The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-21

Tie boy dld not have Time 70 at
tend anarchist meetings lie had
been In America only three months.
lie had attended night school near
y every night lie could not speak
English. and took this method Of
learning H.
The belief Of the investigators Is
this:
eserbuch's vltit.
That Averbuch. unarmed. went
to shippy's house % got a certifi-
cate Of character from the chief.
This Is In accordance with the Rus
sian law. which requires that all
Russians must get sort OF pass
port from the police Of any city In
which they are living before they
can leave town Ayerbueh had not
been ia America long enough 10
know this was unnecessary In this
country.
That. az he could not write Eng
llsh. he had a fellow employee al a
commission house where he worked
write the chiefs address on an en-
Yeiope for him In this envelope
was blank sheet Of paper. de-
signed. say the investigators, 10
contain the chiefs passport"
That the boy went to shippys
house and presented the paper
without word. because he could
speak DO English.
Crime COMMITTEES.
That Shlppy, who. according TO
his own statement. had been wor.
ryinR a good deal about the sun
day meetings and the ao-ealled
spirit OF anarchy which the police
believed existed, fearing the man
was bent on taking his life. got eN-
cited lost his head. shot him, aud
then discovered. too late. bis mis-
take
They do not believe Averbuch
had revolver or knife when lie
vent 10 Shirpys home. II Il point
ed out that. II he had gone armed,
he must have been an anarchist.
and even the police now admit that
they cannot connect him with any
reds" Besides. IL is pointed out.
even II he had been a Russian an
archisi and had gone To Kill Shippy.
he would not have taken a knife A
Chicago sociOlogist points out that
no Russian anarchist vas ever
known To carry a knife They do
not know how 10 use them Knives
are used almost exclusively by
Spanish and Italian anarchists.
Rabbits Version.
Rabbi Levi. OF Temple Rnai
Abraham. has thrown a new light
on the affair. Averbuch xas an
orthodox jew. and these people
consult their rabbits about many
things A few days before Aver
hnch vas shot he went to Rabbi
Levi to say he believed he had a
touch OF tuberculosis. lie aaked
the rabbi II a Jewish charitable or
ganization could send him 10 some
place to be cured. Levi urged the
boy TO 40 into the country for a
while. believing that he could be
cured In that way.
OLGA Ayerbuch. In her public
statement. declared that her broth
er had made arrangements 70 take
"A job in a railroad camp, and was
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once She Is sure his whole pur-
pose in going TO Shippy was TO get
the certificate of good character
which be thought necessary.
Olga Avcrbuch's public statement
also tends TO dispute the police
statement that Averhueh purchas-
ed the knife and revolver from a
dealer on Dearborn. few steps
from the city hall. between 4.3O
aud p. m. Saturday. February %.
two days before he was shot. The
boy worked until 430, aud his sis
ter says he arrived at his home at
the usual time, which would hardly
have given him time 10 buy the
weapons. When he arrived home
that night. she says, he gave her
his weeks earnings. So. and all Of
Il WAS there II he bought the
weapons. she asks. where did he
get the money? Besides. she de-
olares. Immediately ON his arrival
home she brushed all OF his clothes
and found nothing like a weapsn in
them.
The sentiments of the investiga-
tors in regard to the case are gen
orally expressed among newspaper
men aud other Informed people I'm
Chicago There is n spirit of doubt
everywhere. No one accuses Chief
Shippy OF anything. but every one
Is crying for inquiry.