Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
CHICAGO DENTIST
SLAIN BY GUNNER
Doctors Death DiscIoses
Sinister Circumstances in
City'S Criminal Activities.
the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 25.-Dr. Frank L.
Brady, a West Side dentist, had two
callers last night who weren't listed on
his appointment book and one of them
shot him dead.
DR.. Brady, 80, had extracted tooth
for woman patient and given her a
chair In a private office that she might
recover from the effects of the local
anesthetic. A man patient then sat
down In the dentists chair, while DR..
r. H. Best, a physician sharing Offices
with DR.. Brady, watched over the
woman.
Two men pushed open the door lead
ing from the corridor to the room in
which the patient, Mrs. Edna Walsh,
was sitting. DR.. Brady was on the
point of returning to his other office
when the men appeared.
One of the men carried a revolver,
which he pointed at DR.. Brady, saying,
We've got you now"
The dentist cried "Don't!" and reach
ed out to grab the gun muzzle. The
gunman fired and DR.. Brady fell. An
other shot was fred into his body as
he lay on the floor and the killer said:
There, you -, you'll never try
stunt like that again"
He pocketed his gun, glanced at his
companion and the two ran into the
corridor and out of the building
Gained Wealth Suddenly.
With the killing Of DR.. Brady several
sinister circumstances came to light. It
was revealed that the dentist, after
years of struggle with small practlce,
suddenly became prosperous about four
wears ago; that he was the son OF Mrs.
Anna Beauchamp, WHO killed hersell
during the murder trial Of Herman J.
midget Fernekes, and that DR.. Brady
himself had been under police inveSti-
CATION for a long time in connection
with the search for large sums the
Midget stole and which have never been
accounted for.
Fernekes, one of the deadliest fig
ures in Chicago criminal history, Is
serving a life sentence in prison. During
his trial the Offices of DR.. Brady were
Uut CdIIJ Ct1OA VI w PASoN$ASS
him as a Fernekes aid were abandoned.
Deputy Police Commissioner John Siege
said today that the dentists subsequent
activities have been carefully watched,
the police believing that eventually ne
might give them a clue that would
clear away much mystery still sur
rounding the Midget'S operations.
A search of his Office revealed acids
and other materials used by criminals
to alter the engraving Of bonds and Sc
curities, police said Investigators also
reported finding indications Of unlaw-
full traffic In narcotics.
Mother Identified Fernekes.
DR.. Brady's mother was arrested April
%, 1925, and at the detective bureau
she pointed out Fernekes as the man
who brought 40 sticks of dynamite to
her house to be used In the robbery OF
a Loop bank. The following June, when
charged with completely in the plot to
rob the bank, Mrs. Beauchamp killed
herself. Until his death last night po-
lice had no knowledge that DR.! Brady
was her son.
Several patients were in the waiting
room when the killing of DR.. Brady
was accomplished. DR.. Best, who wit
messed the Staying, said he would be
unable to identify the slayers. Mrs.
Walsh described the men and said she
would know them should she see them
again.
DR.. Brady's wife learned of the muir
der when she went to police headquar-
tiers early today. She said she had no
knowledge of her husbands business af-
fairs.
Midget Fernekes' sentence followed
conviction on a robbery charge. Five
years ago, while awaiting trial for muir
out of the county jail without success
He long has been notorious as safe
blower and arch plotter. Ever since
sent to prison Fernekes has continued
to plot elaborate crimes, police believe.