Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-07-19
MAD NEGRO STAYS
s and THEN DIES
crazed Man Creates Reign Of
Terror in Chicago.
HOME CONVERTED INTO FORT
Holds $50 Policemen at Bay Several
Hours Attackers Finally Forced
to Use Dynamite to Dis
lodge Maniac.

dead and three wounded as the re
suit Of q pitched battle between Is
4 policemen and negro and his wife
barricaded in house on Irving ave
nue. today. The battle was ended onl,
4 when the police dynamited the fla
building in which. the negroes wer,
4 Quartered, after hundreds Of shots hat
been fred.
The dead:
DEAN STUART. aged sixty, police
4 man.
KNOX. EDWARD. negro, aged thir
| ty-four.
MATTHEWS. ALFRED. negro. aget
thirty.
MINTOSH, ]. HENRY, negro
about thirty. the murderer. died In the
Park Avenue hospital.
M'INTYRE, HATTIE, negress, aged
about thirty. wife Of the murderer.
OVERMEYER, MRS. JOSEPHINE
aged about twenty-efght, 315 North
Oakley avenue.
The wounded:
SLIMIAN ApsS5 GOW ALL, QeGeCuVe
sergeant; condition serious.
COUGHLIN. JOHN, detective ser.
geant wounded In the right hand.
CRABTREE. GROVER G., police.
man, aged tWenty-seyen; shot in the
right wrist and the right elbow.
KNOX, MRS. SADIE, aged forty /;
shot In the back. -
LAWN, JOHN. policeman; right
arm injured.
It was shortly after six o'clock when
Edward Knox, who lives next door,
heard firing. and stepped out Of his
house. He dropped instantly, and Mrs.
Knox went out to see what had hap
pened. She was wounded, and the po-
lice were unable to get to her assist
ance until after the house had been
blown up.
The police then appeared, and the
minute sthey showed up Mcintosh
opened fire. It 10 presumed that his
wife also assisted him in repelling In
yaders, for she also wore belt full
Of cartridges around her waist. =
Police Captain Wesley Westbrook. in
charge of the detail, called for re
endorsements, with rifles, and hum
dreds Of shots were fred into the
house. There came d lull in the firing
from the besieged pair, and a charge
was ordered. Policeman Dean was.
shot as the police gained the door, and
Crabtree was shot through the arm
and neck as he carried Deans body
away. ~ e
II was then that Captain westbrook
decided to dynamite the house. With
the first floor covered by his men, he
gained rear stairway and brought
down from the second floor a negro
named Amos. his wife and four small
children. Then can OF gasoline was
fired In front Of the house. to attract
the attention Of the defenders. and SIX
sticks Of dynamite lwere exploded at 1
the rear. This tore down part Of the
building, and then, two more charges
were set off in rapid succession. They
completely demolished the building,
and Police Chief Healy and Captain
Westbrook led a squad into the ruins.
With them was Policeman Hughes.
armed with q rifle. Mcintosh had not
been killed. In the explosions. and
poked his head above a bit Of the ruins.
Hughes shot him through the head.
then fred two more bullets into his
bOt1ye The negro died after being pa
moved to a hosuital.
4 After the battle was all over the
police found rambling but well-writ-
ten note left by Mcintosh, citing Bible
quotations and declaring he had been
designated as the savior Of the ART
cans In America.
Also, occupying prominent place
On the liying-room wall, was a large
framed photograph Of Pancho villa,
The Mexican bandit, mounted, J, and with
d rifle In his hands.