Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-01-18
The Lecturer Finally Gets Into = Hack,
which IL stoned Some shots Fired
"A similar Trouble Reported
at Lsavenworth.

and floor of the hall. The audience
numbered some 400 or 500 persons, all
men. The front OF the stage bore two
shields, upon each of which were in
scribed, "One God, One Flag and One
Public School"
There were many In the audience
who carried canes and looked as 10
they were prepared for business Nc
Namara himself is thickset man with
grey hair He spoke from a stand
which bore upon II q number Of vol
umes purporting to be confessions of
priests and nuns who had, like himself,
left the Catholic church. The stand
was draped with the American flag.
An admission fee was charged, and
none were allowed to enter the hall
unless they could give satisfactory
credentials.
Upon the stage on which Mcnamara
stood, and about ten feet from him,
could be seen a loaded rifle leaning
against the wall
Mcnamara devoted himself to a
speech lasting probably an hour and u
half
Shortly afterward after some partic.
ularly bitter remark by Mcnamara a
voice in the gallery on the left shouted
You're liar! You're liarl"
Instantly the whole place was in an
uproar Men sprang to their feet in
the galleries and upon the floor below
and yelled:
Put him outl Put him out!' kill
him" Others yelled: where is heP"
point him outr The man finally
made himself heard above the din.
Here am II you want me, but he's
u liar all the same" McNamarl
shouted, policeman, do your duty;
put the man out want him out; he's
disturbing my meeting" Finally the
man was dragged out OF the gallery,
where he had been sitting, by Officers
Eyler and Nichols down the stairs to
the street. cursirg and protesting. He
was taken TO No. 4police station, where
he gave his name as J. +. Mullins The
charge against him was disturbing the
peace. lie was released on bond
amounting to 500.
The crowd had been gathering in
numbers upon the street below and
manifested a great deal Of feeling.
The audience, particularly those who
W re sitting in the window seats, were
suddenly greeted by Il volley of stones,
which were thrown from the Oak street
side; and few mi lcs later n second
vollcy followed, which smashed the
windows on the opposite side. The
glass was broken out of several win
dows, and stones few onto the floor,
There was IA decided scattering, and
a a
safe place.
The crowd outside, as II grew later,
began TO grow more excited and there
was yelling and shouting. Finally Nc
Namara said that the lecture was at an
end, and said: "Mcn, | want You to
stand by me; my wife is with me,
though not in this hall; defend me and
her, but let there be no disturbance; go
out quietly, two by two, down the
front wav."
The audience did so, and for few
minutes the stairs resounded with the
tramp Of men as they went downstairs,
keeping shoulder to shoulder They
filed into the street, where good
sized crowd was waiting. They were
greeted with a few jcers, but there was
no other sign of hostility shown. Most
of them congregated about the doors,
but the policemen under Lieut. Camp
bell kept the sidewalks clear and made
everyone move on.
Meantime the crowd waited about
for McNamara's appearance. The POI
licemen, as soon as the crowd had left
the hall, cleared space before the
doors and announced to the crowd that
| II must stand back for the ex-priest's
hack. But the hack did not appear
and the crowd began to grow tired and
went away somewhat disappointed. II
was during this time that the assault
| occurred.
| Men gathered about the sidewalks in
| knots and discussed the departure from
the hall Of Mcnamara. a hack came
up before the doors and went away.
The crowd grew smaller, but those
who stayed were determined to kill the
ex-priest they said. An hour dragged
on and II was said Mcnamara had gone
away by side door. But still the
crowd waited.
Finally, about IL o'clock a hack drew
up before the door of the hall which
had been guarded all along by several
| policemen.
The other policemen gathered about
| in semi-circle, with drawn clubs, and
kept the crowd back. Then Mcnamara
came down the stairs, attended by sew
eral policemen, his wife and n third
person. The driver Of the hack whipped
up his horses and they das ed NJ
Twelfth street just as the hack passed
the alley near the hall, knot OF men
standing by II threw volley of stones
ut the hack, which splintered the win
dows Mcnamara put his hand ont OF
the broken window pane and fired tive
shots from his revolver.
Then someone fred shot at the hack
from the crowd. The hack turned NJ
Holmes street and finally disappeared
from the view Of the crowd, which
chased IL for several blocks.
TROUBLE AT LEAvESwoRrH.
LEAvBSwoRrH, Kan, Jan. IA Sc
rious riot was narrowly avoided in this
city last night at Grand Army hall
where j. w, lille, an A, p. A. editor
and organizer, was addressing the meet,
ing He was speaking on the object OF
the A. p. A. and bitterly denounclng
the Catholic church when he was inter
rupted many times and frequently
! called liAE
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