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

all his friends were around there in an
automobile. Mr. Murphy, the special officer
and Mr.. Wirtschafter.
O. These two defendants? A. These two
defendants walked up 20 me and said, II
got warrant for you" l said, You
have? Let me see the warrant" And Mr..
Murphy think pulled out the warrant and
I was charged with perjury and suborna.
ton Of perjury on the oath OF a man named
william Neh The warrant was sworn
out before Magistrate Persch, and the af-
fidavit for the warrant which ! saw later
was signed by man named Edward
Abrams.
@ You cannot tell their thoughts unless
they expressed them. A. ! went down TO
the station house and | was released Mr.
Maurer and Mr. Carey were down there and
had been released. | walked back, all Of
us went back TO the eighteenth division.
c. DO you know James Clark? A, Yes
sir.
O. Did you see him at that time? A, 1
saw James Clark some time that morning
on De Lancey street, spoke to him, but he
didn't nod to me.
@ Go on with your itinerary A. We got
back to the eighteenth division, where I
was taken from. Mr.. Carey stayed there
few minutes. lie said, Go on, VIC viii go
around to the sixteenth division" l started
to walk around to the sixteenth division
with Mr. Carey. When I got half way
between De Lancey street and Spruce street
on Sixth street at small street called
cypress street, Mr.. Carey said -
O. No never mind what he said. A. Then
/ walked back and I -
O. How far away? a. About sixty or
eighty feet, and then around the corner
twenty or thirty feet, and | was standing
east Of Sixth on Spruce street In three
or four minutes | heard men and women
screaming | heard them yelling murder,
police and help, ] ran toward Sixth street,
I Ns1r1n In n
Sixth street with his hands back Of his
coat and several men were giving him
chase. and just as he rounded the corner
/ Of Sixth and Spruce streets two or three
| men grabbed him and put my hands on
| him and ] grabbed him, and one of these
policemen grabbed him by the wrist with
| one hand and took gun out OF his pocket
! with the other and broke the gun and took
| ii away from him. That man | afterward
! identified as Mascia.
! @ The man Who shot Eppley? A | dc
| not know, but
| O. Very we'll all right a. In a second
| or little longer was excited there-Mr.
| Carey came along, being held at the collar
| by the ColOred policeman. whose name did
| not know up till that time. | had heard it,
| but didn't associate II with tins man, his
name is Hayden, and he came 10 the patrol
| box at the corner of Sixth and Spruce. lie
| opened the box and rang for the patrol ]
| says, What is the natter lie says, Il
| got Carey under arrest and going to get
the patrol" We'll, Mr. Carey was standing
| there. He had a wound on his head. The
| blood was all over his face mad collar and
necttie and coat and vest and pants and
shoes and was down on the pavement
said This man is in no condition to be
taken in n patrol wagon" I says, Here is
an automobile. Take. him in that"
He insisted on going in the automobile
with him. He says, 81 will go with him
in the automobile" and he tool, him 70
some hospital. and then he stayed there and
! ] went down to the station In an automobile
to make sure that Mascia was properly
detained, because the gunman was released
the night before without his Identity hav
ing been established by the lieutenant and
the officers of the district, and | wanted
to make sure that this man would not
! escape. I got there ahead of MasCia.
says TO Magistrate Stevenson, | said, Judge
they are bringing a man down here. The
police are liable to let him 60 Carey IS ii
a serious condition. ] want to swear out
a warrant for him and ] want you to hold
this man without bail to await the result
| Of Carey's condition"
| didn't know a policeman had been sho
then | just had signed the affidavit anC