New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-20
Bitter Primaries Fight CuI.
inmates in Riot by In.
ported Gangster.
CandidateSandbagsed
Patrolman Had Come to Al
of Assistant District Atto,.
ney Under Attack

/ PHILADELPHIA, Sept. l9-rhn .i,,
is aroused By murder and rio. in u.
Fifth Ward, the "Bloody Fifth tn.
murder, that Of policeman. By ma,
declared to be a gunman imported fro-
Jersey City, was the outcome Of NJ.
ter political fight between Two R.pvb.
lican factions for the control Of N.
ward. which skirts the river from.
For weeks the battle was wag.d. eul.
minating to-day, when the primary .l...
ton was held for the naming Of can.
didates. James A. Carey, leader Of n,
Penrose- McNichol faction in the ward
and Isaac Deutsch, Of the vare-sml,h
faction, were the opponents for the
nomination for Select Councilman o,
the Republican ticket. Early in n.
day Carey was attacked b. a man al.
legged to be Jacob Mascs, Of J,nsy
City. lie was struck from behind with
a sandbag and then blsckjacked. A,
the same time J. H. Maurer, an Assist.
ant District Attorney was attacked.
Policeman George A. Eppley, Of ID.
vice squad, went to their rescue, and,
it is alleged. Mascia placed a revolver
against his abdomen ard fired. Eppl.y
died later in a hospital. On his death.
bed he identified Mascla as his A..
sallant.
Admit Gunmen Were Hired
Mascia was arrested, and along With
/ him was taken John Costello, also O.
Jersey City. The police questioned
them for an hour, and later announce:
that both had confessed they we're
hired in New York or Jersey City, with
nineteen others, and brought here yes.
terday TO vote.
1--WE were brought here by a ma,
known as Little Neck 20 vote in Ii,
5th Ward Costello's statement, wh,h
Is in writing. declares. I'VE wers %
vote for Deutsch. We were taken ns
club in Pine Street, between Fourth
and Fifth. There we we're met byi
man wearing eyeglasses, who told Us
70 walk around the town, and We were
to meet him later at Sixth and De.
lancey Streets, where We were 10 yos.
| was arrested as | walked up tbs
street. When I was arrested | heart
a shot, but I didn't see who bred IT,"
Mascia is charged with murder and
Costello with being an accessory 70 the
crime. Mascia denied that he did the
shooting, but witnesses say he IS the
guilty man. Both prisoners wore
small piece of white ribbon in the
second buttonhole Of their vests, which
the police say was used as a mark Of
Identification. II IS said the other
men brought 70 the city with Msscis
and Costello were similar ribbons
loaded revolver, with two exploded
shells, was found on Msscis, vaAI
Costello carried a blackjack. Maseia
according 70 the police, was under the
influence of a drug.
Republican Club Shot Up
To-day's riotirg vas the culminstion
OF trouble which began last night,
whom about thirty thugs attacked the
Finletter Club, the Republican organ.
izat.on headquarters IN the 9Th Ward,
ana snOt UP inc pace. DIX men we're
sent TO the hospital. Carey's friend,
declare this was a prearranged affair
organized by the opposition for pur.
poses of intimidation.
Afterward, Lsaaore Stern, mem.
Der Of the State Legislature, telephonet
TO Mayor Smith, OF this city, who was
at his Atlantic City cottage, inform
ing MIN of what he described as the
outrage permitted by the police, who,
he charged, were aiding the Deu;seh
faction, and urging him 20 come 70
Philadelphia az once and put an end
to the participation Of the police IN
the contest. Mr. Stern also Informed
the Mayor, he says, OF the bringing
OF gunner from New YORK into the
9Th Ward. He reiterated the charge
to-day when the murder occurred.