Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-19
Inspired Nut And Faithful Spouse Blown To Atoms In Chicago After Shooting Up Neighborhood
BATTLE HOLDS UP
 TRAINS FOR HOURS
Self Styled Prophet" Gets Divine Message" From St. Peter To Die Fighting. His Death Comes High
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NAllNfA0Cs JuAt Ac- J. -hN- . Intyre. crazed negro believing him self prophet who must die to carry "a message to the Almighty became violent here today and as the result of his frenzy there was a casualty list of six dead and three injured The negro and his wife were killed only after more than hundred police had besieged his residence for more than , three hours and had been forced to resort to dynamite and fire to end the battle.
 Spouse Supports Him
 Mcintyre had a congenial Eelpmate in his wife He claimed divine au- thority and she believed in him. He didn't believe in work for himself His wife adopted this view also and paid the rent and the grocery bill by taking in washing.
 Their Deaths Costly
 Today when Mcintyre strapped belt of cartridges around himself and equipped himself with pistol and a rifle. his spouse strapped on another belt and armed herself with a rife. She fired the first shot al a neighbOr on the other side of the fence. helped to barricade the house when the po- lice came. and with her rife helped to hold it for three and one half hours. In the end she died with him. She was riddled with bullets and the iop of her head blown off. When Police man Edward Hughes entered the house he found her dead. crumpled up in the wreckage on the floor MeIn- tyre, already wounded. was sasping and leaning against the ice box. He turned and the policeman sent a bull let into his brain.
 Three Police Shot
 This shot terminated the most ex- citing episode on the West Side in years One policeman is dead and two oth CTS injured Mrs. Josephine Overmeyer's body had been dragged from McIntyre's yard into her home and those of Edward Knox and AL fred Mathews. negroes. living in near by houses. lay on their respective front pOrches where McIntyre's ac- curate pistol practice had taken their lives. Knox's wife. Sadie was in a hospital with bullet in her back. and the two wounded policemen were hay ing arms and legs dressed.
 Trains Respect Bullets
 Passenger trains. stalled for hours on a nearby track out of respect for flying bullets. resumed running. and the crowd of thousands attracted by the hundreds of shots and the dyna- hitting of the building. was dispersed.
 Old Time Freak
 Mcintyre stocky negro. very black. had been regarded as queer for years. Tn 1912 Judge Charles .. Cut ting. sitting in the probate court. was warned that negro for some un- known reason. had designs on his life When the former appeared hailifs bounced on him and took large knife away from him. He denied any wrong intentions. and was permitted to go free. He bore a grudge. fire quently expressed. against the police and when threatened from time to time by offended neighbors with ar rest. is said 10 have answered that he would never be taken alive.
 Turns Prophet"
 Some time during the heat of the July night. McIntyre's mania became acute. He wrote two letters-One on g sheet of brown wrapping paper. and the other on piece of yellow window shade. They were illspelled and but they made il plain that the negro considered himself a pro phet-a Messiah-and that he had to die in order to take his report to the Almighty.
 Then Starts Shooting
 These written. the husband and wife armed themsevles Mrs. McIn- tyre fired on Mrs. Wm. Blanchard. a negress. who was feeding her chick ems in an adjoining yard. This was the beginning Mcintyre. armed with an automatic pistol, appeared on the back porch Mrs Overmeyer came on the scene looking for her husband who had been attracted by the shots. Mcintyre took careful aim and she fell dead. He then went to the front of the house where Knox and his wife. and Matthews had appeared on their respective porches The same
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