Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-12
TABOR GANGSTERS
GET STUNNING BLOW
EieJ,t Chicago Leaders Indicted
for Murder by Special
Grand Jury
gig SPLASH SAYS MURPHY
nv the Associated Press

fh;caro. May 12.--Policc and civic
..canizations today saw in the indict- :
u,snt of eight Chicago labor leaders and
Mo state Attorneys threat to us,
..o,pst them the law invoked thirty
.;y ycars ago TO obtain executions of
,bc Haymarkct rioters a smashing blow
~ what they termed gang terrorism.
T, ,he first night session on record. II
root County special Grand Jury re-
,urncd true bills charging murder
osainsf Zig Tim Murphy. head of
,bs Gas Workers Union: Fred Nader.
nresident of the Chicago Building
Trades Council. and Cornelius r. Shea,
secretary treasurer Of the Theatre Jan
,tors' Union. referred TO as the "big
three" of the vicious labor circle, and
Avc others.
The indictments are forcrunncrs Of
scorcs of others, city and county Off
csl said. More than 400 persons were
arrested and but few have been released.
with the greater number denied free
dom on writs Of habcas corpus.
Others named in the Indictment are
1sadorc Bravrrmnn. head of the Fix.
,nre hangers Union: Daniel McCar-
,by. business agent of the Plumbers
l'nion: Jerry HOran. snloonkecpcr
Thomas Hogan. former police officer,
and Robert McCloud. clerk in the
Building Trades Council.
Charged With Killing Policemen
The eight are charged specifically
with the killing of Torrance Lyons. act
ine police lieutenant. The Staying OF
lions followed the murder of Thomas
Clark. patrolman on guard at a build
ing which previously had been bombed.
nolicc say, by labor men because it was
being erected under the Lands award,
a wage decision handed down by II. NJ.
Lands. former Federal Judge. which
was intended TO settle the dispute be-
tween contractors and labor.
Efforts of attorneys for the labor
leaders 10 obtain the release of MUIR
phy. Shea. Nader and the others failed
when Judge Kickham Sranlnn declared
that n state OF war existed between
labor and tho police.
I'VE have sufficient evidence to hang
Murphy. Shea and Nader" George T..
lorman. assistant States attorney. said
following announcement that indict-
mentS had been returned.
III the same law used in tho anar-
chst case is followed. | am convinced
that We have enough cvidcncc.' Mr.
t0TlnuI NiIU.
Witnesses before the Grand Jury last
night included twenty policemen in
addition TO civilians. all guarded care
fully b'cariS" police feared they might
come 70 harm if labor organizations
learned who had testified. Documents
seized Il, labor headquarters during
raids made following the murders also
were introduced.
"Just Big splash" Says Murphy
Big Tim' Murphy evidenced no
surprise when he was Informed Of the !
Indictments.
"Anyhody can be indicted" he said. +.
"ThCy can even indict Il man for con- ,
realinc ideas. That must br the charge +
they have against me. How can con.
sprc with guys | don't know anything
about:
AS Tor tho death penalty. it has
been announced several times that men
would hang and they are today walking :
tho streets free men. Poor old Con I
Shea Is too old to conspirc with any
body. W" are as sorry for the cons
as tn" officers. The whole thing is iIst ,
a big Splash."