From the Chicago Daily Tribune of October 27th we find the story of how Miss Ellen Gates Starr informed Miss Jane Addams about the murder of Samuel Kapper, striking garment worker:
"ANGEL OF STRIKERS" BEARS NEWS OF KILLING TO HULL HOUSEMiss Ellen Gates Starr tells Miss Jane Addams of pool of blood she saw, and how calm and quiet seemed both strikers and police.
Ellen Gates Starr under arrest during Henrici waitresses strike, March 5, 1914 ````` Miss Jane Addams ````` It was some time after the shooting that Miss Ellen Gates Starr, "angel of the strikers," reached Hull house, where she lives. Miss Jane Addams was waiting in the large parlor near the main entrance. She had heard of the affair only a few minutes before."Did you see the shooting?" Miss Addams asked, breathlessly.
"I saw a pool of gore," replied Miss Starr.
"I had been at the Royal Tailors," Miss Starr continued. "I got off the car and saw the policemen and the crowd. The policemen tried to push me on, but I said: "I won't go until I find out about this. I am Miss Starr of Hull house." They didn't interfere after that." A group of young men gathered to hear the story.
"Who did the shooting? " asked Miss Addams.
"God knows," was the reply.
"Was it a striker who was killed?"
"Yes, it was," replied Miss Starr. "We tried to find his home, but failed. They gave us an address first and we went there in an automobile. It was the address of a Jewish preacher who dealt with deaf mutes. The man who was killed was a deaf mute, you know."
"Did he have a family?" asked Miss Addams.
"He had a mother. We were glad there was no one else. We went to the second address but that was wrong too, and we had to give it up. I don't know where they have taken the body."
[Continued below.]