The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-19
Kills Four, Fatally Injuries Two
More, and Wounds Another
Before Career Is Ended
POLICE USE DYNAMITE
TO END THE BATTLE
Crazed Wife Aids In Sanguin-
airy Fray. and Both Are
killed-Policemen Are Kill
ed and Wounded

Chicago. July 1s.-Sx dead. two
dying. two others wounded and one
injured. This was the toll today OF
Henry Mcintyre. crazed negro.
through whose brain whirled thoughts
of an Ethiopian kingdom IN Africa,
non-intermarriage between the white
and black races and the belief that he
was a prophet of God
Mcintyre and his wife are among
the dead. They were not killed I'M
til their work of slaughter was
ing blown up
Several days ago the murderer at
tampte to join the Eighth Illinois
Regiment in Springfield. according to
his neighbors He was disqualified.
This severed his last streak of reason.
They turned me down, and l can't
30 to war;" he said last night; but
at %.3o O'Clock Tuesday morning. IN
start war myself"
Makes Good His Beast
He made good his boast Shortly
after dawn he came out Of the back
door OF his home on North Irving
Avenue armed with q shotgun. Mrs.
Henry Bedford. the white wife of a
negro living next door. was feeding
her chickens. Mcintyre fred two
ha1oLA oh9 uCh hGE Is&Hl AIIE
The woman ran screaming into her
home
Mcintyre rushed to the front of
his house with his wife. Hattie
Strapped about her We're two belts Of
cartridges. policeman was across
the street bullet aattenea itself a
few inches above his head He
lodged, returned the fire, then tele-
phoned the station BY this time the
netghbors were aroused. Hampton
Knox. another negro living three doors
north, peeped out OF his doorway. A
second later he fell to the porch
Sigh, Of first blood made the muir
derer a fend- He grasped a repeat
ing rife handed to him by his wife
C. w. Mathews, another negro two
doors away, looked out OF i1ts front
door. A bullet from the mailman 8
ria killed him Mcintyre, followed
by his wife. than ran back to the rear
OF his home.
Mrs Josephine Overmcyer, q white
woman across the alley, was seen by
the murderer, who trained his rife
upon her and she fell dead The poitoe
patrol changed It's arrival then In front
OF the house. The negro went to
meet it He fired twice. One horse
was wounded but no other damage
was dona- The slayer reiterated into
his house and barrioaded tho hallway.
None dared to enter.
We'll try the back. boys" shouted
Captin Wesley westhrook, who was
in command Of the reserves. From
vantage points they opened fire with
rifles Bullets ratified through the
house. For an hour the battle kept
up. Then came luli.
'rHe's dead" some one said Let's
so In"
To tho rear OF tho house went Cap
tain Westhrook. He was accompanied
by six police officers, The back door
was charged, It fell. The kitchen
was deserted. There was not a sound.
Suddenly the nuszle of a gun appear
cd over the top of trunk Down
everybody" shouted westbrook.
Every one dropped but Patrolman
Dean The shotgun roared. The
policeman fell Two of his compan-
ions reached for his body, not know
ing he was dead. The~ dragged him
out into the yard. Policeman Groves
got in the back Of the house. The
slayer fre again and Crabtree was
wounded in the wrist Meantime De-
tective Sergeant Edward Clement was
in the pantry. He tried to make the
door. Three slugs Of shotgun were
fired into his body.
Gets Another.
Mcintyre left his little fortress for
an instant. He poksd the muzzle OF
his gun out Of q side window. Three
tiInes he fred. Mrs Sadie Knox. q
negro, and widow Of the man he killed
earlier. was his victim. She may die.
The policemen decided on dos
psrars. measure. Captain Westbrook
suggested dynamita
With ten charges OF dynamite the
police made their wav under fire into
the adjoining house. crossed over and
opened a window in the fat above
the maniac The explosive was set of
in the front room The police were
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