Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-06-20 | Page 1 | Town Fears Reprisals by I. W. W. after Two Are Shot

TOWN FE FEARS A RS REPRISALS BY Y II I. W. W WI AFTER TWO ARE SHOT One ran Maii Dead and One in fn Hospital in iii Yash Tash ington RIOT IS CHARGED Tries to Break BreakUp BreakUp Up Gang Trouble Follows Follow's LIA LIAE E Wash June lly The rhe Associated Press Press- One man Is dead another In the hospital with h 0 bullet wounds and four are In jail as the result of o an encounter at i o'clock Sunday Sun Sun- Sunday day morning between Constable Joe and a gang ot of drunken laborers assembled out out- outside outside side n a cafe The town Is in turmoil In tear fear of L I. W. W W W. reprisals for the dou- dou double ble bie shooting The dead man Is Harry Smith said to be an boxer ex-boxer ot of Tacoma No Noah h McCleary 40 Is In a hospital with bullet wounds In the hand and right leg Those In jail are Jesse Reynolds alle alleged ed Butte Mont 1 gambler Jay George Sward and Jay I Burns urns all young men I CONSTABLE BLE TE According According- to the story told 1 Sheriff Pete Wheeler by Consta I blo ble a gan gang ot of seven seyen men those name and one other were rIoting drunkenly In front of a cafe when hen ordered them to move move on Instead ot of obeyIng they assaulted the officer H Harry rry Smith asserted seized his stick and beat him viciously over the head with It The man manthen manthen then went for tor the gun and a violent scuffle ensued In which Te chera stated the tho weapon on was discharged ed ar-ed the bullet striking Smith In the heart and killing him In Instantly I SHERIFf Residents attracted by the up- up uproar uproarS roarS roar summoned Sheriff Wheeler heeler from who rounded up tour four ot of the gang Deputy Sheriffs from Wenatchee are patrolling the streets to pre pre- preserve servo serve order and the prisoners have been whisked away to Wenatchee for tor safe sare keeping About laborers gathered tor work on the Great North ern em off cut between Leavenworth and Winton ore said to b be In an ugly mood Feeling was running running- high In the town residents and business men backing the constable to the limit She SherIff rift Wheeler announced that the men had the reputation ot of be- be beIng being I Ing members of f the I. I Yo W. W. W y