Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-02
ATTACK ON CHIEF
Of POLICE 5 LIE
G. N. shippy, Chicago, Kills
Anarchist, Who Wounds Him
and Others
FIRES FIRST AT CHIEFS SON
Young Harry shippy Severely Wound-
ed in Lung, and Family coaehman
Also Shot, But Will Reeover-chief's
Injuries Slight = Wholesale Plot
Feared For Short Time.

Chicago, March 3.-George NJ. Ship
py, chief of police of Chicago. to-
day shot and killed an anarchist, who
invaded his home, wounded the chief
and seriously shot that officials son.
Harry, in the lung. and severely
wounded the family coachman, James
Foley. Woley will probably recover.
The chief was slightly stabbed in the
hand.
Story Of the Assault.
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 the chief letter.
which the latter opened and began to
read. Almost Immediately the an
archist drew 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 and deliberately 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 chief then sue
ceeded in reaching his own revolver,
and poured shot after shot In the
would-be assassin's body. Every bull
let took effect, and the anarchist fell
to the floor dead.
The attack on the chief is believed
to have been inspired by the recent ac-
tivity of the Chicago police following
the killing of Rev. Leo Heinrichs. the
Roman Catholic priest who was shot by
an anarchist in Denver while he was adj
ministering the sacrament to. his slay-
err
Wholesale Plot Rumored.
An importunate office seeker who
encountered Mayor Busse shortly after
the latters return from the Shippy
home, caused a sensation in the city
hall, and the occurrence gave rise to
the rumor that a wholesale plot had
been made against the city officials,
but this was soon denied. The identity
of the man who attacked Shippy has
not yet been established. He was either
an Italian or Slav, and about twenty
four years old.
Identification of the man who att
tempted to kill Shippy, as a member
Of group of anarchists who have been
holding regular meetings in the ghetto
district on the west side of the city.
was obtained by two detectives. A
friend of the police who attends the
meetings in order to gather informa-
ton, recognized the body. He told the
authorities that the man had been se-s
lected by lot, and told to kill Chief
Shippy and Mayor Busse.
A box Of lozenges found on the
body of the slain anarchist bore the
name of the Trowbridge Confectionery
Company Of Meadville. Pa. The candy
in the box was sent to a chemist to b3
examined for traces of poison. The po-
police believe the assassin had pro-
vided himself with it as a means OF
possible suicide.
1t is reported that Mayor Busse IS
about to issue an order of prohibition
Of all street meetings in the city, includ-
ing those Of religious as we'll as a
political character. it being asserted
that inf1ammatory speeches are often
made at gatherings held on street COR
ners under the guise of revival meet
ing.