Show BLOODY i 4 desperate battle between A P A nis s and catholics KANSAS CITY THE SCENE ono mon man shot dead and three Ila fatally tally Woun hundred men participated 1 and shots wore wara girod conflicting statements as to the R ro 0 Eloc elocution tion fights at chi cago two xon mon shot city april 3 the american protective association find and the catho 31 alca ca came together lher in it a bloody conflict an at the polls today to day it cannot be plated dialed which aide Is responsible for the fray as aa each side aide charges the other with being the full cause 0 of nil all the trouble mole moie than shots were exchanged bet between weert the combatants combatant in less lesa than that many seconds find end when lion the ceased the following named were aing 1 ing dead dying or injured on the pavement KILLED mike callahan Call alian city sidewalk inspector shot through the right sid side c FATALLY INJURED harry fowler laborer shot allot through t the he back con brosnahan contractor shot through the he kian kidneys C ys jerry pate deputy constable shot in tile the face WOUNDED patrick fleming shot in the right shoulder john Alc mcgourn Goern laborer bho t through the fight arm the riot was the culmination of a utter bitter feeling which had been mani tested by action and words worda ever since the polls opened in the morning tile the two antagonistic elements were solidly divided in their choice of candidates for the I 1 mavor the aggressive support port that each side gave to its candidate during one of the hottest cam cain ever known lit in city aligen dered a strong venti ment of bigotry it was therefore in no amicable mood that the workers of the respective factions came together at the different polling alices throughout the city and that thele workers camo expecting trouble to occur the day ii N apparent from the number of deadly we abong that were in the riot when the farst shot hot was fired the riot which resulted so seriously was the climax of n R series of smaller riots that took place bt at other points earlier in the dav between the same opposing religious factions chiq riot took look place on the very close to police station no jo 3 and those who toor took part in it had find been heated to it a fighting temper by reports I 1 that hat llad had been hourly arriving it at the station attl 0 n of brawls at other polling places only an hour before it was known that john cooley a stonemason was shot allot lit in the back and foi chead by william henry walker at a voting place at tile the corner of fifth and campbell streets and that the row was directly due to a fiery debate between tho iho two men re rea garding Bardl ncr the principles of the A P A to which gealey was violently opposed opposed that geology was juit instantly killed was due simply to the fact that the pistol used was a more mere toy of 21 23 caliber AX AJ A F P A TICKET tho the A P A which webster r favl davas th this republican candidate for A siador j had workers at it the differ different polling places and they distributed tri buted in some borne precinct their on tickets beat bea ilni ing their candidates name and decorated with mith the american flag jim pryor n m fifth ward politician antagonistic to tho the A P A who sup polled frank Jo johnson bilson the labor union ilnyo and democratic candidate was active at the head of fifty constables which h lift trot got justice latshaw to appoint last night it is 13 said that the constables berc ere many of them irresponsible characters and wei 0 solely tile the cause ot or all the trouble consequently there wore were loud threats of mobbing them before they were got to headquarters after the bloody riot was over THE FIRST SHOT it 13 calmed that oneff one of pryor s to followers filed the first aho hot t that one was wa mike callahan end and he was killed the moment then the battle begian the deputy dep illy constables consla bles al this polling booth and the workers of the poll PO liti llon fic f tu t tlona u oil 3 crowded io gether in a solid maus mau s about one hundred strong and every one v of phem beamed to be armed for a merr ute ule or two the discharge of sounded like a volley of musketry by a rt hundreds of red ered at a it ei aery ery point t of van to TX lieas the stuff btttle shiell however WAS of whort duration those onlookers trembled with wild excitement many of tie redde lits caong ethe boulevard added to ithe general feeling of terror by loaning leaning from their windows shouting end emd wildly in ii cwi thin than five from the time the first arbot was fired however the bluefo la from station tation ff no 3 had up CT feared on cn the scene and