Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-11-22

ANGRY MOB HANGS ALLEGED
RADICAL TO HIslDGE BEAM.
Ccntraiia, Wash. Scene of Death AS
Shots Kill Cclcbrators.
Ccntraiia Wash, Nov 11.-'Thrce
men were killed outright and Il fourth
was hanged by an angry mob when
Industrial Workers of the World fir
ed into Il parade given by the pco-
pic Of this eli y today in commemora
ton Of Armistice Day.
Warren Grimm, lawyer; Ben Cas-
sagranda, real estate dealer and Ar
thur MclIlfrcsh were Instantly kill
cd. Dala Hubbard one of the six men
wounded was reported tonight as dy-
ing. The other wounded will recover.
All the killed and wounded we're over
seas veterans.
Immediately after the shooting a
crowd Of spec ators and marchers
seized Il man they believed to be the
ringlcadcr Of the l, w. w. They put
Il rope around his neck, threw the
rope over the cross arm Of telc-
phone pole and started to haul him
up He was in tho air only brief
period before the chief Of police pre-
vailed upon the crowd to let him
down Tonight tho man was in jail
here nearly dead.
SIXTEEN. UNDER ARREST.
Sixteen alleged Industrial Workers
of tho World were arrested early to-
night and moro were being placed In
jail as fast rs they could be found.
Former soldiers were guarding the
Jail to keep the prisoners from mob
which crowded around the building.
At 1880 tonight the city's lights sud
denly were Cout Of and a v0llcy OF
shots raincd down Pearl street. 1t
was during this period that the pris
oncr was taken from Jail and spirited
away. He was rushed toward a near
by wood and at last accounts the
coowd had disappeared with him.
According to a report tclcphoned
the mob took the alleged I. w. W.,
from jail. escorted him to n point
just outside tho city limits, and hang
cd him on n bridge on what Is known
as tho old Chchals Military Road.
''Tho mans body is now hanging
on n rope under the bridge about ton
feet from the water" tho telephone
message said. "The I. w. w the mob
lynchcd was the one who shot Dale
Hubbard during tho fight In the riv.
err bed"
BUILDINGS
The Industrial Workers Of the
World it is charged, fired from roofs
Of buildings near their hall. After
the shooting Il mob ransackcd the /
w. w. hall, tore down the front OF
tho building and threw furniture III
to the streets, where 1t was burned
The hall itself was not burned.
Following the shooting the outrag-
cd soldiers and citizens raided the /
w. w meeting place and surround.
ing buildings, SeiZing several mem
bers Of The l. w. w. and Il quantity
of arms and ammunition. Posses early
tonight searched the countryside fol
others who might have escaped In
tho confusion.
Tho whole city had turned out tC
celebrate the anniversary Of the sus
pension Of hostilitics and n large par
AIDE was formed, headed by the city's
boys who had helped bring about the
glad day year ago. Wearing tho
uniforms that sheltered them in the
trenches of France and on the picket
lines OF tho German border. the ser.
vice men were the exposure Of the
hundreds Of women and children who
lined the streets.
AS the column swung around the
corner Of Tower Avenue and Second
Avenue the hand struck up n patrl-
otto march. Then bullets came into
the ranks from an unseen enemy, Men
fell to the pavement and tiny rivu-
let's of blood showed the spectators
what had taken place, the crack OF
the rifles Of the assassins having
been drowned by the blare of the
band.
Tiny puffs Of smoke from the roof
of a nearby building indicated whence
the bullets had come and the near
ness Of the I. w. w. hall led to tho
quick decision that tho heroes who
had weathercd the sanguinary battle
fields Of Europe had been slain from
ambush by radicals who opposed the
American system Of government.
The marching soldiers did not ling
er to await the order to fall out but
with seeming intuition rushed into
the nearby structure and fought THEN
way to the roof. The shippers had
disappeared but the service men
sought highways and byways for
all suspicious persons and then sent
out pioneers into the timbcred coun
try around the city.
RUSH TO AID OF FALLEN MEN.
Wives, daughters and swcethearts
OF the paradcrs after q momcntary
pause from the sudden terror Of the