Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-11
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FIFTH WARD COPS
HELD FOR COuRY
Lieutenant Bennett and H.
Policeman Enter Bail
After Hearings
BITTER POLITICAL FIcur

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hsnt Tor leadership In the bloody rcs
Ward between Mercantile Appraiser c..' ~
and Common Councilman Isaac D.,,~'s
in which. il has been alleged, polica al,
been exerted BY the Doutsch faction IT,
tenant David Bennett, o. the Third az =
Lancey streets station, and two q, NJ.
licemen, Joseph Troyano and Louis F.,,o ~
were held today for court by of.l,."sn
John j. Harriaan under bail of s9s0o sw
on charges OF assault and battery. oss-
waited assault and battery. and assau,s ss. ~.
battery with intent to kill sad
Lieutenant Bennett was also held p,s.-
$500 bail on charges OF conspirac,, ss' I've
Special Policeman Michael Murphv =, WIN
complaint of Walter Donohue, a yo,,ns ~ .ne
who was arrested after he had oh.An aAn
Andrew ii. Rosenbaum. Deutsch ~ W
porter. with having offered to get hin .p'
empted from the army draft. Murphy VA. ~.
held under the same amount W"
Another policeman. Edward Good,,A,,
was also held under $500 baii or ,a ,,sl
| charge of Martin Michael that Goodies .ns
had threatened 10 "blow his BRAIN 'ssnc s.,.a
and that he had attacked Michael's NAN. NJ
Still another policeman, Emanuel ilr.s.
was held under $500 ball for court, chs,s.s
with having assaulted Maur L.yan
wealthy tailor. when Levan attemn,sS
Bail for Lieutenant Bennett and oe.o..-
Troyano and Murphy was entered by SsI..s
Councilman John II. Bailey. Jacob ~,
kin, of 130s North Seventh street. sunnI,.s
bail for Felman. Goodfrtend and ii,sn
When Sporkin advanced to offer bau 4.
was told in an aside by Isadorc Stern, svho
represents the Carey faction. that "ths Gov.
ernment is looking for you" but Stern :.
+ fused to explain to Sporkin what he mean
by the remark.
COHEN FIRST WITNESS
Battling Abe" Cohen. with his. h.,.
swathed In bandages, was the first wi.ns.,
to be called. He testified that Oh .lsst
Wednesday night. while he was about "a
take down sign from his poolroom wlndov
80 that it might be photographed BY q
newspaper photographer. Lieutenant B.n.
nett and his squad rushed In and ATTACKED
him. The sign stated that Cohen Offered I
to sell the poolroom because of the Der.
secution of the police"
Bennett shouted, Come out of here. you
- swung his blackjack and struck ma
across the chest said Cohen. Identfyns
Troyano and Felman. he added These Two
officers caught me with their blackjack,
pulled me into the poolroom back OF ths
cigar counter and began kicking mo-
went unconscious. When i came TO }vrs
on the floor. they struck and kicked ma
until ! tainted again. -
When I came to, was on my way IA
the Pennsylvania Hospital in a patroi
wagon. After | got treated there, ya,
taken to the police station and locked IN
a cell for about twenty minutes Th.n
Lieutenant Bennett came and said Tbsy
ought to have killed you. you Jew - -
-" Then they let me 60
SwEARs HE SAW COHEN STRUCK
McGarrisle. u news photographer for thu
Public Ledger testified that he saw Lieu.
tenant Bennett strike Cohen with a Black.
Jack, but that he was unable to say whert
the blow landed. He said that blood
streamed from Cohen's head after ne had
been struck three times with a blackjack
but that he did not see the other police
men kick him, as he did not enter the
back room.
William J. O'Brien, 2Il South Fifth
street, said he had taken AIcGarrigle, the
photographer, and O'Sullivsn Il reporter
for the same newspaper to Cohens place
TO get the picture of the sign. Laughter
arose when OBrien said belligerently
pointing at the policemen, while ! was
standing there. this gang Of thugs"
lie was interrupted by Mr. Gordon. but
resumed:
well. they looked like thugs to me-
Lieutenant Bennett was leading them
swinging a blackjack In his hand. Cohen
was dragged down by his foot from The
cigar case. where he had climbed to get
the sign, and Bennett made a swipe at
him, but missed. Then he struck again
and hit Cohen across the chest. Then
Troyano and Felman dragged him into the
back room. After he was dragged oui
bleeding. and loaded into the wagon,
heard some one yelling, Annie. and heard
Lieutenant Bennett say. That Jew -
- - can't be hurt, he's yelling f1
Annie""
Ex-Judge Gordon asserted that the prose
cution had ten other witnesses, hut would
not call any more at the hearing ne
appealed to the court to hold the deftnd
ants under an amount of ball 'comniensu
rate with the viciousness Of this criminal
attack" 'T can imagine nothing nlors
offensive to the community" he said. than
when police officers. employed TO protect
the citizens, enter a peaceful store and a.
tack citizens. The lieutenant OF the polce
Of this district himself led this assault
which was not carried out In heat, but
was coldly planned Whether there 10
still higher authority over Bennett. and
Bennett IL simply acting in obedience y
! that higher authority, cannot say. but
know that every blow struck by Bennetts
officers was struck by Bennett. who va
present and permitted II. just as certainly
as If Bennett himself had delivered the
blow"
Derisive laughter from tho Carey follow
ers packed in the room broke out when Mr.
Rorke painted the affair as having been
precipitated by Cohen when the police .en.
tered the poolroom. which Rorke referred
to as "a den Of thieves" when one OF ths
officers was attacked" said he. 'the othsr
| naturally went to his assistance, to dcfene
themselves"
MORE COPS HELD IN BAIL
a continuation of the warrant war o.
the two factions took place In the court o.
Magistrate Carson at Germantown and "
high avenues, late this afternoon. when
three policemen of the Third and De Lanc@
streets station and one Deutsch WORKER
We're held under bail for court on ASSAM
and battery and conspiracy charges grow
ing out Of the arrest of Bernard Berkman'
reporter.
Berkman testified he was elected from
the Fifth Ward Republican League tns
peutsch ward club, and mistreated BY tne
police. He further alleged that Thomas
quinn, Deutsch worker. helped to mistrssl
MN and Martin Michael. who had yolun'
teered to notify his newspaper Of his ~
rest. Il q
Quinn and theS two policemen. Emanus'
eram and William Falls. were held unosi
siooO bail on charge Of conspiracy ~ ~
quinn and, Uram were held under Siopv
each on a charge OF assault and battery. n