Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17

chicago. May lo.-tIat declaration
was made this evening by States
Attorney Grove that the identity OF
the two murdcrcrs in the murder Of
two policemen last Tuesday evening,
by labor tcrrorists on bombing cx-
pcdition, is known and that they will
soon be in custody. The prosecutor
also announced that the identity OF
the killers was made known by John
Miller, owner and driver Of the death
car. and his wife, both Of whom arc
in custody.
Police picked up a mysterious
stranger in Kankakee, ILL.,, carly to-
day and hurried him BACK to Chica-
so. His identity and connection with
the murder cases are closely guarded
and he is being held incommunicado.
Arrest "Big Tins" Wife.
Other developments OF the day
included the arrest OF the wives OF
big Tim" Murphy. said to the the
brains OF the terrorist gang, and
"Frenchy" Nader, head OF the build
ing trades council, a creature Of Muir
phys. Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Ma
der were in Big Tins" high pow
cred car. They were arrested for
speeding. In the car with then,
were Neil G. Wakefield, Tins chauf-
feur, and an unidentified man, who
exhibited a court bailiff's badge in
a vain effort to avoid arrest. Mrs
Murphy was vitriolic in her attacks
upon the police who stopped her, and
when cash bond was demanded, she
brought out a roll OF bills "big
enough to choke an elephant" &C.
cc.6ing to the desk sergeant. It is
said the women were out collecting
defense fund for the labor leaders
under indictment for murder. The
minimum sum required fro mthe
rank and file for the defense is $780,
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Rifle squads TODAY raidcd 10
houses, flats and roadhouses iii and
around Chicago Heights. in the hunt
Tor fleeing labor sluggcrs believed
TO have had all active part i'll the
police murders and the recent bomb
ings and fires. Several suspects
were picked to in these raids.
Confession Claimed.
John Miller. driver of the car
carving the killers, has been posi-
t;vly identified. He is said to have
t3ade complete confession Of the
chtire procedure Of labor terrorism.
IA his house raid brought forth
enough dynamite to destroy half the
cNy. percussion caps, bombs. revol-
. Mrs. sawed-off shotguns. billies and
; olher implements used in the labor
war.
It IS understood his confession
goes into detail regarding the IRE
porting in by all sluggers. bombers
and murderers, to the offices of GER
tain lawyers who specialize in pro-
tccting criminals. If any of them
tailed to report after certain mum.
Der Of hours, the lawyer would rush
into court with a habeas corpus writ
for failure to report the man had
! been arrested.
The sluggers and killers are sale
to have had their rendezvous at TIN
saloon operated by Jerry Koran
Here the plots were laid. orders were
sent to this place from the Offices Q
Murphy. Nader and Shea. with lis
of places to be bomber and the met
10 be slugged and these orders wer'
promptly carried out. On Tuesda,
night 4 list Of four places to b.
bombed was sent to Horan's. bu
only two Of them had been blowi
up when the bombers encountered
the police and killed two of them.
Auto Stealing Gang.
Miller was active during the stoc
yards strike as labor slugger II
is believed to be the man who kille
John kitulski, one of the labor lead
ers in the yards. whose methods di
not satisfy the "big three"
Other fresh information today in
wolves "Con" Shea as the head OF
$l0O,N0,000 automobile stealing or
ganization, which operated in VAR
Gus cities and sent the stolen cars I
Chicago to be sold. Six cars stole
in New Orleans have already bee
traced fo this gang.