Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-14

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tective Lee, former head Of the vice squad.
| All will be summoned before the Police
Board later this month for their hearing.
| Director Wilson, in explaining the re-
| instatement of the men, pointed out that
| the law requires trial before the board to
| be given to an accused man within 30 days
| after his removal The length OF time
| occupied by the July Grand Jury in making
| the vice probe, he said. made 1t impossible
| to have the cases against the men worked
up within the legal 3O-day limit, and for
this reason he had them Sign waivers agree
| ing to submit TO trial later this month.
The Grand Jury, In its formal present
ment to Judge Rogers last Friday, recon-
J mended that all of the men except Captain
| Kenny be renstated. The jury favored the
| continuation OF the trial Of Kenny and
| also recommended that superintendent OF
| Police Robinson be placed on trial before
| the same body. This, however, was later
| learned to be largely impossible, as 1t
| would be case Of trying n superior police
| officer before his interiors. The men viii
| go back to their former posts pending the
! trial with the exception of Lee who will
go to the Detective Bureau
DIRECTOR WILSON'S STATEMENT.
The reinstatement of the men followed n
conference in the office of Director Wilson
attended by the Director, Superintendent
Robinson. the four accused men and Will
liam A. Gray, their attorney. Following his
announcement Of the action decided upon
Mr.. Wilson made the following statement:
Under the law any policeman against
whom charges have been preferred must be
tried within 80 days. In the cases of the
accused men their trial was postponed IN
definitely Tha Grand Jury concluded its
duties too late for us to comply with TINS
phase Of the law.
81 sent for Captain Kenny, Lieutenant
Singer Lieutenant Van Horn and Charlie
Lee to secure waiver from them, by reason
of their trial not taking place within the
specified time. Each officer signed the
waiver l have also requested the District
Attorneys office to furnish me with the
testimony and the recommendations OF the
Grand Jury have been advised by As
sistant District Attorney Welsh that the
testimony and the names of witnesses can
not be dlvulged. He said that my request
could not be granted unless he was in
structed by the District Attorney. Pending
their trial, which will take place this month
the men are reinstated'
wEINBECK FETED ON RETURN.
The Twentieth Ward Republican Club, II
was learned today, gave reception on
Saturday night to Moe" Weinbeck alleged
gambling king" of the Twentieth Ward.
who returned to the city on Saturday night
after the Grand Jury had dispersed. Vein
beck left the city hurredly along with
several other members of his fraternity
when the jury began it's probe into vice and
gambling conditions In this city.
Among the others who have returned
following sudden sojourns in various out
of-town places are Dick KellSer, his brother
John Kelker and John Holland. The names
of all of these were mentioned frequently
before the Grand Jury in the course of its
Investigations. In addition to these num-
bcr Of Tenderloin habitues and divekeepers
who suddenly dropped out of sight reap
peared around their old haunts today.
CALL DEFIEs GRAND JURY.
Magistrate Joe" Call arrived at his
office from Atlantic City today and promptly
defed the August Grand Jury TO indict him
for his connection with the straw bail eX-
posures made before the July Grand Jury
which conducted the probe into vice con-
ditlons here. The July Jury, in its present.
ment made 10 Judge Rogers last Friday
recommended that Call and his constable
Beaumont. be indicted by tic incoming jury
In the testimony offered before the July
Jury 1t was shown that Call released 10
women arrested in the big raid Of July Is
on bail offered by Joseph Perrotte, Ten
derloin character.
DON'T GIVE A HANG"
"If the Grand Jury want to indict us, |
let them go ahead. l don't give hang"
This was the definance voiced by Call to-
day when he was questioned regarding the |
charges against him.
~ did what / thought was right" he
added. II have heard this big noise before
and II seems to be one of the annual spec
tacles seen and heard in this town.
When asked how long he had known |
Perrotte, Call replied. For several years"
simultaneously with the converting today
of the August Grand Jury that will hear
the charges against Call and Beaumont. |
1t was learned that the District Attorneys |
office is making efforts to have Perrotte |
brought back TO this city. He left i'm |
IA bn i'm
and it Is understood that he is now in
Paterson, y. ]. The authorities there |
were asked to make an effort to locate him. |
In addition TO the straw'hail matter an
other grave charge against Call will be that |
he released n woman from custody after she |
gave $125 to Constable Beaumont. II is
for his alleged completely in the latter affair |
that the Grand Jury asked for Beaumont's
indictment. |
NEW JURY SWORN.
The August jury which will take up the |
results OF the vice probe was sworn in this |
morning before Judge McMichael In Quarter |
Sessions Court, Room 453, City Hall No |
mention either directly or indirectly of the |
vice question was made by the Judge in
charging the jury.
A number of ward leaders and politicians |
held conferences with Director Wilson in
his office today. It was reported that |
Mayor Smiths declaration that policemen |
should not be members of political clubs
was discussed Those who conferred with
the Director today and who, II is said, dis 1
cussed the Mayors plan against political
clubs were David Martin, Coroner Knight.
Magistrate Thomas f. Watson and sena-
tor Patton.
Mayor Smith has let il be known that
he Is entirely sincere in his announcement
that police and politics must part. To
make II easy for the policemen, he Is set
ting an example, He has resigned from
the Thomas B. Smith Republican Club.
which he founded, and of which he was
long the president, and he has severed his
connection with all other similar political
organizations. He has sold the clubhouse
at Twenty-second street and Glsnwood ave-
nue. 10 the club.
The Mayor said that ne could not ask
his subordlnates 10 give up privileges he
continued TO enjoy. He also said that for
many months he had contemplated issuing
an CIDER prohibiting policemen from be-
longing TO these clubs. scores OF which eX-
list In the city. There Is at least one club.
and frequently two in every ward. They
are the headquarters OF the ward organiza-
tions and the meeting places Of tha division
leaders, political workers and hangers-on.
An but few OF them are conducted under