Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-07
FIFTH WARD COPS
UNDER HEAVY BAIL
$4,000 Total Demanded for
Lieutenant Bennett and
Five Men
DRAFT BOARD QUIZZED

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$4,000 bail by Magistrate IIarrigan today
on charges resulting from the fight he
tween Isaac Denbach, Ware man, and
James T Carey. McNichol man, for con
troll of the Fifth Ward. The Federal Grand
Jury also aulzzed the draft board OF the
| Fifth Ward as to whether an attempt had
been made to involve them in the factional
fight.
! The various charges against the police
men range from assault TO assault and bat
| terry with intent 20 kill. All of them are
the result Of raids and arrests made by the
policemen recently. The arrests of the po-
| liccmeu are related to every chapter OF the
political fight as they have developed They
| reveal that the political duel In the ward Is
| becoming a battle OF warrants.
II is particularly significant that tho lieu
! tenant and policemen should be held for
| a further hearing next Tuesday morning.
| as Tuesday will be registration day The
| police may be kept too busy to do any
! watching while the hot fight is taking
place at the registration places.
$4,000 BAIL FOR BENNETT
Lieutenant Bennett was held under $4,000
| bail on charges Of conspiracy. assault and
| battery, aggravated assault and battery and
| aggravated assault and battery with intent
|
| Troyano and Louis Feman, were held
| with him under S2500 bail each in con-
nection with the raid on the poolroom Of
! Harry l.. Cohen night before last. Cohen is
| under bail on charge Of keeping a
| gambling house and is to have hearing
next Sunday. Cohen arrived al the Magis-
trate's court this morning with his head
still covered with bandages. Immediately
after he arrived Constable Caspar, OF Mags-
trate Harrigans court. opened the gate and
told him to come back of the bar.
Go on in there and sit down." said
Caspar, you ain't able to stand up and
Cohen obeyed his command
Emanuel Tram. another of the policemen.
was held under sl5q0 bail on a charge of
assault on Maur Levan, tailor of Fifth
street near Spruce, who Is alluded to by the
Deutsch workers AZ professional bondsman
for the Carey faction and who has gone
bail in nearly every arrest of Carey work.
| ers. The charge was that Tram threw
Levan out of the police station at Seventh
and Carpenter streets during the hearing
| yesterday against Cohen and the others
arrested in the raid on his place,
Tram was also held under $500 bail on
charge of assaulting Edward Greves.
Greves was before Magistrate Coward yes
terday morning at the Seventh and Carpen-
, ter streets station charged with attacking
| Tram. This case was dropped
Another development today was the sum-
moning OF DIR. Morton e. Harris. chairman
and Albert Nedelman. clerk of the local
draft board for the Fourth and Fifth Wards
before the Federal Grand Jury in connection
with the case of Andrew Rosenbaum who
Is charged with interfering with the draw.
, ing Of the National Army
Rosenbaum, guard at independence
Hall, is accused OF Offering to have Wal.
ter Donohue and Frank Brown exempted
If they would give their political support
TO Deutsch. Rosenbaum has been held
under $4,000 bail and his case has beer
presented to the Grand Jury
Neither Doctor Harris, Niedelman no,
Assistant United States District Attornc,
| I. Henry Walnut, who has charge of tn,
Rosenbaum case would discuss the line OF
, questions put to the board members TIL,
, latter denied using their offices for tn,
| benefit of either side in the political fight
Mr. Walnut refused to disclose what tes
timony the draft members had given tC
the Grand Jury Niedeman declared be
; fore entering the Grand Jury room tina
, no one had approached him upon the sub
iect of exempting men of draft age whc
turned from Carey to Deutsch
: 1t was learned, however, that among
the facts brought out was that Josepr
Rosenbaum a younger brother of the de
fendant, was passed by the board and Ger
. titled as one of the men to leave for camr
September 10.
The young man, when interviewed TODAY
WOul(
/ leave here on September 10. He also sale
, the board called him back several time.
before he was finally passed as PHYSICAL,
! mt ana that he was passed about four D
five weeks ago. This point was brough
out to show that if Rosenbaum had
pull with the board he would likely use i
in behalf of his own brother.
Clerks Of the board. after consultinl
records, stated that Walter Donahue, on,
: OF the young men who appeared agains
Rosenbaum was passed and that he was re
, fused exemption. Frank Brown, the othe
witness for the prosecution, passed the phys
ical examination and was exempted. I
7 was said these things took place befor,
Rosenbaums arrest.
Isaac Deutsch had a conference will
e Senator Ware this morning at his Office anc
D this afternoon II was stated at the Fiftl
v Ward Republican League that Ware il
: expected to attend big rally of the organi
y zaton tonight
CONSPIRACY CHARGE MADE
Lieutenant Bennett and Special Police
| man Murphy were each held under $50
bail on conspiracy charge preferred b,
r Walter Donahue, one of the young men VIII,
l. appeared against Andrew II. Rosenbaum
), Edwin Goodfriend, another policeman
a was held under $500 bail on a charge O
e | threatening to kill The warrant for hi
h arrest was sworn TO by Martin Michael, VIII
e was before Magistrate Coward yesterda.
Z | morning on a charge of interfering witt
the police while they were raiding the Cohel
poolroom Magistrate Coward gave him
lecture and told him to get back to tn
D First Regiment formerly Pennsylvania Ma
G tional Guard. before he was considered
: deserter. His affidavit charges that Good
q friend pulled gun and threatened to shoe
$ him when he arrested him.
CAREY LEAVES BEFORE HEARING
d Carey was In Harrigan's courtroom 70
y some time consulting with various lieuten
e ants and talking on the telephone He lef
h | a few minutes before Lieutenant Bennett
the policemen and many plainclothes police
y | men arrived Deutsch was with the Thir
a and De Lancey streets policemen when the
\ | entered the rooni The place was soo
: | iammed TO the doors.
: While the hearing was being conducted
0 two mounted policemen rode past causlnI
y a stir among the Carey workers, VIII
: shouted that mounted policemen were ais
I | being used in the Fifth against them
v William +. Rourke, counsel for the de
3 | PENDANTS. looked the affdavits over an,
Q then told Magistrate Herrigan he wante,
to waive hearing on behalf OF all of tn
v | defendants. Harrigan, however, refused I
! allow the defendants to waive hearing, say
4 ing that he would continue the case unit