tho the disturbance with altti theair first approach the rho lighting workers cf chasel asel ond made a IL quick effort to little hide their weapons pryor men are claiming visit callahan all a it iva iv was a an innocent victim they as 6 bupt it U win 09 jerry pate an all A P A anan who JIMI the first shut shot ind and that was wae the shot bot that killed callman callahan pito wag waa serving as a constable oon stable havlir been by a westport Wet port pt justeen 0 to o serve a garnant warnant war nant for the ant 0 cf john pryor jim lits son and bort bert pryor for on an alleged felonious as a on a citizen in tile cho day he fand Oal lalan nut duft bad som some a words word a and ather one or the other if fired r e d the shot that commenced tho the conflict conf liot t SIDE Pr side of tte the story stary gets come color from tins the fact that hiat narry harry arthur who i do however one 0 followers or says saya lie he himself hani n ir Is tile man that shot tue fato in the face according to hn his ory M ila ho was standing on the bridge draft crowed 0 IL creek clo clew to the scene of the hot ant when jerry pate anle and another man faran came can on the cie other end of the bridge in a buggy with four men running bob i nd him when pate pata reached the spot where arthur was waa standing he lumped jumped out of hla his buggy buffey with sith a gun fun in hla hit hand and crabbing hold of harry mcgovern bald sat d 1 here hea he a one of ct t the he men we pre arc after ivo ive got a warrant for or your arrest rrt ft 1 I went UZI up to patr pate and raid bald toil cannot take him jam ln todd stepped out oitt too and bald ald wo 0 you cant camit take me either rm im a 0 constable cna and youve pot got to W go ft dd land and then turn lug ing to the marl man in the th buggy said read rad that corrant wor rant just then alike Ca callahan llaban came run rum ding towards us from the northern e end n d of the bridge he ran up to pate and naked hloi him what right h lie had bad to carry a pistol and d din to sao his permit talt then the two men exchanged angry words and nd then th n pate aimed at callahan and llred fired callahan returned the shot and then I 1 and the rest of us began becan to shoot I 1 shot allot pate while the riot was in borress por ress it la is mid id that hat members of the A P A A telephoned to Armour dale and argent ne strong strongholds holds of 0 that order for or rein reinforcements to ace of 1000 armed men and the assurance a s was given them that tile the nl men n would woud be on the way 6 of hie elie A P A lit in this city end and ar mour mou date deny the ti it uth nth of this story the arbir la Is being heatedly discussed at most nil all public resorts in tile iho city tonight and feeling runs very high about a L dozen arrest have been made in it connection with tle tile on vie the boulevard and the detectives orb boiking on evidence eviden c c which they have Aa from the roen men now under art an eat and it Is possible that further or an res cats is will bp be made tomorrow to morrow marrow no further disturbance ilia hs occurred tonight and it Is thought there villi be no further her trouble A P A CANDIDATE ELECTED returns fd d up to 11 tonight indicate that hat welister webster daal the straight candidate for mayor layor has hag been elected by a good round majority over all other tickets carrying with hlin him the entire republican ticket BLOODSHED AT CHICAGO two men ken seriously beriou 0 17 wounded in else eloc brawls brawle tho returns chicago april 3 the elections of al d den e n 1 c a and n d t town 0 wn tle tickets k e ts w was as i attended att e n d by many disturbances A free for all a 1 1 i t occurred 0 c c ur r d in the t h e twenty T w nt y third t h ir a ward several heelers and policemen were badly bruised john bell was shot twice in a saloon brawl bra wl by louis and may die in the fourteenth ward PIMPS was shot at the polls polla by john marshall and may not recover A few if a nests ra ests were made A at ti 11 I 1 0 c lne k tob n 1 g h t the r returns e t u show S h 0 tant h alt the t h republicans 1 tp t p ll 11 c a n s have tine ve elected e 1 e ains ed t twenty w en t Y three thre L A aldermen Ider and tile the democrats c r a ts eleven e level I 1 seven S innon republicans re public ans eucce aped e d democrats and two democrats succeed republicans in the town election the democrats carried the entire west side ticket and three out of four in the south town the republicans Republic aru carry the north nort h town by A proposition for tile annexation of tile the towns of evanston and south so ill palk was carried ca r ried by over majority |