The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-08
CHURCH RAIDS JOINT.
Bullets and Blows in a Kansas
City, HAS,, Saloon.

warrant on a Joint at Tenth street
and Reynolds avenue shortly before II
O'Clock Saturday night When the war,
rant was read a fight started. Paul
Redmacher a bystander, was shot in
the left shoulder and hand and stabbed
in the left breast. F. r. Cav, the
leader of the raiders, was struck In the
mouth by an unknown person The
proprietor of the place, Andy Mathney,
Immediately locked up the joint. with
the four raiders and several others in
side Then the police were called. Later
they took the four raiders with Red
macher to headquarters
The court of Justice Mason is In Quin-
daro township, which adjoins Kansas
months ago when the prohibition ele-
ment started a determined fight on the
saloons they said the county attorney
would not issue warrants on their COM
plants, or assist them in enforcing the
prohibition law. They went to Justice
Mason's court and he issued all the war
rants they asked for. 1t was an un-
usual proceeding and the city and
county officers resented the interference
Of a justice of the peace from another
township in the affairs of Kansas City,
KaS. The service of the warrants was
not interfered with, though various
proceedings were had in the district and
supreme courts in an attempt to annul
the effects of the trials in Justice Ma
sons court. In the most recent of these
Z hearings in the supreme court neither
S1Qe cOulQ claim a distinct V1ctOry, DuI
Justice Mason claimed that his author
ity to issue warrants for joints and
jointkeepers in Kansas City, Kas. was
affirmed. In the past these warrants
have been served by the regular deputy
constables Of his court, and yesterday
was the first occasion which the
church members themselves have asked
for and received commissions as dep
uties.
The citizens living in the neighbor-
hood of Tenth street and Reynolds ave
nue. have for many months objected to
the saloon on that corner, and a few
business again, and several members or
the Taylor Avenue M. E. church at
Tenth street and Tenney avenue, two
blocks north, took up the fight against
a school teacher, obtained a search and
seizure warrant against the joint and
Andy Mathney, it's proprietor, from JUS
tice Mason. Justice Mason gave Mr..
Cav commission as constable to
serve the warrant.
At o'clock Saturday night Mr.. Cav,
with the warrant, met a dozen members
of the Taylor M. E. church and pro-
ceeded to the joint In the party were
the Rev. Clarence Williams, pastor of
the church; John Harold, w. A. Allen,
| a mail carrier in Kansas City, Mo-,
Thomas Mccain, Augustus Thomas. a
painter, Claude Slagill. newspaper
carrier, and Thomas Wilson were also
in the party. Mr.. Cav. as a commits
| stoned constable, deputized McClain,
Thomas and Allen to assist him in raid
| ing the joint, and gave Allen a revolver.
They went to the joint and Cav, Slagill
| McClain and Allen and the Rev. Mr..
Williams entered. Mr.. Cav walked to
| the bar and read the warrant to Math-
ney. The fight and shooting followed at
| once.
GAS soon as I had read the warrant. :.
| said Mr.. Cav. II saw a little man who
| had walked up to the bar and stood be-
| hind it. point a. revolver In my direc-
| ton. There was a flash. and I felt
| something hit me in the face. At first
| I thought I was shot. and ran out of
| the saloon, most of the crowd with me.
| Then 1 found that some one had hit me
| in the mouth. 1 gave my revolver to
loon. I remained outside until the Of
| ficers arrived
AS soon as Mr.. Thomas had entered
the saloon Mr.. Mathney locked
the doors Inside were Slagill. McClain
Allen and Thomas, of the raiding party
the little man. who is said to have fired
| one shot. and two three others.
while we were in there" said Mr.
| Allen and he was corroborated by the
others, 1.-The little fellow who we think
| of firing the shot
Redmacher who seems to have beer
the only man hit, left the saloon before
| the doors were locked He went out al
alley. Here he was found by friend
|. H. H. Devine, who was the first to dis
cover that he had been wounded. He
had been with his friend early in the
evening and came to the saloon to meei
him again by appointment He tool
Redmacher's hand and found it covered
with blood.
rs that you kid?" Redmacher said
Don't go away. 1 want you to come
with me-"
Paul could hardly talk said De
vine last night. HE said the men wht
came in said they were going to arres
him. and that the little man with thu
| stiff hat shot him.
The patrol wagon, with several Off
| GERS, arrived at the saloon about 10:1
! O'Clock. After a short conversation will
the jointkeeper Captain O'Brien ordere'
the arrest of Thomas. McClain ant
Allen, the three deputies locked in tn
saloon, and of Cav. their leader. The.
i and the wounded Redmacher were ia
ken to police headquarters, and later t
No. police station on James street
They insisted that they did not know
who did the shooting. The revolver tina
Cav had given Thomas was found Il
iber was taken from McClain. He
only a boy. and said he carried tn
weapon for a bluff. Neither of thes
weapons had been DISCHARGED No re
small man. and wore a brown deb
hat, and was pointed out by Devine d
the man. who had shot Redmacher, &C
cording to the latter's description. ALE
said he did not fire.
Did you have a revolver when yo
went into the salOon?" he was asked
That's to be proven" he answered
Afterwards, when Mr.. Cav said
had given revolvers to his deputie.
Allen admitted that he had carried on
, into the saloon
A crowd of 200 men and boys gath
cred at the city hall soon after the pris
+ oners and the wounded man wer
brought there and many crowded int
. the room. where the men were bein
booked Among the crowd wer
many church people. and several mem
bers of the Taylor Avenue NJ E. church
/ Its pastor, the Rev. Clarence William!
pressed up to the desk and spoke to tn
prisoners. When they We're taken down
stairs to the Jail and were being turtle
questioned by Captain O'Brien, NJ
Williams entered and began to talk I