New Britain herald., 1922-05-11
Citizens Committee Has Full Page Advertise ments In Every Paper, Appealing For Support
Police Have Already Ar rested More Than 400 in Effort to Run Down BOmbers and Gunmen.

Chicago, May 1.-The detective bureau and city jails were crowded today with 400 labor leaders and oth CTS held in connection with the mur- ders of two policemen here early yes terday and the bombing of two buildings. which police attributed to labor disorders.
 $20,0OO Reward Offered.
 Two men have been pointed out as resembling men in the automobile from which shots which killed Ter rance Lyons acting lieutenant, were fired. Rewards totallng s2o.0o0 have been offered for the arrest of the slayers.
 All law enforcement organizations in the city are united in what police term, "a fight to the finish with or ganized labor" More than 100 labor leaders. including Big" Tim Murphy, Cornelius Shea and Fred Nader, president of the building trades council are among those under ar rest. Raids on labor headquarters brought in labor bosses by the score yesterday.
 The two partially identified as the slayers are, police say, 1sadore Brav- erman, 2S, and Max Glass, 33.
 Seeks To Prove Alibi.
 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 Frederick Blank, patrolman, who were in the car with Lyons when he was shot to death and when Albert MoeIler, patrolman, was seriously in jured. The identification is not posi- tive as Braverman family has ad vanced an alibi for him.
 Glass who is a member of the glazier's union, was arrested in a raid on union headquarters and was point ed out by man who said he was an eyewitness as the slayer of Thomas Clarke, 30, patrolman who was on guard at building which previously had been attacked.
 James Jafferty, a third suspect, who has been at liberty under heavy bond in connection with the mail robbery, was partly identified by Po- liceman Blank as the third man who rode in the death car.
 Seek Men Higher Up"
 Charles c. F'itzmorris, chief of po- lice said he believes the men were only hirelings of the higher up forces in organized labor circles, put ting into action conspiracy to over- throw the citizens committee and the Landis wage award, a decision handed down by K. M. Landis, former federal judge then acting as arbiter 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 decl sion.
 'I think this is all a mistake" Fred Nader, president of the building trades council said. i've been trying to play clean. We regret the death of the policeman as much as the or ffcers and when the results of the in- vestiga ton are sifted l believe they will find that other than labor men were to blame for the crime
 Murphy Makes Howl
 'It is just another bum rap like the rest they have handed me- Tim Murphy said.
 "I'm no copper killer. l never slug ged a cop in my life. The only thing I ever had to do with them was to buy | one drink.
 'Fitzmorris has insulted me. l don't know anything about this at all. Hes just taking his dislike for me out on my friends and l suppose it's the sweatbox for us for a while.'
 Women Also Held
 Women were not immune from the police dragnet and Miss Evaline Flood said to be secretary to Murphy is be- ing held for questioning with several other women connected with labor organizations.
 Appeal To Public.
 The citizens committee to enforce the Lands building trades wage awards today, carried full page adver- tisements in every Chicago paper call ing on Chicagoans to unite and rid the city of gunmen labor leaders. The advertisement said that the commit tee had been warned by Fred Nader, head Of the building trades union, that a campaign of violence would re- suit if the Landis awards were en- forced. Referring to this the adver- tisement said:
 We will fight these labor murder CTS, gunmen and sluggers with every legitimate power in our means until we have rid Chicago entirely of this 
 The advertisement charged that un- der the leadership of Fred Nader" m "ex-convict," the unions had de scended from bombing and sugging % wanton and cold blooded murder"