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Show POLICE PROSING FATALAFFRAY Revolver Battle in Chicago Vice District Being Investigated Investi-gated by Officers. Morals Squad Raids Stir Up Disorderly Resorts Bottles And Stones Thrown. r Chicago. July 17. Inexperienced men caused the whole shooting. The men used their guns too freely Instead In-stead of their heads. Both parties mistook each other for sluggers " James Gleason. chief of police characterized the neoii.!.rr in the 'segregated dltr!c last night In which ne detective w-as killed, two other -fwouuded and two civilians injured in e fusilade of shots following the raid Of an alleged disorderly house. For fourteen hours the police officials offi-cials worked on the case before a formal statement was made by the fcbief of police. Every participant In the shooting was questioned. Search was made for witnesses and the whole strength of the police de partment was directed to an attempt to discover the cause of combat. A similar expression of belief was made by Hermann Schettler, first deputy dep-uty superintendent of police. The investigation will continue, both officials of-ficials said until everv angle of the occurrence has been brought to light Chicago, July 17 With one detec five dead and three wounded as a result of a revolver battle last night in Chicago's vice district, officially! reported closed, police officers attempted at-tempted today to untangle the ao counts of the fatal affray between members of the department The dead man, Stanley J Birns. was a member of the regular plain ( lothe6 force. John C. Sloop, Birn s partner, was shot through the thigh. Joseph Merrill and Fred Amart, de teethes of the morals squad, were wounded less seriously. James C. Carroll, who said he wns an investi garor and railway firemen also was wounded. Chief Learns Facts. The investigation by Chief of Police Po-lice Gleason developed two facts that appeared to stand out, that the killing kill-ing and wounding of the policemen were precipitated by a gang of levee characters, and that many of the shots fired came from weapons in the hands of the gangsters. It was thoughl that several of the gang were wounded and hidden by their companions. com-panions. Merrill and Amart had been police men but a short time They had Just raided a disorderly resort and sent a wagon load of prisoners to the station. A gang of levee hangers-on hangers-on followed and hooted Merrill and Amart as they walked away from the place IJI-'VTV CI t III" riUUJ ltulliJ UIIJ yelled. Stones and Bottles Thrown. Stones and bottles were thrown and the detectives drew their revolvers. Just then Birns and Sloop ran up to disperse the mob. "Look out. They've got guns." someone cried Then the shooting began. Merrill declared that the firs., shot was fired by a man in the crowd who dodged behind a woman. Another woman had just fallen, he said, having been hit by a brick. Merrill said he emptied his revolver at the man. Clash of police activities in the vice district was disclosed in the shooting. Merrill and Amart were members of Morals Inspector W C Danncnberg's squad which he had unexpectedly un-expectedly sent into the levee to make raid" At the 6ame time F'irst Deputy M L. C Kunkhouser had a detail in the district for the same purpose, pur-pose, thinking that Dannenberg was on the north side. Birns and Sloop belonged to the detective bureau which is said to regard with Jealousy the activities of the special details. The situation was finally dominated by the uniformed police, who dispersed dis-persed the mob |