Evening star., 1919-11-12
Taken From Jail; Hanged.

removed and hanged after citizens
learned that four of the former SOL
diers had died. An attempt to lynch
Smith was made before he was lodged
in the Jail.
you fellows can't hang me-" he
said. II was sent to do my duty
and I did it,"
Smith was tossed from bridge over
the Chehalis river after a rope was
tied about his neck and a volley OF
ing party worked silently and in
darkness while taking him from the
Jail At 1880 o'clock all the city's
electric lights were cut OF and eight
men easily overcame the one man or
guard inside the jail. Smith was
placed in one of about six darkehed
automobiles that stood about the jail
and rushed to the bridge.
Little was known of Smith. He
came here a short time ago.
Two undertakers refused to handle
Smiths body and what disposal Of II
would be made was unknown.
Clashes between the l. W. w. and
Centralia citizens have occurred al
intervals during the past two years
The first trouble occurred when a
radical spoke against a Red Cross
bazaar.
At that time a crowd removed all
the furniture from the I. w. w. hall
and burned it in the street
Gov: Hart Going to Scene.
Gov. Hart today was en- route
to the capital from the eastern part
of the state. He started imm ediately
on receipt of news of the disorders
here.
The governor was without detailed
early today, and his only statement
was: There will be no mob rule
at Centralia."
He expected to have detailed re-
ports today from Carl Shuff, his sec
retary, whom he telegraphed to come
here.
The request that troops be sent to
Centralia was followed by a cancel.
lation from the prosecuting attorney
but it was not sent in time to halt
pany of seventy-f1ve state militiamen
From Yakima today came report
that members of the American Legion
there were discussing formation OF
a secret order within the legion de-
signed to combat radicalism
of only five paid members and they
were powerless in the face of the
great odds against them both in
mbating the I. w. W.'s and in de.
Tending Smith before he was hanged
Members of the legion assisted them
III pau oAiih6 dhu doi uih6 Tic jail.
Was Post Commander.
Warren Grimm was commander o1
the local post of the American Legion
He returned recently from Siberia
and had been practicing law with
his brother. During his college days
at the University of Washington he
acquired fame as an athlete He was
thirty-one years old and is survived
by "a wife and baby daughter.
McElfresh was twenty-four year.
old. He returned from France las
May after sixteen months overseas.
Hubbard served with the goth En-
gineers in France. He was married
only two weeks ago.
Casagranda served with the els
Division in France.
One eyewitness; account of the at
tack on the marchers was that /
came just as the head of the lin,
slowed down to mark time" in from
of the l. w. w. headquarters to per
NIT the rest of the column to max,
up distance. From the roof and win
dows of the l. w. w. headouarter
and buildings across the street AM
from pedestrians volleys of bullets
sprayed the halted ranks.
Men came running from differen
exits of the I. w. w. hall.
| Secretary Smith fled from a rea
entrance. firing an automatic. Hi
weapon damned" but he restored i
to working condition and continued t,
fire until he was overtaken and dis
| armed.