77-year-old woman who tried to break up a heated sword fight between her grandson and brother-in-law died, and both men were hospitalized with stab wounds, police said Thursday.

Franziska Stegbauer was stabbed during the fight and investigators were trying to determine whether she died from those wounds or a heart attack.

Police placed her grandson, 39-year-old Chris Rondeau, under arrest on a preliminary charge of attempted murder. Stegbauer's brother-in-law, 69-year-old Adolf Stegbauer, suffered several serious stab wounds, police said.

"We're unsure yet who started this fight, how the swordplay got involved," police Sgt. Matthew Mount said. "We're not sure who it was who stabbed the woman. We'll have to do some testing on the swords and figure out who had which sword, whose blood is on which sword."

An autopsy was scheduled for Franziska Stegbauer on Thursday.

She was not breathing when officers arrived about 1 a.m. at the home on the city's northwest side and she was later pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.

Adolf Stegbauer was listed in critical condition at Wishard Hospital, a spokesman said. Rondeau's condition was not immediately known.

Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.

[Martinus]

Never bring a grandma to a swordfight.

[Ed Anger]

She will not be the ruler of them all.

[DGuller]

Don't bring your fists to a swordfight.

[Caliga]

How many times have I told you people that Indiana is even more redneck than Kentucky?  Me = VINDICATED.

[Malthus]

My son witnessed a nearly fatal swordfight a couple of weeks ago.

My parents took Carl to a Medieval Pagent held at the Museum. One of the shows was a demonstration of knights in armour fighting with swords. Of course it was supposed to be a mock-fight with blunt weapons between trained re-enactors, but something went wrong and one of the guys got stabbed through the armpit with a blunt sword, severing an artery and starting to bleed out. The paramedics arrived quickly and saved him, then hauled him off to the hospital.

They mopped up the blood and carried on.

[Ed Anger]

How many times have I told you people that Indiana is even more redneck than Kentucky?  Me = VINDICATED.

You still lose, as you eat at gas stations.

CAL = GASSY AND BLOATED

[jimmy olsen]

My son witnessed a nearly fatal swordfight a couple of weeks ago.

My parents took Carl to a Medieval Pagent held at the Museum. One of the shows was a demonstration of knights in armour fighting with swords. Of course it was supposed to be a mock-fight with blunt weapons between trained re-enactors, but something went wrong and one of the guys got stabbed through the armpit with a blunt sword, severing an artery and starting to bleed out. The paramedics arrived quickly and saved him, then hauled him off to the hospital.

They mopped up the blood and carried on.

How'd you explain that to Carl?

[Malthus]

My son witnessed a nearly fatal swordfight a couple of weeks ago.

My parents took Carl to a Medieval Pagent held at the Museum. One of the shows was a demonstration of knights in armour fighting with swords. Of course it was supposed to be a mock-fight with blunt weapons between trained re-enactors, but something went wrong and one of the guys got stabbed through the armpit with a blunt sword, severing an artery and starting to bleed out. The paramedics arrived quickly and saved him, then hauled him off to the hospital.

They mopped up the blood and carried on.

How'd you explain that to Carl?

I wasn't there.

He never mentioned it, so I just assume he thought that was supposed to happen.

[Darth Wagtaros]

My son witnessed a nearly fatal swordfight a couple of weeks ago.

My parents took Carl to a Medieval Pagent held at the Museum. One of the shows was a demonstration of knights in armour fighting with swords. Of course it was supposed to be a mock-fight with blunt weapons between trained re-enactors, but something went wrong and one of the guys got stabbed through the armpit with a blunt sword, severing an artery and starting to bleed out. The paramedics arrived quickly and saved him, then hauled him off to the hospital.

They mopped up the blood and carried on.

How'd you explain that to Carl?

'The show must go on, Son!"

[jimmy olsen]

My son witnessed a nearly fatal swordfight a couple of weeks ago.

My parents took Carl to a Medieval Pagent held at the Museum. One of the shows was a demonstration of knights in armour fighting with swords. Of course it was supposed to be a mock-fight with blunt weapons between trained re-enactors, but something went wrong and one of the guys got stabbed through the armpit with a blunt sword, severing an artery and starting to bleed out. The paramedics arrived quickly and saved him, then hauled him off to the hospital.

They mopped up the blood and carried on.

How'd you explain that to Carl?

I wasn't there.

He never mentioned it, so I just assume he thought that was supposed to happen.

When he goes nuts with a sword at college, you'll know where to lay the blame.

[Savonarola]

When he goes nuts with a sword at college, you'll know where to lay the blame.

I blame the rap music.

[Ed Anger]

My son witnessed a nearly fatal swordfight a couple of weeks ago.

My parents took Carl to a Medieval Pagent held at the Museum. One of the shows was a demonstration of knights in armour fighting with swords. Of course it was supposed to be a mock-fight with blunt weapons between trained re-enactors, but something went wrong and one of the guys got stabbed through the armpit with a blunt sword, severing an artery and starting to bleed out. The paramedics arrived quickly and saved him, then hauled him off to the hospital.

They mopped up the blood and carried on.

Coolness. Kids love violence. Sounds better than the Ren Faire I went to for the hell of it some years ago. Fat chicks and hippy nerds.

[Malthus]

When he goes nuts with a sword at college, you'll know where to lay the blame.

To be honest, I'm much more worried about the fact he really, really enjoyed the demolision derby. 

Anyway, for Carl it's too late: he's already trained to be a sword-weilding maniac:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IxUdBPnvpg&feature=channel_page

[Neil]

How many times have I told you people that Indiana is even more redneck than Kentucky?  Me = VINDICATED.

Settling your differences in a swordfight is less redneck than eating at a gas station, Jethro.