The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-21
Cstsr Special servlee.)

znrua Ayerbuch. Nho was shot 10
death by Chief Of Police George
ghippy ON March 2. really an ar.
Hrchlnt bent on killing the chief. OF
was he the innocent victim 81
6hippy's excitement aud hastcg
Believing the latter "a be- the
case a party Of chioaEoans. backed
By tbs wealth ~ a Chicago million.
alre. are making a searching inyea.
tigation 81 the facts 10 the case.
Rabbi Emil G iiirach and Miss
Jane adams. 81 Hull house social
settlement. are the leaders in the
movement 10 Investigate. The con.
fusion Of statements following
Ayerbucha death. and an open
statement by Olga AKerbuch. the
slain mans sister. ia which she
charged that shippY shot her broth.
or without cause or reason, In.
apired the movement
Causes Of Trouble.
The causes leading mp 20 the
shooting 90 back several weeks. %
the parade OF the unemployed
which WAS held in the Chicago
streets. despite the police order
against II. Or ten Reitman. who
calls himself a fefofmer." and dis.
aWna any auarcblsiie tendencies.
started the parade movement Chief
shippy ordered the mounted police
10 dispense the pafaders and the
officers rode among them. using
whips 10 break up the procession.
There VAS much talk Of anarchy
Immediately following this. and
then came the assassination Of the
Denver priest b. an anarchist I'm.
mcdintely the Chicago police began
20 spread stories that the CLERGY Of
Chicago were In danger. and that a
wholesale plot to assaaslnate them
vas afoot This Was followed By a
number 81 raids ~ the police on
meeting places of aa-ealied reds.
and the arrest Of various foreigners
on charge 81 ineilinK revolt
Al " this inflamed the public
mind ~ Chicago and caused the
general belief that city officials
we're In Danger Of assassination.
Then on March ? came the shooting
OF Avorbuch In the chiefs home.
Chief Shippy's report on the al.
legged attack By Ayerbuch. declared
the man came TO his home with an
envelope addressed To Shippy The
chiefs report saFs 4 got a
glimpse of the mans face. and
that. together with the fact that I
had been worrying good deal
about the Sunday meetings. gave
me the idea that the man was not
there for any good purpose
Chief Makes Report.
Tho rcpor, SAYS shippy grabbed
the man hy the arms and a strng
gle followed The man was too
strong for me. SAYS the chief. who
adds that he finally succeeded in
hurting him against the wall Then
the man drew a knife and stabbed
shippy. who drew his revolver and
fired. and the knife dropped from
Avorhuch's hand The chief then
reports that his driver. Jas. Foley,
and his son rushed in Ayerbuch
shot young Shlnpy aud Foley. &C.
cordlng to the report. and the chief
and his driver fired seven bullets
Into the mans body
This Is Shlppy's story OF the
tragedy. Immediately following Il
police raided Averbuch's home and
arrested Olga Ayefbuch. At the
same time they reported that they
had found anarehisfie literature and
materials for making explosives.
The "anarchistle literature proves
to have been i3 volumes In Rus.
sian dealing mildly with economic
conditions in Russia. The only
explosive found was n bottle OF
castor oil. which big policeman
handled In q very gingerly manner
all the way TO the police station.
The investigators. on the other
hand. believe that Ayerhuch was
not an anarchist and had no evil
intent when he went 90 Shippy's
home. There Is only ono group OF
anarchists In Chicago. known as
the "Edelstadt group They are
not reds" or "terrorists' In any
sense. b<iug merely theoretical
anarchists. They are still mild
dreamers. and violence has never
been advocated at their meetings.
None OF these men knew Averhuch.
lie was less than ~ years old-a
mere stripping. Chief Shippy's
eport said Ayerhueh was too strong
for him. though shippy is over six
feet and weighs 200 pounds. while
Averbuch was Short feet inch