The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
CHIEF KILLS HIM.
Head of Chicago Police Depart
ment Attacked in His Home.
Assailant Shoots Young Shippy
and a Servant.
HAD DRAWN A KNIFE.
The Chief Grabbed Him and
Was Badly Cut.
Then He Drew His Revolver and
Began to Shoot.
ASSASSIN UNKNOWN.
He Is Believed to Be Member OF
Anarchist Organization.
MayOr Busse Also Is Threat
ened by a Visitor.
Then He Drew His Revolver and
Began to Shoot.
ASSASSIN UNKNOWN.
He Is Believed to Be Member OF
Anarchist Organization.
MayOr Busse Also Is Threat
ened by a Visitor.

Chicago, March George M
shippy, chief of the Chicago police de-
partment, today shot and Instantly
killed an anarchist, who invaded MS
home, wounded the chief, shot the ofn-
cial's son. Harry, in the lung, ana
severely wounded the family coach
man, James Foley Harry Shippy is
seriously hurt; Foley will probably re-
cover and the chief was stabbed in the
hand, his wound being trivial.
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 Chief Sh1ppy
letter, which the chief opened ana
began to read. Almost Immediately
the anarchist drew a revolver and nred
at Harry Shippy. The boy fell to the
floor and his father grappeld 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
deliberately and shot Foley twice.
Again the chief closed with the man
and the latter turned on him with a
knife. Shippy attempted to grasp the
weapon and received a deep cut on
the hand The police official then sue
ceeded in reaching his own revolver,
and he poured shot after shot into the
assassins body. Every bullet took ef-
feet and the anarchist fell to the floor
dead.
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.
The Chiefs Story.
sswhen, he handed the envelope to.
me the thought struck me like a
streak of lightning that he was up to
some wrong" said Mr.. Shippy. 81 did
not like his lookes. He appeared to me
to be an anarchist. l grabbed his arms
and forcing them behind him back
called to my wife who was in another
room. When she ran in I said:
Mother. see if this man has revol-
ver.' She felt one of his back pockets
and said that he had
'I tried to hold him with one hand
and draw my revolver with another.
But he jerked away and fell against a
door 1 caught him again and he
fought hard to reach his revolver. My
son must have heard the struggle and
just as he came to my aid the man
freed one hand. drew his revolver and
fired two sho OTIS at my son. Then Foley
ran in and the man shot him
'By this time 1 was able to draw
my own revolver. I fired at the man
four times. The first shots entered his
head and the others his body. He fell
at the first shot, but I fired three more
into him. The man drew knife also
in the struggle, but I did not know I
over"
The attack on the chief is believed to
have been inspired by the recent activ-
ity of the Chicago police following the
killing of Father Leo Heinrichs a Ro-
man Catholic priest. who was shot by
an anarchist at Denver, while he was
administering the sacrament to his
slayer.
News of the shooting in Chief Ship
py's home reached the police depart
WI fn a
nearby station for an ambulance. Esv
cry available detective in the city was
placed upon the case.
Anarchists Suspected.
Immediately following the tragedy in
Denver attempts to trace the crime to
conspiracy Matched in Chicago were
begun. The local police discovered that
a society of Italians had been formed
here and had been issuing inf1amma-
tory literature aimed at clericals and
also that several local clergymen had
received threatening letters. Yesterday,
while the funeral of Father Leo was
being held in Paterson, N. J., details
of police guarded several Roman Cath
olic churches here Especial precau-
tions were taken in the Italian quarters
where officers in citizens clothes soru-
tinized every worshipper as the congre-
cations entered. Later the officers
moved to the affairs and stood guard
over the priests as they conducted the
services.
In addition to these measures all well
known anarchists in the city among
them Emma Goldman, were warned
that they would not be allowed to make
addresses in public So far as is known
none attempted to disobey this order
and no arrests were made of followers
of the cult The documents sent out by
the italian organization were carefully
worded and an examination of them
showed that prosecutions based thereon
might have fallen because of technical
shortcoming.
Although all self declared anarchists
in this city are known to the Chicago
police the identity of the man who at
lacked Chief Shippy is a mystery. Her
mann Schuettler, assistant chief of po-
lice who has had charge of the crusade
against anarchists in the city, was un-
able to identify the man. He described
him as an Italian or Slav, about "a
wears old, weighing 40 pounds and
about five feet, six inches tall. On the
shoes and underwear was the number
1893" The man wore a dark suit of
clothes and a new hat, purchased from
a local firm. No articles or marks by
which the man might have been identi-
fed were found upon his person.
Mayor Busse had an exciting inter
view with an officE-seeker a few min
utes after he had returned to his Of
fee from the Shippy home whittier he
hurried on being informed of the af-
ray. The stranger, who was shabbily