Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-11
Hints at Big Men Still Higher Up

Ihese defendants will, no doubt have
thelr cases taken before the Grand Jury
the Grand Jury will hear the evidence
elther ma true bills or not as the case
Iiay De, ana II the evidence points to other
uetendants, other great men, whom some
people fear to mention in the face of the
crimes that those great criminals ,were TO
some extent involved in II other great
criminals are crminally culpable, that
Grand Jury Will no doubt ask the District
attorney to send In bills against them,
and hope, as n consequence, that finally
there will be arraigned at the bar Of jus
tice all the men. big and little, responsible
for the crime.
want to say one passing word about
one defendant here, William Finley who is
inculpated in this murder by virtue of the
statement of Mr.. Maloney that after the
gunmen were brought here he went to Mr..
FINLEY, as the representative of the city
committee, as a friend Of the Wares, to get
the money that had been promised for their
payment, and Mr.. Finley got $1,000 and sent
it to Mr. NJ Honey. That is the inculpating
testimony as to Finley; and I want to say,
speaking now only for myself that does,
of course, involve him in this crime un-
escapably; but, to my mind, there is less
moral guilt In his act than in that of any
other defendant at this bar, and were /
the Judge who tried his case, or the prose-
cutor before whom It was presented, il he
evinces integrity of purpose and truthful
ness, l. would have regard for the slight
connection he had with this whole matter.
May it please your Honor the evidence
r these offenses naturally excite indigna-
ton they must in the breast Of any one
charged with the administration of GRIM
inal justice, They did in your Honor's mind
few days ago when you called to the
Uar of this court a defendant who it is said
lives under name which is not the name
OF his birth or baptism. May it please your
Honor my indignation was aroused, too,
when | found these acts committed against
che poor and oppressed. against the Jews
whom you mentioned, against the jew who
swore out the warrant which was first pre-
svnted to your Honor. Yes, 1t has always
been when l have seen the oppression of
those people, my indignation has always
been aroused, and l went into this case be-
cause l thought it was a contribution I
ought to make as a lawyer to the admins
tration of justice.
No great man, no potent man, solicited
me or could obtain me no fee has crossed
this palm from any client ever will for
such service l own my professional in
tegrity and my professional services. I
yield them for the oppressed always when I
can and when they can go to no other cover
in storm.
l was begged by the citizens of that dis
trict to take up this case for the poor
Jews; for the poor Jews l took It up; and
in this trial 1t has appeared that the Mayor
of the city avouched in the presence of
Senator McNichols son and another before
the murder, that it was not Carey he was
after but that Dirty little Jew" I thank
this Jew for that word-"Dirty Jew" If
they are dirty it is with the CRIME of hon
est toll; If they are dirty they are not
towards; If they are dirty their souls are
not stained with sin. l would rather have
their begrimed exterior and their honest
brave hearts, which they have shown in
this case than the SNUG and dandfied ex'
terror which covers heart so callous, so
base that the city that he has sworn to pro-
tect should be handed over to thugs, gun
men, murderers, thought he knows it and
though he is begged to stop it, sleeps, sleeps,
and plays golf.