The Washington times., 1919-11-12
POSSES HUNT
RED SN|PERS
! WHO KILLED
FOUR YANKS

CENTRALIA. Wash. Nsv.
12--Fatal shooting Of feur for.
mer soldiers durinG the Arnis-
tice day parade here yesterday
was the result Of carefully lad
plans BY L W. w. member, se-
cordins TO the pelice tsdsy.
This was believed - havs
been revealed throexh state
ments by -Brick- Smith, alleged
!. w. W., lust before he was
lynched-
Members Of central ergsnisa-
ton Of the I. W. w, the ps.ice
said, planned 10 hin ~ many u
the parsders ~ psssibae-
SEATTLE. wash., Nov. IL
Brick Smith, ssessh1y Of H.
CentyzliA lsesa q the I. WV. e.
been lynchsd. His bsdy ~ hanes
from the bridge" -
1he shove saessass, rscsived hsre
early today, was the last word from
Centralia, where a mob of several
thousand citizens is searching for
members Of the I. w. w. It is bsnt
on avenEins the death Of -four
Americans, veterans Of the world
war, who were shot down while
marching in an Armistice Day pa
rade yesterday.
Fifth Veteran May DE.
-Four other soldiers. wounded when
several men, believed to be members
of the l. w. W., fired a volley at the
narchers, are reported out Of danger.
The NTH. W. J. Earl. lie not expected
TO survive the day.
The dead are Ben Casagrands- War
rem Grim, Arthur McElfresh. and Dale
Hubbard. all of Centrslia
The city had turned out TO ceie-
brate the anniversary of the suspen-
sion of hostilities, and a parade was
formed. headed by the city's hoys who
had helped bring about the glad day
of a year ago. Wearing the uniforms
that sheltered them in the trenches OF
France and on the picket lines of the
German border, the service men were
cheered by the hundreds of men. WON
en- and children who lined the streets
Bands Drcw, Rise Crseha
As the column swung around the
corner OF Tower and Second avenues
the band struck up a patriotic march.
Then bullets came into the ranks
from an unseen enemy. Men fell TO
the pavement and tiny rivulets Of
blood showed the spectators what had
taken place. the crack of the rifes
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 ]. W. W. hall led to the
quick decision that the heroes who
had weathered the sanguinary bat
tlehelds OF Europe had been slstn
from ambush by radicals who opposed
the American system of government
Killed Instantly.
NcElfresh was killed instantly.
Grimm. formerly a lieutenant. was
leading a platoon in the parade and
fell at the second burst OF fire, NOR
tally wounded.
Casagrsnda was in the ranks, and
a rifie bullet struck him in the body.
They got me this time" he said, as
hp anu ltll IN
The marching soldiers did not linger
70 await the order TO fall out but
with seeming intuition rushed into
the near by structure and sought their
way to the roofs. The snipers had
disappeared, but the service men
sought highways and byways for eli
suspicious persons, and then sent out
pioneers into the timbered country
around the city.
The crowd, uniformed and ununi-
formed, started the chase.
George Stevens, of Centralia. At
tempted to disarn an alleged l. W. w.
and was wounded in tsc struggle
which ensued.
Hubbard sustained his wound IN
pursuing q supposed L W. W. who
fired as he ran from the group Of
men headed by Hubbard.
Red Hoisted late Air.
According to former service men
who said they were present Huh
bard's party caught the man they
were chasing, after he had fired a.
them several times. on the banks Of
the Skookumchuck, a small stream
which runs through the town. HUI
bard and the man grappled. they said.
and the supposed /. w. w. fired Ar-
rectly into Hubbard's body.
Meanwhile a crowd vas eatAerfnr
about the Jail Former service nsa
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