Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04


to have bad reputation. He is a man
driving man..
81 said You can suit yourself about that.
will do my bit. do police duty wherever
I arm sent Suit yourself am for Carey,
and IL IL is necessary | will swing a pick
or shove a shovel tomorrow to serve Jimmy
Carey--thats me-"
Brown shortly aftcrward was transferred
to the Eleventh and Winter streets sta
ton, outside the ward
Policeman John G. Shields testified that
| Special Policeman Murphy, one of the de-
PENDANTS, ordered him to join the Deutsch
| Club under pain Of being transferred.
Did you join?" asked former Judge Cor
don
Not me-" said the policeman.
Did you go?' meaning Were you trans
ferred?"
II vent" replied the bluecoat. lie was
one OF the few cross-eXamined by the de-
Tense
John p Frermuth. formerly Of the traf-
| fc squad testified that when he was trans
ferred to IN outlying district he asked his
! former commander Lieutenant Buchler. il
| there had been any complaint about him.
Buchler. he said, was surprised at the
| transfer and assured him that his record
was clean
Charles Sonntag brother-ln-law of
, Carey, was denoted from street sergeant
and transferred to the Tenth and Button
| "OoN oAittlS SldllOlls ne leSllileu.
SENT TO BRANCHTowN
| Thomas X. Foster sent to Branchtown
| the farthest point in the city from the
Fifth Ward, where many good cops who
were for Carey went" said Deutsch told
| him;
81 have been In to see the Mayor, threw
my hat in the ring and have got the whole
! works behind me-"
He said Deutsch told him he must turn
! in" for him or face transfer. II told him
l could look for anything in wartime. and
was transferred TO Branchtown," said
| Foster.
John j. Powers another policeman sent
to Branchtown, said he was first denoted
! from district detective and then transferred.
! Other policemen then told how they had
| been transferred and denoted for not obey.
| Ing Deutschs orders They included David
/ A. Fitzgerald shifted to the Germantown
| station; John l. James. TO Eighth and JEFF
/ ferson; Christian Bartleson. denoted from
| the traffic squad to a beat on the street,
| was transferred to the northeast and ed
ward Quirk, transferred to Germantown.
/ Sergeant Frank o Brien was shifted to
Twentieth and Federal s; reefs but WAS not
/ denoted. He said he is a Tenth warder."
! George Dingwalt was denoted from the
! traffic squad and sent to TaCony. George
/ j. Ryan was shifted to SXty-frst and
| Thompson streets, and John Almenrader
avenue station.
All of the policemen gave the same testi-
mony They all live in the Fifth Ward
I and some Of them testified that they live as
FAR as fifteen miles from their work.
City Hall Detective Richard Doyle testl-
| he'd that he was called off investigating
the riot at the Finletter Club the night be-
| fore the shooting of Detective Bppley.E
Lieutenant OF Detectives Wood, he said,
/ told him to take a walk NJ hp mn "a
| and beat It for the ~" although he was
on duty that day.
SOUDER CAUSES RIPPLE
a ripple Of comment was caused when
| former Captain Of Detectives Alfred l.
Souder, the Mayors own personal lnves-
| ogator took the stand
Souder testified. under cross-examination
! that he had said:
| "If were chief of police, whether II
might be the Director of the Department of
| Public safety or the Mayor or the SuperIn-
| tendent, would not have tolerated the com
d'tlOnH that existed In the Fifth Ward"
The report Of conditions in the ward prior
| TO the primary election, which was made
by Souder at the request of Mayor smith
| and which District Attorney Rotan hps been
unable to obtain since II was submitted to
| the Mayor, took a prominent place I'm the
| proceedings when Souder was called TO
| testify.
Souder said that he personally had not
gone INTO the Bloody Fifth" to make the
| investigation but that he had sent Detec.
| tlves Walsh and lie Strange I'm charge of
| ten other city Hall detectives, who MADE
the probe between September Z and SCI
| temoer IL. when the report was turned over
10 the Mayor
Walsh and lie Strange made half a dozen
| reports 10 Souder and they were turned over
10 the Mayor He said he had only looked
| IL over"
Souder refused to answer several of the
hrst questions Gordon asked him. and was
apparently trying to evade other questions.
Judge Brown rebuked him
Mr. Souder you have reputation for
being an honest man. Try to keep il here
Judge Brown said
Il intend to-" Souder answered
"IF WE'RE MAYOR"
Under a grilling cross-examInation by
| Mr. Gordon SOuder admitted that he told
1 District Attorney RotRn that II he were
! Mayor or Director OF Public Safety he
| would not stand for the things which we're
shown by the reports OF the men that he,
| Souder, sent to make an investigation for
| Mayor smith
At this point Mr.. Connor objected to Mr..
Gordon's reading from what souder had
said to Mr.. Rotan Mr.. Gordon spranE to
his feet and retorted:
This man is subject to dismissal by a
Mayor who Il being tried for high crime
He sits looking into the eyes OF this Mayor
who has his official life in his hands.
Mr. Gordon said that M Better, who
had suggested 10 Souder, on the stand that
he thought Souder was a detective when he
Beitler was Director of Public Safety. was
giving Souder a certificate Of Character"
because he retained his position under sew
eral tions-that while I do NOT
criticize Mr.. Souder's personal Character.
his service under these various administra. i.
tions does not Indicate high ofhclaI char
aeter--quite the reverse"
SUBPOENA MAYOR FOR REPORTS
souder admitted under the questlonlna
that he failed TO get the reports he gave
70 Mayor Smith on the Fifth Ward from
the Mayors secretary and brother toseph
Smith He admitted. also. that he tAlksd
TO the Mayor many times after but ana
not ask him for the reports.
Z second TIT came about through IN.
admission OF testimony that sOuder had ad
/ mitted 10 Rotan that his reports to Mavor
, Smith, made UP largely of those OF cltlzens
Of the Fifth Ward, were TO the effect thai
tina Deutsch faction had "stronf-arm" men
who were beating. kicking and abusing me
people, of the ward.
James Scarlet, Of panvllle. Mayor smishs
,S IN FfFTH HARD MURDER
70uNH ON PACE s