The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-03-05
An Attempt Made to Kill Chief Of
Police Shippy in His
Home.
ASSAILANT SHOT DOWN BY The OFFICER
Harry Shippy, the 21-Year-oId Son OF
the Chief Shot Twice by the Intruder
and the Family Coachman Also
ounded-Believed to Be Anarchist
Plot.

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anarchist who invaded his home,
wounded the chief, shot the officials
son, Harry, in the lung, and severely
wounded the family coachman James
Foley. Harry Shippy Is seriously
hurt; Foley will probably recover and
the chief was stabbed in the hand,
his wound being trivial.
The assailant entered Shippy's home
while the chief and his son were
alone in one of the rooms. The man
is said to have handed Chief Shippy
a letter, which the chief opened and
began to read Almost Immediately
the anarchist drew a revolver and fired
at Harry Shippy The boy fell to the
floor and his father grappled with the
assailant.
Foley, attracted by the Shooting,
rushed to his employers aid. AS the
servant entered the room the anarchist
broke from the chiefs grasp, aimed
deliberately and shot Foley twice.
Again the chief closed with the man
and the latter turned on him with
knife Shippy attempted to grasp the
weapon and received deep cut on the
hand. The police official then sue
ceeded in reaching his own revolver
and he poured shot after shot into the
would-be assassin's body. Every bull
let took effect and the anarchist fell
to the floor dead
Chief Shippy said he believed that
the presence of his son saved his life,
He has no doubt that the man had
planned to kill him.
When he handed the envelope to
me the thought struck me like streak
of lightning that he was up to some
wrong" said Mr.. Shippy Il did not
like his looks He appeared to me to be
an anarchist. grabbed his arms and
forcing them behind his back and
called to my wife who was in another
room. When she ran in | said:
Mother, see if this man has revol-
yer. She felt one of his back pockets
and said that he had.
81 tried to hold him with one hand
and draw my revolver with another.
But he jerked away and fell against
a door. | caught him again and he
fought hard to reach his revolver. My |
son must have heard the struggle and
just as he came to my aid the man
freed one hand, drew his revolver and
fired two shots at my son. Then Foley
ran in and the man shot him.
BY this time was able to draw my
own revolver. fired at the man four
times The first two shots entered
his head and the others his body. He
fell at the first shot but | fired three
more into him. The man drew a knife
also in the struggle but did not know
| had been cut until after the fight was
over"
The attack on the chief IS believed
to have been inspired by the recent
activity Of the Chicago police follow
ing the killing of Father Leo Helm
richs, a Roman Catholic priest, who
was shot by an anarchist in Denver
while he was administering the sacra-
nent to his slayer.
Immediately following the tragedy
N Denver attempts to trace the crime
% conspiracy Matched in Chicago
we're begun. The local police discov
cred that a society of Italians formed
lere and had been issuing infamma-
DRY literature aimed at clericals and
llso that several local clergymen had
'eceived threatening letters. Sunday,
while the funeral of Father Leo was
)eing held in Patterson, N. j., details
If police guarded several Roman Cath
)lic churches here. Especial precau-
ions were taken in the Italian quarter
where officers in citizens clothes scru-
inized every worshiper as the congre-
cations entered. Later the officers
moved to the affairs and stood guard
'ver the priests as they conducted the
ervices.
In addition to these measures all
veil known anarchists in the city,
lmong them Emma Goldman, were
warned that they would not be allowed
o make addresses in public. So far
Is is known none attempted to disobey
his order and no arrests were made
If followers of the cult. The docu
nents sent out by the Italian organi-
alton were carefully worded and an
examination of them showed that pros
,cutions based therein might have
allen because of technical short.
coming
Although all seli-declared anarch-
SITS in this city are known to the
Jhicago police, the identity of the man
Who attacked Chief Shippy is a mys-
cry. Hermann Schuettler, assistant
hief of police, who has had charge Of
ne crusade against anarchists in the
ity, was unable to identify the man.
lie described him as an Italian or Slav,
bout "a years old, weighing 14O
POUNDS and about feet, six inches
all. On the shoes and underwear
vas the number 1899" The man
yore a dark suit of clothes and
lew hat purchased from local firm.
70 articles or marks by which the
nan might have been identified were
ound upon his person.