The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-12-09
FANATICS and POLICE
FIGHT BLOODY BATTLE
IN KANSAS CITY
SlRftI PREACHER STARTS RIOT
Bullets Fly in Business Center of
City-Entirc Police Depart
mcnt Called out.

NANSAS CIIA Dec. ~ In the
very shadow OF the city hail in this
city. less than half mile from the
business center, riot in which re-
lieions fanatics and the police were
the participants and in which over
a hundred shots were fired this af
ternoon resulted in the death of one
policeman. the fatal injury Of Two
and the slight injury Of three others.
Dead: Albert Dalbow
Fatally injured. John sharp,
known as Adam God. /" street preach
er; Michael Mullane, policeman; Pat
rick Clark, police sergeant
Slightly injured: Harry Z. Siege,
policeman; George NJ Holt, proba
ton officer
The trouble occurred a in the
afternoon while the streets were
crowded with persons While the
battle was III progress the partici-
pants traversed the entire block. the
final stage of the fight being enacted
directly across the street from the
entrance 10 the police station Holt
went to investigate a case of alleged
abduction which had reached him.
Near the street corner he came upon
Sharp. who was surrounded by COM
panions and was eShortins a crowd
of street loafers With Sharp were
A. ]. Seller. woman and five chill
dren ranging in age from IA to g.
The officers suspicious were arous-
ed by the manner in which the wo-
man attempted to secure money con-
tributions from the crowd and Holt
decided that she and her companions
were not proper persons to have the
custody of small children.
Holt asked the woman whose chill
dren they were. and she told him TO
mind his own business
"Adam God" threatened the otfi-
Ger with personal violence Holt.
who never goes armed, found himself
at a disadvantage when the preacher
and his companions displayed revol-
vers He stood his ground. however.
and the preacher hit him over the
head with the revolver Holt started
for the police station for aid and the
preacher tried to shoot him. hut was
so excited he dropped the revolver
and when he picked it UP and snap
ped the trigger it failed TO discharge
Holt summoned fellow officers and
by that time the reliGionists were
within 90 wards of the police station
They served motive that they would
preach right under the caves OF the
police station. and that the police
could not prevent them
The officers we've nor prepared for
the volley of bullets which met Them
I
Killed and Siege shot through the
arm The other officers rushed ont
and gcneral battle ensured The
officers We're unable to shoot without
endangerinG the lives OF innocent
persons Clark was shot in the eve
and Mullane in the back In the mean
time a riot call was sounded and the
police appeared from all directions
The officers crowded in ON sharp and
his followers. shooting as they went,
but taking care not to injure the
children. When the firing ceased
adam Cod tell fatally wounded
shot through the head and body The
children We're taken in charge hy the
police. Sharps companion. Louis
Pratt, father Of the children. was
taken into custody. lie was not in
jured
The woman and some OF the chill
dren escaped 10 a houseboat on the
river The police. 80 in number, fol
lowed. The woman barricaded her
self in the houseboat. where she de-
fed the officers The boat was bur
a few feet from the bank and the
police rushed IT, The woman drop