Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-02
ANARCHISTS SHOOT
AT POLICE CHIEF
Desperate Attempt at Assas-
sination in Chicago.
ASSAILANT WAS KILLED
Shippy, His Son and Coachman All
Wounded.
ONLY ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED
City Suffers a Surfeit of Activity by
the Reds-Many Warned and
Some Arrested.
ONLY ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED

CHICAGO. March Am unsuccessful
attempt to assassinate George NJ Shippy
of the Chicago police department was
made as the officer was leaving his resi-
dence this morning. The chief. his son
and his driver. James Foley. were at
tackled by two men with revolvers. Young
Shippy and the driver were wounded.
The chief returned the fire, wounding one
of his assailants
The chief. ii is reported was stabbed in
the right arm during the affray. One
of the men was seriously injured.
The attack is supposed to have been
made by anarchists following the recent
activity OF the Chicago police after the
tragedy at Denver The man shot by
Shippy was killed outright.
Anarchist Ushered In.
George NJ. Shippy. chief of the Chicago
police department. today shot and killed
an 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 prob
ably 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 letter which the chief opened
and began to read. Almost immediately
the anarchist drew revolver and fired
at Harry Shippy. The boy fell to the
floor and his father grappled with the as
sailant Foley. attracted by the shooting
rushed to his employers aid. AS the
servant entered the room the anarchist
broke from the chiefs grasp, aimed de-
hberately and shot Foley twice
Hand-to-Hand Fight.
Again, the chief closed with the man
and the latter turned on him with knife.
Shippy attempted to grasp the weapon
and received a deep cut on the hand.
The official then succeeded in reaching
his own revolver, and he fired shot after
shot into the would-be assassin's body.
Every bullet took effect and the anarch-
ist fell to the floor dead.
The attack on the chief is believed to
have been inspired by the recent activity
of the Chicago police following the killing
of Rev. Leo Heinrichs. Il Roman Catholic
priest. who was shot by an anarchist in
Denver while the priest was administering
the sacrament to his slayer.
Immediately following the tragedy In
Denver attempts TO trace the crime to a
conspiracy hatched in Chicago were
begun. The local police discovered
that the society of Italians formed here
had been issuing fnfiammatory literature
aimed a clericals. and also that several
local clergymen had received threatening
letters. Yesterday while the funeral of
Father Leo was being held i'm Paterson.
y. j.. details of police guarded several
Of the Roman Catholic churches here
Especial precautions were taken in the
Italian quarter. where officers in citizens
Clothes scrutinized every worshiper as
the congregations entered. Later the Of
ficers moved TO the affairs anu stood guard
over the priests as they conducted the
services
Emma Goldman Warned.
In addition TO these measures all known
anarchists in the city. among them Emma
Goldman. were warned that they would
not be allowed to make addresses in pub
i.c- So far AS is known. none attempted
to discbcy this order. and no arrests
were made of followers of the cult The
documents sent out by the Italian or
sanization were carefully worded and
an examination OF them showed that
prosecutions based thereon might have
failed because OF technical shortcomings
Although all self-declared anarchists in
the city are known to the Chicago police
the identity of the man who attacked
Chief Shippy is mystery. Hermann
Scuettler. assistant chief OF police who
has had charge of the crusade against
anarchy in this city, was unable to identi-
fy the man. He describes him as an
Italian or Slav about twenty-four years
old. weighing about lio pounds. On the
shoes and underwear was the number 800.
The man wore a dark suit of clothes and
new hat. purchased from a local. firm.
No articles or marks by which the man
might have been identified were found
upon his person.
Frightened the Mayor.
Mayor Busse had an exciting interview
with an officeseeker a few minutes after
the executive had returned TO his office
from the Shippy home. whittier he had
gone on being informed of the affray.
The stranger. who was shabbily dressed
was waiting outside the mayors office in
the city hall. and as the mayor advanced
extended his hand. The mayor who was
pale and nervous after the experience OF
his chief of police, declined the grasp and
eyed the man closely.
II want a job and l an not here to
ask you for anything more. But II
de,.'t get a job there will be trouble, =
said the man.
The mayor Immediately ordered the man
out of the building and the latter. after
gazing angrily at the city executive for
a moment. descended to the main floor
and walked away.
Mayor Busse explained later that the
individual had been calling OH him and
asking for position every day for some
time
Today. however. was the first time the
man had threatened to create trouble
The incident following So closely upon the
uGgedy at Chief Shippy's home caused
sc &c excitement in the city hail. and sew
eral heads of departments issued orders
to their clerks and secretaries to not
admit strangers TO their offices on any
pfttext.