Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-09
Continued from Pare one

sault on the club, except that he saw II
from outside the clubhouse He had been
to the police station to get 'copy Of the
charges" against some Carey workers who
had been arrested when the thuggery began
WOMEN ACCUSE POLICE
Women were among the witnesses who
accused the police Of leading the thuggery
against Carey followers
Mrs Daisy Levi, $50 South Fifth street
daughter of Samuel Blumberg, candidate
for Common Councilman on the ticket with
Carey. was the first woman introduced as
witness Of the Finletter Club raid. She
said she heard the patrol wagon pass her
home and. with her mother, followed IT,
| She reached the Finletter Club in time TO
see the mob" break into the clubhouse
Becoming hysterical about her fathers
danger. she said. she followed the gang
! into the club. Inside. she testified, she
| became frightened and ran TO the second
/ floor. where she was placed in closet
| for a few minutes while the members were
/ being blackjac<ed downstairs.
! As soon a she left the club, according to
Mrs Levi. she called up the Superintendent
I Of Police on the telephone. The person who
| answered IT, after learning who she was,
said that an investigation would be made,
| she said.
I Lieutenant Bennett stood outside Of the
| Finletter club few minutes before that
place was beseged by police and Deutsch-
| ties. according TO the testimony Of Mrs.
| Anna Hirsch.
| Mrs. Hirsch. wife Of Joe" Hirsch. a prize
| fighter, called Couuor liar when he asked
! her if her husband was not "a prize-ighter
! and also "A pickpocllet' Mr. Gordon was
| on his feet instantly and objected TO Con-
| nors asking such a question Of a wife re-
| garding her husband, ana added 10 Con-
| nor:
! THE records will show there are per-
jurers nearer YOU than there are pick
| pockets 10 her"
| Mrs HlrsCh said she won't into the club
when she looked through the window and
! saw members OF the club being black
! lacked II was testified yesterday that
Hrsch had been blacljacked earlier IN the
| evening Mrs Hrsch said she rushed into
| the club among the gunmen to get her nus
! band She said she wanted TO take MN
home with her
| LAWYER BLACEJACKED on STREET
Harry A. Bremen 524 Pine street, an at
torney and founder Of the National Pre-
paratory school. said that he was leaving
the club lust as policemen and gunmen
came off the steps. lie was knocked 10 the
sidewalk by a blow on the head coming
from a blackjack. he said, and as soon as
he regained consciousness he ran across
tho street his head covered with blood.
Policeman Tram, who was across the street,
laughed at him and made no effort TO aid
him, he testified
Morris Boechiasl;i, a member Of the Fin
letter club. testified that he was sitting in
| tho club when the police and gunner
broke in. He was badly beaten with a
blackjack he said, b.: a stranger, He
identified Sergeant Glesdenning ant Police
men wirtschafter and Tram as having been
in the mob.
While the witnesses were describing the
raid on the Finletter Club and the black
b. | Lieutenant
| Bennett and Policemen Wirtschafter. Muir
nhy. Tram Hayden and Feldman, who are
accused of having taken part in the raid
followed every word Of the testimony
closely.
"Butch" Mascia and Whitley Burlt-
hardt two of the seven "strong-arm' men
under arrest were positively identified as
being members Of the gang of thugs VINO
did the blackjacking in the Finletter CLUB
by James Duffy. 2l4 Spruce street,
Duffy was ckjacked and then thrown
out on to the sidewalk in front Of the club.
house, he testified. The gunmen were sent
for and he picked out Mascia and Burk-
= hardt as the men who beat HIM
He said that three shots were fred when
. ! t,s r,,ob broke down the door. Five men
, ! rushed in at the head Of the mob and be-
9 ! gan sluEging right and left with black
D jacks.
Eranl, Brown, 26O South Fourth street
9 | .,blackiack squad" all wore the famous
e "Deutsch slouch hats
- He identified Policemen Tram. Murphy
/. and Wirtschafter as trs leaders of the mob
d "All police officers in citizens clothes who
d belped Deutsch were provided with sloucl
It hats to identify them
This was the testimony offered by Henr,
Casper. 239 South street. Casper is con
stable in Magistrate Harrigans office, anC
was in the Finletter Club when the rait
g was made. He identified Wrtschafter ant
I Tram and testified that Wirtschafter free
= the shot through the windows Of the club
y. house.
It casper also told how he had been ar
Y rested on election morning when he wal
e serving as judge of election in the seventh
/, division While he was being released, II,
l. said the Deutsch followers held a curbston,
= election to name a Judge in his place, bu
|, he returned to the polling place before tn,
4, curbstone election was over
II Samuel Barrish. $40 Lombard street
| Criuple limped to the witness stand anC
testified how he had been beaten over tn,
head with a blackjack by policemen at
tached TO the Third and De Llncey street
ID station.
n WOMAN THROWN INTO CLOSET
10 Mrs j. Stewart, who with her husban
are caretakers OF the Finletter Club, testi
4 fed this afternoon that she was standn
IA near a swinging door leading from TIL
dining room to the clubroom on the groun
e' floor when the gunmen broke in.
h The gunmen and everybody who cam
. in rushed to the door and threw me int
a closet over a barrel Later, l a.
I'd tempted 70 make my way up the backstair
= was caught between a crowd going u
and another crowd going down and wa
r hurt slightly" she said.
ie Mrs. Stewart concluded her testimony b
saying that she reached the roof, only to /
~ frightened off by other men who stood o
la an adjoining roof. one of these men hs
, a gun in his hand and concealed his faC
III by pulling down his hat.
r. The men remained on the roof after ST
went TO a bedroom on the fourth floor. Hel
GU she heard one whisper
IN There he is"
- Thinking that they meant Carey Mr.
~ Stewart said she went 10 the second fot
na and pulled down the curtain OF a windo
n, beside which Carey sat She identified
splinter from the door OF the club. VII
H. part of the lock hanging 10 II. and ali
ra bloodstained towels pressed into serv
as bandages for the victims Of the raid
nd Assistant District Attorney John
-et | Maurer, who was in the club at the tin
Of the raid, in addition TO being blackjack
Ia the next day. asserted that Lieutenant Be