The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-13
BOMBING SUSPECT
ESCAPES POLICE
THROUGH BLUNDER

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acting police Lieutenant. The staying
OF Lyons followed the murder of
Thomas Clark, patTolman on guard
at a building which previously had
been bombed. police say. by labor
men because II was being erected
under the wage decision handed
down by X. NJ. Lands, former federal
Judge.
Enough Evidence TO Hang Them.
Efforts of attorneys of the labor
leaders to obtain the release OF
Murphy, Shea, Nader and the other
failed when Judge Kickham Scanlon
declared that a state OF war existed
between labor and the police. III
the same law is used as in the an
archist case, ! am convinced that we
have enough evidence to hang Muir
ply" George l.. Gruman. assistant
states attorney said. "And not only
Murphy. but Shea and Nader. We
have more than the necessary evil
dence linking these men with the
bomb outrages; sluggings and muir
ders have happened within the last
few months"
Witnesses before the grand jury
last night included 20 policemen In
addition to civilians, all guarded
carefully because police feared they
might come TO harm IL labor organi-
cations learned who had testified,
Documents seized at labor headquar-
ters during raids made following the
murders also were introduced.
Although Nader was the head Of
the building trades council. IN name.
Murphy is the power behind the
throne" Charles c. Fitzmorris. chief
of police, said in explanation while
labor leaders had rounded up.
Murphy Craved the title held by
Nader" he said.
a letter seized in the raid on Ia
Dor headquarters. Fitzmorrls said.
showed that labor planned TO gather
n big fund to use in an emergency
Of this sort.
just the Beginning.
Henry Barrett Chamberlain, man
aging director of the Chicago crime
commission last night said:
THE indictments are only the be-
ginning OF things. We are almost cer-
tain within As hours more sensation
al developments will occur. l can say
that ] am convinced that one OF the
men now held in custody Is the
actual field leader OF the labor bomb
squad which has been terrorizing
men working under the Lands wage
award
big Tim" Murphy evidenced no
surprise when he was Informed of
the Indictments.
Anybody can be indicted" he
said.
LAS for the death penalty, 1t has
been announced several times that
men would hang and they are to-
day walking the streets free men.
The whole thing is just big slash. ="
at is shame" exclaimed Fred
Nader. when informed of the indict-
ments.
CHICAGO. May 12,--Five suits.
each demanding s50,0O0 against
Chief of Police Fitzmorris. and three
other police officials, were filed late
today In superior court. The suits
charge false arrest in connection
with Wednesdays wholesale labor
arrests Tho plaintiffs are Melville
Thompson, Emmitt Flood. Emmett
Flood. ir., Miss Evelyn Flood and
John Sweeney.
CHICAGO. May 12.--"Bomb ex-
perts' of the police department
rushed to the Packers Machinery G.
Equipment Co. this afternoon after
three boys in the neigh hborhood had
found what appeared to be a dyna-
mite bomb In the rear of the place.
| The company had employed mill
wriGhts under the lands award,
The stick of dynamite was
equipped with n percussion cap and
n length OF fuse which apparently
| had failed 10 burn.