The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-12
SMASHING BLOW
GANG TERRORISM
HAS BEEN GIVEN
Action Taken By Chi
cago Police Said To Be
Forerunner of a Similar
Program To Be Fol-
lowed In Other Cities

Chicago. May 12.-Police and civic
organizations today saw in the indict-
mpnt of eight Chicago labor leaders
and the states attorneys threat to
use against them the law invoked
3 years ago to obtain executions Of
the Haymarket rioters smashing
blow at what they termed gang ter
rorism.
In the first night session on record
Cook county special grand jury re-
turned true bills charging murder
against Big Tim Murphey, head Of
the Gas Workers Union, Fred Nader
president of the Chicago Building
Trades Council and Cornelius p. Shea
president and treasurer of the Thea
tire Janitors Union. referred to as be-
( ing one of the three vicious labor
circles and five others.
The indictments are forerunners Of
scores of others, city and county al-
cials said More than 400 persons
were arrested ard but few have been
released with the greater number de
MED freedom on writs of habeas cor
lpus Others named in the Indictment
are: Isadore Braverman, head of the
Fixture Hangers Union; Daniel Nc
/ Carthy. business agent OF the Plumb
er's Union; Jerry Horran, saloon
/ keeper; Thomas Hogan, former po-
/ lice officer and Robert McCloud, clerk
| in the Building Trades Council.
The eight are charged specifically
with the killing of Terence Lyons,
acting police lieutenant. The staying
,of Lyons followed the murder of
Thomas Clarke, Il patrolman on guard
lat a building which previously had
been bombed policemen say, by labor
men because it was erected under the
iLandis award. a wage decision hand
ed down by p. NJ. Landis former
federal Judge and which was intend
ed to settle the dispute between the
contractors and labor.
Efforts of attorneys for the labor
leaders to obtain the release of Muir
phey. Shea. Nader and the Others
failed when Judge Kickham Scanlon
decared that state Of war existed
between labor and the police.
We have sufficient evidence to
hang Murphey, Shea and Nader,
George +. German assistant state $
attorney said following announcement
that indictments had been returned.
IF the same law used in the anar-
I chist case is followed | am confident
that we have enough evidence Mr..
( German said.
/ Witnesses before the grand jury
last night included rs policemen in
ix,ili oil
fully because police feared they might
come to harm if labor organizations
had testified. Documents seized at
labor headquarters during raids made
following the murders also were in
troduced.
Big Tim Murphey evidenced no
surprise when he was informed of
the indictments. Anybody can be
indicted" he said They can even
indict man for concealing ideas,
That must he the charge they have
against me-"
"HOw can / conspire with or about
something l do not know anything
about"
About the death penalty it has been
announced several times that the men
would hang and they are today walk
ing the streets as free men. Poor
cid Con Shea is too old to conspire
with anybody. We are as sorry for the
cops as the officers are"
1.-The whole thing is just a big
splash"
ITS a shame" exclaimed Fred
Nader, when informed of the indict-
ments.
It is urged that neither of the men
actually shot the policeman
but that they were actually involved
in the conspiracy which led to the
killing through series of bOmbings
and beatings.