Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-03-05
COMPANION OF ANARCHIST WHO
ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE
POLICE CHIEF AND THREE 9TH
ERS TAKEN.
ANOTHER HELD FOR
THREATENING PRIEST
PRISONER coNFESsES TO MAX.
ING DEMAND FOR MONEY FROM
CLERGYMAN-CH WORK.
ING TO STAMP OUT ANARCHY,

Chicago, March 3.-Isadore Maron,
aged 20 years, Russian Jew known
as the curly haired boy" and the
companion of Lazarus Averbuch, the
anarchist VIE was shot and killed
yesterday in an attempt to assassin
ate Chief OF Police Shippy, was ar
rested today near Averbuch's home
Maron is known by the police to have
attended the anarchists meeting at
Workman's hall with Averbuch last
Sunday night, and is declared to have
been the slain assassins companion.
At the police station Maron ac-
knowledged he had known Averbuch
for some time and that they had at
tended anarchist meetings together
Considerable anarchistic literature
was found in his possession
Four Others Arrested.
In addition to Maron four other per-
sons are being held by the police in
connection with the attempted assas-
sination of Chief Shippy. lneir names
are:
Olga Averbuch, aged % years, sis
ter of Shippy's assailant
Tonoitis Korimiores, bartender in
the employ Of Mrs Adams.
Edward Berman, aged 40, cobbler.
Priests elackmaier Arrested.
Frank Zajicek was arrested early
today charged with sending threaten
ing letters to Roman Catholic cler-
gyman. The prisoner is 38 years old
and lives on the borders of the Ghetto
district. He admitted sending a de-
mand for a thousand dollars to a
priest according to the police.
Assassin Is identified
The man who attempted to assas.
sinate Chief of Police George NJ
Shippy yesterday morning was Lac.
arus Averbuch, twenty-eight years old
of 21S Washburne avenue. He was
employed by w. H. Eichengreen, a
commission merchant, at 1873 South
Water street.
He Is said to have been Catalan
Jew, who came to this city about five
months ago.
identification was made last night
by Olga Averbuch, sister of the
| dead man, at the undertaking rooms
Of A. L. Bentley & Son, 23S Lincoln
| avenue, where the body Of Averbucn
was taken after Chief Shippy had kill
ed him.
He was an anarchist and his room
was filled with the literature of the
cult
Is Warned of Assassination.
The anxiety Of Chief Shippy over
the threatening attitude of the anar
chists has been evidenced several
times recently in interviews in which
he gave only hint of what he knew
of the actual conditions Long before
Reitman's attempted parade the CHIEF
was apprsed of the growing restless
ness of the disciples or violence They
were beginning to hold meetings with
frequency and to voice utterances
of virulency that recalled the days
preceding the Haymarket riot
Chief Shippy detailed detectives tc
attend all of these meetings and keel
in touch with the plans Of the an
archists. Once or twice he gave ou
public statements that We're intended
as warnings to the disturbers to de
sist. But the warnings fell apparently
on deaf ears. The meetings con
tinued and the chief continued tc
watch them.
Three weeks ago the detectives
brought word to the chief that the
reds had marked Chicago man fol
assassination. They did not know who
it was and from that time all theil
efforts were concentrated on the dis
coyery of the identity of the intended
victim
Hint of Foreign Assassin.
Once or twice the chief received
through the mail a scrawl informin:
him that he was marked for assas
! sination if he did not desist from hi
/ repressive measure against 9Th,
friends Of the people" He paid II,
attention to the warnings considerin,
them only the acts of irresponsible
individuals. One letter stated that
foreign anarchist had Eeen delegated
to kill Chicago's police chief.
The best example of patience is SUI
| piled by justice.