The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-03-13
OUTLAW KILLED.
Stabbed Chief of Police Shippy
and Shot His Son.
I'M CITY OF CHICAGO.

'he Chief of Police and Tried tn
Stab Him, But Was Killed in tho
Fight That Followed BY the Chic.
Himself.
AT Chicago Chief Of Police George
NJ Shippy, his son Harry and his
driver. ames Foley, were wounded by
an anarchist who attempted to as
sassinate the police official In tbc
hall OF the latter's residence, 81 lin
coin Court, shortly after o'clock
Tuesday morning. The desperate
struggle, in which Mrs. Shiny ana
her daughter, Georgiotta, ioined
was terminated when the chief drew
his own revolvr and killed his as
sailant.
Harry ShiDpy was shot through
the breast twice and was proabbIy
fatally wounded. His father was
STABBED In the arm, while Foley re-
ccived a bullet in the wrist. Mrs.
Shippy was kicked by the desperado
but her hurts are Slight.
Following the attacks, squads OF
police We're sent into the Italian ana
Ghetto quarters Of the city. Places
known as headquarters Of secret So
cleIles suspected OF anarchistic ten
dehcles were raidcd and score or
more arrests were made.
That the attempt to kill Chief Shin
py resulted In failure was due large
ly to the policeman's 'quickness in
anticipating the purpose Of his yis-
TORS presence. The man had twice
called at the house and asked foy
Monday N zen le was tois
that Mr.. Shippy was at work ana
called again Tuesday morning when
servant informed him that the
chief could not be seen before nine
O'Clock. When he rang the door ben
at the latter hour, the chief himself
answered the call
AS opened the door" said Chief
Shippy later, the man raised his
hat and | allowed him to step into
the hallway. He handed me an en-
vclope, | glanced at it and then the
thought struck me that the man was
for analysis, the police being OF the
an anarchist. l grabbed his arms
and called to my wife who was in
another room. When she ran into
the hallway I said: Mother see IL
this man has 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. l caught him again and
while we were struggling my son.
who was up stairs, started to my
aid. He was only few steps FROM
the bottom OF the stairs when tho
man freed one hand, drew his re-
volyer and fired two shots at Har-
ry
"Then Foley, who had been sum
moncd by my daughter, stepped in
to the hall and the man shot him.
The anarchist kicked my wife to one
side and by this time had got my
volvcr, and both Foley and l open
ed fire. At my first shot. which
struck him in the head, he fell. But
fired three more one into his head
Foloys shots also struck the assas-
sin"
Foley and iiarry Shippy were taxi
en- to a hospital. The body OF the
anarchist was removed to morgue.
a search Of the corpse failed to re-
veal any marks by which it might
be identified
In pocket Of the mans coat, how
ever, the police discovered small
box Of lounges, the package bearing
a label inscribed: "Trowbridgc, Con-
fectionary Company, Mcadvile, Pa"
The loZcnges were sent to chemist
for analysis, the police bing OF the
opinion that they might contain pois-
on with which it was the mans in
tention to commit suicide if arrest
cd.
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 personal
grievance against the official because
OF an arrest or some similar affair
were given up when detectives OF
the department failed to rcognizo
tho corpse as that OF any known
criminal Two members OF the force
asserted that they had seen the man
at ? meeting OF anarchists about ten
/ days ago.
/ Both the chief and Mrs. Shiny
assert that the formers life was saw
cd by the appearance OF their son.
The young man, who is IS years OF
age Is student at a miliatary acad:
emy In Culypr Ind IIo is ot bpo,f