Evening journal., 1916-11-17
innocent MEN ARE
abused BY Law

hUUUUD III uliU
Thrown into a dark room and
threatened by masked men. denied all
food for fourteen hours and refused
the rich, TO communicate with friends
or :. attorney Joseph Theibaud chief
:. -. guards employed by the Artii-
io,v Fuse Company in South VIII
ming on, md Maurice Wimhle and
l.4rrs Irg-am. two other guards. were
zen. .nd arrest in Philadelphia yes
terday on suspicion OF being hold
up men. The men were liberated
early .his mornine. when officials OF
the DUPONT Powder Company, who
had been informed OF the mems de-
iention i'm the Philadelphia police sta
ton called up q magistrate of that
CITY by telephone and arranged FOR
the mems appearance at further
hearing VA that city on November 20
According TO officials OF the Artil-
lery Fuse Company, the arrest Of the
men was an outrage and they are loud
IN denouncing the attitude Of the
Philadelphia police.
The men were arrested about 3
o'clock yesterday morning while in a
Philadelphia restaurant by Detectives
Burgess and Titus, following the hold
ing up of Ernest Haage, saloon
keeper at No l115 Girard avenue. who
wae shot three times by highwaymen
and who seriously injured one of the
robbers, who gave the name Of James
Kelly. When the three Wilmington
ians were taken to the police station
and searched. revolvers and a black
Jack were found on them. All wore
badges Of the Artillery Fuse Company
Of this city and claimed to be on
their way home from Lakehurst, n.
T.. In an automobile they had with
them
Theibaud and his companions, fol
lowing their arrest. were carried TO
the ST. Joseph's Hospital but Haage
could not identify them, although he
said one Of the men resembled a man
who had been with the party who
had attempted TO rob him.
According 70. the local guards, they
were then taken TO the police station
and at a hearing before Magistrate
Tracy. Ingram was held under $500
bail and the others were held under
$500 bail each for q hearing on No
vember 90
An three men commended they we're
Innocent OF any wrong doing and eX-
planned lto the police that they had
been delivering fuses to a plant at
Tsakehurst, N. j., and were ON their
wav home. Tire troubles delayed
them and when they arrived in Phila.
delphia early yesterday morning, the
60 "a lsfrtn n
eat
According to officials OF the local
company. the three men who arrived
here shortly after 4 o'clock this morn
ing. claimed that they had been mis-
treated by the Philadelphia police. All
are trusted employees, and according
TO Assistant Superintendent Davis Of
the local plant Theibaud Is a we'll edu-
Gated man having charge OF the en-
ployment department Of the company.
After being arrested, the men were
drilled hv the police and horrors OF
tho third degree were imposed on
them
fhis consisted Of being left in a
darl. room while masked men rushed
o. them They were denied all food
until late yesterday afternoon when
fcri which they say was untit for
consumption was offered them. The
money they had was taken from them.
10 make matters worse, all requests
10 see an attorney was denied them
ard they We're not even allowed to
communicate with their friends.
That the Philadelphia police were
I'm error. was shown by the fact that
ncthiro concerning the mems arrest
was heard OF at tho plants Offices
hers Yesterday until the late evening
papars from Philadelphia arrived here.
The Philadelphia police had not call
ed on the local company to learn If
the men were employees or whether
the machine they were using had even
been stolen. although the men i'm IL
were accused OF being robbers
When the officials heard of the case
through The newspapers last night
they at once communicated with the
dupont Powder Company officials and
early this morning an official obtain
ed the release of the men by the long
distance. The men arrived home early
today and went to their homes at once
Tor a much needed rest II was i'm
possible to see them.