WWII vet and wife repel attacker

| April 11, 2014

Ruby and Hugh

Several of you sent this link this morning about 89-year-old Ruby and 92-year-old Hugh Mathis who let a neighbor into their home. They thought they were helping him out until he pulled a knife and told them to give him their money. Well, Hugh told him to go to Hell and Ruby went to get their gun;

“They were talking real low, and I came in to see what it was and when I did he was standing in front of Hugh with a knife saying, ‘Give me the money out of your pocket,’ so when I heard that I ran to the bedroom and got the gun,” Ruby Mathis said.

Hugh Mathis said he had no intention of handing over his money.

He said Kelly knew they didn’t fear him.

“He ran out the door. I was getting up to get a club and then I was going to work him over real good,” Hugh Mathis said.

Springfield Township issued a warrant and Kelly was arrested a short time later.

I’m telling you criminals out there, old people don’t give a shit, we’ll kill you. There’s a video report at the link.

Category: Crime

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Hondo

Well done. Damn well done!

Sparks

+1 Hondo

MGySgtRet.

The moral of the story is, don’t fuck with Ruby and Hugh!! That is teamwork!!!

Do they need a spare grandkid??

2/17 Air Cav

He knew his victims and they knew him so whether or not he would have just walked away had the attempted robbery been successful is an open issue. That facor may have influenced the bond amount: 1.5 million!

Veritas Omnia Vincit

This story made me laugh out loud…Hugh saying he was going to work him over real good with a club reminds me of my grandfather…kid tried to rob him and he hit the kid with a golf club, the LEO responder asked my grandfather what would have happened if the club didn’t do the trick. My grandfather told the police office, then I would have had to pull my pistol and shoot the little bastard. My grandfather was 79 at the time…still one of my favorite stories…

Twist

Your grandfather sound a lot like mine. He was a WWII vet that would take no crap from anybody.

Ex-PH2

I keep telling you, don’t mess with geezers.

We’re cranky.

Still laughing over this one.

ChipNASA

NOt a geezer by any stretch but when I get to that point, please remember to refer to me as “Crotchety”

David

‘way back in the ’70s when my grandmother was about 84-85, some punk pushed her down and stole her purse. She called me and made me drive 120 miles to her place to clean and oil her .22… said if she saw him she was “going to shoot him in the butt”. She finally stopped league bowling when she was 95 and her average dropped into the 120s. THAT’s a role model for my daughters!

Farflung Wanderer

I love it when this happens. They think they’re going after some helpless old couple, and they end up running when they realize they’re a mite tougher than they are.

Reminds me of that old woman from Die Hard 2. “And if they get too close… *brandishes stun baton* I *zap* the bastards!”

The Other Whitey

Yeah, Grandpa’s old. But did you ever stop to think about how he got to be that old? Here’s a hint: he didn’t live that long by being a pussy. Remember that his generation is very different from ours. He had been kicking ass for a few decades by the time you amounted to an itch in your dad’s sack. He may not be in his prime anymore, but he’s still had lots of practice.

Long story short, don’t fuck with Grandpa.

Gravel

Bravo Mr and Mrs Mathis. Bravo!

A Proud Infidel®

Those two are from the Generation that made it through the Great Depression and WWII, they’re not afraid to take care of themselves, and that snot nosed little punkass found that out the hard way. I hope Bubba & Thor have fun with his ass before they pimp him out to the rest of their cell block!!

OWB

Makes me smile. Then I remember that our ability to take care of ourselves is exactly why so many want us out of the way.

Yeah, geezer here, too. From a very long line of crotchety geezers. They happily passed along both the longevity genes and the will to survive. Thanks to all of them.

LebbenB

Excellent story! A “neighbor” held them at knife point? He wasn’t very neighborly, if you ask me.

Toasty Coastie

Can you imagine the cell conversation?

Don’t mess with Old Folks 😀

Dennis

Back when I was in high school, two punks mugged a 80+ year old neighbor of mine. After they knocked him down they jumped on him. It was after the ambulance came and took the two punks away that he reminded everyone he had been a professional wrestler in his youth.
I love instant karma.

Herbert J Messkit

My latest life goal is to be a grouchy old man.

T-Bird Henry

Well done SIR! Kick Ass, Take Names and Leave Mangled Corpses! Thank you for your service and still being able to inspire us young whipper snappers.