St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-05
THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE
INFLAMES THE A. p. AIS
ENEMIES.
PROCESSION UNDER FIRE
AT LEAST ONE MAN KILLED
AND A NUMBER BADLY
WOUNDED.
MoBs ATTACK THE PARADERs.
Refusal to Prevent the Appear
ance of an Objectionable Float
Causes the Tragedy.

BOSTON, Mass, July 4.-The
Fourth of July parade of the patri-
otto societies of Boston and vicinity.
at East Boston this afternoon, ended
in pitched battle between some of
the paraders and the spectators, in
Which sticks, stones and revolvers
were used with fatal effect. John
W. Willis, laborer of East Boston.
one of the spectators, was shot and
instantly killed; Michael Boyle, of
East Boston, had his head split open
by a club and now lies dying in a
city hospital. A young man named
Stewart had his nose cut off with
a sabre in the hands of one of the
paraders; Patrick Kelley sustained a
severe scalp wound, whether from
bullet or a club is not known, and
Officer A. S. Bates was hit in the
mouth by brick thrown by an
unknown person and lost several
teeth, besides suffering from severe
decorations.
1t is claimed that the trouble all
resulted from the persistence OF
those who managed the parade, in
Introducing feature float repre-
senting the Little Red School
House, which from it's associa ton
as the emblem of the American Pro-
tective association has become OBJ
noXious to many persons, especially
those who do not sympathiZe with
the a. P. a. movement. The Fourth
of July committee decided to permit
this feature to appear in the parade,
and those desiring to prevent it
tried to have an order passed by the
board of aldermen, but failed.
AN ARMY OF POLICE.
SO great was the interest excited
by this controversy, and the ex-
pressed determination of the parad-
ers to display the school house,
that fully 10000 visitors gathered at
East Boston. The police officials, in
|. anticipation of any hostile demon
stration, had a special squad of $50
men, in addition to the East Boston
force, on duty; but they marched at
the head of the procession. AT sew
eral points the feeling of the crowd
was given vent in Kisses at the 1,500
paraderS and the school house, but
no further demonstration was made
until the rear of the parade had
reached Putnam street, when the
crowd tried to overturn the last
carriage. Word was sent to the
front for police assistance and a
squad Of twenty officers was sent
back. A SkirmiSh followed between
the crowd and the officers, and Mich
ael Boyle received a fracture of the
skull. A man named Stewart, oil
Brooks street, had his nose cut off
by sabre in the hands of Albert
E. Andrews, of Everett, a private in
the Roxbury horse guards.
SURROUNDED BY A MOB
When the paraders were proceeding
in companies a group of between sixty
and seventy was surrounded on
Boarder street by a crowd, who COM
menced hooting and throwing stones.
A dozen revolvers were drawn, and in
response to the fusillade of stones eight
or ten shots were fired. The firing of
police to the spot and the mob was
soon dispersed. AS the scene was
cleared the officers found John Wills
dead in the street, with bullet hole
in his right side, and Patrick A. KEEL
ley seriously wounded in the head.
1t was learned later that several other
persons had been slightly injured, all
of whom were taken away by their
friends. The police arrested Harold
Brown and John Ross as the principals
who did the shooting. 1t is claimed by
six witnesses, who were taken to the
station house. that Brown did the
shooting which killed Wills and wound
ed Kelley. Ross is said to have in
jured several others who were taken
away by their friends. Wills, the muir
dered man, was a laborer by occupa-
ton and leaves a widow and six chill
dren. There is deep feeling over the af-
fair throughout the city tonight.