The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-04
RELIGION AND POLITICS
Preoipitate q Fatal Election Riot
at Kansas City.
ONE KILLED. FOUR FATALLY HURT.

The Conflict Brought About by the Anil
mosity Existing Between Catholics and
the American Protective Association.
The Riot Suppressed by the Police.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, April 4,-The Amer
lean Protective association and the Cath
olics came together In bloody conflict at
the polls Of this city yesterday. 1t cannot
be stated which ode Is responsible for the
ARRAY, as the partisans of each loudly
charged tho other with being the full
cause of all the trouble. More than a
hundred shots were exchanged between
the combatants, In less than that many
seconds. and when the firing ceased the
following named were lying dead, dying
or injured Oh the pavement:
Killed-Afike Callahan, city sidewalk
inspector, shot through the right side.
Fatally Injured Harry Fowler laborsf,
shot through the back; Con Brosnnhan,
contractor, shot through the kidneys;
Jerry Pate, deputy constable, shot in the
face.
wounded-Patrick Fleming, shot In the
left shoulder; John McGovern, laborer
shot through the right arm.
The riot was the elimination of bitter
feeling which had been manifested by nc
ton and words ever since the polls opened
The two sntagonistic elements were sol
IDLY divided In their choice of candidates
for mayor. The aggressive support that
each side gave to its candidates during
one Of the hottest campaigns ever known
in this city engendereda strong sentiment
of rivalry. 1t was, therefore, in no amiablt
mood that the workers of the respective
factions came together at the different
polling places throughout the city, and
that these workers came expecting trouble
to occur before the day wore away is ap
parent from the number of deadly weap
ons that were drawn when the first shot
was fired.
The riot was the climax of series %
smaller riots that took place at othel
points earlier in the day between the SAINT
opposing religious factions. This riot tool
place on tho southwest boulevard, in the
Fifth ward, very close to police station
and those who took part in it had beer
heated to the fighting temper by report,
that had been hourly arriving at the sta
tion of brawls at other polling places.
Only an hour before John Cooley, n ston,
mason, was shot in the back and forehead
by William Henry Walker at votins
place at the corner of Fifth and Campbell
streets, and it was known that the row wa
directly due to n fiery debate between tn,
two men regarding the principles of tn,
A. p A, to which Cooley was violentl,
opposed. That Cooley was not Instant,
killed was due to the fact that the pisto
used was Il mere toy of twenty-five caliber
The A. p. A. which supported Webste
Davis, the Republican candidate for mayor
had their own workers at the ditferen
polling places, and they distributed ii
some precincts their own tickets bearn.
their candidates name. and decorated will
the American flag. Jim Pryor, Fifth
ward politician; antagonistic to the A. u
A, who supported Frank Johnson, til,
labor and factional Democratic candidate
WAS active at the head of the fifty con
stables, which he got Justice Lattshaw Il
appoint Monday night. II was said b,
some that these constables were, many O
them, irresponsible characters, and wer
solely the cause of the trouble.
II is claimed that one of Pryor sIfollow
ers fired the first shot. That one was Mix,
Callahan, and he was dead man the mex
moment. Then the battle began, and 70
a minute or two the discharge Of weapon
sounded like the musketry OF a regiment
In less than five minutes from the tim
the first shot was fired, however, police
men appeared upon the scene and quiete,
| the disturbance. With their first ap
preach the fighting political worker
ceased hostilities and made quick effor
! to hide their weapons.
Pryor's men are claiming that Callahan
was an innocent victim. They asset, tina
1t was Jerry n. Pate, an A. P. 4 nau
who fired the first shot, and that was tn
shot that killed Callahan. Pate wa
serving as a constable, having been ap
/ pointed especially by Westport oflicia
| to serve u warrant for the arrest of jim
/ Pryor. John Pryor, his son, and Ber
| Pryor. for alleged felonious assault upol
a citizen earlier in the day. He and Gala
| han met, had some words, and either on
or the other fired the shot that commence,
the conflict.
Returns so far received indicate tina
! Webster Davis, the straight Republican
candidate for mayor, has been elected b.
good majority over all other tickets, car
, ryng with him the entire Republican
| ticket.
Dispatches to the Associated Press from
/ all over the state of Kansas and territor,
OF Oklahoma show that with but few eS
/ ceptions, where party lines We're distinctl
drawn, the Republicans have elected thei
tickets.
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