The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-03
SEEKS LIFE OF OFFICER
Continued from First Pase.)

Continued from First Pags.)
home while the chief and his son
were alone In one of the rooms. The
man is said to have handed Chief
Shippy q letter which the chief OPP
ened and began to read. Almost Inn
mediately the anarchist drew a revol-
yer and fired at Harry shippy. The
boy fell to the floor and his father
grappled with the assassin.
Foley, attracted by the shots,
rushed to his employers aid. AS the
servant entered the room the anarch-
list broke from the chiefs grasp,
aimed deliberately and shot Foley
twice.
Again the chief grasped the man,
the latter turning on him with a
knife.
shippy attempted to grasp the weap.
on and received a. deep cut on the
hand. The police official then sue
1ceeded in reaching his own revolver
and poured shot after shot into the
wouldIbe assassin't body. Every bull:
let took effct and the anarchist fell to
the floor dead.
Son Saved Him.
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 q
streak OF lightning that he was up to
some wrong" said Mr.. shippy.
II did not like his looks. He ap
peared to me to be an anarchist. |
grabbed his arms and forced them be
hind his back and called to my wife
who was in another room. When she
ran In l said: Mother, see II this
man has a revolver She felt one Of
his back pockets and said that he
had.
Il tried to hold him with one hand
and draw my revolver with another
But he jerked away and fell against
the door. I caught him again and he
fought hard to reach his revolver. M
son must have heard the struggle and
just as he came to my aid the mar
freed one hand, drew his revolver ant
fred two shots at my son. Then Foley
ran in and the man shot him.
Fired Four Times.
BY this time l was able to draw
my revolver. l fired at the man foul
times. The first two shots entered hi.
head and the others his body. H.
fell at the first shot but l fred three
more into him. The man drew
knife also in the struggle but l die
not know I had been cut until thu
fight was over"
The attack on the chief is believe,
to have been inspired by the recen
activity OF the Chicago police follow
ing the killing of Father Leo, witt
was shot by al anarchist in Denve
while he was administering the sacra
ment to his slayer.
Immediately following the crimes Il
Denver, attempts to trace the murde
to a conspiracy Matched in Chicag.
were begun. The local police discoy
cred that a society OF Italians ha,
been formed here and had been issu
ing inflammatory literature aimed a
clericals and also that several loca
clergymen had received threatenin,
letters.
Yesterday, while the funeral o
Father Leo was being held in Pate1
son, N. j., details of police guarde,
several Roman Catholic churche
here. Special precautions were takel
in the Italian quarter where officer
in citizens clothes scrutinized ever,
worshipper as the congregations en-
tered. Later the officers moved t,
the affairs and stood guard over tn
priests as they conducted the sery
ices.
Anarchists Warned.
In addition to these measures al
i well known anarchists in the city
among them Emma Goldman, wer,
warned that they would not be al
lowed to make an address in public
So far as is known none attempted t
disobey this order and no arrest
were made of followers Of the cult
The documents sent out by the Ital
ian organization we're carefully word
ed and an examination of then
showed that prosecutions based there
on might have failed because Of thei
shortcomings.
A number of neighboring physician
were summoned after the shooting Il
attend Foley and the chiefs son. Fc
ley was at once sent to a hospital an,
young shippy was also taken Their
after his fathers reluctance to hav,
him moved had been overcome. TIL
young man. who is 81 years old and