The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-18
GARRY REPORT
TO ALMIGHTY
COST 6 LIVES
Barricaded, Negro Fanatic
Fights Chicago Police.
Himself and Wife Are Num-
bered Among Victims.
HUNDREDS SHOTS EXCHANGED
Kills White Woman Carrying
Baby in Arms.
Police Dynamite and Fire Fail
to DiSlOdge Him.
BRAVE OFFICER ENDS BATTLE
Deliberately Walks Into House
and Shoots Negro.
Leaves Note Telling of Strange
Religious Mania.
Police Dynamite and Fire Fail
to DiSIOdge Him.
BRAVE OFFICER ENDS BATTLE
Deliberately Walks Into House
and Shoots Negro.
Leaves Note Telling of Strange
Religious Mania.

Chicago, July 18.-H. ]. Mcintyre,
a colored religious fanatic, becoming
violently insane today, killed four per
sons and wounded three others with
rifle before the police, whom he held
at bay for an hour, killed him and his
wife.
In all, McIntyre's hallucination that
he must carry my report to the AL
mighty" cost six lives.
Hundreds of shots were exchanged
between the crazed man, barricaded
in his flat in q two story brick struc-
ture at 320 North Irving avenue, ana
the police. The latter made an lnet-
fectual attempt to burn the place and
exploded three charges of dynamite
under il as they were unable to make
headway against the rapid and ac-
curate fire of the negro.
The dead:
STUART DEAN, 50 years old, po-
liceman, shot in neck
MRS. JOSEPHINE OVERMY Err
2S years old. neighbor, shot in breast.
EDWARD KNOX, "a years old, col
ored, neighbor, shot in chest.
ALFRED MATTHEW'S, 80 years
old. ueighbor, negro. found dead of
bullet wound on porch of his home:
H. ]. MCINTYRE, colored, the
crazed man, 80 years old, shot by po-
lice: died in hospital
MRS. HATTIE MCINTYRE, colored,
wife of above, 80 years old. head blown
off.
The injured:
Edward Clement, detective sergeant,
46 years old, three bullet wounds;
serious.
Grover Crabtree. policeman, 27
years old, wounds in wrist and elbow;
not serious.
Mrs. Sadie Knox, 40 years old. wife
of Edward Knox, bullet wound in
back; serious.
Note Explains Fanaticism.
The explosion blew the rear porch
and part of the kitchen into the alley,
and when the police were able to en-
ter the building it was a wreck. They
found an explanation of McIntyres s
deed in a note which he left scrawled
in lead pencil on soiled piece OF
brown wrapping paper.
The Almighty God has made
me a prophet unto all nations and
also my wife, Matte Mcintyre,
ran the note. You shall know
that the Lord has sent me to
gather unto the Lord the rem
nant of the Adamic Seed CAT
this place in the scrawl the negro
wrote three capital &C" and the
initials "P. H.")
The Lord has made me the
savior of all Africans of Amer
lea and now L shall recommend
all that are worthy unto my
heavenly father, the great God of
all cEeaIlOH- LIE Lulu Ale1S SANCh
me spirit to judge the quick and
the dead.
Il must die in this land that 1
may carry my reports unto Al
mighty God concerning the land
of the United States"
In the opinion of Police Captain
Wesley Westbrook, Mcintyre wrote
the letter just before becoming vio-
lent, although he had opportunity to
do so during lulls in the fighting.
Shoots Policeman Dead.
Frank Freemuth, a policeman, told
this story of the fight:
Stuart Dean was shot when he en-
tered the building after breaking down
a rear door l and four other police
men were with him, but he was the
first to enter. He was shot and killed
the instant he crossed the threshold
Clement and Crabtree were shot when
they entered to recover Deans body.
Both fell, and we had to go in and get
the three of them.
The crazy negro was barricaded
behind trunk and other articles when
we came in He had a rifle and a re-
volver and fired rapidly
Mrs. Knox gave this version:
Il was awakened about o'clock by
shouts and screams" she said. 81
awakened my husband and we found
that the screams came from a woman
at McIntyre's home. We went out on
our porch, my husband in front, and
at that moment a bullet struck him
and he fell dead. 1 started back into
the house to warn my niece who was
still in bed.
That's the last I remember but
know that a bullet got me in the
back "
Thought Mcintyre Queer.
Mrs. Knox said that neighbors TO,
some months had considered McIn.
tyre queer ana did not associate Will
him. His actions at times became So
strange that the police were called
but his offenses were not considered
serious enough to warrant arrest.
Mcintyre first attracted attention al
3:15 o'clock in the morning by. hi.
shouts, but it was not until that the
noise became so alarming that the
neighbors came out to investigate anc
calls were sent to the Warren Ave.
nuc police station.
1t was o'clock, three hours after
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