The Red Cloud chief., 1908-03-06
SHIPPY KILLS RED
CiicAGo'S CHIEF OF POLICE
SHOOTS wouLp-sE ASSASSIN.
Sen Is Shot Through Breast, Coach.
nan Receives Bullet In Wrist and
Chief Himself Is Stabbed in Arm by
Nan Who Invades His Home.

Chief Himself Is Stabbed in Arm by
Nan Who invades His Home.
Chicago, March 3.-Chief Of Police
George NJ. Shippy, his son Harry and
MS driver, James Foley, were WOUNDED
Ivy an anarchist who attempted to as.
sassinate the police official In the hall
at the latter's residence, 81 Lincoln
court, shortly after . a. IN. The des.
perate struggle, in which Mrs. Shippy
ard her daughter G~eorgietta joined,
was terminated when the chief drew
his revolver and killed his assailant.
The attack Is believed to have been
the result of a widespread conspiracy
q harm officials who have been active
IN suppressing manifestations of an.
acchists in this community. Other
Clty officials are said to have been
threatened and a police spy, who rec.
Ognized the corpse of the man who In
Naded Shippy's home as that of a per
son who regularly attended anarchist
meetings, asserted that the mar was
chosen by lot to do away with not
only the chief of police, but Mayor
EIsse as well. The ramifications OF
the plot are said to extend to other
cities and to be closely connected
with the killing of the Rev. Leo. Helm
T,chs. a Roman Catholic priest, who
vas shot down In the altar OF his
church in Denver.
Harry Shippy Seriously Wounded.
Harry Shippy is the most severely
Burt of those injured in the ARRAY.
lie was shot through the breast twice
and Is probably fatally wounded. His
father was stabbed in the arm, while
Foley received u bullet In the wrist.
Mrs. Shippy was kicked by the des'
pcrado. but her hurts are slight.
Following the attack squads OF po.
lice were sen into the Italian and
Ghetto districts OF the city. Places
known as headquarters of secret so.
Cieties suspected Of anarchistic ten.
denotes were raided and a score or
more OF arrests made. A %corOnor's In
quest over the body of the anarchist
was also started and States Attorney
Healy announced that the grand jury
will be given an opportunity to inves'
tlgate anarchistic organizations in an
attempt to fasten responsibility for
the attack upon its ~instigators. 1t is
also reported that Mayor Busse in
tends to issue an order forbidding all
street meetings.
That the attempt to kill Chief Ship
py resulted in failure was due largely
10 the pOliceman's %quickness in an.
tiCipating the purpose Of his visitors
presence. The man had twice called
al the house n asked for the chief.
\ servant informed him hat the chief
could not be seen before 9 o'clock.
When he rang the doorbell At the lat,
ter hour. the chief himself answered
the call.
Chief Tells Details Of Battle.
AS opened the door" said Mr.
Shippy later. describing the attack,
The man raised his hat and | allowed
him to step into the hallway. He
handed me an envelope. | glanced at
n and then the thought struck me
that the mat was up to some wrong.
Tie looked like an anarchist. | grabbed
his arms and called, to my wife. who
was in another room. When she ran
into the hallway. | said: Mother.
see If this man has a revolver She
felt one of his back pockets, and said
that he had, | tried to hold him with
one hand and draw my revolver with
the other. hut he jCrkcd away and fell
against the door. | caught him again,
and while we were struggling, my
son, who was upstairs. started 10 my
aid. He was only a few steps from
the bottom of the stairs when the
man freed one hand, drew his revolver
and fired two shots at Harry. Then
Foley, who had been summoned by
my daughter, stepped into the hallway,
and the man shot him. The anarchist
Kicked my wife to one side. and by
this time ! had secured my own re.
yolver. and both Foley and I opened
fire. At my first shot, which struck
him in the head, he fell, Blu I fired
three more. me in his head and two
in his body. Two OF Foley's shots also
struck the assassin
WouId.Be Assassin Identified.
The would-be assassin OF Chief Ship
~ was luentlned as Lazarus aver
huch. a Russian student Of anarch,
istic tendencies. who for three weeks
had lived with two sisters at the home
Of Mrs. Harry Pine, Els Washburn ave
nue.. He had only been In America
three months. having come direct here
from Austria, whittier he He'd from
Kishinev two years ago to escape thu
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