The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-03-04


tilted tonight as Lazarus Averbuch,
who lived with his sister at 21S
Washburn avenue. He was a Rus
sian student about 22 years old. He
came to America from Austria about
three months ago and had been here
about three weeks. The plan to kill
Shippy is believed to be The direct
result of the latter's interference of
la parade of unemployed several
weeks ago.
Chief of Police George NJ. Shippy,
his son Harry, his driver. James
Foley, were wounded by the anarch-
list, who attempted to assassinate the
police officer in the hall of the lat
ter's residence shortly after 9 o'clock
this morning. A desperate struggle
in which Mrs. Shippy and her daugh-
ter Georgetta Joined, was terminated
when the chief drew his own revol-
yer and killed his assailant. At
tempts to identify the man have thus
far resulted in failure. The attack
is believed to have been the result
of widespread conspiracy to harm
the officials who have been active IN
anarchy in the community. Four
city officials are said to have been
threatened and the police spy who
recognized the corpse of the man
who invaded Shippy's home as that
of person who regularly attended
anarchist meetings and asserted that
the man was chosen by lot to do
away with not only chief of police,
but Mayor Bussee as well. Rami-
fications of the plot are said to have
extended to other cities and to be
closely connected with the killing of
Father Leo at Denver, Colo
Harry Shippy was the most seri
ously wounded in today's ARRAY. He
was shot through the breast twice
and probably fatally wounded. His
father was stabbed in the arm, and
Foley received a bullet in the wrist.
Mrs. Shippy was kicked by the des.
perado, but her hurts are slight.
Following the attack. squads Of
police were sent into the Italian and
Ghetto districts of the city. Places
known as headquarters of secret So
cieties suspected of anarchistic ten.
denotes were raided and before mid.
night score or more of arrests
were made.
The coroner's inquest over the
body of the anarchist was also start
ed and State Attorney Healy an
nounced that the March grand jury
which convened today. would be
given an opportunity to investigate
anarchistic organization in an at
tempt to .fasten the responsibility for
the attack upon the instigators.
1t was also reported that Mayor
Busse intends to issue an order for
bidding all street meetings, the al
legation being made that such gath
erings, whether of political or relig-
ious nature, are often made the oc-
casion for attacks upon social order.
That the attempt to kill Shippy
resulted in failure was due largely
to the policeman's quickness in an
ticipating the purposes of his visi-
tors presence The man had twice
called at he house and asked for the
chief. Yesterday, when he was told
that Shippy was at work, and again
early this morning, when the serv
ant informed him that the chief
could not be seen before 8 O'Clock.
When he rang the door bell at the
latter hour Chief Shippy himself an
swered the call.
"As opened the door, said
Shippy, 1.-THE man raised his hat and
allowed him to step into the hall
way. He handed me an envelope.
I glanced at it, and the thought
struck me that he was up to some
wrong He looked like an anarchist.
I grabbed his arms and called to my
wife. who was in another room.
When she ran into the hallway ]
said Mother, see if this man has
a revolver She felt in one of his
back pockets and said he had. /
tried to hold him with one hand and
draw my revolver with the other, but
he jerked away and fell against the
door. I caught him again and while
we were struggling my son Harry,
who was up stairs, started to my aid.
He was only a few steps away from
the bottom of the stairs when the
man freed one hand, drew revolver
and fired two shots at Harry. Then
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