Evening star., 1922-05-11
4(OUN|ON CHIEFS
JAILED IN CHICAGO
WAR ON GUNMEN
FuII-Page Ads in Papers
Urge Citizens to Rid City
of Menace.
DEATH OF 2P0LICEMEN
LAID TO LABOR BOSSES
Murphy, Shea and Nader Deny
Connection With Murders; Two
Buildings Bombed.
BY the Associated Press

L
Buildings Bombed.
By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, May 11-DecIarinE
that he agreed with the conten-
tfOn made by the police that
''ChfcaEo In in a state of warfare"
Judge Kinkham ScanlOn today re-
fused to issue wrfts OF habeas
corpus releasing Cornelius Shea
and John Lafferty, labor leaders.
arrested in connection with the
killing OF two policemen yestertny
morning during n series OF labor
bombines. He told the police these
two men could be held at least
until Saturday.
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE detective
bureau and city jails were crowded
today with 400 labor leaders and
others held in connection with the
murders of two policemen here early
yesterday and the bombing Of two
buildings. which police attributed to
labor disorders. Two men have been
pointed out as resembling men in the
automobile from which shots which
killed Terance Lyons, acting lieuten-
ant, were fired. Rewards totaling
100000 have been offered for the ar
rest Of the sIayers.
All law enforcement organizations
in the city are united in what police
term "a fighting to the finish with
organized labor" More than 100 labor
leaders. including Big" Tim Murphy,
Cornelius Shea and Fred Nader, pres
ident of the Building Trades Council
are among those under arrest. Raids
on labor headquarters brought in
labor bosses by the score yesterday.
The two partly identified as the
slayers are. police say. lsadore
Braverman, twenty-eigh and Max
Glass, thirty-three.
Family Advances AIibi.
Braverman is said to have fired the
shots from an automobile when Lieut..
Lyons was killed and he was pointed
out by James A. Mcclellan and Fred
erick Blank, patrolmen. who were i'll
the car with Lyons when he was shot
to death. and when Albert Moeller.
patrolman. was seriously injured
The Identification is not positive, a;
alibi for him.
Glass, who is a member Of tn.
glaciers union, was arrested In a
raid on union headquarters and point
ed out by man who said he was ar
eyewitness. as the slayer OF ThomaJ
Clarke, thirty. patrolman. who was or
guard at a building which previously
had been attacked.
James Lafferty, third suspect, who
has been at liberty under heavy bond
l.. xY-tt
was partly identified by Policeman
Blank as the third man who rode in
the death car.
Charles c. Fitzmorris. chief of
police. said he believes the men wers
only hirelings of the "higher-up"
forces in organized labor circles.
putting into action a conspiracy to
overthrow the citizens committee and
the Landis wage award. a decision
handed down by X. NJ Lands. former
federal Judge, then acting as arpiter
which was intended to settle labor
disputes between members OF the
Building Trades Council and the labor
unions. The citizens committee was
formed to aid in enforcing this de-
ciSion.
Chief Accepts Challenge.
THE slaughter of two policemen is
the Inevitable result of the tactics
employed by Fred Nader. Tim Murphy.
Cornelius Shea and other hoodlums
and ex-convicts who have gone about
posing as labor leaders," Chief Fitz-
morris said. Now that they wan,
war the police department will give
1t to. them. I have instructed officers
to round up all of these hoodlums and
place them under lock and key"
LII &c. toto lres Erll
Nader. president of the Building
Trades Council. said. I've been try
ing to play clean. We regret the
the officers. and when the results of
the investigation are sifted / believe
they will find that other than labor
men, were to blame for the crime"
IT'S just another bunA rap like the
rest they have handed me-" Tim Muir
"rm no copper killer. I never
slugged a copper in my life. The only
thing ever had to do with them was
to buy one a drink. Fftzmorris has
about this at all. He's just taking
his dislike for me out on my friends,
and I suppose it's the sweatbox for
us for while"
Habeas Writs Forestalled.
Murphy is being held Incommuni-
cado at an outlying station.
Efforts to obtain the release OF
Shea, Murphy and Nader on writs OF
habeas corpus were forestalled when
Judge Kickham Scanlon and Judge
Joseph Davis postponed decision un-
til today.
The slayers' automobile was found
riddled with bullets, and pools of
blood led police to believe that one
gunman had been wounded.
Women were not immune from the
noiice drasnet, and Miss Evaline
Flood, said to be secretary to Murphy.
is being held for questioning. with
several other women connected with
labor organizations
Citisens' Committee Active.
The citizens committee to en-
force the Landis building trades
WAGES awards today carried full page
advertisements in every Chicago pa
mar calling on .Chicagoans to unite
and rid the city of ''gunmen labor
leaders" The advertisements said
chat the committee had been warned
by F. Nader. head Of the building
trades unions, that a campaign of
violence would result II the Lands
awards were enforced. Referring to
this, the advertisement said:
I'VE will fight these labor murder
ers, guhmen and siuggers with every
power In our smeans until
Me have rid Chicago entirely OF this
ssaenaca." ---