Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-02-22
NOODSH[D IN KANSAS.
Saloonkeeper's Wife at wildwood Is
Killed During Raid by
Masked Farmers.

Killed During Raid by
Masked Farmers.
MEN RETIRE BEFORE WRECKlNe SALOON
Arrests Made in Connection with the
Affair - Intense Excitement Pre-
walls and More Trouble Feared
Wichita Ministers Determined to
Close Joints-Mrs. Nation in Jail.
Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. 20.-Mrs.
Rose hudson, wife of John Hudson,
saloon keeper at Wildwood, IA miles
north of here, was shot and instantly
killed at night during raid upon her
husbands saloon. Hudson had been
warned to close his saloon, but re-
fused. About ten o'clock three men
entered the place and called for
drinks. When served they raped on
the counter and gave signal Hud-
grabbed one of the men. In the
scrimmage a shotgun, which man
carried, was discharged, the con-
tents entering the wall. Mrs. Hud-
son, attracted by the noise, ran
screaming into the room, while a
mob of 40 men, most of whom wore
masks, entered in answer to the sig
| nal. In the melee that followed Mrs.
| Hudson was shot in the head by a
/ oh f1n Of knr r
blown off. William Webb, one of the
raiders, was shot in the shoulder by
revolver. Nearly 100 shots were
| fred. Hudson carried his dying wife
into an adjoining room and the mob
retired without wrecking the joint.
Sheriff Everhardt, who went to Mil
wood, has secured four prisoners, two
of whom are John and Henry Wilson,
young farmers. Others implicated
will be arrested. There were no
women in the mob, it being composed
Of farmers, all in disguise.
| The town is in fever of excite
ment, and more trouble is threatened.
Was Ready for Trouble.
Anticipating the attack, Hudson had
| gathered about him ten armed men.
They, however. taken by surprise, were
| stampeded and this fact and the kill
ing of Mrs. Hudson probably prevented
a bloody riot.
The affray lasted but few minutes,
and the details We're not learned till
| Tuesday morning, the raiders having
| gone quietly TO their homes. The mem
bers of the party are all believed to be
| young farmers who lived near Mill
wood.
Wichita Ministers Take Action.
Wichita, Kan, Feb. 2O.-At meet
ing of the Ministers association, held
in Wichita, it was resolved to call a
mass meeting at the Auditorium next
Sunday afternoon for the purpose of
insisting upon the closing of the sa-
looms in Wichita. The following reso-
luton was adopted:
Resolved, That the Ministers associa-
ton, of Wichita, issue call for mass
| meeting of the temperance-loving people
| of the city to be held Sunday afternoon.
| February "a, at $3.50 o'clock, to determine
| what action should be taken for the i'm
| mediate withdrawal of the saloons from
our midst"
| Rev. j. d. Ritchey, of the Episcopal
church, president of the Ministerial
association, did not attend the meet
ing, but has come out in an interview
as opposed to prohibition. He says
the saloon is so deeply grounded in
American life that it is part of our
social system. A large number of the
people make it their club. Regulation
is the best that can be done with the
, saloon problem.
Meeting of Business Men Called.
A mass meeting of business men ha.
. been called for next Friday. The cal
says:
1.-THE citizens and taxpayers of the cit.
, of Wichita hereby call mass meeting a
eight o'clock p. M February 2 for tn
~ purpose of taking such steps as will pre-
: | vent any lawlessness or mob violence II
our city. Every business man who is in
terested in the welfare of Wichita
: earnestly requested to be present"
! Mrs. Nation In Jail.
d Topeka, Kan, Feb. 2o.-Mrs. Ma
ton is now in the county jail as re
: suit of her trial on peace warran
!. before Judge Hazen Monday. TIL
warrant was sworn to by the Moose
Cold Storage company, whose plan
. Mrs. Nation entered Sunday morning
d Mrs. Nation acted as her own at
r torney in the trial. Judge Hazel
placed her under $4,000 bond to kee]
the peace, and ordered her to appea
before him at the next term of court
. Mrs. Nation refused to give the bond
J; and said she would go to Jail. Sh
is now detained in the hospital room
. OF the county Jail, where she vii
8. probably remain for some time.
>. Wronged Mother Wrecks Saloon.
Port Huron, Mich, Feb. GOVT
): hammer instead of the usual hatch
ct, Mrs. Charles Rhodes Tuesday aft
ernoon started to wreck James Wi
sons saloon. She entered the plac
and asked for her son, who it appear
" hangs around Wilson'S establishment,
" He was not there, and after givin
@ the bartender a lecture, Mrs. Wilso
- suddenly drew a hammer from unde
% her cape and began to break show
$. case containing bottled goods.
g With tire blows she broke all th
as glass front and about ten bottles c
whisky. The bartender then put he
out. Mrs. Rhodes stated that she ha
served notice on the saloonkeepe
70 not to sell her son liquor. Wilso
$. will ask for warrant for Mr.