St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-26
The Capital Of Wyoming
Thrown Into Spasms by
q Lecturer.
Three Shots Fired by the Lat
ter, One Of Them With
Fatal Effect.
Officers Finally Succeed in
Taking the Obstreperous
Talker to Jail.
The Trouble Laid at the Door
OF the American Protect
i've Association.

CHEYENNE, Sept. 13.-Never since
the historical triple lynching has this
place been in such foment of excite
ment as it was today. The occasion
was a lecture under the auspices of the
American Protective association, an
anti-Catholie society organized here
by e from Omaha a year ago.
L. f. Lyons was the speaker. He
is ais a fighter. In the melee following
the breaking up he shot and wounded
three men. Lyons talked an hour, with
frequent inter- options. Finally, the
turmoil became so great that he an
nounced a postponement. In the
opening he called attention to
the fact that he carried two
revolvers, and was ready to use
them if assaulted. There was nothing
offensive in his remarks, but the crowd
was determined to nip the movement in
the bud. The police and ushers ap-
pointed by Lyons repeatedly attempted
to clear the house, but were unsuccess-
ful. AS Lyons, surrounded by
An Armed Guard
which had been behind the scenes dur
ing the evening, stepped to the street
lie pulled his revolverS. Policeman
Nolan advanced and ordered the lee
turer to put away his reviewers, assur-
Ing him he was in ITO Danger. He
stated that he proposed to take care
OF himself. Nolan attempted to wrest
the weapons from him. Both went
to the ground. While down Lyons fired
three times. Nolan cried that he had
been killed, and lay limp on the ground.
Patrick Moore, a boilermaker from the
railway shops, fell with a bullet in the
groin. Elmer Hicks, a partner of Moore,
was shot In the hand. Policemen,
county officers, members of the associa-
ton and citizens rushed in to stop the
shooting. Lyons clung to the revoivers
and cleared a way for himself. Quite a
number Of shots were fired into the air.
Lyons reached the hotel in safety and
later was taken to the county jail.
Nolan's wound is along the neck and is
a bad one, but he will ecoyer. Moore
will most likely die.
Hundreds Of p eOpIe
are on the streets tonight, and the mob
is doing almost as it likes. Suggestions
that Lyons be lynched are freely heard.
The police force is too small to do my
thing with the crowd. The affair has
divided the town into two factions, and
the trouble will continue for years.
The American Protective association
two months ago became a factor in
politics, and business men who had
been bosom friends ceased to associate.
Firms were dissolved and families
divided. There has never been any
trouble between the Catholics and
Protestapts. The members of the
original association were strangers, but
enlisted nearly 400 citizens in their
cause. At Lyons first engagement the
hall owner was a Catholic, and repu-
dated the filling of his engagement.
Citizens ordered the lecturer to leave
town. He declares he will remain and
continue the addresses. He is from st.
Joseph, where he edits the Americ an.
He is a little man with a fine voice
and plenty of courage. The MOI
at a late hour is still in the
streets. having received reinforcement
from the South side. Bishop Burkey,o of
the Catholic church here,i is ON the street
trying to preserve order. The doctors
at the hospital say it is their opinion
that Nolan's wound was made by a
knife.