The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1908-03-03
ANARCHIST IS SLAIN
Chief Of Police Shippy Of Chicago
ReSists Murderous Attack.
SON AND COACHMAN SHOT
Head of Department Escapes With
Trivial Injury, but His Twenty-one-
YearOId Boy Sustans Dangerous
Wounds at Hands of Assassin.

Chicago, March 3.-George NJ Ship
py, chief of the Chicago police depart
ment, shot and killed an anarchist
who invaded his home, wounded the
chief, shot the officials son Harry in
the lung and severely wounded the
family coachman, James Foley. Harry
Shippy is seriously hurt, Foley will
probably recover and the chief was
stabbed in the hand, his wound being
trivial.
The assallant 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
Shippy letter, which the chief
opened and began to read. Almost
Immediately the anarchist drew a re.
volver 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 an
archist 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 knife. Shippy attempted to
grasp the weapon and received a deep
cut on the hand. The police official
thnr 4 ;o
revolver and he poured shot after shot
into the would-be assassin's body.
Every bullet took effect and the an
archist fell to the floor dead.
The attack on the chief is believed
to have been inspired by the recent
activity of the Chicago police follow
ing the killing of the Rev. Leo Helm
richs, Roman Catholic priest, who
was shot by an anarchist in Denver
while he was administering the sac
rament to his slayer.
Many Detectives on the Case.
News of the shooting in Chief
Shippys home reached the police de-
partment when a request was sent to
nearby station for an ambulance
Every available detective in the city
was placed upon the case. Following
the tragedy in Denver attempts to
trace the crime to conspiracy
hatched in Chicago were begun. The
local police discovered that a society
of Italians formed here had been issu-
Ing inflammatory literature aimed at
clericals and also that several local
clergymen had received threatening
letters. Sunday while the funeral of
Father Leo was being held in Pater-
son, N. j., details of police guarded
several Roman Catholic churches
here Especial precautions were taken
in the Italian quarter, where officers
in citizens clothes scrutinized every
worshipper as the congregations en-
tered. Later the officers mounted the
affairs and stood guard over the
priests as they conducted the serv-
ices.
In addition to these measures all
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 no attempt to disobey this
order was made and no arrests were
made of followers of the cult. The
documents sent out by the Italian Or
ganizations were carefully worded and
an examination of them showed that
prosecutions based thereon might
have fallen because of technical short
comings.
Dead Mans Identity Mystery.
Although all self-declared anarchists
in the city are known to the Chicago
police the Identity of the man who
attacked Chief Shippy is a mystery.
Herman Schuettler, assistant chief of
police, who has had charge of the
crusade against anarchists in the city,
was unable to identity the man. He
described him as an Italian or Slav,
about twenty -four years old, weighing
140 pounds and about feet inches
tall.
Harry Shippy, who is twenty-one
years old, a student at Culver mill
tary academy, Culver, Ind, is the
most dangerously hurt Of the three.
Two bullets pierced his chest and the
Iurgeons in attedance made no effort
to conceal the gravity of his condi-
ton.