The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-12

| Governor IOrnWellS Olllce.
Stevens, ]. Phitzler and E. Eubanks, al
SO were wounded. the first named
probably fatally. Stevens was shot
when he attempted to disarm an /. W.
w standing on the street.
The fourth death of a parader was
added when Dale Hubbard, recently
returned from overseas, gathered a
small band and started after the |. w.
W. secretary. Hubbard and the fugi-
tive grappled after chase in which
Smith fired repeatedly at his pursuers.
As they clinched Hubbard received four
wounds in the body. Another pursuer
overpowered Smith and he was taken
to Jail, later to be removed and hanged
after citizens learned that four of the
former soldiers had died.
One of the 90 men arrested in the
sweeping search for |. w. w. s follow
ing the attack was said to have con
fessed plans were made months ago to
get Grimm and McElfresh, two of
those killed, and w. Schales and D.
! Livingston. The four had been active
! in suppressing radical activities in this
community. Citizens today planned to
drive all radicals from Centralia, where
they have been increasing for some
time
Shots poured from the roofs of build
ings as the parade neared Tower avenue
! CentTalia's S main street, and Second ave
nue.. Arthur f. McElfresh fell dead anG
| Warren O. Grimm, attorney and former
University of Washington football star
/ Ben Cassagranda, real estate man, suffered
wounds from which they later died Al
three were residents of Centralia
The parade of veterans of the wcrlG
war broke up quickly while the uniformed
marchers made a dash to raid the l. w
w hall and rounded up all suspicion
characters
The service men soon stripped the hal
of all furniture and documents and al
rested l6 men, These, thrown in jail
were guarded by the former soldiers t
prevent their escape and protect ther
from lynching
a mob seeking the prisoners was Tough
back by the overseas men who stood guar
at the Jail to see that officials made II
effort to take the suspects away.
a quantity of arms and ammunition wa
seized when the mob ransaeked the
w. w headquarters near which I'll
shooting occurred, trampled down tn
building front and threw into the stree
and burned all Of the organizations Ii
erature and property which could
found Posses secured the timber camI
and searched feverishly among the town
: 5000 inhabitants for other radicals.
Immediately after the shooting crow
of spectators and marchers seized ma
they believed to be the ringleader of Il
T. w w. They put rope around b
neck, threw the rope over the cross ar
S of a telephone pole and started to ha
; him up He was in the air only bri
period before the chief of police prevailC
r upon the crowd to let him down La
/, night the man was in Jail here serious
I injured
t The whole city had turned out to ce1
brate the anniversary of Armistice d.
/ and large parade was formed. head
d by the city's boys who had helped bri
about the glad day year ago. Weari
their uniforms the service men were t
cynosure of the hundreds of women al
} children who lined the streets
As the column swung around the CT
= ner of Tower avenue and Second aven
lc the band struck up a patriotic marc
Then bullets came from an unseen enem
Men fell to the pavements and rivulets
blood showed the spectators what h
happened, although the crack of the riff
= bad been drowned by the bare of t
!" band.
Puffs of smoke from the roof of a ne
II by building indicated whence the bull
had come and the nearness of the /.
IN w. hall led to the quick decision that t
heroes who had weathered the battlefie
i'll of Europe had been slain from ambush
radicals
NC The marching soldiers did not lin,
"a TO await the order to fall out but w
as seeming intuition rushed into the near
structure and sought their way to
roofs. The snipers had disappeared,
as the service men sought highways and
ways for all suspicious persons and I'll
- sent out searehers into the timbered co
try around the city
Wives, daughters and sweethearts of
paraders after a momentary pause fir
M the sudden terror of the situation rusl
be to the aid of the fallen.
'e- That the firing was intended for sold
waS shown hv tho faot +ba+ oil +ba Il;