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Manic religious faction clashes with police in Kansas City riot
A violent confrontation in Kansas City pits self styled preacher Adam God and followers against police. The melee results in multiple deaths and injuries as officers chase the group across Main Street toward a river houseboat where a mother and two children flee. A police pursuit ends with Adam God wounded and leader James Sharp captured after surrendering in Kansas.
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Tribune
Canada
Adam God
Douboukers
Missouri River
Kansas City
Kansas
L. C. Rogers
Adam Gon
Martin Stenson
Jens
Jenson
Andrew Lantz
Lorentzen and Helde
Waa
A. ©. Dalbow
Lola Pratt
John Sharp
Adam Good
Michael Mullane
Patrick Clark
E. Stege
Geo. M. Holt
Holt
Juveile Court
Sharp
A. J. Selzer
Eaanes Les Jw
Henry E. Stege
Dalbow
Stege
Clark
Mullane
Missouri
James’ Sharp
Fiith
Johns
Kan