The Monticellonian., 1901-03-01
u0)DSHED Al TOPEKA.
Probable Fatal Result Of a Midnight Raid Upon a Wholesale
 Liquor House.
]. ". ADAMS WAS NORMALLY WOUNDED.

]. ". ADAMS WAS NORMALLY WOUNDED. Dr. VI. II. MitchiII and Rev. F. W
 Emerson, Lenders of the Mob of
 Binders, ndcr Arrest-Ihe anes-
 ion ns to Who Wounded Adnms
 k stin n Mooted one.
 Topeka, kas.. Feb. 26.-J. W. Adams lies at a hospital lowering between life and cath. lie was shot during raid on t North Topeka wholesale IT. quor house.
 Midnight Rnid.
 Al midnight Sunday, crowd of from n to 60 citizens, heavily armed with re1olyerS. sledgc hammers crow. bars and q battering ram, broke into the wholesale liquor house of Cash Curtis on West Curtis street, between Kansas avenue and Jackson street. and smashed ,he beer found there. Three policemen drove the crowd back Both the policemen and the citizens fired their reyoINers, and j. N. Adams. Il carpenter, living al 52l West Grant street, was shot twice in the breast He was taken in d hack to Riverside hospital, where he lies ill preearious condition.
 Two Leaders Arrested.
 Dr. NJ. E. Mitchell and Rev F. N Emerson were both arrested by the police Rev Mf. Emerson was taken To the police station, where he was booked under he charge of resisting an officer. llr was allowed to go upon his recoenizaaee. Dr. Mitchell took the injured man to the hospital ill lack. and was allowed 10 stay and administer To him without giving bond.
 Who shot Adnms.
 Thc three officers, Patrolman Dow nc4. Eo4les and Private Waterman CoHaocs claim that Adams was shot bk his o3n crowd while he was re treating from the place where the liquors were smashed, and Adams says that he ssas shot by d policeman but does not know who. Connors says that his revolver. Smith X Wesson & ealibre, wa knocked from his hand Officer Bownes saYs he did not arrive at he scene of the trouble until it Was about oNer, and Officer Boyles, Who carries T Colts 44-calibrr reYG,. yer, etsi5=zs hat the two shots he fired We're III the air, and that he did not aim n any ole. Dr. Mitchell and Charles N. Hammond. who cared for Adams II the hospital, say that he Was shot with q 32 or 3s-calbre re- volFcr. One shot took effect in the center of his chest and the other in the right shoulder. The bullets did moi come ont.
 Assembling of the Crowd.
 The crowd N hich did the smashing mel on West Curtis street, about two block from the joint The estimates oi the number tafN from 50 to 60. At n few moments past l2 o'clock the crowd moved east of Curtis street to jackson street. The wholesale. lfauof house K small frame building at the Fear of Curtis home. which faces on Curtis street. The crowd turned south on Jackson street, and crossed the reaf of the lots between the strret and the liquor house.
 Improsi>ed Il Battcring Ram.
 In one of the wards, by wood pile. Ms log a foot thick at the ldr9e and aboat len feet long. \ half dozen men seized the log and used it as batterinG ram. The men with ne log rushed It tue door and at the first blow the lock was broken, the door gave way and the crowd rushed iii. At the first rush the lantern which the crowd carried, was estinguishcd and the work was done in the dark.
 Passed Out the Beer.
 Three men stood on the inside and passed fhe cases and kegs of beer to men in the doorway who threw them into the yard to be smashed. The crowd used heavy siedges, axes, ma. sons hammers and crowbarS. The owners of the beer made no resist anea. fatrolman Boyles and Watch man Connors were called from the Union Pacific depot two blocks away. ana were the first officers there.
 Driven Back b, Police.
 They entered the ward from Curtis street and drove the crowd back. l;e- fore the officers arrived 50 eases and two kegs eff beer had been smashed and the debris Was scattered over the yard. When the officers arrN eel the crowd feli back to a ditch near Jack son street, where the leaders succeed ed in rally ing the forces While the crowd Was being driven back twenty or thirty shots were fired, When the crowd retreated 10 Jackson street the officers were near the building. and Adams was between the officers and the crowd
 Where Adams Fell.
 When ne was shnt he fell hv pile Of wood. Officer EoY!es claims tha: Adams was facing west and running toward the crowd when he was shot When Adams fell the crowd thought he had ripped over the pile of wood He did not rise and several ran to his assi,tarce He Mas carried to Jack. son street. When Inc crowd found that one of the number had beer W1undpd and Nyas beiu0 taken to .,