The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-03-06
. OCCURRED At HIS HOME
4
Wite, Daughter, Son and Coach
man Engage in the Struggle

Son of Police Officer Shot and Proba-
bic Fatally Wounded-Chief Stab
bed i'm Arm and COacnman Gets
Bullet i'm Wrist-Attack Result OF
Plot to Kin Officials for Attempt to
Suppress Anarchy.
Chicago, March 2-Chief of Police
George M. Shippy, his son Harry, and
his driver, James Foley, were wound
I'd by an anaIcnlsC, VINO attempted TO
assassinate the police official in the
ihall pf the latter's residence, No. 81
Lincoln court, shortly after 9 o'clock
this morning. The desperate struggle,
in which MIS-. Shlppy and her daught-
er, GeOrgiotta, joined was terminal
ed when the chief drew his own re-
Voiver and killed his assailant. At
tempts to identify the dead man have
thus far resulted in failure. The at
tack is said to have been the result
of a conspiracy to harm officials who
have been active in suppfesslng mani
festations OF anarchy al this commun-
ity. Other city officials are said to
have been threatened and a police
SPY, who recognized the corpse OF
: the man who invaded Shippy's home
as that of a person who regularly at
tended anarchists meetings, asserted
that the man was chosen by lot to
do away with not only the chief Of
police but Mayor Russo as well. The
ramifications of the plot are said to
extend to other cities and to be close
ly connected with the killing of the
Rev. Leo Heinrichs, Roman Catho-
lie priest, who was shot down at the
altar of his church in Denver.
Harry / Shippy was shot through
the breast twice and was probably
fatally wounded His father was stab
bed in the arm while Foley received a
bullet in the wrist Mrs. Shippy was
kicked by the desperado, but her hurts
are slight.
Following the attack squads of po-
lice were sent into the italian and
Ghetto quarters of the city. Places
known as headquarters of secret So
cieties suspected of anarchistic ten
dencies We're ratded and score or
more arrests were made.
That the attempt to kill Chief Ship
py resulted in failure was due largely
to the policemans quickness in anti
cipating the DurpCSo Of his visitors
presence The man had twice called
at the house and asked for the chief
yes terdav when he was tCid tnat Mr..
Shiny was ct work and called AGAIN
this morning, when a servant inform
ed him that the chief could not be
seen before 9 O'Clock. When he rang
the door bell at the latter hour the
chief answered the call
CAS- | opened the uOOr," said Chief
Shinpy later, the man raised his hat
and | allowed him to step into the
hallway He handed ne an envelope.
glanced at it and the thought struck
me that the man was I'D to some
thing wrong. IIa looked IKE an anar-
chist I grabbed his arms and called
to my wife who was in another room
When she ran into the hallway I said.
Mother, see if this man has a re-
voiver' She felt in one of his pockets
and said that he had. t"ied to hold
him with one hand and draw my re-
volver with the other, but he jerked
away and fell against the door
caught him again and while we were
struggling my son, who was up stairs,
started to 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 I had
got my own revolver, and both Fo-
ley and myself opened fire. At my
first shot, which struck him in the
head, he fell. But l fired three more,
;y,4o T. h~o k,sr
Two of Foleys shots also struck the
assassin"
Toley and Harry Shfppy were taken
to the hospital. The body of the an
archist was removed to a morgue A
search of the corpse failed to reveal
any marks by which it might be iden-
tilted In a pocket of the man coat,
however, the police discovered a small
box of losenges, the package bearing
q label inscribed "Trowbridge Confec-
tionary Company, Meadville, Pa" The
lOsenges were sent to a chemist for
analysis, the police being of the opin-
ion that they might contain poison
Tt is thought that it was the inten-
tion of the anarchist to commit sui
eide if arrested. The police are firm
in the belief that the attack on their
chief was due to an anarchistic plot.
Theories that the man may have had
personal grievance against the official
because of an arrest or some similar
affair were given up when detectives
of the department failed to recognize
the corpse as that of any known cri-
minal. The members of the force as
serted that they had seen the man at
meeting of anarchists about ten
days ago.
Both the chief and Mrs. Shippy as
sert that the formers life was saved
by the appearance of their son.
The young man, who is IA years old
is a student at the military academy
at Culver, Ind. ne was at home on
account Of illness and came to his
fathers aid when he heard the Strne.