The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-02-26
oNECENT.
seemed to be favorably impressed with
the measure.
SHOT BY
THE POLICE.

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 25.-J. w.
Adams was fatally wounded today
in a battle between policemen and a
band Of citizens who made a mid
night raid on a North Topeka whole-
sale liquor bouse. A large quantity
OF cased beer was destroyed before
the crowd dispersed.
A crowd of from 30 to GO men,
armed with revolvers, sledge ham.
mers, crow.bars and a batterlng ram,
broke into the wholesale liquor house
of cash" Curtis and smashed the
beer found there. Three policemen
drove the crowd back. Both the po.
llcemen and the raiders fired their
rcvolyers and J. w. Adams, a car
penter, was shot twice in the breast.
lie was taken to the hospital where
he hes in a prccarious condition.
Or. M. II. Mitchell and Rev. f. w
Emerson were arrested by the police.
Rev. Mr.. Emerson was taken TO the
police station where he was charged
with resisting an officer. He was al
lowed to 60 upon his own recogni.
Zance.
The three otlcers-Patrolnlen
Downcy. Boyles and Private Watch.
man Connors say that Adams was
shot by his own crowd while he was
retreating from the point OF attack.
Adams. however, declares that he
was shot by policeman. Officer
Connors says his revolver was knock.
ed from his hand. Officer Downey
says he did not arrive on the scene
until the trouble was about over, and
Officer Boyles says that the two shots
were aimed upward.
DR.. Mitchell and DR.. Charles w.
Hammond, who cared for Adams at
| the hospital say he was shot with
3S-caIibre revolver, ConnorS' pistol
| is of 3S-calibre. One shot took effect
in the centre Of the chest, ard the
other in the right shoulder. Ihe
| bullets were not extracted.
The crowd which did the smashing
| reached Curtis saloon at l2.45 o'clock
| this morning and crossed the rear OF
! the lots between the street and the
| liquor house. In one of the yards
was Il log foot thick. A half dozen
| men seized the timber and used 1t as q
battering- ram. AT the first blow the
door gave way and the crowd rushed
| in.
Three men stood inside and passed
the cases and kegs of beer to the men
in the doorway, who threw them In
! to the yard to be smashed The;
/ crowd used heavy sledges, axes, ma
| sons hammers and crowbars. The
owners of the beer made no resistance
Patrolman Boyles and Watchman
| Connors were called from the Union
Pacific depot, two blocks away, and
were the first officers there. They
entered the yard and drove the crowd
back. Before the officers arrived 80
cases and two kegs of beer had been
smashed The crowd fell back slow
| ly to ditch near Jackson street,
| where the leaders uccccdcd in rally
ing their forces.
While the crowd was being driven
| back 80 shots we're fred When tho
crowd rctreatcd to Jackson street
| the Cf1icers were near the building
and Adams was between the officers
and the crowd When he was shot
he fell beside pile Of wood. Oificer
Boyles claims Adams was facing west
and running toward the crowd when
he was shot. 5M
Chief of Police Stahl was summons
cd from his home but did not arrive
until the crowd had left. Broken
cases and the smashed beer bottles
We're carried back into the building
and man stood guard the remainder
Of the night with shotgun.