Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-09
WANTS TO KILL
MORE POLICEMEN
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Such Desire Expressed by Louis
Pratt, Holy Roller Re-
Iigious Fanatic.
LEADER SHARP YET AT LARGE.
Little Mary Pratt Tells Of the
Life Led on the House
boat.
Her simple Recital Quite Aflec,ins-.
No More Street Meetings to be Per-
mttcd in Kansas City.

hahsas city, Dec. g. am not going.
TO die, am going to get well and live
to XIII a few more policemen" That
is inc assertion Of Louis Pratt, self
styled Adam God" the religious ia
hatic who is lying in the general hos
pital here seriously wounded in d bat
tie between his followers and the 20
nee late yesterday. AS u result OF the
light Pratt's 1S-year-old daughter Lulu.
ana Policeman Albert Dalbow are dead
and two other policemen are in a criti-
cal condition
James Sharp. known as Elijah rs
and who was the real head of the lii
tie band of religious enthusiasts. is
stu ut large. Shortly after the shoot
ing yesterday he walked into saloon
and laid down his revolver with the
remark, i am satisfied give up
AS there were no policemen present
and no one seemed inclined to take
him in custody, Sharp waited a mo-
ment, then picked up the weapon, re-
loaded it and walked out. He has not
been seen since.
Mrs. Pratt. with two Of her Young
daughters. spent last night in the ma
irons room at police headquarters, but
MIS-. Sharp. who fired two or the shots
that struck Policeman NIichaeI A1uI-
lane, was confined in the citv ian
Mrs Pratt bemoancd the ,icatb ar
her other daughter. l,,,Iu nged5i,3 ,vI,o
was shot during the second stage5tot
Yesterdays battle when the women aud
children took a rowboat on the Mis-
AT the hospital this morn;,,n, 4 wa
said that Patrolman M,iiiana ha 4 s,,. e.,
chance of recove,.,, h,,f Tia sart,na, -
Patrick Clark,s conflitio, Nc ,iie,ht,,.
imrroyed sa,ya,.s 80, :, =. * Z.
who was hit Nv 4 SRA, h,,,1et sI.,a {.
expected "a, recove, = 800 4
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~ iNails'is '.itS JUST as those lee ca hes
oe "a. 20 appear.
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you hlioW we We're serving Tue Lord
ati i out MASTER fista 10 eiiuure harushlpS
W WI ne was on earlh " hen We stood
oit ny stiees EoiIiets atiu Sd l"r ttle
peoPls We, aeit icpIio, loi we knew
We Mefe uolils ,lle lotu , Work- n,
NO they ulaii MAKE US chlldren
sue. we ", oid II because We ioNed 10
% 80. those Dig sulis WhlGn We ear
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ms IS a Tree country ana we could
carry nreartils II we Wa,leeu 70. Iheii
duchs When we were iioatinS down
WIN the current;
bld we GET huilsrS me cniid
turned Her plach eyes on tue question:
ca ~ course we uiu sometimes, Out
we uiuli | Ioila thhI fapa ana mani.
llitt welt "istDoue 'iiiiss 70 eat, 100.
"a THE RAND,Ss WORK
MIS- Pratt In q statement to an as
slstnnt prosecutor told OF the bands
work. ME. and Mrs. sharp, our lead
US as Adam and Eve and we believed
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