Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-02
s. rSr55 ~ MURDER HEARING
F IN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q. And you and Carey and Mr.. Maurer
We're there? A. Yes. sir.
. .. And Magistrate Stevenson A. N's.
O. Did you get them all released2 a.
Yes. We got all released that came in
while we were there, but others were ar
rested later on
@. While you were there, you got Say
thirty to forty men, got them released?
\. Yes
@. Can you say again with approximate
accuracy how many OF those thirty or forty
were election officers2 A. / couldn't say,
buy I would say nearly half Of them
c. Did you talk with Bennett other than
what you have said? A. / said, "Lieuten-
ant, why do you serve these warrants
today? You know these men are around
here all the time, You know these men
are lifelong citizens and residents of the
ward. You could have gotten them yes
terday You can get them the day after
election" He said, Fl am attending to this
business, not you, and / will take no orders
from you" I was inside the rail then, In
the house sergeant's room. He said You
get out of there that is only for the po-
lice" SO l had to stay outside.
c. What next did you do? a. Then I
went down and a man named IIilferdy and
man named Spicer were arrested in the
first division. We procured their release,
sent them down to the first division, where
they had come from, and we started on
q tour of the ward.
O. we're they officers of the election?
a. l Cont know.
Q. You started on a tour of the -r"rd ?
A. When We received word at Thh or
| Fourth and Lombard that there was trouble
in the First division, which was on Front
\ street north Of South, Mr. Carey, Mr.
! Maurer and l got down there IN the neigh
| borhood Of 9 o'clock. l heard lot of
yelling there and / heard the husky voice
, OF Mr.. Flynn, the election Judge, whose
! "- re l know well. ] heard him saying
! at go Of me- let go Of me- and looked
/ side. I knew he was the Judge Of the
election, and l saw Officer Luney, OF the
! Third district, in citizens clothes, have hin
| backed up against the wall by the throat
| Luney is much taller man than Flynn
and Flynn is not very strong man. Their
| saw Luney take this election officer Flynr
away, and | saw man named Quinn. a
| man named Redmond. and a man named
! Alexander Boyd, and one or two other:
| whose names | do not recall now, snatch
| the ballot box from the First division. TAX,
| IL outside, where Mr. Isaac Deutsch, thu
Ware candidate for Select Council was in al
| automobile with his brother Sam Deutsch
and with another brother, Jake Deutsch.
| don't remember who else was in that auto
mobile, and Deutsch spoke up in the ma
| chine and he said, "Youse fellows holC
| your election out here, hold curbston'
| rump election. Get the ballot box. stanC
| on it, and make your nominations 81
Quinn and Redman and Boyd
| Q. Are they policemen? \. No sir.
Q. Is Quinn? A. No sir - nominate'
each other. | don't know how the election
resulted But they walked In with tn
protects Of the police in possession Of tn
ballOtboX and refused to allow Flynn, tn
:, regularly elected judge Of the division, t
conduct the election there as judge al
-. day 4 know that because ! went Their
Two or three times during the day. TheI
went home for breakfast As | wa
finishing my breakfast Mr., Carey and MI
Maurer came TO the door. ! live on Spruc
street, east of Sixth, on the south side MI
Carey said, Lets 60 over to the
Q. You cannot tell that A, We wen
over to the Eighteenth division, which
| on s." ce street. on the south side o
SpiuoA between Sixth and Seventh. AS
walkah ip toward the polling place, abou
half VIZ between the polling place and tn
corner Mr.. Deutsch and his brother an