The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-13
WAS FIRST NOTED
WHEN INDICTMENTS
RETURNED TO COURT
Special Squad Of Police Make
Search for GERRY" Horan
But We're Unsuccessful.
4 BELIEVED TO HAVE
LEFT THE COUNTRY
Admissions Obtained From Pris-
Oners May Bring Several
Others in Tolls of Law.
~ rhe AaaoeIated Pressl

CHICAGO, May l2.-Escape of one
Of the eight labor leaders indicted on
chal ges Of murder in connection with
the reign Of bomb and gun terrorism
and rumors that confessions had been
obtained from several of the scores Of
persons still being held by the police
marked today's investigation Of recent
lawless outbreaks which have been
blamed by the police on labor warfare
in the building trades.
The sudden departure from the police
of Jerry Koran. indicted with Fred
Nader. president Of the Building and
Trades council. Big Tim Murphy.
heed OF the Gas Workers union and out
on bonds following his conviction and
sentence to prison on a charge Of mail
robbery and Cornelius Shea, who dir
ected the 1914 teamsters' strike, was
first noted when the indictments were
returned today.
Not knowing Of the more serious
charges pending against Horan, police
had booked him on a disorderly con-
duct charge and he was freed on $50
bond. When bis absence was discover
cd special squads OF police were then
sent to hunt him, but without much
hope Of success. He is believed to
have left the city.
The admissions obtained from pris-
oners, according to the police, directly
involve three OF the men being held
in the staying OF two patrolmen and the
wonnding Of third by bombers early
Wednesday. 1t was this outbreak, the
elimination of long series of dis
orders which started the present in
vestlgatlon and led to the raids in
which more than $50 labor leaders are
alleged gun men were seized by the
police. OF those seized, besides the
men under indictment the majority
have been released because of lack of
evidence. Others obtained their liber-
ty on writs of habeAs corpus. The ac-
tion OF Judge Joseph David in taking
two OF the prisoners from the police
and turning them over to the sheriff
precipitated a clash between the Judge
and Charles Fitzmorris. chief of police
The chief I'm a statement accused the
Judge OF "hampering" him in his ef-
forts to wipe out lawlesness. The
Judge replied with a statement up
braiding Chief Fitzmorris as having
mo respect for law, order or constitu-
ton" and for criticism OF the courts
when the decision or ruling OF any
such court does not please him.
The chief was assisted also III dam
age suits for $4,000 each filed today
by Melville l., Thompson. an attorney,
on hehalf of himself and four others
caught In the raids on the building
trades council headquarters. The other
plaintiffs are Emmett Flood. an Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor organizer, his
son, Emmett, jr, his daughter, Miss
Evelyn Flood, and John A. Sweeney,
labor editor. The suits, according to
Thompson, are based on false arrest
and imprisonment.
Late tonight the police announced
that they had found what they believed
Q be g bomb factory" used in an
apartment in quiet residence district.
When the place was raided a set OF
burglar tools, several pistols ana a
quantity OF ammunition was found. A
woman and a man declared to be
notorious safe blower were arrested.