The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-12
MadIy Excited CeIebrantS
Burst All Bounds After
Honoring Dead.
SCORES ARE INJURED
Path Beaten Through Vast
Crowd to Save Royal
Heir From Death.

." LONDON, ON Nov. 12. A
stampeding, bowling, frenzied
mob of 100000 people, battling
madly with an army Of police,
periled the life of the Prince Of
Wales here last night and re-
tired, broken and defeated,
from the scene only after a ter
rife conflict Of nearly an hour.
The vast throng of wildly enthu-
siastic celebrants of Armistice day
ragged far out of control at the end
of the famous torchlight parade Of
war veterans at the Cenotaph.
Scotland Yard police fought des-
perately with crowds Of half-drunk-
en- men and women, who had
worked themselves into unruly fren-
zies of excitement over the spec
tacular ceremonies at the base Of
Great Britain's war memorial.
Prince Helps Police
The Prince remained calm when
he suddenly found himself the vor-
tex of the surging, shouting crowd
of torchilght bearers. He aided the
police, who were forced TO beat
many of the celebrants into insen-
sibility before they succeeded in
extricating the heir TO the British
throne.
Eight persons were injured seri-
ously and had to be sent to hos
pitsls. There were scores Of other
casualties.
Fifty persons tainted in She path
Of the Prince as police rushed the
crowd to force an opening for His
Highness' exit.
Several times the mob threatened
to overwhelm the police in their
eagerness to get close to the Prince
or in their anxiety to escape the
flying batons of the officers.
Pound Way Through
The changing Of ambulance bells
and the shrieking Of sirens which
accompanied the riot only added to
the general confusion and height
ened the excitement of the mob.
Finally, police succeeded in driv-
ing an opening through the walls
Of humanity, hoping to give the
Prince and Winston Churchill,
chancellor of the eXchequer, safe
hiding place in Scotland Yard.
When they slammed the big gates
of the yard. however, they discovered
that they had saved the Prince. but
that the minister still was missing.
Another expedition into the crowd
brought out Churchill, a bit ruffied
but otherwise unhurt.
On his arrival within the gates OF
Scotland Yard. Wales thanked the
officers for their heroic efforts In
his behalf. Later he proceeded TO
st. James palace by automobile.
Mob Stays On Scene
But It was several hours before
J1e Vicinity VI bllc NCAlONdpli wa"
cleared Of drunken men, who con-
tiued their raucous singing, and the
ground was Uttered with shoulder
ing torches.
In many quarters the incident
was described as a desecration OF
the Cenotaph, Great Britain's I'M
posing shaft commemorating her
war dead.
The violence. however, did not
develop until long after the last
prayer Of the solemn service at the
Cenotaph's base.
Earlier in the evening the Prince
had addressed the entire nation by
radio from Albert Hall. He then
headed the procession Of 10000
torch-bearing veterans to the me-
mortal.
En- route thousands Of persons
Joined the parade, until by the time
it reached the Cenotaph It had
grown to such proportions that
police reserves had TO be called 10
keep it moving through the mar