The Washington herald., 1922-05-13
Seize Explosives and Cap
> ture Notorious Safe
Blower.
CONFESSIONS SAID
TO INVOLVE "BIG 8"
Chief Justice. Scanlan De-
clares Conspiracy Is
Behind Outrages.

CHICAGO. May ia bomb fac
tory where all the explosives used
by the labor gangster terrorists in
recent outrages is believed to have
been manufactured. was raided this
evening.
Magazine pistols. ammunition,
jimmies. fuses and detonatiou caps,
enough to fill a large suitcase. were
seized, along with James Maher. a
safe blower, who has
served several sentences in State
and Federal prisons.
The raid came after three con-
fessions said to disclose in detail
the operations OF the bombing ring,
were in the hands of the police.
These confessions are said to in
volve the three king pins" of gang
ster rule-Murphy, Nader and Shea,
three of the eight under Indictment
for the murder of Lieut.. Lyons. The
conf essions are Of such a startling
nature that conviction Of the men
for murder is positively assured,
to one authority closely
with the drive against
ganSster rule.
Tip Given by Basiness Man.
1t is believed the confessions
came from Isadore Braverman. a
dominant figure in the Fixture
Hangers Union: Robert McCloud
posing as a clerk in the head
quarters Of the Building Trades
police assert, was the slugging Of
also a slugger.
The tip that led to the discovery
OF the bomb factory was supplied
by an out OF town business man
whose identity is withheld. In the
factory, the raiders found a Mexican
woman. who is believed to have
the explosives to Joe Moran
and Lloyd Bopp. who dynamited
their way out the county Jail two
years ago.
Conspiracy, Says seanlaa.
Discussing the strangling grir
crooked labor leaders have upon the
throat of Chicago. Chief Justice
Sea nlan said.
"A man must be blind not to see
there Is a conspiracy. We are in a
state of anarchy that approaches
in intensity the condition that ex-
listed during the Haymarket riots
1 went through the. trial OF the
and 1 know at that time
the community was fighting for It's
life, just as II Is now hghting for
It's life"
That fairly expresses conditions
in Chicago today. where a little
coterie of former convicts. using
union labor as a weapon, are die
tating to the citizens what they
may eat and wear; forbidding the
burial of the dead except under
terms laid down by the labor czars !;
attempting to prevent the erection
Of homes. thereby placing tens of
thousands OF tenants at the, mercy
of greedy landlords; using bombs
to destroy anything that does not
meet their approval. and numbering
anyone who attempts to interfere
with their movements.
Judge Threatens Police Chief.
Outstanding features of the pres
ent war on the labor Camorra to-
day include the following:
Mayor Thompson hastens back
from the East to assist in the cam,
paign: announces he. will back Chief
Of Police FitzMorris to the limit.
Judge David. who took big Tim"
and "Frenchy" Nader from
the custody of the police and turned
them over to the sheriff, threatens
the chief of police with drastic"
action if he INDUCES in any more
comment.
Jerry" Horn, owner Of the sa
loon which was a rendezvous for
labor sluggers and conspirators.
forfeits $50 bond and is missing.
He had been held on a "disorderly"
charge. admitted to bail, an after.
ward indicted for murder. Mean
while he disappeared.
Prosecutors on to Races.
States Attorney Grove and his
chief assistant depart for the Lou
isville races.
big Tim" Murphy and "Frenchy"
Nader, in custody of two guards,
spurn Jail fare and dine publicly
at a fashionable restaurant. Each
Is under indictment for murder, and
Murphy is under a six-year sen.
tence in Federal prison for the
$35o,0o0 mail robbery.
Special grand jury hears evil
oence all day and evening, and will
return several more indictments.
Citizens Pledge Support.
All law.abiding citizens, all or.
ganizations. civic, political and
soeiai, pledge their support to Chief
Fitz Morris.
No bail permitted for the eight
men indicted last night for mur-
Chief Justice scanlan intimates
ne VIII set the trials Monday ano
that they will be in full swing
within thirty days.
Big Tim" Murphy, chief adviser
10 Nader, and declared by Chief
fitzmorris to be the brains Of the
gang" was the Organiser of the
street Sweepers' Union and the Gas
workers Union. His Affiliations
with the building trades has been
? mystery to the old time labor
leaders. as he has had no visible
connection, with any OF the build
ing unions.
Murphy. by his own admission, Is
4 two-hsted fighter, a back o. the
yardsP product. and one time mem.
Der Of the State legislature. He
was indicted for the murder of
Messy" Enright, a rival labor
leader. but there were many con-
tinuances, delays and finally the
States chief witnesses disappeared
and he was, acquitted.
I'VE shall hang these men," de-
clared Assistant States Attorney
George German. II mean Just that
I'VE shall hang them"