Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-11-12
TWO SOLDIERS Jill .
... ASSASS|NATED
Shot Down, it is Believed, by
Members of The
/. w. w.
SUSPECTS ARRESTED
Service Men Wreck Reds Hall in Cen
tralia, Wash. And Seize Arms And
Ammunition.

cal of the /. w. W., has been lynched
His body now hangs from the bridge
The above message, received here
carly today, was the last word from
| CentraEia, where a mob OF severa
thousand citizens is searching fo,
members of the I. w. w. 1t is bent
on avenging the death of four Ameri.
cans, veterans of the world war, who
were shot down while marching in
an A9rmistice Day Parade yester-
day
Four other soldiers, wounded wher
several men, believed to be members
of the |. w. W., fired a volley at the
marchers, are reported out Of dan
ger. The fifth, W. J. Earl. is not ex.
pected to survive the day.
Centralia, Wash. Nov. 12.-
Three men were killed outright and
fourth was hanged by an angry
mob when Industrial Workers Of the
Wm1l fired into parad: given b2
Ire people of this city Yesterday in
conn emoration of AIn,.sticc Day.
Warren Grimm. lawyer; Ben Cas-
sagranda, real estate dealer, and
Arthur McElfresh were instantly
killed. Dala Hubbard, one Of the 6
men wounded, was reported last
night as dying. The other wound
ed will recover. All the killed and
wounded were overseas veterans
Immediately after the shooting, a
crowd Of spectators and marchers
seized man they believed to be the
ringlcader of the / w. W. They
put rope around his neck threw
the rope over the cross arm of a
telephone pole and started to haul
him up. He was in the air oniy"a
brief period before the chief of po-
lice prevailed upon the crowd to let
him down. Last night the man
was in Jail here nearly dead.
Centralia, Wash, Nov. 1.-TWO
former soldiers were killed and num-
Der injured yesterday by snipers, said
to have heen Industrial Workers of
the World. who fired on an armistice
day parade marching proudly through
the streets of the city.
The whole city was thrown into con-
sternation, and the parade of veterans
of the world war broke UP quickly;
while the uniformed marchers made a
dash to raid the I. w. W. hall and
round up all suspicious characters.
With the dash shown in going over
the top in Europe, the service men
soon stripped the hall of all furni-
ture and documents and arrested SIX
men. These, thrown in Jail, were
guarded by the former soldiers to
prevent their escape and at the same
time to protect them from lynching
until their guilt could be established
A mob seeking vengeance on the
prisoners was fought back by the
overseas men, who stood guard at the
iail to see that officials made no ef.
fort to take the suspects away.
A nuantIty of arms and ammunition
was seized when the mob ransackec
the I. w. w. headquarters. near which
the shooting occurred, trampled dowr
the building front and threw into ths
street and burned all of the organl'
zation's literature and property which
could be found. Posses secured thu
timber camps and searched feVerlshl!
among the towns 5000 inhabitant
for other radicals.
The spirit of lynching filled the
air and one man was taken from th'
police and preparations made to mans
him, but he was rescued by officer
before the rope could be applied.
Shots poured from the roofs o
buildings as the parade neared Towe
avenue, Centralia's main stJeet. an
Second ovenue. Arthur E. McElfres'
fell dead and Warren 0. Grimm, at
torney and former University G
Was shington football star, suffere
wounds of which he later died. Be
Cassasranda was severely wourde:
/ All three were residents of Centralis
4 -Four others who sustained less Sc
we're wounds were George Stevens an
Dale Hubbard. Of Centralia, and tw