The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-03-06
Attempt TO Assassinate George
M. Shippy, Chief of Police
OF Chicago.
ASSASSIN AT FIRST UNKNOWN
Proves to Be One Averbuch, Russian
and Anarchist.
CALLS ON TEE CHIEF AT HIS HOME
He Mounds Shippy, Shoots the Chiefs
Son Harry Through the Lung,
and Is Shot to Death
in His Tracks.

George NJ Shppy, chief of po-
lice of Chicago, narrowly escaped
death Monday at the hands OF
an assassin at his home, 81 Lincoln
court. The other facts OF the senSa,
tional attack are that the woudbc as
sassin is dead: Shippy's son Harry,
aged nineteen, is probably fatally
wounded in the lung; Shippy himself
has q knife wound, not serious, in tnn
side, and his driver, James Foley, is
shot III the right wrist.
Chief Shippy Was Suspicious.
Chief Shippy had called for his bug
gy, and his driver, Fo.ey, was seated
in the rig, when the wOuldbe assasS il
who looked like Il Sicilian or a Jew.
rang the dOorhell The chief himself
answered the summons and confront
ed the man. The stranger thrust an
envelope into Shlppy's hand and sa q:
Here is note | bring YOU I'll
chief whose suspicious had been
aroused. grasped both of the mans
hands, and calling to his wife told
her to search him. AS Mrs. Shippy
gan forward the man wriggled away
but her hand closed over a revolver
in his overcOat pocket.
He's got Cner' she screamed. Look
out. George, for your life!' Sh;ppy
who had drawn his revolver, pointed it
al the man. who knocked Mrs. Shippy
l. To c,.,1
it to fire at her in his rage and the
chief shot him in the arm as Mrs. Ship
Ply lodged behind some tapestry.
Help Comes to the Chief.
Foley had heard the shots and came
running up the steps, as did Georgia
the chiefs daughter, who had just left
the house The two jumped into the
group of struggling fighters while Har
ry Shippy, the chiefs son, came run
ming downstairs from his BEDROOM
with a revolver. In the meantime, TIL"
assassin had drawn knife anil
stabbed the chief in the side. He then
turned and shot Foley in the wrist
and seeing Harry Shippy coming
downstairs he fired at him putting Il
bullet through his lung.
Chief Shippy and Foley, enraged as
they saw the boy fall down the stairs
fred seven shots into the wOuldbe as
sassin, who fell dead at their feet.
Mrs. Shippy Immediately notified til"
police of the North Halsted street sta
ton. Lieutenant Banner and a wagon
load of officers, besides a number OF
neighbOring physicians, hurried to the
residence, and the wounded men were
taken to the Augustana hospital.
Assassin Is Identified.
AS soon as the police chief could
pull himself together he ordered the
police to raid all the anarchist club
houses in the city, and round up all the
known anarchists. After working ali
day Lieutenant AlcoclS with two detec-
lives took Olga Averbuch when she
returned from south side dressmak-
ang establishment, where she was en-
plOyed. Without loss of time she was
taken to Bentley's undertaking ooms,
where the body of the wOuldbe assas-
sin lay.
They reached the place just as a
phrenologist was completing his inves-
tigation and description of Averbuch's
head and hand. The young woman ap-
preached the body with two detective:
supporting her. She took one look at
the corpse and became hysterical.
''Oh, mama, mama, it is Harry" she
sobbed, throwing herself on her broth
er's form and kissing his lips again and
again. She remained thus for several
minutes until pulled back by the Off
GERS. She attempted to cling to her
brothers. form and her screams of pro
test at being removed could be heard
by pedestrians on the street The
young woman was then taken to the
office of Assistant Chief of Police
Schuettler
Dead Man Hated Police.
According to Miss Averbuch her
brother was bookkeeper, having
learned it at q university in her native
land. When the Interview WIFI
Schuettler was over Miss Averbucl
was taken to the Women's annex o!
the Harrison street police station
where she will be constantly under the
eye of two policemen especially dc
tailed for that purpose. Her brother
name is Lazarus Averbuch, and the
family is from Russia. AS soon as he
was identified abundant evidence was
Forthcoming as to his anarchistic senti,
ments and his hatred of the police, e$
pecially of Chief Shippy.
Harry Shippy, who was shot so bad
", is doing well at the hospital, and
the prospect of his recovery is very
favorable.