Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
DEATH AT THE POLLS
Indignation in Chicago Over an
Election Watchers Murder.
WORK OF THE 0'MALLEY GANG
Indications That City Officials Are
Involved.
A G r E A T S c A N d A L

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 1O.-The murder of
Gus Coliander the young Swede, who was
murdered by a gang of toughs while watch
ing the counting of ballots in the ninth
precinct Of the twenty-third ward last
Tuesday, promises to develop into cele-
hrated case.
Indgna ton meetings were held in nearly
every ward on the north side last night
to protest against the election day out
RACES. and to pledge united action in aveng-
ing the death of the man. who died in de-
Tense Of the ballot. At each meeting reso-
Iutions condemnng the brutal murders
and assaults and :he men in office who are
responsible for them were adopted. Fervid
speeches demanding retribution. both in
the courts and at the polls, were made and
applauded by democrats and republicans
alike.
The facts brought to light by the police
drag net Indicate more conclusively than
ever that the Market street gang, other
wise known as the .'OMalley Gang" had
formed a deliberate plot not only to seize
main force, but to kill the judges and clerks
If necessary.
City officials Implicated.
The Record Qnd) today says: There
are indications that men of influence and
city office holders were in communication,
X not in direct collusion with the gang;
that they had promised its members i'm
munity from police interference and that
they had paid the bills for the carriages
that were used both before and after the
murder Of Coliander.
IF the facts which were limited at can be
proven the case will furnish most sensa-
tional developments. and the names of per-
sens high in office will be dragged into 1t.
1T is also evident that the bravado OF
10 asrav, v,.Ys ic Vnrf vat
who are still at large and relying on the
promised protection have shown their hands
several times by appearing to threaten the
lives OF men who are supposed to have In
side information as to their doinSs.
A Witness Confined.
The Record continues: 'E NJ. Dickson,
the republican challenger at the polling
place, lib Illinois street. who was beaten
almost to death, was approached by two
men on Thursday as he lay in his room. IL
Clark street, and was ordered to keep silent
as to his knowledge of the gang under
pain of death. Shortly afterward he was
taken away by his friends and the report
that he was dead was subsequently pub
lished to throw his prosecutors off the
track. He lies at the home of his physician,
where he is being closely watched. Fears
are entertained that bruises which he re-
ceived will ultimately cause his death.
with this in view the Civic Federation
visited Mr. Dickson and took a full state
ment as to his knowledge of the gang and
the facts which led up to the attack on the
polling place where he was stationed.
THE men captured Thursday, with the
exception of Jack Dougherty whose con-
necton with the case could not be estab-
lished, are still locked up at the station.
So far they have refused to say a word
which will show that they were concerned
in the gangs raid.
The n en- the police most want are John
Santry. Major Samr son, Uncle Lynch
and Frank Conley Inspector Setback is
cert eertain that Santry vas the man who was
shot through the body, and that he must
be in very bad condition if he is still liv-
ing, but the police thus far do not seem to
have located him.
The Alleged Murderer.
Eddie O'Brien, who is asserted TO
have fired the fatal shot, was arrested
last night. The Civic Federation has al
ready gone vigorously into the work of
prosecuting the gang. 1t began to, collect
evidence yesterday and no effort will be
spared to convict those who are guilty. No
warrants will be sworn out, however, until
the police have done what they can to find
the men wanted. Inspector Setback says
ne Is perfectly willing to catch such of the
men as he can, and to turn them over for
prosecution He thinks the great difficulty
will be in getting the necessary identifica-
ton for the men who were implicated i'm
the murder of COliarder, although 1t will
be comparatively easy matter to pick out
the ones who were concerned in the riots
at the other polling places.
They are all slippery criminals, he said;
they have been all over the country and
served their time in number of peniten-
t!aries, and It is correspondingly difficult to
locate them"
Need for a Lexow Committee.
The Evening Post says that owing to the
lawlessness Of the police in certain dis
tricts of the city during the election a
strong movement is on foot to secure an
investigation of the Chicago police force by
state authorities. The Civic Federation and
the Civil Service Reform League, backed
by the powerful Union League Club, and
other prominent organizations, will, upon
conVening of the state legislature, secure
the appointment of an investigating board
and its work is expected to rival for sensa-
tional revelations that Of the LeXow COM
mittee of New York.
HAS PORT ARTHUR FALLEN,