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OUTLAW KILLED.
Stabbed Chief of Police Shlppy
and Shot His Son.
IN CITY OF CHICAGO.

sss VII VI "
Would.Be Murderer Was an Ansr.
ch1st and Entered the Home q
the Chief Of Police and Tried to
Stab Him, But Was Killed In the
Fight That Followed By the Chies
Himself.
At Chicago Chief of Police Georxs
M. Shippy. his son Harry, and his
driver, ames Foley. were wounded By
an anarchist who attempted to a.
s~assinate the police official In the
hall Of the latter's residence, 81 Lin
coin Court, shortly after 9 o'clock
Tuesday morning. . The desperate
struggle, in which Mrs. shippy and
her daughter, Gsorgiotta, Joined.
was terminated when the chief drew
his own revolvr and killed his as
sailant.
Harry Shippy was shot through
the breast twice and was proabbly
fatally wounded. His father was
stabbed in the arm, while Foley re-
ceived a bullet in the wrist. Mrs.
Shippy was kicked by the desperate.
but her hurts are slight.
Following the attacks, squads Of
police were sent into the Italian and
Ghetto quarters Of the city. Places
known as headquarters Of secret So
cieties suspected of anarchistic ten
denotes were raided and a score or
more arrests were made.
That the attempt to kill Chief Ship
py resulted in failure was due large
ly to the policeman's quickness In
anticipating the purpose of his Wis
itor's presence. The man had twice
called at the house and asked for
the chief Monday when he was told
that Mr.. Shippy was at work and
called again Tuesday morning when
a servant Informed him that the
chief could not be seen before nine
o'clock. When ne rang the door bell
at the latter hour, the chief himself
answered the call.
"As I opened the door," said Chief
Shippy later, "the man raised his
hat and I allowed him to step into
the hallway. He handed me an en-
velope, I glanced at 1t and then the
thought struck me that the man was
for analysis, the police being Of the
an anarchist. I grabbed his arms
and called to my wife who was in
another room. When she ran into
the hallway I said: Mother g If
this man has q revolver. She felt
in one Of his coat pockets and said
that he had.
II tried to hold him with one hand
and draw my revolver with the other
but he jerked away and fell against
the door. I 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 tho
man freed one hand, drew his re-
volver and fred two shots at Har-
ry.
Then Foley, who had been sum-
moned by my daughter, stepped In
to the hall and the man shot him.
The anarchist kicked my wife to ono
side and by this time I had got my
yoIver, and both Foley and I open-
ed fire. At my first shot, which
struck him in the head, he fell. But
I fired three more one into his head
Foley's shots also struck the assas-
sim"
Foley and Harry Shippy were TAX
en- to a hospital. The body OF tho
anarchist was removed to a morgue.
A search Of the corpse failed to re-
veal any marks by which 1t might
be identified.
In q pocket of the mans coat, how
ever the police discovered a small
box of lounges, the package bearing
a. label inscribed: "Trowbridge, Con-
dictionary Company, Meadville, Pa"
The lozenges were sent to a chemist
for analysis, the police bling OF the
opinion that they might contain pois-
on with which 1t was the mans IN
tention to commit suicide If arrest
ed.
The police are firm in the belief
that the attack on their chief was
due to an anarchistic plot. Theories
that he may have had a personal
grievance against the official because
of an arrest or some similar afa1r
were given up when detectives OF
the department failed to recognize
the corpse as that Of any known
criminal. Two members Of the force
asserted that they had seen the man
at a meeting Of anarchists about ten
days ago.
Both the chief and Mrs. Shippy
assert that the formers life was saw
ed by the appearance of their son.
The young man, who Is IS years OF
age, is a student at a MILITARY aca>
envy, in Culver, Ind. He Is at home
because of illness and fastened to
his fathers aid when he heard the
struggle In the hall.
Merry Makers Killed.
At New Orleans the bad accident