Hammer Assault

Dave Mathias

Denver Post

Suitor cooly admits beating girl's parents. Ronald Durbin says, 'I hit the dad...Then I hit the mother...' Deputy sheriff Clyde Gemeny holds hammer used in attack. Hammer hand broke while youngster was hitting girl friend's parents. Matthew Raia is in fair condition at Colorado General Hospital. 'He had this gun and knife...and said he would shoot my brains out.'

Dave Mathias, "Hammer Assault," in POYi Archive, Item #3668, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/3668 (accessed April 21, 2025).