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Show Riot in Kansas City in Which Many Shots Are Fired, Two Killed and Three Wounded. Street Preacher Called "Adam God" Carried a Gun and Opened Flro Upon Officers Which 8tarted a Miniature Battle. Kansas tJlty. Ono policeman and a young girl, member of a band of re-' llgloua fanatics, nro dead, two policemen police-men aro dangerously wounded and a street preacher Is mortally woundod, shot In a half dozen places ns a result re-sult of n Btreet riot nnd running battle, bat-tle, which began In front of tho city hall nt 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, nnd ended In tho Missouri river, whoro tho romnnnt of tho religious band surrendered their houseboot after tho girl, Lola t'ratt, had boon shot. Tho killed: Policeman A. O. Dal-low; Dal-low; Lolo Pratt, 13 years old, daugh' tor of John Pratt, an nssoclato ol 8harp, Jaw shot nway. Tho wounded: Patrolman Michael Mulane, shot In right breast, prob bly fatal; Sergeant Patrick Clark, ihot In tho lungs, probably fatal; John Sharp, known ns "Adam God," shot In six places by policeman; probably will die. Tho religious band, under tho lead ership of "Adam God," was singing In tho street when Georgo M. Holt, president of the Boys club, told them that they must quit. Ho was assaulted assault-ed by tho religious fanatic and later returned to pollco heuaquarters to report re-port tho assault. Harry Stego, a pollco lieutenant, wns ordered to arrest tho man nnd tho others who wero singing. As ho reached Fourth and Mnln streots, ho drew a rovolvcr and ordered them to go to tho station. Sharp, tho girl and tho women drew their revolvers nnd begnn nrlng, Patrolman Pa-trolman Mullnno and Sorgcnnt Clark, who followed Stego, woro struck. Stego was not Btruck. Tho bullets of tho frenzied rellg-Ioub rellg-Ioub fanatics, who fired right and left, for a wondor struck no others In tho crowd Uint had gathered. Some of tho shots wero fired by Flelta Pratt. Sho Is about 15 years old. |