Show BLOODY R 1 0 IN iian n I 1 A CIT religious fanatics and po lice participate one run huna dred shots fired kansas city de dc c S in the very shadow of the city hall in this city and less than a half mile from the tha business center a riot in which religious religions fanatics and police were the participants and in which a hundred shots shot s fired this afternoon resulted in tho the death of one policeman fatal injuries to three and slight injuries to two other persons the dead albert 0 dalbow a patrolman fatally injured john sharp known as adam god a street preacher michael policeman patrick dark clark a police sergeant harry B E stege policeman george N holt probation officer the trouble occurred at 4 in the afternoon when the streets were crowded with persons while the battle was in progress the participants traversed an entire block the final stages of the fight being enacted directly across the street from an entrance to the police station george M holt probation officer of the juvenile court and a pioneer in the work of saving boys from the streets in this city went to fifth and slain main streets to investigate a case of alleged abduction which had reached him street corner he came upon sharp who surrounded by his companions was exhorting a crowd of street loafers with sharp were A J selzer a woman and five children the children ranged in age from 14 years to 3 years the officers suspicions were aroused by the manner in which the woman attempted to secure money contributions from the crowd and he decided that she and her male companions were not proper persons to have the custody of young children officer holt accosted the woman and inquired as to the identity of the children tile the T he woman replied sharply that the officer had better betted attend to his own business ir adam god whose long vowing flowing white beard and hair gave him the appearance pe arance of a patriarch threatened the officer with physical violence officer holt never goes armed and he found himself at i a disadvantage when the preacher an and d his companions di splayed displayed revolvers he stood his gro ground timi however and adam god struck him a beady heavy blow behind the ear making an ugly wound with his revolver holt started for the police stati station orr for assistance si and as he moved away the preacher tried to shoot him but sharp was so excited he dropped his revolver as he attempted to draw it and when lie he pick picked ed it up and snapped it at tile the officer the cartridge failed to explode officer holt rushed into the police station and warned the police to prepare for trouble the sergeant ordered patrolman charles Dalbo wand patrolman harry E stege to go out and arrest sharp and his followers the religionists were within 50 yards of the police station when the officers stepped into the street they served n notice otice that they would preach right under the eves odthe of the police station and the police cannot prevent us the officers were not prepared for the volley of bullets which met them almost immediately after they appeared on the scene dalbow fell mortally wounded and soon died and a bullet passed through sieges arm other officers rushed into the street and a general battle ensued but the officers were unable to shoot without endangering the lives of innocent persons lieutenant dark clark was shot in the eye and patrolman was shot in the back in the meantime a riot call had been sounded and policemen were appearing from all directions the officers crowded in on sharp and his followers firing as they went but taking great care not to injure any of the children and when the firing ceased adam god lay fatally wounded shot through the head and body the children who in the early part of the fight tugged at the garments of the officers and tried to hamper their efforts ran rail into the poor mans mission where they were later taken in charge by the officers the seriously injured were taken to hospitals it was later learned that sharps male companion was louis pratt father of the children lie he was uninjured but was taken in charge by the police theroman the woman and some of the children escaped and fled to a houseboat where they lived on the river the police 50 in number followed the woman had barricaded barricades barrica ded hers herself elf in the houseboat where she defied the officers standing on the porch ot of the boat with a shotgun she shouted to the officers come on you fiends the boat was but a few feet from the bank and several officers taking up the womans comans challenge dashed forward the woman dropped her weapon and taking two of the children she ran back of the boat cut loose a rowboat and began to row toward the middle of the missouri river the officers called to her to stop but she only plied her oars abre more vigorously orous ly without another warning the police fireda fired a volley at the boat one of the shots struck lola pratt aged 13 years tearing away the greater part of the childs face she died from her wounds tonight the woman then sur ien gendered dered she said her name was mrs airs pratt and that she was the wife of the champion of adam god and the mother of the wounded child sergeant dark clark is reported to bo be at tho point of death while patrolman is not expected to live until morning |