New-York tribune., 1922-05-13
Guns, Ammunition and
Fuses Seized by Police
After Confessions In.
volving Union Leaders
Threats of Death
Sent to Officials
Prosecutor to Ask Hang.
ing for Indicted Men;
> New Outrage Frustrated
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE police to-
night raided bomb factory, where
explosives, said to have been used by
the gang that killed two policemen
after they had exploded a bomb in a
garage early Wednesday, are believed
to have been manufactured. Magazine
pistols, ammunition, jmmies, fuses
and detonation caps, enough to fill a
large suitcase, we're seized, and James
Naher, who has served several SEN
tences in state and Federal prisons for
safe blowing, was arrested.
The raid followed three confessions
which are said to disclose in detail the
operations of the bombing ring. These
confessions are said to involve the
three "kingpins" of gangster rule
"Big TIM Murphy, "Frenchy" Nader
and "Con" Shea-three of the eight
under Indictment for the murder Of
Lieutenant Lyons, one Of the policemen
killed. The confessions are Of such a
startling nature that conviction of the
men for murder is positively assured,
according to one authority closely con-
nectcd with the drive against gangs te Z
rule.
1t is believed the confessions came
from lsadore Braverman, a dominant
figure in the fixture hangers union !;
Robert McCloud, posing as clerk in
the headquarters of the Building
Trades Council and Smash" Hanson.
Prosecutors Lives Threatened
The tip that led to the discovery Of
the bomb factory was supplied by an
outoftown business man, whose iden-
tity is withheld. In the factory the
raiders found Mexican woman, who
is believed to have carried the ex-
plosives to Joe Moran and Lloyd Bopp,
who dynamited their way out of the
county Jail two years ago.
Assistant states attorneys, assigne ID
to the investigation of the labor bomb
ing and murder cases, were flooded
with anonymous letters and telephone
calls to-day. threatening them and
Chief Of Police Fitzmorris with death,
and the general destruction of Chicago
by explosions and fire "if one labor
man remains in Jail by sundown Sat-
| urday."
Discussing the strangling grip crook
ed labor leaders have upon the throat
Of Chicago, Chief Justice Scanlan said
IO-Ody n Illtli hiuSC NC Uliuu tlOl w
see there is a conspiracy. We are in a
state of anarchy that approaches in in
tensity the condition that existed dur
ing the Hsymarket riots. I weEt
| through the trial Of the anarchists and
know that at that time the community
was fighting for its life, just as the
community is now fighting for its life"
Labor Leaders Face Moose
That fairly expresses conditions in
Chicago to-day, where little coterie
Of former convicts, using union labor
as weapon, are debating to the cit-
zens what they may eat and wear. for
bidding the burial of the dead, except
under terms laid down by the labor
czars; attempting to prevent the erec-
tion of homes, thereby placing thou
sands Of tenants at the mercy of greedy
landlords; using bombs to destroy any
thing that does not meet their ap-
proval and numbering any one who at
tempts to interfere with their move
ments.
Assistant States Attorney German
day announced he would ask the
death penalty for the labor leaders
now under arrest. ,..
Chicago has reached the stage where
it seems impossible to convict any one
posing as friend OF union labor" or
a member Of union, no matter how
hideous the crime or how clear the
evidence. Quite recently there have
been three such notorious cases.
Outstanding features Of the present
war on the labor camorra, which
started when two policemen were MUIR
dered early Wednesday, include the
following:
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Mayor Thompson fastened back from
the East to assist in the campaign and
announced he will back Chief Of Police
Fitzmorris to the limit
Judge David, who took Murphy and
| Nader from the custody of the police
and turned them over to the Sheriff,
| threatened the Chief of Police with
| drastic action" if he indulged in any
more caustic comments
Jerry" Horn, owner of the saloon
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