The evening world., 1913-12-05
,AORSE PO|SONER
| SMILES TELLING
] OF CRUEL WORK
! Testifies Indicted Ice Cream
Z Makers Tried to Hire Him
to Do a Job.
!; KILLED MANY ANIMALS.
{ Not an Honest Days Work
3 Done in Five Years, He Ad-
] mits-Bossed Gang.
KILLED MANY ANIMALS.

JOAn ". Lsvinson. notorious a. an
Dast SIDE gang leader. and described by
LAvysr Abraham Levy as the most
sAfsit scoundrd In the wordd." told q
1sry before supreme Court Justice Davis
. to-day how during four years. activity
no had engineered the deaths Of scores
Of valuable horses by means Of the
death baii'-a connection Of arsenic.
sweet bran and oats.
!, With . nonchalance that was astound-
sing Levinson told Of his employment oy
msrcnAnts throughout the city 10 de.
servy horses own ID by their business
revA,s. He admitted that he was well
spe1d for his work but denied that he had
svsr administered tho poison to the
hesVes.
!. u was the boss" he said. ~ made
Al the arrangements. got the money
snA hired men to do the actual poison
I hs. Some horses we're poisoned In the
&trsets. while others were killed In
: GABLES"
: I Levinson spoke with the utmost
frankness. hiding nothing. lie IL ono
az the principal witnesses for the pros
scution In the trial of David Kalhofer
{ and Max Swerskey, proprietors Of the
!. Celumbia-O. X. Ice Cream Company in
Cannon street. accused Of hiring mon
J TO poison nine horses In the streets Of
/, tiis city belonging to the Royal leo
Cream Company OF Brooklyn. Levin
! ron told the Court that Swirskey Of
!. fered him the Job TO poison the horses
: before hiring Samuel Friedman and
Thomas O'Brien. who actually did the
y work.
|{Nov ENOUGH MONEY IN the JOB
8 FoR INN.
why didn't YOU take ~ 3oor' A..
4 sistant Distrtct.Attornsy WslR aSked
u Lsv1nson.
Il didn't think there wss enough
2 money Il It," was the reply. and tod
p swsrsksy. when he made tho propoA
: tioa TO me. I'd think II over. Tue next
y heard the job had been donA read
4 sssut It In the newspaper"
y Cros-examAnsd BY Mr.. Levy. Levinsos
: admitted that for the past ave years hs
haA Ssd . comparatively easy Me q
kkths head OF Q gang which preysd upor
2the crsdulity OF east side merchants
q exacting tribute. which he collected
8 travelling from place 70 place In AZ
3 automobile. This automobile. II wal
q brought out by Mr.. Levy. was the era,
=. one subsequently, used by the four gun
<srnea IN the killing Of Herman Roscnthai
when did you last do any homes
Il workr' ir. Levy asked Levinson.
z The latter smiled and then laughet
. sioUd.
4 "Oh. about I'VE years ago." he replied
= 81 was Q cooper In RutSers street
y5maAs boxes for the merchants"
n "Aren't you . starker?" asked Nj
4 Lsvy. meaning II the wttness was I
~ strong-arm hold-up robber.
!. HiS POOL PARLoR A RENpEz
y voUS FOR THE GANG.
e. Again q grin spread over the face o
= Lsvinson. He shook his head.
well. then. you are . can-opener.
so1r. Levy went on. meaning that Levin
n con was at one time a safe-breaker.
u No." replied the witness. Il nsve
= was that"
- lsvinson then told how he had kept
uspool parior In East Broadway whic
* was . rendezvous for his gang an
- where the east side merchants who ha
"a. Sobs for him and his Eang were hrough
by ewerskey. 30 Levlnson said.
IL NJ. Levy got Levinson TO admit tina
- he vas concerned In the poisoning Q
-. hundreds OF HOSES.
- Friedman and OBrien. who are MOI
$3ssrvins terms OF thirty-one years eac
Kim Auburn state Prison for highwa
= robbery, viii testify against kslhofs
and swerskey late this afternoon. The
say that they were paid $50 by swel
= skey to poison the horses owned by tn
(Royal Ice Cream Company.