The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18
THO EX.PRIEST FIRED
And the Mob Replied with Bullets,
Billets and Briekbats.
RUNNING FIGHT IN THE STREETS
OF KANSAS CITY.

Ex-Priest Mcnamara of the American Pro-
tective Association Lectured while
Thousands Gathered Outside-,rhe Lee
turer and His Wife Left the Hall
Each Carrying a Pistol-McNamara
Fired at the Crowd and the Battle Be-
gan in Earnest.
Kansas City, Mo-, January 1.-THE
excitement caused by the Incorporate
language of j. v. Mcnamara of the
American Protective Association, who
lectured in Turner's Hall last evening,
was very great News of the character
of his lecture had spread and the hall
was packed. Outside there was small
crowd which grew to big proportions
during the second half hour of the lee
ture. A big rock was thrown through
the window and struck an auditor on
the head, making bad bruise. There
was no disorder of consequence in the
hall during the lecture. A drunken man
once called out char" but he was
promptly arrested and hustled out.
When the audience was dismissed, it
was quickly seen that good percentage
of those inside had been Catholics. and
the rest A. P. A. men. They all Joined
the mobs outside until fully 5000 men
were about the hall. The lights were
turned out in the hall, and Mcnamara
and his wife were left alone in the dark
ness.
For 45 minutes the crowd waited qui-
city on the outside. Then the police
became satisfied that there would be no
outbreak and a carriage was called. Nc
Namara then came out with a revolver
in his hand followed by his wife, also
holding revolver. They quickly stepped
into the carriage. AS it started up 18th
street one of the doors flew open. A man
ran up as if to shut it for those inside.
but instead broke the glass with cane
he carried.
A moment later McNamara stuck his
pistol out of the window and fired at the
people on the south side of the street.
Then a yell went up from the crowd.
Canes, stones, bricks, anything upon
which hands could be laid were thrown
at the rapidly moving carriage A doz-
en- shots were fired. All the glass was
broken in twinkling and the sides of
the vehicle gave way under the shower
of.stones.
Two blocks east a stone hit the driver
and at the same instant bullet went
through his clothing and grezed his left
side. He slipped down on the foot
board and lost control of his team COM
pletely. They ran two blocks further
east of 18th street and then turned the
corner on Holmes street. An attempt
was made to follow by the crowd, but it
was soon distanced. The driver re-
gained his seat after half dozen blocks,
and, by a circuitous route, took tho
couple to the Midland. The widest ex-
citement prevailed in the city. No one
knew positively where the couple were
stopping, and one portion of the mob
went to Woodland avenue to the house
of a man named Mcnamara. reported to
be relative of the ex-priest. They
found that he had been stopping there
and proceeded to stone the house and
broke many windows.
Only an old man was at home, the
others having gone to the lecture He
stood on the porch with loaded Win
chester in his hand, threatening to kill
any man who entered the yard. He
awed the crowd so that the lombard
ment was kept up only from distance.
A large number Of people were hurt by
flying missiles on 18th street, but nearly
all were spirited away by friends. Many
arrests were made.