The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-10
SENSATION IN
THE AvERBUCH;
MURDER CASE
Man Shot BY Chief Shippy
Was an Anarchist Who
Wanted to Act
REPLY TO CHARGES THAT
he WAS INNOCENT VICTIM
Clarence $. barrow Says He Investi.
gated the Case at the Request Of
PesOns Whom He Refuses to Name
Judge Charged With Activity.

Judge Charged With Activity.
Chicago, May 10.-A translation of
what purports to be copy of letter
written in Russian by Lazarus Aver
buch the morning before he went to
the home of Chief of Police Shippy,
March 2, 1908, containing the phrase
I'm an hour from now l am going to
revenge myself on Shippy" was given
out today by Assistant Chief of Police
Schuettler. The action in making
public the document with the inten-
tion of settling for all time the mo-
tives of the young man in visiting
the chiefs home the publication yes
terday Of Chief Shippys declaration
for the first time that judge and
other persons OF influence in Chicago
raised fund to pay lawyers in an
endeavor to show that he was not
justified in Staying Averbuch.
The letter of Averbuch was written
to the editor of a Russian anarchist
publication.
Reprints Document in Full.
The editor reprints it in full. pre-
facing the document with an explana-
tion of his close personal acquaint-
ance with Averbuch, whom he calls
"Jeremiah" instead of Lazarus" as
he was known here. The editor in
dignantly refutes any assertion that
Averbuch was not an anarchist.
The article intended to clear up
the point which caused the private
investigation of the shooting, to which
attention was called yesterday.
was printed in Buntai. which
is Russian for the Rioter, the title of
the paper. Under its title is the ex-
planation in Russian-"The official
organ of the Russian anarchist-com-
munists." Two quotations from Ba-
kunin. Russian anarchist, who died
several years ago Spirit of Destruc-
ton, Spirit of Insurrection"-also
adorn the title page.
1t was in the January number of
this year that the Averbuch article
appeared. Though the magazine cir
culates in Russia and among the an
archists of that nationality. it is not
veillance Of the secret police. 1t is
supposed to be printed in Swithzer-
land. near the French border. Its
, editors name also is concealed, ex-
cept to members Of the society, so it is
asserted.
Translation Of the Article.
A translation Of the Russian article
as made by Detective Mike Mills of
Assistant Schuettler's office and as
given out by the police authorities to-
day is as follows:
NEWS FROM CHICAGO.
JEREMIAH AVERBUCH.
"In the anarchist press appears an
article that Averbuch, who was killed
by the chief Of Chicago police. Shippy
was not an anarchist, but an unem-
ployed who asked for aims.
~ will not go into the worthiness
of that article. | take it that my duty
is to announce that Averbuch was all
anarchist and to prove the above l
print below the letter sent by him to
me. If should judge man not only
by the acts that he has already done
but also by what he was going to do
then | hope our press would have to
change the attitude as to the person
ality of our comrade.
knew Averbuch Personally.
81 have known Averbuch personal
ly: have known him in Russia when
| he took hand in the socialist re-
form movement: saw him abroad
looking where he could to use his
revolutionary energy. l talked with
ories. was not very we'll posted OH
topical questions, but for that his hot
temperament showed in his road
ahead.
"At that time he did not consider
himself an anarchist, but after get
ting acquainted with the beauties of
the American liberty and after giving
her the full value he approached an
archism. and after becoming an an
archist he wanted work and action at
once. He tried his best to go to Rus
sia, but what happened? At that time
he changed his mind?"
Says Workers Were Clubbed.
I'm Chicago and Philadelphia at that
time" the article continues. the hun
cry workingmen were clubbed by the
organization of the Chicago chief of
police, Shippy. and Averbuch decided
to revenge himself.
Here is the verbatim of what he
wrote few hours before the attack:
my Dear Friend: When you re-
ceive this postal | will surely be eth
er on the gibbet or in Jail. as an hour
from now. on my own risk. am going
to revenge myself on the man who
was the cause of shedding blood from
the hungry workingmen here and in
Yltny al, Id Ntas
signal to the clubbing and he was not
punished. When | saw all of that
came to the conclusion that for such
offenses anarchists do not keep si
lence. and decided to give the signal
All Of them who acted like Shippy
will suffer the same consequence.
Dear, do not think that | am 60