South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
AffidaVitS Filed Charging John
KIOWinSki and LadiSIauS
0paCzeWSki Led Mob at St.
CaSimir'S Sunday.
WILL ASK MILITIA AID
If TROUBLE CONTINUES
Atty. Hubbard for Bishop
AIerding Says Attempt to In
stall Priest viii Be Re-
peated Next Sunday.

That tile state militia will he call
nd into service next Sunday IL necess-
sary tO place Father GruZa in charge
OF 81 Casimer's Polish Catholic
church and parish house, was assert
cd Monday by a l. Hubbard, attor-
ney for Bishop Alerding OF the TT.
Wayne diocese, following the riOting
of Sunday morning. in which a thou
sand people engaged, and during
which the parish house was partially
wrecked, eight people being more or
Iet-e seriously injured.
incidentally, too, John KlOwsinsli
and Ladislaus Opaczewsld, alleged
leaders OF the rioters, have been or
deI-ed To- appear before Judge Walter
Funk OF the circuit court and show
cause why they should not be punish
ell for contempt. The riOung was III
direct disobedience OF an Injunction
issued by the court last week on
petition OF Bishop Alerding, and
further special order 60 Sheriff Swan
son 90 see that Father GruZa was
placed i'm charge of the premises Sun
day at all hazards.
Af1davits OF Frank Borkowskt
leading Co the citing OF klOwsinski
and OpaczewsHd Go show cause were
fled Monday afternoon by Hubbard,
and an immediate OT~tr wOS entered,
the hearing being set for next Fri
day at o'clock u. IN.
a.
those people that law and order must
be respected, and the orders of the
court observed" said Atty. Hubbard
Monday morning. speaking OF the ar
fairs who Is to be priest takes
second place for while 1t Is
probable that there will be other ar
lasts for contempt before the end OF
the week.
Borkowski's afhdavits assert per-
s6naI knowledge that KlOwsinski and
opacZewski tore pickets from the
fence around the parish house and
threw them through the windows:
These affidavits were supplemented
by others informing the court OF the
wide distribution that had been gwen
To his orders, that no one needed TO
have acted I'm ignorance Of them.
Riot BitterSast i'm History.
The riot, which assumed the pro-
portions of religious war, was the
bitterest that has ever taken place IN
South Bend. Aside from the eight
seriously Injured. many others car
ried away battered and bruised
heads at the conclusion Of hand TO
hand battle between the police, dep
uty sheriffs and the parishlOners OF
II. Cashiers that lasted 45 minutes.
The bone OF contention" was the
church and the parish house, the lat
ter at SOS W. nunham st.
Besides the injured men. taXicab
vas almost demolished. the parish
house was semi-wreckeu. FatheT
Gruza. who was In the taXicab. had
several narrow escapes.
List OF the Injured.
The injured are as follows.
John Greenwood, jaw fractured,
struck by heavy iron bar.
OFFICER \. VI. Moore, face and eye
cut open by heavy picket.
Mrs. Charles Niedbalski, scalp cut.
OFFICER Vincent BrZezinski. struck
ON ankle by flying brick.
OFFICER lloyd Stull, face cut and
bruised.
defective Thomas Reed. cut by fly
ing glass.
steve HSus. cut over the head.
George SchOck, reporter. struck
over head by piece of statuary.
It was a battle between forty police
officers. aided by plain clothes men.
and about zoe infuriated parishiOn-
,.rs Men. women and children join
ed in the struggle. Three times pis-
tol shots rang out and for several
minutes the police feared wholesale
killing. That genuine gun fight did
rot ensue before the struggle was end
ed and that none were killed is con-
sidered a miracle by the officers.
The battle took place between 10
and IL O'Clock. Under the leadership
af Captains Bunker. Schock and Cor
dier and Chief OF Detectives kues-
pert. 40 officers appeared on the
scene. They came 20 carry out the
circuit court order 70 take charge of
the parish house and install Father
Gruza at any peril. Hardly had the
officers reached the neighborhoOd OF
the parish before church bell pealed
out and in few minutes the streets
were throuEed
The officers were met by two men.
who conducted them toward the par
ish house on Dunham St where the
mob was thickets. The two men
cleared a path and as the officers
reached the center OF the throng il
suddenly closed iu and the battle was
on Rocks. bricks. cans. iron. clubs
fence pickets and ice seized from the
street hlled the air. while efforts We're
made 70 beat down individual officers.
cries OF kill the cops. kill the
priest" "burn the house tear il
down" hlled the air while the police
struggled % reach the house.
Officers ISe Clubs.
For nearly three-Qu of an
hour the night ragged. police using
clubs and Jacks 90 beat back their
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