The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-20
A FATAL RAID IN KANSAS
WIFE OF 4 BARTENDER KILLED
 BY NATIONITES.
Affair Occurred Late at Night When Band of Masked Men Entered the Joint -One ofthe Raiders Shot Through the Arm and Several Others Wounded situation Serious.

Mlwood, Kas., Feb. 19.--,In a raid on
 a joint" here by twenty masked men,
 heavily armed, late last night, Mrs.
 Rose Hudson, wife of the bartender,
 was instantly killed William Webb,
 one of the raiders, was shot through one
 arm and two or three of his companions
 were slightly wounded. Young farmers
 composed the party. Two arrests were
 made to-day and much excitement pre- vails over the prospect of still more
 serious collision between the factions.
 Shortly after 10 o'clock last night two
 men entered the joint" which is said
 to be owned by Mrs. Michael Lochner.
 Warning had been served on the pro- prietress to cease business yesterday. When the men entered they ordered drinks, which were at once served by Bartender Hudson. One of the men rapped loudly on the bar and at this signal about twenty more men rushed into the place. All carried arms and wore masks. Half dozen shot guns were raised and discharged into the ceiling, apparently to demoralize the keepers of the place. Two men rushed upon Hudson with guns levelled at his head He grasped the barrels and pushed them aside just as they ex- ploded. Hudson slipped to the floor. Just then Mrs. Hudson burst open the rear door and entered. She dashed to- ward her husband whom she supposed to have been shot. Hardly had she crossed half the intervening space when another gun was discharged point blank akt her head. The whole top of her skull was blown away and Hudson regaining his feet, bore her to the rear room, where she died.
 Ten men are said to have been wait ing under arms to help defend the 'joint' from the expected raid but when the band entered the place and began shooting the defenders became panic stricken and decamped. When the raiders saw Mrs Hudson fall dy- ing they, too, became frightened and hastily left the place without attempt ing to destroy the liquors or fixtures. Sheriff Everhardy of Leavenworth, was quickly notified of the raid and to- day arrested John and Henry Wilson, farmers, charged with participating in the affair. Several more arrests are ex- pected.
 Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. 19.-Four farmers arrested to-day for complicity in the saloon raid. at Millwood. Kan, 4, to1 ;,, tbo pf NTrc Hudson, have been lodged in the county jail here. The county attorney says he will tomorrow file a complaint against them for murder in the first de- gree.
 Topeka Kan, Feb. 19.-Mrs. Carrie Nation passed quiet day in jail. She refuses bail and says the Lord wishes her to rest for a period. To-day Mrs. Nation received message from her brother, a Kansas stockman. asking if she wanted bonds. She replied God shall supply all my needs according to his riches in glory. I am comfortable where the Lord want me"
 Newman, Kan, Feb. 19.--A band of thirty men and women, armed with hatchets and axes, made an effective raid on joint here to-day. The build ing in which the joint was kept was locked, and the jointists forbade the en- trance of the reformers, who thereupon broke in the door. They completely de- the fixtures. The liquor in the place was destroyed. One of the crl1- saders was struck on the head and ser- ously injured.