The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-11
LABOR HEADS
MUST STAY IN
JAIL, DECISION
Declaring that He Agrees that
Chicago is in a State of
Warfare, Judge Scanlon
Refuses Writs.
FIGHT To THE FINISH
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, May 11.-Declaring that
he agreed with the contention made by
the police that Chicago is in a state
of warfare" Judge Kckham Scanlan
today refused to issue writs Of habeas
corpus releasing Cornelius Shea and
John Rafferty,, labor leaders, arrested
in connection with the killing of two
policemen yesterday morning during
series of labor bombings. He told the
police these two men could be held at
least until Saturday
The cases of Shea and Rafferty, were
the first to come up and Judge Scanlan
took only few minutes to rule on
them. About a dozen other applica-
tions for writs were up before other
judges. Shea, an ex-convict, who serv-
ed term in Sing Sing. is head of no
element of the teamsters' union. RAT
ferty is lieutenant to big Tim" Muir
ply, known as Chicagos labor car,
who also was arrested
George German, assistant states at
torney, in opposing writs Of habeas
corpus for the two men, stated that
Chicago is in state of warfare and
to release these men will only mean
more murders, more bombing and
more violence" Judge Scanlan inter
rupted by telling Mr.. German that he
agreed about the warfare" and de-
MED the writ.
Refuses Releases
At the same time Judge Joseph Da-
Wis in effect refused to release Big
Tim Murphy and Fred Nader, the
latter an ex-convict, and head of the
h,,fI Tnl 10
refused to hear the pleas postponing
the cases until tomorrow at the re-
quest of the police. Attorneys for
Shea told the judge that they would
produce him whenever he was wanted
and that there was no grounds for
arresting him.
'Ts this man to be arrested just be-
cause he is a member of labor une
ion?" said Attorney Tom Nash. Every
time Con Shea is taken into custody is
the writ of habeas corpus to be abridg-
ed just because 1t is Con Shear"
I'm time Of war-yes," broke in
Judge Scanlan, there is an extraor-
| binary situation before this town now.
| If this was an ordinary case ! would
have no hesitancy in granting the writ.
The question before this court Is. Is
this community confronted by situa-
tion of warfare against law and or
der% / believe that 1t Is"
This community has been In a con-
slant state of lawlessness for weeks.
1t cannot close its eyes when law and
order are challenged. If this is a con
| spiracy against law and order, II
amounts to conspiracy against the
republic. / deny the writs"
Fiuht to the Finish
| All law enforcement organizations
/ in the city are united in what police
| term "a fight to the finish with or
| sanized 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 scores yesterday.
The two partly identified as the
slayers, police say, are: Isador Braver-
man, %, and Max Glass, 49,
Braverman is said to have fired the
shots from an automobile when Lieut.
| Lyons was killed, and he was pointed
| cut by James A. Mcclellan and Fred
erick Blank, patrolmen, who were In
the car with Lyons when he was shot
| to death, and when Albert Moeller, pa
trolman, was seriously injured.
/ The Identification is not positive as
Braverman's family has advanced an
alibi for him.
Arrested in Raid.
| Glass who is member of the Glaz-
| iers union was arrested in a raid on
union headquarters and was pointed
out by a man who said he was an eye
| witness as the slayer of Thomas Clarke
patrolman who was on guard at
building which previously had been at
tackled.
James Lafferty, third suspect who
has been at liberty under heavy bond
in connection with a mail robbery was
partly identified by Policeman Blank
as the third man who rode In the
death car
Charles C. Fitzmorris, chief Of DO
; lice said he believes the men were only
hirelings of the ''higher-up forces In or
ganized labor circles, putting into ac-
tion conspiracy to overthrow the citi-
zens committee and the Landis wage
award, decision handed down by K
NJ Landis, former federal judge, then
acting as arbiter which was intended
to settle labor disputes between mem
bers of the building trades council and
the labor unions. The citizens COM
mittee was formed to aid in enforcing
this decision.
Results of Tactics
"The slaughter of the two police
men is the inevitable result of the tao
tics employed by Fred Nader, Tim
, Murphy, Cornelius Shea and other
hoodlums and ex-convicts who have
gone about posing as labor leaders, .
Chief FitZmorris said. Now that they
: want war, the police department will
r give 1t to them. I have instructed
: officers to round up all these hood.
lums and place them under lock and
: key"
II think this is all mistake" Fred
5 Nader, president of the Building Trades
council, said. 1--WE been trying to play
q clean. We regret the death of the DO.
:. licemen as much as the officers, and
! when the results of the investigation
J are sifted l believe they will find thai
other than labor men were to blame
!. for the crime"
: ITS just another bum rap like the
! rest they have handed me-" Tim Muir
: ply said 81 am no copperkiller.
: never slugged a cop IN my life. This