Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-12
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Centralia, Wash, Nov IL (by
the Associated Press. - Three men,
bers of the American legion are
dead, two other former service men
are in precarious condition and sew
eral others were wounded when n1-
sons said to be members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World fired on
an Armstice day parade here this af-
ternoon Another man, said to have
been one of those who fired on the
marchers, Is believed to have been
lynched. but confirmation was lack
ing. At least eight Industrial Work
ers of the World are in the local jail,
guarded from mob OF several hum
dred by former comrades OF the men
shot down todag THE dead;
AErHUR Mc1LI RESI-, Centraiia-
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WARREN GRIMM, Centralia.
The wounded include
Dale Hubbard, Centralia dying.
John Earl Watt, Chehallis, not ex-
pected to live.
The shooting began when the pa
rade drew abreast of the Industrial
Workers of the World hall here, ac-
cording to witnesses, the bullets going
over the heads of the crowds watch
ing the parade. Onlookers say shots
came from every direction and that
snipers in the upper windows of the
/. w. w. headquarters fired into the
line.
McElfresh was killed instantly.
Grimm, formerly a lieutenant, was
leading a platoon in the parade and
fell at the second burst of fire, NOR
tally wounded.
''They Got Me This Time.
George Stevens, one of the wound
ed, attempted to disarm an alleged
/. w. w. and was shot in the strug-
gle which ensued Hubbard sus-
tained his wound in pursuing a sup
from the group Of men headed by
Hubbard.
1t was this man, according to re-
ports who was hanged by a mob
tonight.
Casagranda was in the ranks and
a rifle bullet struck him in the body
"They got me this time" he said. as
he doubled up and fell in the street
The crowd, uniformed and un-uni-
formed started to chase the Reds,
Gathering up persons suspected of
affiliation with the radical order,
some of the former service men took
them to the Jail. while others of the
marchers tore out the front of the
building where the /. w. w. head
quarters were located. seized and
burned a quantity of radical litera-
ture and all the furniture, and dis
tributed among themselves and Cen
tralia, citizens the arms and ammu-
milton stored in the headquarters
Meanwhile a crowd was gathering
about the iail Former service men,
some of them armed with the seized
weapons and others unarmed pa
trolled the ground near the jail to
prevent further violence.
According to ex-service men who
said they were present, Hubbard's
party caught the man they were
chasing, after he had fired at them
several times, on the banks of the
Skookumchuch river, a small stream
which runs through the town. Hub
bard and the man grappled, they
said, and the supposed |. w, w. f1red
directly into Hubbard's body, George
Stevens, another of the crowd chas-
ing the gunman, kicked the pistol
from the l. w. WIS hands.
One Man Reported Lynched.
A rope then was placed about the
mans neck, thrown over the cross
arm of telephone pole. and he was
hoisted into the air. The police
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