The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-11-13

ephone pole and started to haul him
up. He was in the air only brief
period before the Chief of Police
prevailed upon the crowd to let him
down. Tonight the man was in Jail
here nearly dead.
Shots Pour On Parade.
Shots poured from the roofs of
buildings as the parade neared Tow
Ter avenue, Centralia's main street,
and second avenue. Arthur E. Nc
Elfresh fell dead and Warren 0.
Grimm, attorney and former Uni
versity of Washington football star,
and Ben Cassagranda, real estate
man, suffered wounds from which he
later died. All were residents of Cen
tralia.
-Four others who sustained less Sc
we're wounds were: George Stevens
and Dale Hubbard of Centralia and
two men from Chehalis, Wash,
whose last names were given as Fris-
Gus and Watt.
The whole city had turned out to
celebrate the anniversary of the sus-
pension of hostilities and large pa
rade was formed headed by the city's
boys who had helped bring about the
glad day of year ago. Wearing the
uniforms that sheltered them in the
trenches of France and on the picket
lines of the German border, the SER
vice men were the synosure of the
hundreds of women and children who
lined the streets.
Blood Runs On Streets.
AS the column swang around the
corner of Tower avenue and Second
Avenue, the band struck up pa
-riotic march They bullets came in
10, the ranks from an unseen enemy
Many fell to the pavement and the
lay livulets Of blood showed the
ctat9rs what had taken place, the
crack OF The rifles Of the ass5ssins
laying been drowned by the biale
If the band.
The puff of smoke from the roof
# nearby building indicated
whence The bullets had come and the
learness Of the !. w. w. hall led to
he quick decision that the heroes
5ho had weathered the sanguinary
1attlefelds of Europe had been slain
rom ambush by radicals who op-
posed the American system Of gov
The marching soldiers did not lin
;er to await the order to fall out
,ut with seeming intuition rushed in
o the nearby structure and sought
heir way to the roofs. The snipers
lad disappeared, but the service men
ought highways and byways for all
uspicious persons and then sent out
ioneers into the timbered country
round The city.
Women Aid In Search.
Wives, daughters and sweethearts
f the paraders, after a momentary
ause from the sudden terror of the
ituation, rushed to the aid of the
allen.
That the firing was intended fol
oldiers was shown by the fact thai
Il the killed and injured were in
ne military section of the parade
-hich was made up partly of resi-
ents of Chehalis.
Arthur McAlfresh was found to
ave been killed instantly, but War
an Grimm did not die until later
rimm's death added to the furry Of
lie crowd of civilians that swarmed
ter about the Jail to demand ven.
sance.
He had been an idol of the town
zen before the war, as he was
ar football player of the Univer-
ty of Washington.
As soon as tn first excitement sub I
ded somewhat, word of the attack
as sent to Gov. Hart of Olympia !
e communicated with the Depart |
ent of Justice officers at Seattle {
Id then dispatched 10 members of
e Third Infantry, National Guard l
Centralia. The soldiers are expect :
to arrive BY morning.