Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-27

night?
Answer-Bacll in the keystone. was
IN Room 67 and two fellows slept in Room
SO. Four Of us slept together There was
two beds in g.
QUESTIONS BY TAULANE
Questlon--How much did you pay for
the room? DO you know who paid for III
Answer-Nick. one minute | think 81
each, that was So. Nick told us to stay there
till he called for us in the morning. He
says, BE ready about 6 or o'clock" Then
he walked us over to the club, this club,
where we were sitting up stairs drinking.
We stayed around there, | guess, until
about or 10 or half-past 10. and this
fellow with the glasses came up again.
nc says. ~ want six or seven men, See?
Six or seven go out. lie says. Wen walk
around the districts. We went around diff
terent polling districts and stores, lie says
we had only two more districts to go and
YOU are alone. SO we walked around the
districts. We came TO place, school
or playground. There was a big wire fence
around IT, and We were all standing there
together. Nick was on the off corner with
the man with the glasseg-----
Question who were those VINO went
out?
Answer-There was Big Eddy jimmie
and Flash, Dutch myself. Nick Ritt, john
mic Marino and I and Mug Smith and
when they met at this corner this fellow
with the glasses and Nick says, There
they 60" | says TO Mug. Go out" and we
went up TO the end Of the fence ! don't
Know whether 1t was a school or play
ground We stood there and. see [ don't
know who it was run after the two men.
see? They started to battle there.
Question-Wherc were the siN fellows
standing?
Answer wasn't with the bunch then.
! These fellows were standing on the opposite
corner, while we were standing on the corner
dtagonally opposite the schooihouse corner
| Nick was standing on the opposite corner
across the car tracks. but not on the side
whore the schoolhouse railing was. with the
man with the glasses. Nick holered over
! Come ahead" We were all standing there
and Mug Smith and / cut across the street
QuestiOn-Who went across the street?
Answer-'rhe rest of the fellows that were
| in the crowd, Mug Smith and ! walked
away and they went down there and started
| q fight.
| Queston-Did you see the fight?
| Answer-No.
Question--Did you see any blows struck
| Answer-No. we stood on the corner at
/ the END of the railing. and big Eddy cam,
running up with blood all over his face
| and ran to the club and Mug Smith and
| walked to the club
QUESTIONS BY MIR. TAULANE
Question-How did you find the club?
| AnsWer-We walked to the club. II aim
| far away from where cit" happened. We
! went upstairs and saw Eddy there with fe
| lows washing his head off. Nick Tiitt cam,
up and asked Eddy was he shot. and bis
| Eddy says he don't know. He says "lOol
| me over and they washed the blood off an,
| found out he had cut in his head.
! Question-Where were you standing wher
| Nick called over?
Answer-We walked catacornered TO tn,
corner on which the schoolhousc fence wal
and followed the fence.
| Alongside the car tracks i'm the direction
away from the sidewalk on which Mel
Titt and the man with the glasses hat
been standing, we waited block away.
Question--Now up to the time that yo
| got to that corner where the schuOlhous
was did you hear any shots fired?
Answer-No.' I didn't know anybody fire
the shots at ALL
| Queston-Did you hear any shots fire.
at all that night?
| Answer-No.
Queston-How long had you been on tina
corner?
Answer-Until Big Eddy came up wit
his face all full of blood we kept on walk
ing to the club, and when we got in til
club different ones were coming in at dif
|
were sitting in the corner of the club o
two chairs, and they had kind of a disput
| upu there that somebody got shot. The
were saying some man got shot. and tn
man with the eyeglasses came up and saiC
You got the right man. and even stated
you even got Clarey.' | don't kno'
whether he said Hairy or not, so Mic
says. You better give us all the black
Jacks" so they all gave the blackjaclls NJ
so Nick took them, and whatever he di
with them I don't know.
Arrests of the men higher up" are e!
pected today as a result of the confessio
of James Clark, the man with the eyt
glasses" and alleged paymaster of the hire
New York gunmen.
The confession made to District Attorne
Rotan, gave complete history of the erin
for which Mayor Smith, Isaac Deutsc
Vare-Smith leader in the Bloody Fifth
and Lieutenant David Bennett. Vare-Smit
police commander, are in $4,000 bail f.
, murder conspiracy James Clark is und
arrest here on simillr charges, and tv
{ | members of the gunman gang are he
' here and four in New York for murder.
EXPECT O'SULLIVAN'S ARREST
The arrest of OSullivan, or Suliva
, | wanted for murder conspiracy is look'
for by tomorrow night, City detectives ar
District Attorneys detectives are raclr
|
Federal authorities are cooperating
| the conspiracy investigation, which is sa
I TO involve violation of important FEEDER
laws
District Attorney Rotan will make a
other demand upon Mayor Smith to reno
: lieutenant Bennett, who, he declares
hamperng his investigation. Should Il
Navor refuse, 1t was said, the demand wou
y be taken to court.
| a office tOud
l, said his reply to Mr. Rotan, declining
accede 10 the demand speaks for itself.
|, said he would make no further stateme
y today.
! All OF the six alleged gunmen now und
A arrest who have been Identified, receiv
# cards be lring the address of the polhl
"a nIaces i'm the Bloody Fifth" according
N ! Assistant District Attorney George Wels
a The condition OF Mercantile Apprals
If lanes A. Carey, victorious candidate
Z the Republican nomination for Select Cou
T Gilman. took a slight turn for the wor
,e today Carey, McNichol leader In q
ID "BIoody Fifth" Ward, was blackjacked WI
1t Assistant District Attorney John III. Maur
Id on the day of the primary election by Z
s, Sunmen who killed Acting Detective Geor
Z A Eppley when he rushed TO the rescu
IL District Attorney Rotan said that I
b. e,,idence secured through clark was
rs such Importance that II could not be ma
k. nS,hiic AZ this time. All persons inVolv