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FATAL ELECTION FIGHTS
BLO0DSHED AT THE KANSAS
CITY AND CHICAGO POLLS.

A Murderous Collision Between the
American Protective Association
Men and Catholics at the Kansas
City Election-One Man Dead
Shootings at Chicago.
In an election day riot at Kansas City,
NO., between A. P. A. men and Catholics,
oneman was shot dead and three more Ia
tally wounded. Several shooting affairs oc-
CURED at the polls in Chicago.
The American Protective Association and
the Roman Catholics came together In q
bloody conflict at the polls in Kansas City. 1t
cannot be stated which side Is responsible for
the affray, as the partisans OF each loudly
charged the other with causing all the trou-
BILE. More than hundred shots were e1-
changed in less than as many seconds, and
when the firing ceased ono man was dead,
three were dying and two were wounded.
The dead man Is E. Callahan, city side
walk inspector. He was shot through the
right side. Harry Fowler. laborer, shot
through the back; Con. Brosnahan; con-
tractor, shot through the kidney, and jerry
Pate, deputy constable, shot In the face,
were fatally injured. Patrick Fleming was
shot In the left shoulder and John McGov-
ern, lahorer, was shot through the right
arm. The riot was the elimination OF
bitter feeling which had been manifested
by action and words ever since the polls
opened. The two aptagonistic elements
we're solidly divided for Mayor. The
aggressive support Of each side during one
Of the hottest campaigns ever known IN Kan.
sas City engendered strong sentiment Oh
bigotry. The immediate cause Of the tragedy
was an attempt by Callahan and others to
prevent the arrest ofone oftheir companions,
an A. P. A. man. Constable Pate had q
warrant for the arrest of Jim, John and
Bert Pryor. When he attempted to serve It
Callahan interfered, and others Of his fol-
lowing came to his assistance. Pate sayS
Callahan began the firing.
Broken heads and police interference
marked the opening Of the polls In the
Seventh Precinct Of the Twenty-third Ward
. at Chicago, Ill. James Keneally, Democratic
clerk, and several OF his friends attempted to
interfere with the work OF the judges and the
result was lively fight. Policeman Neinan-
gen, who attempted to restore order, wns at
lacked by the beiliserents and severely beaten
and kicked. A detail OF police finally dis
.persed the rioters end arrested Kenneally.
Twelve policemen were stationed at the
polling place, and voting continued
without further disturbance. Rioting
and intimidating Of voters began about
noon at the polls in the levee district Of the
First Ward, and Clark street from Van Buren,
to Polk street was filed with a bowling mass
OF excited persons. Adherents of Bath
house John" Coughlin, the regular Demo.
cratic candidate for Alderman, and "Biir'
skakel, OF gambling clock fame, the indepen-
dent candidate, met several times during the
morning and the cracks OF revolver shots
were heard frequently. "Buf" Schwartz, q
skakel follower, was beaten by Coughiin
men until he bled from q dozen wounds and
was then shot down in the street. The
Skakel men say that Coughlin
thugs held the polls with the assist
ance and inactivity OF the police. John Dee,
one Of the Coughlin men who attacked
Schwartz, was afterwards shot twice IN Q
saloon by Lewis Luther: a colored man, who
declared himself for Skakel. Luther was
arrested, ~