The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-17
FATAL STREET FIGHT
TWO KILLED AND FIVE WOUNDED IN FIERCE FIGHT IN KAN
 sAs CITY.
RELIGIOUS FANATICS ATTACK POLICE
James Sharp, Why Styles Himaer Adam God" Led the RIoters-Es- capped Arrest--AII the Others in Custody--Riot Call Turned in-cIty is Being Searched.

l -~'tS WEI ~U[ds
 Kansas City. Dec. 10.--In a battle between the police and religious ia. natics which began at Fourth and Main streets at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday | afternoon and ended at the Missouri | river bank, two persons were killed and five were injured. The trouble came about through the police trying to break up religious street meeting, at which revolvers and knives were | carried by the exhorters.
 The dead are Policeman Dalbow and Lulu Pratt. IA years old. The wounded are Sergt. Clark. dan. gerous; Patrolman Mullane, danger. ous, Louis Pratt, fanatic, dangerous, J. J. Sulzer. spectator. will die; Lieut.. Stege, painfully.
 | Just few minutes before the tragedy occurred George M. Holt, . probation officer. found Mrs. Melissa Sharp, Mrs. Della Pratt and the lat. ter's five children singing near Fifth and Main streets. He asked why the children were not in school, and was answered with an insult. l The fanatics, after collection amounting to about s3 or s4 had been l made. started north on Main street with Mir Holt following. They went into what is known as the Poor Man s mission, 309 Main street, conducted by ]. C. Creighton and wife. MT. Holt then approached J. A. Sharp, husband of one of the women. and addressed him and Louis Pratt. the others hus band.
 T am the father of Jesus Christ" :" said Sharp T have been sent to re- organize the world You are no more than damned sheep. Get out of here am going to preach with my chil dren right in front of that police sta tion. You'll see what they'll do to me. Get out.'
 With that Sharp drew big revolver and struck MT. Holt over the head He left the omission withsthe fanatics following. all of them but two having revolvers, Sharp with both reyolyers and knives
 Patrolman Dalbow, who was sent from the station to see what the trouble was, walked up to James sharp who styles himself as Adam God" Witnesses say that Dalbow spoke kindly 10 the man and told him he must cease, as crowd was gather ing.
 Just at that juncture Lieut. Harry E. Stege, who had followed Dalbow out of the station, arrived on the scene and said to Sharp, Drop that knife" at the same time drawing revolver and pointing it at Sharp. Then the trouble began in real ear nest. Louis Pratt. who, up to that time, had stood mute by the curb. a little in the rear and to one side of | Sharp. raised a revolver which he was carrying in his hand and shot at Lieut.. | Stege
 The ball tore through Stege's cloth ing from the right to the left side along the chest, taking chunk out of the left arm. Stege retreated, shoot 1 ing, and a general fusillade was opened on the police. Pratt shot Dal bow through the chest, just as he was drawing his revolver, and one Of the women. Mrs. Sharp, witnesses say, shot him in the back as he retreated.
 The shooting by that time had at tracted the attention of all the officers
  1 in police headquarters. Sergeant | Patrick Clark, In his shirt sleeves and unarmed, went out and into the thick est of the fray. The big leader, sharp. was tackled by the sergeant and, though the latter was armed with both a knife and revolver the ser geant went after him with his fists Clark was stabbed twice in the face and as he turned was shot through the shoulder
 The gamest fight against the great est odds was made by Patrolman Mul lane. who ran down Fourth street from Delaware street just in time to meet | inc enraged fanatics fighting their way toward him. Louis Pratt, Mrs. sharp and Lulu, the oldest Pratt girl all attacked him, paying little heed 10 the shots of others. He soon followed Sergt. Clark into the station where both men fell to the floor. | sharp, the leader of the bunch. ais appeared during the fight, as II the earth had swallowed him. Pratt was so badly wounded that he had to De left on the street, but even then one of Inc women, Mrs. Sharp, ran to him and gave him loaded revolver Struggling to position, he fired again mil his weapon was emptied.
 Chief Ahern turned in riot cali' and ali the police in the city that were available appeared there as soon as nossible under commands of captains and lleutenants.
 When 1t was found that sharp, the r,neleader. had escaped, the chiei scat tered e his men in all directions over tba clty. It is believed that ne was wounded The houseboat was guard ad Tuesday night.