NILES, Ill. — An 81-year-old Marine Corps veteran fended off three burglars with his grandfather’s antique Irish walking stick. A man wearing a mask, reflective vest and carrying a toolbox knocked on ...

NILES, Ill. (WLS) -- Dan Donovan has a new appreciation for his family's heirloom Irish walking stick, after it helped him fight off burglars disguised as utility workers. The shillelagh was his ...

An 81-year-old former Marine from suburban Chicago used his grandfather's antique Irish walking stick to chase off three burglars and deliver one a thump in the head for his trouble. Dan and Barbara ...

With all the rancor in the air these days, “settling disputes in a gentlemanly manner” sounds like a perfectly wonderful idea, does it not? That is unless you’re planning on employing a shillelagh — a ...

An 81-year-old former Marine from suburban Chicago used his grandfather’s antique Irish walking stick to chase off three burglars and deliver one a thump in the head for his trouble. Dan and Barbara ...

NILES, Ill. (AP) — An 81-year-old former Marine from suburban Chicago used his grandfather’s antique Irish walking stick to chase off three burglars and deliver one a thump in the head for his trouble ...

A man wearing a mask, reflective vest and carrying a toolbox knocked on Dan and Barbara Donovan's door Nov. 4 claiming to be a utility worker, telling them he needed access to their "fuse box," the ...

Dan Donovan, joined by his wife, Barbara, holds the antique shillelagh he used to chase burglars from the couple's Niles home on Nov. 4, even hitting one of the men in the back of the head. "I'm ...