Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1894 — A SECTARIAN RIOT. [ARTICLE]

A SECTARIAN RIOT.

Conflict Between the A, P, A. and Catholics at Kansas City. A Pitched Battle—One Man Killed, Thres Fatally Wounded—Other Casualties. At Kansas City, Tuesday, the American Protective Association and the Catholics met at the polls and a bloody con* diet ensued. It cannot be stated which side is responsible for the affray as th« partisans of each loudly charged the other witli being the full cause, of all the troubla More than 100 shots were exchanged be* tween the combatants in less than that many seconds and when tho firing ceased one man lay dead, three fatally injured, and two less seriously wounded upon the pavement. The riot that resulted so fatally wr the climax of a scries of smaller riots the took place at other points earlier in th day between the same opposing rellgiox factions. The riot took place on th Southwest Iwnl<9 .sard, in the Fifth ward close to police station No. 3, and thost who took part in it had been heated to th« lighting temper by reports that had been hourly arriving at the station of brawls as other polling places. Only one hour bo fore it was known that John Gooley, a stonemason, was shot in the back anl forehead by William Henry Walker at ( voting pJaceat tho corner of Fiftli an. Campbell streets and that the row was directly due to a debate between the twe men regarding the principles of the American Protective Association, to wliicL Gooley was violently opposed. Callahan, the man who was k'He'L aljeged to have been a non-participant Ir the dispute. This is-denied by the A. IF A. wiio assert licit It was Callahan who firoc the first shot. Dozens of arrests wen made. It will probably lie impossible U: locate, the responsibility for the riot. A bitter feeling exists between the factions and more trouble may result.