| Show Such Desire Expressed by Louis Pratt Holy Roller Re Fanatic LEADER SHARP LARdE Little Mary Pratt Tells of the Life Led on the House Houseboat boat Her in Vo Moio In City Kansas I am not going lo die 1 am and lo kill u few more That ThatIs Is assertion of Louis Pratt self styled Adam God the who in the general seriously In a tie between liis followers and the po police lice lato yesterday Ana result light Pratts and Policeman are dead and ta other in James Sharp known air if and who was roul the thetla band of religious still at large Shortly after tho shoot shooting ing yesterday lip walked lido a saloon und laid down his tho remark l am satisfied I give up As no policemen and no one seemed take him in custody Sharp wa It oil j a mo moment ment then picked up risi loaded it and been seen since Mrs Pratt two of young daughter spent mu tron s room at police headquarter Mis Sharp who fired t vol of struck Mul lane was confined in city Pratt bemoaned death of her other daughter Lulu who river and attempted At the hospital his vas said that Patrolman hail small of but that Sergeant not cry tors death was the childs remark related history with man Sharp up in North Dakota she said That must have been ago Tills summer we began him in the river stop each city arid preach and sing Of course we kids did the singing it was great fun Wp loft St Joseph about a week ago and floated down downto to Kansas City Just cakes began to appear 3 Yes It Rot cold on the you know we were serving the JV td I i und our Master had to iff i ij when he was on earth When we stood on the street corners for tho j we felt repaid for kne y we were doing tho work they make us children sing We did It because wa to todo do so Those big guns which wo car carried ried were for protection Papa says this is a free country and we could carry firearms it we wanted to Then wo needed guns to kill rabbits and ducks when wo were floating down with the current Did we got hungry The turned her black eyes on tho question questioned ed Of course we did sometimes but mind that Papa and mam mamma ma went without things to eat THE Mrs Pratt in a statement to an as assistant prosecutor told of the bands work and Mrs Sharp said Mrs Pratt to tous us as Adam and Eve and wo believed their teachings It was revealed tp Sharp last summer that our meetings not to bo interfered with We armed ourselves If the police at attempt tempt to arrest you shoot said our leader They cant kill me Ill forever The first I heard of tho edy yesterday was when Lulu and Mary came running down to the boat and told me that tho shooting going on Then the officers camo and wanted to take us away I got my Winchester down off the wall told Lulu to get u gun and we all got into a skiff that was tied to tho boat I sut in tho bow with my sun in my hand 1 going to shoot unless I had to I hud had no chance td ask either Adam or Eve what to do I ani Korry t resist Im afraid I have lost my eternal life because 1 think Adam would have advised me Lulu got into tho back of the skiff which wag covered and Mary took tha oars and we started across tho river The officers began shooting at the boat I We drifted up to the bank and when I saw blood on Lulua car I knew she was shot Then Mary and I got out and hung on t tho side of the boat until they captured us M S HISTORY Sharp a of middle uge statement fis by another detailed U t occurrences leading tip to yesterdays fight arid then told of ilio wanderings of the band 1 was born in Grove ilo 37 years ago on n farm said t Sharp a farmer ago went to Arkansas went to up a claim Wo had no religion all About six ago ny cumo homa and said ha think living right lip had had a revelation of thel faith wf t God We began to read the andl to but w it The spirit of canio to jt canio Id to then sold our away |
