Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1946 — Page 7

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| blast, into a first floor -courthouse | ths hospital in the bloody fighting. |tee to maintain order.

| window but no one was injured, | The fighting ended when a force |

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Reports that two deputies had rendered the city jail after a wild been slain and their bodies still in | {the smoking wreckage of the Jail |m

They said they had called the | governor in Nashville three times urging a declaration of martial law and the .governor replied he would “under advise

take the request ent.”

Mob Rule Is Feared i in Tenneises Town After Bloody, Gunshot Election Battle (Continued From Page One) (for “defuty stragglers who had not and Athens Publisher Lowell A [the trick after volley after. volley].

custody: or sent to | Arterburn “tried to form a commits

| from rifles, shotguns end other arms failed to dislodge the deputies from the jail where they held three G. 1's hostage and had cornered most of the ballot "oxes. Mid-town Athens, - where fires from burning automobiles cast a lurid light over the nigh" fighting, resembled a miniature battleground.

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As he finished to the dccompani<{ Fhe veterans did not put up af ment of wild cheers the G. I.'s|candidate to:oppose Mansfield, but dragged two more deputies from|backed Knox Henry, a war veteran, the jail. for sheriff, In a special announcement, the

“non-partisan” party to which the| McKellar Renominated

G. I's belonged along with dissident, Democrats and. Republicans| FOr Sixth Senate Term NASHVILLE, Tenn. Ag. 2 (U.

asserted it had no choice in thé riot except “to meet fire with fire.”

The four-man Athens police force P.).—Veteran Senator K. D, MeKellar was renominated for a sixth term today, but vote violence that marked the Tennessee primary thaded the bitter E. H. Crump vs.

"Chunks were torn from the twostory brick jail house by the gunfire blasts and a dynamite bomb had blasted down the porch. Wreckage of seven automobiles

“The Gi. I. election officials went to the polls unarmed to have a fair election as Pat Mansfleld promised,” the statement sald. “They

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s— . "teams of G. I. party men were were met with blackjacks and|C. I. O. angle of the election, otches may be derpo |} and bullets during the primary | {littered the streets. vo Senator McKellar te ~ the medical name A IV erection | scouring the city for him. ; | pistols. + Senale seal- : Complete Optical Service | Sesto ew or.| Mayor Paul J. Walker, who was| Many buildings bore scars from | Fires Biasé,in Tow holder for 30 years, had 1432532 for curtain external ui irritations hile Monday se Pad EA 8:30 Jae | | lon nd "Dit hed battle during P ihe | friendly with" the machine, went|the prolonged shooting. “Several G. 1 officials were beat- i, To aa lo Yirveneald =" 4 Iulectiots ate often very stubbam Fiday 9PM, (fi) ORE pi / | vacatiohing three days ago and It Deputies Held Prisoner yy war . (Ned) Carmack, former |’ , Vi Lt . . ™ ish was réported he usually leaves town | The violence was not ended im- ji and the ballok bose weit MOved) Myst Yo newspaper publisher, A com way to combat OFFICE OPEN In tl by of constituted to the jail. The G. I. supporters| favored by the C. I. O ici SATURDAY AFTERNOON n the absence Sfshity {at election time, | mediately with the surrender of the | weny to the jail to get these ballot Lo] » te h a be theun i with TWILL 5 P.M. 18W, Jul Orgest obi hot & | ‘In Charge Here’ | deputies, part of a force of 300,|poxes and were met by gunfire.” od Dom Sp nd b en hus . wr] d os o I. supporter wh eir | “We're in charge here until some- | mostly “imported” men who had| wpphe G. 1. candidates had prom-|esounties essee’s DR. . y i § | one else comes,” said a G. I. leader, |been hired by Sheriff Pat Mansfield ised that the votes would be count~ n Hour Him ACH er tm Wet be le the mili bu the main 0 Snr (ple oa Sa Tey, 10 che on scorn ant eginning ti £ 10.000. we don't think the governor is going| As the bloody, bedraggled men pug to meet fire with fire. In the a BY xa Steted. th 4 voles. | 1 P.M. 302 Kahn Bldg. [} © [to send them.” streamed from the jail they were precincts where the G. I. candidates go ol Jim M oCord, also with : Meridian at Washington Two G. I. Leaders | The deputies marched from their set upon by a swelling crowd. Many | were allowed watchers they led by My ge y Was yeturned Evenings by Appointment MA-0862 !| Two G. 1. leaders, former "54 bloud-aputtered stronghold with were beaten, kicked and spat upon |g 3 to 1 majority. Gordon Ha goveandr Sres 3, Sol. ——————eimmsisa] | Omdr. Ralph Duggan and .G, L|their hands up to end the shooting. before wiser heads took ‘charge. “The G. I's are elected and willl ge "eoern on Cll on military duty S | Campaign Manager ‘Jarhes Buttram, Crude dynamite bombs turned Mas of the deputies, except those serve as your county officials begin- ag “i military duty Lo MATLIRIGE ale eS my | S¢riously wounded, were returned W|ping Sept. 1, 1046.” any.

