The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-21
FUTILE ATTEMPT TO KILL CHI
cAoo CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN.
by A GREEK OR ITALIAN
While Children Were Gathering For
Sunday School an Unknown Man
Shot Twice and Escsped-A
Part OF Plot.

Chicago. oct 2O-Thc Rev +. D.
Fielding. pastor or the Corpus Chris
II church. one OF the largest Roman
Catholic congregations Of the south
side. was fired at twice by an nm
known man in the vcsibulc Of his.
church this morning. One " the.
bullets grazed the priests forehead
The man escaped after being fol
lowed two blocks by the priest and
several Sunday school pupils
The priest was just about 10 leave
the church 10 pronounce n benedic-.
tlon at nearby convent. At the
inside entrance Of the church which
is In fashionable residence dis.
trict. he saw the man.
what do you WANT" askcl mo
priest
81 an saying my ,r"ye-s' ~op'a'.
iho man
'Wr1 an sur, rised." said rath..
or Ficli'1s Then re noticed a ~
mans rurs" stic'ine from tho nan 5
coa' ~okct TIE rriest askcl rim
whore he got It and was told that.
II had been found. Father Fielding.
then suggested that they try 10 finn.
the owner among tho women who
were inside the church.
As he turned towards the door the
man drew n revolver and fired The
priest dropped TO rhe floor. The
powder had burned his temple. The
man fired again and then ran from
the vestibule entrance II was Just
n few minutes before time for sun.
day school and the church was
crowded with children as was the
vcstibule and the steps leading up
into the church They screamed in
terror at the sound Of the revolver
shots. When Father Fielding felt
they supposed that he had been kill.
ed. The priest called 10 another
priest 10 send an alarm tho po-
lice and started on run after the
man, who ran south on Grand boul.
cvard
An alarm was quickly raised at
the church and many followed the
priest The man was seen 10 run un.
der the elevated railroad structure
at Fiityfirst street and Calumet nv.
cnuc, and thar was tho last seen
of him.
Father Fielding said that ne was
sure the man was either Crock
or an Italian and he said that he
did not believe that he was in the
church for the purpose of stealing
but that he had come 80 KIN the
priest. lie said that he had never
seen the man until he noticed him
IN the vestihulc Of tho church.
Father Fielding who is known
for his support Of all outdoor atb.
letics. said thar he believed no.
owed his life 10 the fact thar no
had dropped when the first shot was
ilr'd' II" said that the burn of the
powder at first seemed nothing. hut
the thought flashed rhroupb his
mind that by pretending that he
was shot the man would not riro n
second time. The man however aid
shoot again though tho mark Of
The bullet could not be found He
was on. of sight Of the church he.
Tore the priest was in pursuit
The shooting recalls the murdo
or the Rev Leo Honrichs of ST
Elizaboth's Catholic church i'm Don.
YER February %, aud confirms rbe
prediction of Chancellor f. NJ
Dunn" of the Chicago diocese who
''Id AT that time that auompts ON
me lives of Chicago priests surely,
would follow, Since the murder of
rather ltenrichs every priest in Chi.
'"Eo mas been under guard. wheth.
err he knew it or no, at every mass
under orders from Chicf Shipnv
ana 1t rs believed that only mis-
Ia'' which evidently was known 70
me aSSailant prevented him from
shooting Father Fielding al tho altar
stems '