Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-02

Q, Any of the election officers? a. Yes.
sir.
@. How many election officers were
brought in? Don't trouble yourself A. 1
guess there were five or six election Of
flcers.
@. Come down to the assault upon YOUR
self A. Well after we remained there II
was n continuous arrest all day long ar
resting the active workers in the various
divisions. OF course, we were there turn
ing them out just as fast as they brought
them in. Magistrate stevenson was there
and Magistrate Harrigan was also sitting
al his Office and we released them all and
they were brought all out I said to Mr.
Stern. "Mr Mduer--
Q. You cannot say that, Was Mr. Msuer
with you? A. Mr. Maurer.
q. The assistant district attorney? A.
Yes. sir. Mr.. Maurer told the lieutenant,
These men are election officers; they had
no right TO arrest these men," The lieu
tenant said, Are they election ohicers?"
Yes" Bring these men out" He said.
we have to release them. of course and
we will find these men where they keep
them" and kept US waiting for copies OF
the charges. After leaving the station.
bouse we went around from one division
to another. ! guess about . o'clock we went
into the first division Of the Fifth Ward,
Mr.. Maurer and and Mr.. Stern, and they
had the judge Of the division by the throat
Q, Who had? A. An officer named Luney
in citizens clothes. ! looked at him and |
looked at him, he just kept sneaklng out of
the polling place Flynn was there, and, of
course, | went in. One little fellow hul-
iered, Get out of here" / said, Il am
candidate and have a right here" A whole
bunch Of them were there, and finally
Dcutsch came along in the machine, and
recognized his brother, There were two or
three there In the machine / think a fell
low named Abrams supposed to be a con-
Ia hah In, oy,1
there were a lot II these men with soft
hats on in the machine in back. He sat up
in the middle of the machine. He said
Go in take the ballotboxes out. hold
curbstone election" They came out with
the ballotboXes and big fellow who
worked in the Board Of Health, named Red
mond. he was one Of the leaders and Vsed
all sorts Of language, and three other men
with the ballotboXes ran out to the curb
Flynn was taken in the, back; Somebody
told me he was assaulted | didn't see him
assaulted, but | know / seen this fellow
Luney--
@. Come down to the assault. A. I am
going right to that.
Mr. Maurer and I and two constables
that were with US, they went over in the
Seventh. | said, go ahead here they are"
No, go right On" ] said, Come on down
TO the sixteenth division" and / walked
down to De Lancey street and | turned
HlOuuu AT Nne northwest corner and i got
about | would judge, about twenty-five feet,
right close to an alleyway there. The first
thing knew | got rap in the back OF
the head, | think three or four blows,
and the first thing | knew I got struck
here dndicating). and | was knocked un-
conscious. ! didn't know anything then.
l heard people hollering murder" women
hollering murder" and | came TO- and as
! came to there was one fellow hitting my
leg with the blackjack He had a black
Jack rappng me on the leg. So | looked
at him. That was the reason / wanted
to get look at him, that fellow Feldman,
because, ! wouldn't say it was him, be-
cause these fellows all had felt hats on
| pulled myself together and I got up and
staggered toward the side and saw two
men with guns unright-
G. Cooked? A. Yes right To- one an
other, pointed at one another.
q. At you? A. No This one mani
went over towards the wall, of course stag
gering, and he pulled the gun right at nv
head, and said to me, Go back" / am
going towards Sixth street 1 was irving 10
get In the cigar store. l don't know who
keeps that cigar store. Just then this fell
low cuts the gun at my body. Lay down. !"
he said. OF course, I didn't lay down. l
just had my hand up. / hadn't anything
with me. / had no way to protect myself
The first thing ! knew ! holered "Oficer. I"
He came rushing up and said TO this fell
low, go ahead"
Il will lock him up" and he took me up
Sixth street and this fellow who had the
gun who | afterwards identified as the man
who pointed the gun at me, I said to the
officer when he got me in the patrol, why
didn't you lock that fellow up" / didn't see
nothing He called the patrol wagon.
hospital case. The machine was over there
and said to him. There is a machine
there" Somebody suggested taking the
machine 'rhe man Is bleeding to death. I"
They took me in the machine ana / was
taken TO the hospital, and when got TO the
hospital l was being treated there. and
Magistrate Harrlgan and somebody else
came and told me an officer was shot.
Q. AZ this place where you we're as
saulted were you assaulted in the back or
In front? A. In the rear
Q. Was Mr.. Maurer at your side? A.
Mr. Maprsr was right at my side
9. DID you see what happened 10 him.
a The only thing 1 remepaered seeing Afr.
Aaurer, was when i got up OH the. eround.
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