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city were at once put to work on the
case. Ambulances and surgeons were
summoned and Foley and Harry Shlppy
were taken to hospital.
The body of the anarchist was re-
moved to the morgue. His identifica-
tion was established through sister
of the man, who was taken by the
police to the undertaking rooms.
Averbuch was % years old, and oc-
cupied rooms at 21S Washburn avenue,
on the west side, with his sister, Olga,
He was a Russian student. He came
to America three months ago from Aus
tria, to which country he fled two years
ago following the massacre OF Jews IN
Kishineff, Russia, where his home pre-
viously had been. His plan to kill
| Chief Shippy is believed to have been
formed as a direct result of the latter's
| interference with a parade of unem-
ployed men through the city's streets
several weeks ago. Averbuch had been
employed recently by a produce COM
mission firm here
| The police are firm in the belief that
| the attack on their chief was due to
| an anarchistic plot Theories that the
| man may have had a personal grudge
against the official because Of an ar
| rest or some similar matter were given
up when detectives of the department
! failed to recognize the corpse as that
of a known criminal Two members
| of the force asserted that they had
seen the man at meeting of an
| archists in a hall on the north side
of the city about 10 days ago. The
testimony of the police spy confirmed
| this view of the case.
Both the chief and Mrs. Shippy as
sert that the formers life was saved
by the bravery of their son. The
/ young man, who is Is years old, is q
student at Culver military academy
/ Culver, Ind. He was at home because
of illness, and fastened 20 his fathers
aid when he heard the struggle in the
hall.
"The man had drawn knife and
had Iunged at my husband" said Mrs
Shippy this afternoon. "The blade
struck him in the shoulder. The knife
was drawn back ready for another
blow when Harry struck the mans
hand and knocked the weapon to the
floor.
"The man kicked me to one side
and then the shots came, Harry fall
ing. and I saw blood on his chest. He
exclaimed, Papa, I'm shot but ht
saved his fathers life
'T saw the man on the porch" sait
Georgetta Shippy. when L heard
mama scream / called to Foley anc
then ran into the hall. I saw the
knife and saw Harry rush in. FoleS
came in, the shooting began and it was
+ all over so soon that don't know just
how 1t all happened. Harry is no
afraid of anything and he certainly
saved fathers life"
ST might have been shot and killed
il the boy had not come to my assist
ance" said the chief Mother was toe
terrified to do anything She was
helpless as soon as she felt the re-
volver in the mans pocket"
One of the places raided by the po-
lice after the shooting was the head
quarters of a society known as "Tht
Edelstadt group" at 427 Union street
Pictures of Herr Most and other wei
known anarchists were confiscated, a:
were also about 1000 handbills an
nouncing a series of meetings at which
Emma Goldman was scheduled tt
speak One of these meetings was an,
nouneed for March and another fol-
March 9. A library short distance
away was also invaded by the police
, and several hundred volumes and
pamphlets dealing with anarchy anc
kindred subjects were seized