Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-06
SLEUTHS ON WATCH
in FIFTH WARD
Detectives Sent to Guard
Against Possible Violence
in Faction War
FIFTEEN CAREY MEN HE'LL

Fearing trouble between the rival "a,
tons in the Fifth Ward political aah,
Captain Of Detectives Tate sent ion ne
tectives into that section of the CITY ,,',-
afternoon to be on the alert for anv an.
turbance. Ns'
While the clans of Carey and Dep,...
strive for the leadership of the ward ,h.
Government has subpoenaed witnesso. e
appear before the Federal Grand Jurv ~ ~
tell what they know of ward condit,ons
that led to the arrest of A. NJ Rosenbau..
of Pine street near Fourth, a guard ~ T..
dependence Hall. The city empIoya ,..
held under $500 bail for court on ,Ss
charge of having promised exemptions 70
men In that district IL they would sunnor,
Deutsch '
Fifteen men were held under bal, hv
Magistrate Coward at the Seventh ana
Carpenter streets police station TODAY ros
a further hearing Sunday as a result Of .
clash between the police OF the Third ana
De Lancey streets station and politjca,
workers OF the Fifth waro
Harry T.. Cohen, who with seven oths,
young men was placed under 5000 hail
TO keep the peace at q hearing befor.
Magistrate Coward on Monday, following
a raid on his poolroom at 340 South SixtS
street last Sunday. and Nathan Silver
stein. Rodman street above cixth wers
each held under $500 bail on charges AZ
maintaining a gambling house. The men
arrested. IT was charged, were all sum-
porters of James A. Carey, the McNicbo,
candidate for Select Council.
The following were held under stOo
bail each as witnesses, as they were found
In the poolroom when 1t was raided last
night; Ike Silverstein, David Kolinsky,
William Jacobs, Thomas Amato. Joseph
kirschner, Louis Cohen, Rube Livingstone
William j. O'Brien, Samuel Cohen, William
Neff, Charles Geroff, Morris Ellick and
Morris Bilesharsky, all OF whom live in the
nci"hborhood.
The political character of the situation
was apparent from sign presented In
court by Lieutenant Bennett, who was in
charge of the police when the raid was
made, which read:
owing to the persecution of the Third
District police we are forced to sell this
cigar store and poolroom. Inquire within"
Lieutenant Bennett testified that when
he reached for the sign a scuffe started
Policeman Feldman also said Cohen and
others of the crowd attacked him and that
he finally used a club on Cohen who ap-
peared at the hearing with his head com.
petely covered with bandages. Policeman
uram showed hirty-eight-caliber re.
volver. which he said fell during the scuf.
le. lie would not say where it fell from
Feldman charged that there were three
loohouis to warn the crowd when the 20.
lice arrived
9 Martin Michaels. a private Of the First
Regiment, and Joseph Busch, the son Of
a Saioonkeeper, of Fifth street below Pine,
were arrested on charges of interfering
with the police at the poolroom. The SOL
der, who is a cousin of one of the Young
men held at the hearing Monday to keep
the peace, was given lecture by Mags.
trate Coward and told to get back to his
regiment. Busch was allowed to sign his
own bond to keep the peace.
Benjamin Sussman, who swore TO the
affidavit which the raid was made
failed to appear for the hearing. but Lieu.
tenant Bennett said he would produce
plenty OF evidence next Sunday without
Sussman. oussman was also one of the
men held under bail to keep the peace by
Magistrate Coward last Monday.
The Deutsch faction scored another Nlc-
tory in the arrest of two members of the
registration board of the fourth dvslon
of the Fifth ward oil charges of aiding IN
fraudulent registrations. The board Il con.
trolled by the Carey faction. 1t is alleged
in the warrant, sworn out by Edws rd Has.
son. Deutsche-Vare candidate for Common
Councilman, that the board permitted Ben.
ME" fisher. of 231 De Lancey street TO
vote twice at each election during the last
two years. Hasson charges that fisher
voted on his own registration and on that
of man named James Ellis, who formerly
lived in the same house Ellis moved away
but it is charged that his name was con.
tinued Oh the registration lists by the
"Careyites." Six warrants were issued, but
only two of the accused men had been taken
into custody at midnight They are fisher
himself and John j. Rowan, one of the reg
istrars. The others accused I'm the war
rants are George Storey, Carey committee
man from the division; John Murphy and
James Quinn, registrars. and Edward jam,
division assessor, from whose house the
alleged fraud was committed