The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-30
.SH|PPY WILL
FACE MUSIC
Will Return to Chicago if It is
Necessary to Clear His
Record


asked If he would return to Chicago
IN case the grand jury should bring
indictments against him as the result
OF disclosures growing out of the
Mccain case, ex-Chief of Police G.
M. Shippy said:
Certainly, if my health permits 1t.
That Is the only consideration. 1t is
only on account of my health that l
am remaining here at all. AS soon as
my condition permits l intend to 20
back anyway.
Is Anxious to Return.
In fact. for a number of consider
ations l am not only willing, but anx-
ious to return"
How long do you intend staying
here?" Mr.. Shippy was asked.
Il am to see physician today for
an examination. My plans will depend
largely upon what he decides. As soon
as my health permits shall be ready
to go back to Chicago either to face
an indictment or to give testimony If
am wanted on the witness stand"
Why He Didn't Come to Chicago.
1T has been asked, Mr.. Shippy, why
you left for Europe by way of Detroit
and Canada instead of going direct
from Chicago"
That is easily explained" said Mr..
Shippy. Il was at Petoskey when it
was definitely decided that 1 should
come to Carlsbad. went from Pc
toskey to Mackinaw, where took
train for New York. There was no
reason why l should go back to Chi
cago; in fact. the doctors forbade my
doing so.
"Dr. A. j. Ochsner-and Health
Commissioner Evans agreed with him
told me that l should lose no time.
Il sailed on the Campania. as can
be seen by consulting the passenger
list"
Denies Charges of McCann.
Mr.. Shippy, in the course of the in
terview which the correspondent had
with him, denied emphatically the in
situations made by Inspector McCann
on the witness stand that vicious re-
sorts were permitted to exist in the
west side levee district by his, Ship
py's, instructions.
He declared further that he knew
of no widespread practice of bribery
or selling of protection in that dis
trict. He added that he had always
regarded Inspector Mccain as an
honest and capable officer.
The Frank brothers, he says, he
knew only slightly as the owners of
one of the saloons in district of
which he had been inspector.
There were no instructions to pro-
tect or favor any one while I was
chief" he said.
Holds McCann Good Officer.
"The only instructions have ever
given" concluded the former chief,
"can be found in writing and sup
pose my former secretary. Lieut. Moot
baar. has the records. federation of
vice there has always been but of an
organized system of selling protection
know nothing and l do not believe
1t existed. McCann I always consid-
cred a good and highly qualified Off
him even yet"
evidence that conditions were wrong
in his district?"
II can neither accept nor refuse to
evidence whereon it was based. On
the one hand. there is the opinion of
a well-qualified jury; on the other
u0hu 10 IhO ACSOiu VI q COIlOaRuo
whom knew and trusted and believed
incapable of grating"
Rumors, But Nothing Tangible.
Didn't rumors of the sale of police
protection in the Desplaines street
district ever reach you while YOU
were chief of police?"
"Rumors reached me. yes. but moth
ing. tangible-nothing to take hold OF.
There are always rumors circulating
about police work and the head of the
police department of q city like Chi
cago cannot follow them all up un-
less he can get some tangible evil
.dence. Charlie Genker 1 scarcely
knew. l knew Of the Frank brothers.
but my acquaintance with them was
also slight. Certainly there never was
any understanding of any kind be-
tween us as regards police affairs in
the district"
whether Inspector Clancy ever
told me that the Frank brothers were
bribers, cannot remember. One
thing you may say emphatfcally, and
that 10 that not dollar of dishonest
money, ever found its way into the
hands Of George NJ. Shippy.''