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Show PRIESTS DEFEND CHURCH PROPERTY AGAINST ROBBERS Special Cablegram to Tho Tribune. LISBON, lay 7 Hearing strange noises In tho nlghl, tho priest In charge of a church at Alboraya, near Albacetc, pi-ocecdi'd to Investigate. Jle discovered four masked men busily packing all tho cold and sliver ornaments Into socles. The men immediately rushed at tho nrli-st. but the hitler, a powerful man, snatched up a large candlestick antt defended de-fended himself gallantly. Two of tho brlrandn were knocked senseless, but n third crept behind the priest and stabbed him In th" back. By this tliim pnople living nearby, aroused lv Iho noise, were clamoring ror admission: and two of the robbers fi;;d. leaving their comrades behind. The priest is not expected to 'recover. |