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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, July 19, 1913, NOON EDITION, Image 2

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The shooting of Belford last Sun
day morning at 12:20 a. m., shortly
after a Tribune night raid on Lar
man's pool hall, 813 West Maxwell
street.
The raid was made in Annenberg's
private automobile. Annenberg, lour
of his sluggers, Ezra Kendall, a Trib
une reporter, Edward P. Weigle and
Elmer A. Douglas, Tribune -photographers,
and H. Brbcker, Annenberg's
chauffeur, all took part in the night
raid.
When Annenberg shot down Bel
ford, Belford was standing with his
chum and roommate, Louis Sallin,
on the corner of Halsted and Max
well streets. Annenberg fired from
his place in the front of the auto
mobile. After the shooting, Policemen
Weisbaum and Roth, who were sta
tioned at the corner of Halsted and
Maxwell, ordered the Tribune car to
stop.
Instead of doing so, Brocker, the
Tribune car's chauffeur, put on full
speed. Weisbaum and Roth com
mandeered an automobile, in which
was a Jewish wedding party and
gave chase, firing several shots over
"thei heads of those in the Tribune
can
Annenberg's powerful touring car
soon left the commandeered car far
behind.
Three hours later, in the chill of
the dawn, Annenberg and Edward S.
Beck, managing editor of the Trib
une pai da friendly c&ll on Police
Captain "Big Jim" Storen of the
Maxwell street station. Annenberg
was not arrested.
' By Monday, however, popular in
dignation against the Tribune and
Annenberg had become so strong
that the Tribune gave Annenberg up;
he was released immediately after on
$25,000 bonds provided by Tom Mc
Guire, a private detective, and Ben
jamin C. Bachrach, his attorney.
Belford is now in the County Hos
pital. He is resting easily, but grave
fears 'are. felt because of the course
taken by the' bullet fired into his body
by Annenberg.
The bullet entered Belford's body
just below the heart, ranged through
the lower part of the left lung and
lodged in the kidney. Belford has
been too weak to allow of an opera
tion for the removal of the bullet
Therein lies the danger. The bullet
in the kidney may cripple Belford for
life.
The Tribune this morning publish
ed a hysterical story in which it de?
clared that- it is the gamblers who
are prosecuting Annenberg. -
The Day Book has seen no evi
dence of this being so; indeed The
Day Book never has heani of any
of the big gamblers of,thefcity who
suffered from any fear'of the Trib
une or had any idea that the Trib
une might attack them; only the lit
tle gamblers who have no friends
fear the Tribune.
However, the Tribune might be
correct in saying that the gamblers
are responsible for the indictment of
Annenberg, and if this be so, the
community owes at least one deep
debt of gratitude to the gamblers.
Another of the Tribune's hysterical
statements this morning is .that wit
nesses of the shooting "whose state
ments favored the Tribune's repre
sentatives and did not favor the gam
blers, were of course not called (be
fore the grand jury) by Hoyne."
The Day. Book made a thorough
search for witnesses of the shooting
th,e day the shooting occurred. It
found at least a dozen persons who
were near enough to see how the
shooting occurred. Not one of them
told a story that "favored the Trib-
une's representatives."
Either the Tribune or Annenberg,
however, retained Tom McGuire,
head of the McGuire & White Detec
tive Agency, immediately after the
shooting to "obtain witnesses favor-able-tp
the defense."
' McGuire has chosen to keep a dark
secret his method of "obtaining a
witness favorable to the defense."

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