Evening star., 1922-05-12
TERRORISM DEALT
. BLOW IN CHICAGO
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CHICAGO. May 12.-Poltce and civic
organizations today saw in the In
dictment of eight Chicago labor lead
ers and the states attorneys threat
to use against them the law lhNokeu
thirty-siX years ago. to OBTAIN exc
cutions Of the Haymarket rioters
smashing blow at what they termeo
gang terrorism. In the first night ses-
sion on record a Cook county speciat
grand jury returned true biiis cnars.
ing murder against big iiu'
Murphy. head of the Gas workers
Union: Fred Nader. president or the
Chicago Building Trades Council ana
Cornelius =. (Con) Shea. president
treasurer of the Theater Jahltors
Union referred to as being one OF the
three vicious labor circles ana hVe
others.
The indictments were formally re-
turned before Judge kickham Scan
lon, chief justice of the criniral
court. today.
Judge Scanlon Immediately ordered
warrants issued for the men, VINO
have been held in Jail without being
booked since day before yesterday.
The indictments are fOrerunners OF
scores of others, city and county Of
ficials said. More than 400 persons
We're arrested. and but few have been
released. with the greater number
denied freedom on writs of habeas
corpus Others named in the in
dictments are: Isadore Braverman.
head ofthe Fixture Hangers Union:
Daniel Mccarthy, business agent OF
the Plumbers Union: Jerry Horran,
saloonk keeper: Thomas Hogan. for-
mer police officer. and Robert Nc
Cloud. clerk in the Building Trades
Council.
Accused of Staying Lyons.
The eight are charged specifically
with the killing of Torrance Lyons.
acting police lieutenant. The SlaT-
ing of Lyons followed the murder of
Thomas Clarke. patrolm2n on guard
at 4 building which previously had
been bombed. police say, by labor
men because it was being erected
under the Landis award. a wage de-
ciSion handed down by X. NJ Lands.
former federal Judge, which was in
tended to settle the dispute between
contractors and labor.
Efforts of attorneys for the labor
leaders to obtain the release of
Murphy, Shea. Nader and the others
failed when Judge kickham Scanlon
declared that a state of war existed
between labor and the police.
I'VE have sufficient evidence to
hang Murphy, Shea and Nader
George L. German. assistant states
attorney. said following announce
ment that indictments had been re-
turned.
''If the same law used in the an
archist case is followed l am con-
WINGED that we have enough evil
dance" Mr.. German said.
Witnesses before the grand jury
last night included twenty police
men in addition to civilians. all
guarded carefully because police
feared they might come to harm II
labor organizations learned who had
testified. Documents seized at labor
headquarters during raids made fol-
lowing the murders also were intro
duced.
Big Tim" Murphy evidenced no
surprise when he was informed of the
indictments.
Anybody can be indicted he said.
They can even indict a man for con-
cealing ideas. That must be the
charge they have against me.
How can ] conSpire with guys i
don't know anything about?
LAS for the death penalty, it's been
announced several times that men
would hang. and they are today walk
ing the streets free men. Poor old
Con Shea is too old to conspire with
anybody We are as sorry for the
cops as the officers.
THE whole thing is just a big
splash
ITS shame" exclaimed Fred Ma
der. when informed of the indict-
ments.
1t is not charged that Murphy, Ma
der or Shea actually shot the police
men, but that they We're involved in
the conspiracy which led to the kill
ing through a recent series of bomb
inGs and beating.