member of the American Legion but a Wobbly. He had been invited to join the parade because he had served in the US Army Everest escaped from the rear of the Roderick Hotel, fired at his pursuers, and reloaded as he ran. The Legionnaire Alva Coleman grabbed a nonfunctioning revolver from a captured Wobbly or a nearby house and began to chase Everest. Shot and wounded by Everest, he passed the revolver to Legionnaire Dale Hubbard, a noted athlete, who caught up with Everest as the Wobbly was trying to ford the Skookumchuck River. Pointing the useless revolver at Everest, Hubbard ordered Everest to drop his gun and surrender. It is not known whether Hubbard knew that his revolver was useless. Everest most certainly would have assumed it was working. Everest, unable to cross the river, turned and shot Hubbard. Everest was then captured, beaten, and thrown into jail. All of the captured Wobblies were taken to the local jail. Elmer Smith, who had not participated in the actual massacre, was also rounded up and incarcerated. There is also some confusion over whether IWW leader Britt Smith was jailed then or captured soon afterward. The Wobbly Loren Roberts, 16, turned himself in on November 13. The last fatality was Deputy Sheriff John M. Haney, who was killed on November 15. He was shot by members of a posse from Centralia because he had failed to give the proper countersign. Bert Bland was the last Wobbly captured, on November 19. Death of Wesley Everest As evening fell on November 11, 1919, popular feeling ran high, and a massive vigilante mob began to form outside the jailhouse. Electrical power to Centralia was cut off, and American Legionnaires ordered drivers to shut off their headlights. Hidden by the darkness that produced, the mob took Wesley Everest from the prison. Although Everest's personal identity was unknown, with some believing him to be the IWW leader Britt Smith, he was positively recognized as the Wobbly who had shot and killed Hubbard. Everest was not the only Wobbly taken from the jail, according to testimony by Britt Smith. Everest was taken to the Mellen Street Bridge over the Chehalis River and lynched. Early the next day, on November 12, 1919, his body was cut down and left in the river bottom. After that evening, someone returned his body to the jail with the rope he had