The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-10

AioIioH WHICH, gave Inc my eQucaIlQn,
l give them all possess. Goodby for
ever and ever. Yours,
Jeremiah"
p. 81 think this antemortem let
ter does not need any comment. A-Fa'
Detective Gets Paper In Russia.
The copy Of Buntai came into pos
session of the police while Detective
Mill was in Russia recently. It is a
magazine devoted to the cause of
Russian anarchy and socialism and
makes an effort to reprint the pic
lures of the heroes" who are killed
In the cause. Averbuchs likeness
is not reproduced, but pictures of a
man and woman adorn the front
page. Existence of the translation Of
| the article in Buntai was not known
outside of the police department un-
til this morning.
In connection with the bringing to
light for the first time of this docu-
ment Attorney Clarancc 8. Darrow
explained that he had made an in
vestigation of the circumstances sur
rounding the shooting. Mr.. Darrow
said he was interested in the case by
persons of influence, whose names he
refused to give.
Judge Mack Talks Of Case.
Judge Julian w. Mack. one of the
Democratic candidates for reelection,
also said this morning that he was the
jurist probably referred to by the
chief in his speech Tuesday night.
Mr.. Darrow said he satisfied himself
that Chief Shippy was justified in
shooting and refused to have anything
l, IN 10 xr.{<I <l,o 81 30
who wanted to clear Averbuch' S
name" Judge Mack denied that he
ever contributed to any fund for the
purpose of prosecuting the chief of
; police, If possible. and declared that
he was interested in the matter only
from humanitarian standpoint.
Mr.. Darrow months ago surmised
the same motive for Averbuch's visit
to Chief Shippy's home as is explain
ed in detail in the letter which the
young man is said to have written on
the fatal morning.
"Chief Shippy's action in stopping
the parade of the unemployed was
what worked on Averbuch's mind and
caused the young man to visit the
Shippy home for the purpose of kill
ing the chief" said Mr.. Darrow today.
''The whole case is perfectly clear.
Whether he was an anarchist or not
is immaterial.
when | first read about the case
it seemed strange that young inmi-
grant who had been here only year
should attempt to kill the chief of
police and thought possibly Chief
Shippy might have been mistaken in
. the young mans purpose in coming to
the house. Persons whose names
do not care to give were strongly of
that view and asked me to take UP the
case. investigated 1t.
Chief Justified. Declares DarrOw.
| Il went into it far enough to satisfy
any person with any sense that the
boy went there with the intention of
| killing the chief and that the chief
was perfectly justified in the course
he took Chief Shippy does not de-
serve any criticism and told the
persons who had talked with me that
there was nothing in the case. Shippy
is no friend or crony of mine. My
natural inclination would have been
| to help the under dog and take up
such a case if there had been any,
thing in it.
"The boy was young Russian revo-
lutionist. He had come to this coun-
, try to get away from Russian oppres-
sion and got the idea into his head
that oppression was here. Chief
Shippy stopped the parade. which l do
not believe he should have done, and
the boy felt that he must strike"
Seems Clear to DarrOw.
at is all perfectly clear. and cut
Of justice of Chief Shippy. l must
say that he did the only thing possi-
! ble." declared the attorney.
! Mr.. Darrow was asked whether or
not Judge Mack. Miss Jane Adams or
to take up the case.
NO. none Of them" he replied. "but
they talked with me at different times
about it. | do not believe any $10,-
900 fund was raised
| Some money was raised, but it
didn't amount to $4,000. for people
don't give up money that easy" said
Judge Mack before going on the bench
! this morning. Il didn't contribute a
cent and did not assist in raising the
money. l believed an investigation
should be made to find out Averbuch's
purpose in going to the chiefs home.
Interested as Humanitarian.
Il was interested purely from a
humanitarian standpoint. The boys
sister was living. He was Russian
Jew emigrant. here a little over
year. and we wanted to find out
whether he went to the chiefs home
with petition or because he wanted
to leave the country and believed he
needed the chiefs consent"
Judge Mack was asked as to his
views on the ethics of a county Judge
being one of the leaders in such
movement.
1T is not unusual in the least" he
exclaimed. ut is done every day.
am interested in charity organiza-
tions and as result of my work in
juvenile court had a deep interest in
this case"
81 will not discuss the matter"
said Chief Shippy. Il know Assistant
Chief Schuettler had the translation
of the letter, but did not know he in
tended making it public"
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