Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-25
/ / NORTH topeka
! JOINT RAIDER SHOT
:, Adams lowering Between Life and
!, y Crowd Gathered at Midnight
'' noctor and Divine Leaders.

SON street where the leaders succeeded
In rallying the forces. While the crowd
was being driven back twenty OF tnlfty
shots were fred When the crowd re-
treated to Jaskson street the officers
were near the building and Adams was
between the officers and the crowd.
When he was shot he fell by a pie OF
wood. When the crowd found that one
M the number had been wounded the
members quickly dispersed.
CHIEF STALLS STATEMENT.
chief Stahl was summoned but did
not arrive there until the crowd had
left. He said.
"The other raids have been expected
and 1 have had the officers posted. but
that was a complete surprise. We had
no idea that 1t was going TO take place.
NV information Is that nearly all the
Joints on the Southside have been sup
plied for the last three or four days
from this Curtis street storage house.
and little II any has come from
Moesers,'
MOB EMl HANG 'EMl"
'When Connors and arrived" said
Patrolman Boyles, "the crowd yelled
Mob EN-, Hang EN- Burn EN- /
arrested DR., Mitchell and Rev. +. W.
Emerson. They seemd TO be the lead
ers. When | got there they stopped
carrying out the beer. Or. Mitchell
was giving orders. All the crowd had
white handkerchiefs tied over their
faces hut Or. Mitchell's and Rev. En-
erson's handkerchief came off. | went
TO where they were throwing out the
stuff and told them to stop. The crowd
fell back toward Jackson street and
the shooting commenced. shot twice
in the air. Adams was running to-
ward the crowd when he was shot. He
had sledge and steel bar In his
hands. He did not say word when
he fell"
Waterman Connors story Is a corrob-
grafton OF that Of officer Boyles.
DRAWS A REVOLVER.
"When we got into the yard Emerson
drew a revolver on me- said Connors.
when tried to take II away from him
we clinched and fell. He had me down
on some boxes and | could not get up.
During the fuss some one hit me with
a club twice and | was hit once on the
shoulder with d hammer. Emerson
got away from me and Boyles got him.
The crowd started toward the street.
Adams was between the crowd and the
building and thirty feet from the build
ing. running toward the crowd when
he was shot. Emerson stood on little
bank Of dirt and called upon the crowd
to rally. Emerson stood there and fired
his revolver My revolver was knocked
from my hand and did not fire It."
UNLOADING THE BEER.
"They were unloading the beer all
evening" said Dr. Mitchell. I'VE fol-
lowed the wagon In which they were
hauling II from the Union Pacific
tracks They had emptied one car and
there is another still on the track"
When asked II he was present when
the smashing took place DR.. Mitchell
admitted that he was.
when the officers came" he con-
tinued several shots were fired. / do
not know who fired first Both the
crowd and the officers fired. The
crowd ran toward the street and |
called upon them to rally, | was not
tho first to reach Adams when he was
shot but he was not unconscious. At
o'clock he had rallied considerably,
He told me that he was shot by an Of
ficer but does not know who"
1T was successful" was all Mr..
Emerson would say this morning re-
garding the raid.