Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-17
RIOT IN KANSAS CITY
An Anti-Catholic Agitator Creates
Excitement.
ATfEMPS MADE TO MOB HIM.
An Angry Crowd Outside the Lee
ture Hall.
HE APPEARS HEAVILY ARMED

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Jan Ill V Nc
Namara, who styles himself an ex-priest
of Rome. marched on the stage at Turner
Hal last night with loaded rifle I'm his
hands
I'm taking my life in my haSks" he
shrieked, as he raised the rife TO take aim.
But let the hoodlums and blackguards Of
Rome come or. My life is not my own. IL
belongs TO God and the A. p. A. I know
there is a plot TO murder me in Kansas
city this very night, but there viii be other
biooo spilled before mine I fear neither
bishop Hogan nor Father Dalton nor
rather Lillis nor any of the church's
gang OF blacksuards and hoodlums and ruff
Mans out let them come. I am ready"
linen ne advanced to the footlights and
dramatically declared that there was muir
der in the air
want loyal men and brothers to stand
by me-" he shouted. Il want twenty-four
Volunteers, men VINO have Protestant
hearts. stout arms. strong nerves and ou,cx
eyes stand up, those who are willing
dozen men stood uD. Mcnamara lola
tnen 10 go to the gallery, range themselves
action. Aoi d"iSA
Forward, march," he called. and the
WE'VE men went mp to the gallery
hainr 80 wa crowded at the time there
mere was not the slightest ,sisorser go
"here when Mcnamara ann. ara1 ana -,
q suggestion of trouble. His bold invitarIon
Ior riot was Sratifed before night was
quite half over, but there was no Tisorsa-
ture. ms e'e rec
When the audience was dismissed 4, ,..s
quickly seen that a good many of those in
sioe had been Catholics determined 10 bear
just what Mcnamara charged Of their
church VI N'
Another proportion was Of A. p men
Ihey joined the mob outsi le until fully
Sop men were about the hall In VS. n
perfectly orderly crowd marvel0usly ouIet
outbreak. ~,
The hall is ON the second foo- The
lights were turned out, and Mcnamara ard
his wife were left alone in the a. rix ,ass
For forty-five minutes the crowd N-a;,s5
quietly on the outside. Then the l,aica ne
came satisfied that there wolld be no cut
break, and a carriage was called.
IL was compelled 10 wait for five minutes
and in this interval goodly portion OF the
crowd lined up l2th and Oak. uncertain
which way Mcnamara would depart; He
came down the steps. rifle in one hand re-
volver in the other. His wife followed with
her arm across her breast. holding a big
revolver. They quickly stepped into the
carriage As il started up l2th street one
of the doors few open. A man ran up. as
II TO shut IL for those inside. but instead
broke the glass with a cane he carried.
moment later Mcnamara stuck his pis-
toi out OF The window and fired point blank
at the people on the south side OF the street
Then yell of direful anger went up from
tne crowd Canes. stones. bricks. anything
upon which hands could be laid. were
thrown at the rapidly moving carriage A
dozen shots Were fired at it. The driver
madly whipped up his horses in an attempt
to escape.
Every glass in the carriage was broken In
a twinkling and its sides threatened 10 give
way under the shower Of stones. McNana-
ara and his wife crouched i'm the bottom of
the vehicle and did not even attempt TO
fire a second shot.
Two blocks east a stone hit the driver
ana at the same instant a bullet went
tnrougn MS clothing and grazed his left
side He slipped down on the footboard
and lost control OF his team eompletely
ihey ran Two blocks further east on 18th
and then turned north on Holmes street
An attempt TO follow was made by the
crowd. but il was soon distanced The
driver regained his seat after half a dozen
blocks and by circuitous route took the
badly wrecked.
Mcnamara and his wife refused TO be
seen by any one, but the driver saws neither
We're seriously injured and were not HIT
by any of the twenty or more shots fired.
The widest excitement prevailed in that
entire section of the city.
No one knew positively where the couple
was stopping. and one portion of the mob
went out to Woodland avenue TO the house
of a man named Mcnamara, reported a
relative OF the ex-priest. They found that
he had been stopping there. and proceeded
to stone the house. breaking many win
dows. Only an old man at home, the
others having gone 10 the lecture. He
stood on the porch. threatening TO kill any
man who entered the yard with a loaded
Winchester i'm his hand. He affected the
crowd so the bomhardment was kept up
only from distance.
A large number Of people We're hurt by
flying missiles 18th street. but nearly
all were spirited away by friends. Only
three arrests We're made.
Riot Narrowly Averted.
LEANENWORTH. Kan. Jan. IA serf-
Gus riot was averted narrowly i'm this city
yesterday at Grand Army Hall. where O.
II. Hile. an A. =. 4. edito- and organizer.
was addressing a meeting He was speak
ing on the objects of the 4. =. A.. and bit
terly depouncing the Catholic Church. when
he was interrupted many times and fire.
ouently branded liar. His audience
seemed equally divided between Catholics
and Protestants. and in short time was
worked up to a high pitch
Those in sympathy with the speaker made
ruptng the address. when blows followed
Canes and chairs were used, and the two
men were knocked down.
Then hile drew large revolver from his
pocket and placed il on the table in front OF
him.
1t had quieting effect. While the trou-
BILE was going on people rushed from the
building in a stampede. and ran over one
another on the way out.