Teen Uses Sword to Capture Prison Escapee

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 1/30/2004

[Born Conservative]

SULLIVAN, Mo. (AP)--Joshua Cary heard a noise in the basement, grabbed a sword from his big brother's collection and went downstairs to investigate.

The 14-year-old didn't mince words.

``I'm going to give you until the count of three to come out, or I'm going to stab you,'' he yelled Thursday, according to his mother, Rebecca Cary.

Soon, a handcuffed man emerged, saying, ``I didn't do it.''

Joshua led the man upstairs at sword-point. His mother ran outside and found police searching for an escaped prisoner. The man, Mark A. Brown, who had broken free after he was picked up on a parole violation, was taken back into custody.

Joshua's brother is a soldier stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., awaiting deployment to Iraq.

Rebecca Cary said the swords are for decoration, but noted that her older son had told Joshua he ``needed to take care of his mom and sister. And he did.''

Cary said she was proud of her son, who went out afterward for a celebratory night of bowling in this east-central Missouri town.

``He's always been fearless,'' Cary said. ``I hope he grows out of that soon.''

[Only1choice____Freedom]

There can be only one.

[Jason Kauppinen]

Clearly it shows a need for sword control laws. </sarcasm>

[ambrose]

Hope he doesn't try this on an un-handcuffed escaped prisoner.

[Xenalyte]

Joshua Cary is my kind of kid.

[smith288]

Ban all sharp objects!

[DeFault User]

``He's always been fearless,'' Cary said. ``I hope he grows out of that soon.''

Fortunately for you lady, he hasn't been feminized yet.

[r9etb]

``He's always been fearless,'' Cary said. ``I hope he grows out of that soon.''

LOL!!!! A motherly thing to say, alright,

But she's right, in a way: the guy in the basement could have been armed. And we all know the old saying: "Don't bring a knife to a gun fight, even if the knife is two feet long."

Good job, kid.

[PISANO]

He's always been fearless,'' Cary said. ``I hope he grows out of that soon

huh?.......Why? One must always be vigilant and ready to risk life and limb to protect one's family. Fearless is not the word....DUTY is!

[claptrap]

Where is "newgeezer" or "jim from Mich" they would say this fine young man should be charged with some crime like taking the law into his own hands!

[Blood of Tyrants]

You joke but the Romans instituted "sword control" to pacify the conquered nations and I have read that Chinese food is all bit size because at one time the Mongols instituted "knife control" where only a few knives were available at a public place for cutting meat.

[Palmetto]

[Redcloak]

I saw the title and immediately thought of you.

: )

[Professional Engineer]

The Japanese developed Karate due to being disarmed.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I doubt very much the kid is fearless. He was probably scared $h#tless but COURAGE allowed him to overcome those fears. Courage is not the lack of fear.

As I explain to my sons, it takes no courage to be Superman because what does he have to be afraid of?

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

``He's always been fearless,'' Cary said. ``I hope he grows out of that soon.''

Is the mother a Democrat? ;-)

[Future Snake Eater]

heh heh..."Star Wars Kid" to the rescue! He lives in Canada, though, so his lightsaber was deemed a deadly weapon and confiscated by the appropriate Stormtroopers.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Makes sense. Karate means "open hand" or "empty hand" or something like that, doesn't it?

[Stonewall Jackson]

There is a legend that one of the main reasons that martial arts are so popular on Okinawa is that the Japanese (having had numerous soldiers knifed by the locals during the early years of their occupation of their southern neighbor) outlawed knives. The locals took this in stride and began refining the art of hand-to-hand combat. I don't know if this is true, but it sounds fairly reasonable.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

This kid ought to join a club in the US Fencing Organization.