the jail as prisoner: h - Ve in ie 5: J = The statement was signed , by . James Buttram, campaign manager

claimed itself victor i > self victor in the election, whose towering figure had been the | A repetition of the Athens battle| a)ying point for the G. L's

was threatened at Etowah, eight throughout the battle of Athens.

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miles to the east, when a G. I. shock force made ready to move on that town and seize the ballot boxes But on receiving an ultimatum from ‘the veterans, the machine of-

A dozen fires had blazed in downtown Athens where members of the mob poured gasoline on automobiles belonging to the jail defenders, and turned them into torches which lit

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ficlals in Etowah hastily conceded {the election and the expedition was | {called off, { Residents Hide in Homes | Veteran Believed Winner | Women and children crouched in | The G. I's candidate for sherif,[c¢llars at their homes or bolted | overseas veteran Knox Henry, ap- their doors and hid under furni- | parently won that coveted post over|ture as stray shots ricocheted {Paul Cantrell, head of the county|through -the streets of this fieepy | Democratic machine who had held |mountain town,

the terror swept streets.

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{the job three terms previously. | The fight began when unarmed | TOASTER | The deputies sent word out of the veterans who attempted to watch |

jail to cease fire so they could|the balloting were roughed up by surrender after one of half a dozen | some of the 300 armed special | makeshift dynamite bombs had|deputy sheriffs, sworn in to “guard” knocked off the porch. They came the voting booths by Sheriff Pat {out without thejr guns, saying they ‘Mansfield, co-leader of the county |

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/ 9 ‘endured the siege. shortly after 10 p. m. last night and | One jail defender was carried out | demanded the release of approxis A

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so covered with blood it was ime | mately 20 vetérans who had been

| possible to tell if he were dead OF | arrested during disturbances at the {alive. As he was placed in an. ns.

|ambulance, a woman in the crowd Barricaded Deputies

foaled, ea Be dod wet og| The barricaded deputies drove the | another mob back in an exchange of gun- | | fire, but the street crowd threw a Ballots Hauled Out {siege ring around the jail and 1gBy this time it seemed the whole nored repeated orders to disperse. {town of 10,000 had swarmed to the | During the campaign, veterans, | Jail area, The shooting had stopped | Republicans who have little political entirely, Automobile spotlights voice in the south, and dissident | played over the dejected deputies! Democrats had rallied around ta, {lined up before the building and handsome Jim Buttram, overseas { horns blared. veteran and former football star,| coat set Joe Stil next wines, They A tremendous cheer went up as who had demanded the defeat of ae bor linen a ae the ballot boxes were hauled from the old-line Democrats who had | have velvet collars and pockets, full the jail and taken off by truck by | run county and state politics un- | lined. Zipper-closing ski pants, members of the G. 1. faction. | challenged for years. . | Sizes T to 12. | A veteran named Ralph Dugan! Counting of ballots stopped when Go Kk ¢

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jumped out in front of the crowd !the gun fire broke out, but in the | and shouted, “Boys, you know Fve only returns reported the veteran-| been with you all day and it seems backed ticket was leading two to like I got a right to be heard from. one. “We are going to put these men | in jail and treat them a damn'| 7ne veterans bad sent observers) sight better than they would have . 4. oie when the old-line Dem- | treated us. You are fine young men, you have fought a good battle and ocrats who control the party pri-| you have won it. | mary, in which nomination is tan-| Meet ‘Fire With Fire’ ' tamount to election, announced that “You are not going to do any- the ballets would be counted only} | by machine Democrats. you'd regret now. WeTre| The veterans had waged a strong going to keep the jail tonight. We | pre- election campaign to oust the want 150 to 200 armed men to be |old-line regulars headed by State here. When the national guard or | Senator Paul Cantrell and Sheriff | whatever it is gets here we are] Mansfield. The two had decided | going to have everything nice and [to switch jobs in this election, | | orderly. We'll be in control -and | Cantrell running for sheriff and! { will dictate the terms.” Mansfield for state senator,

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