New-York tribune., 1908-12-10
FANATICS UNMOVED
WERE TAUGHT TO SHOOT.
Remarkable Tale of "AdGm and
"EUe'-Ieader Not Caught.

,y,. C.v Mo Dec 9-'I am not going to
die am going to get well and live to kill fe"
mora policemen" That is the assertion Oh Lo
pratt the religious fanatic. who Is lying III N
GENERAL FIospital here seriously wounded IN DAT
tle between his followers and the police last even
, II came out to-day that the followers OF James
sharp and his wife knew them as Aualn az
Eve" and were taught to use rifles II hteile -
with Efforts OF the police to-day 10 nhu 0"''p
failed. Co. ,1,,o4
into q saloon and laid down his revolver Win 'llo
remark Il am satisfied give up AS the'e We"
no policeman present and no one seeIleU i'
n take him into custody. Sharp waited a Inoiiie"'
-, to,,ad ~, tho ,yeanon reloaded it, and walked
ont r. ts known that shortly afterwarc ne hao ms
hair trimmed and his long beard shaved Oh -,
of Police Ahern has issued circulars giving 0Al ~
description and offering a reward Tor MS op,1.T p1s
No other names have been added 10 yes'ei'ly
list Of deaths. Policeman Nicholas Muitah "a
,,os+ seriously hurt rallied slightly to-day anu
physicians say he has even chance lot .s
Sergeant Patrick Clark and A J. Seizo' d pS 'ft+
er who shot through the luhs' are JUL
ly improved . a.. ,tso,7,Ie
At the general hospital Louis Pratt, first dlscipi0
Of Sharp and father Of the girl who was hhi0a' ~
lying on his cot with his right leg p'14 aip1a +tat
the knee and bullet in his brain he per 80. -
he is divinely guided and upheld anu = - - -
,,ts 1apuncfation of the police Mrs fTalI anu ~
four surviving children are detained at Po4i -,
quarters Mrs. Sharp is in JAN NoiI0 u -
svbfhits any emotion when speaking '"A - -,
NJ Lulu Pratt but calmly assert II was HO' -
1rba ,or{ca saw the two women and the Two o4ueS'
girls Mary and Lena. will be charged Win WIN -
NO., Pratt the 11-year-old sister OF Lulu IIdI''
strrIayed the same redoubtable coolness as tHs
o+bars when questioned by the police. She dld not
crv when told of her sisters death. Luiu was 0Tt
by the police when Mrs Pratt ana 'ne wv
were pulling away from shore in q roWDoAI'
She died for her Cod was the cnlld coHliilei
W. cor ACQUAINTED with this man Sharp up IN
North Dakota" she said. That must nave OeeH ~
two years ago This summer we began loilo".n9 Us
hin, In the houseboat we started down the MIS-
souri River We would stop at each CITY anu
preach and sing OF course. we children olo @ lLle
singing and II was great fun. We left St Joseph
about a week ago and hoated down 10 h@ii0aS
C,i+,, inst az the ice cakes began to appear
TT got cold in the boat, but we knew we were
serving the Lord and our Master to endure hard
sbips when He earth When we sVooo ol
the street corners and sang for the people we IeiI
repaid for know we were DOING Ine Ao1u
work.
Me- Pratt IN a statement to the Assistant Pros
acutor told Of the bands work. Mr.. and Mrs
Sharp our aders" said Mrs. Pratt, were known
10 us as a = and Eve, and we DeAeFeu '44e'l
teachings 4 revealed to Mr. sharp last sum
mer that our meetings were not to be inter1eTed
with again We armed ourselves. If the police
attempt to arrest you shoot: they cannot XIII me
III live forever our leader said Inc IIsl l
heard Of the trouble yesterday was when Lulu
and Mary came running down to the boat ana tolu
me that the shooting going on.
Then the officers came and wanted to take US
AWAY I got my rife down of the wall. told Lulu
to get a gun. and all got into a skin that was
tied to the houseboat. I sat IN the bow with my
er,n in nv hand I was not going TO shoot unless
I had to- because 1 had had no chance TO ask
either Adam or Eve what to do. am sorry did
not resist am afraid 1 have lost my eternal Hfe
because I think Adam would have advised me to
shoot
Lulu got into the back Of the sNf which was
covered, and Mary took the oars, and we started
across the river. The officers began shooting at
the boat We drifted up TO the bank. and when
saw blood on Luu's I knew she was shot
Then Mary and I got out and hung on the side OF
the boat until they captured US"
Chief of Police Ahearn announced to-day that
yesterdays bloody affair would mark an end TO
street meetings in Kansas City and ordered his
men to allow no more speakers to address crowds
on public thoroughfares.