Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-08
SULLIVAN DESCRIBES
ASSIGNMENT TO BRING
GUNMEN TO 5TH WARD

MICHAEL ]. SULLIVAN. a private de-
..ctive for the O'Farrell Agency, alleged
~ have negotiated personally with the Frog
p.,lo,v e,Inmen to come to the Fifth Ward.
-,ss the next witness. He was questioned
Nv Judge Gordon as follows:
@ what is your name? A. Michael ].
sullivan. oooo
street
Here Mr.. Connor sought permission to
81, the witness If he had counsel, but was
denled by the court.
Mr. Gordon---Q. What was your business
m september last? A. I was an operator
for the Val O'Farrell Detective Agency
@ Did you bring over TO the city of
phIladepha on Monday, the 18th day OF
september, or rather were you asked to
hiring over on Monday, the 17th day of Sep
tember some men from New York? A. [
was.
N O. Please tell in your own way. the cir
eumstances A. Well on Monday preceding
urinary election Mr.. Deutsch about
O'clock in the afternoon, came to our office.
O. What Deutsch? A. Ike Deutsch. Pre-
scented a card to me, stated he wanted to
see Mr. Maloney I escorted. him into Mr..
Maloney's private office and said MIR. Ma.
loney Is in Chester back In an nour." He
STAYED a few minutes and LEFT, came back
IN about an hour and saw Mr. Maloney.
o.
II any one? A. That don't know. ! think
Judge Persch was.
O. You went in? A. Mr.. Malopey sent
for me- introduced me TO Mr.. Deutsch, says,
Il want you to go to New York and get
eighteen men to work for Mr.. Deutsch in
tho Fifth Ward" So / said I would. |
saId II was hard for me to get eighteen, but
I would make every effort
O What was said, If anything as to
what they were to be used fort A. Moth
ing was said what they were to be used
for.
O. Was any arrangement made as to
what you should do with them when you
brought them over? A. Mr. MaIoney told
\ me to bring them here and put them in
hotels.
O What else was said? Where were you
to take them in the Fifth Ward? A. / was
to deliver them TO Jim Clark at Seventh
and Walnut streets.
O. Who was present when that direction
was given TO you in this room of Mr. Ma
loneys? You have said that Mr.. Deutsch
val there and you saw Judge Persch? A.
don't know If Mr.. Deutsch was there
sthen.
O. Well, who was? A. l think Just Mr.
Maloney and / were there.
Mr., Gordon then questioned the witness
as to his actions in New York. Sullivan
o'clock that night and met one Dominic
Caputio, whom he knew, and who promised
to get the men for him. After a few
drinks together, Dominic offered to procure
forty men, but Sullivan said he was au-
thorlzed TO hire only eighteen He told
them TO take the IL o'clock train for Phila-
deDhia the next morning. he SAID.
a Mr.. Gordon-Q The next day what oc
cured? A. The next day / met Dominic
Gown by the station. / says, How Is It?
He says, They are all aboard" So l got
aboard. I rode in the car behind.
Q. Behind what? A. Behind the smoker
~ They were all in the smoker.
Q. Who got the carfare for the men? A
/ did
.. Did you buy the tickets? A. No.
gave the money TO Dominic and a couple
more Of them l told them to spread Il
out
Q When you arrived at Philadelphia
What occurred? A. Well. L met Dominic.
q Where? A. At Fifteenth and Mar
ket thinlS 1t was, somewhere around thu
station.
q What did he say? A. He said, '0Holt
tnem together until | get n couple of hotel
lot you" so l picked out the six best-look
ing ones and put them in the Keystone"
" Then where did you go? A. Down Il
some place on Race street.
" What is the name of the hotel? A
Well, don't know
ID Y Who keeps Il? A. i don't know
How many men did you arrange to b,
put IN there? A. For the rest Of them
Twelve? AZ Yes
Y what did you do then? A. 1 wen
back to the office.
III y what did you say to Mr.. Maloney?
! said, Il got the mob here 20
.nein IN hotels" He said, Turn them owe
s, ~ Jimmie Clark at Seventh and walnu
You went down Seventh and Walnu
streets did you? A, Yes.
r,VS., w Whom did you meet there? A. Jimmi
Was he alone? A. All alone.
y What did you say to him? A.
~u, Here is the mob"
Y Where were they? A. In the mark
Before you met Jimmie clark q
seventh and Walnut streets, did you max
any purchase? A. Yes.
what did you buyf A. purchase
some white ribbon
How mueh9 A. About a yard or tw,
up In pieces '
Then what did you do with M?. A.
saVe II TO the mob -
where did you give It TO the mob
Fifteenth and Market.
49, why aid you get that ribbon? A. Be
ss ~, Mr. Maloney told me to get il.
madef Sverhoon Xe that the coFract wa
~, ~ VINO was present at that time whe
nsnre Su We're told to get the ribbon? A, M
whs,Amh VINO else-Persch? A. can't sa
m rersch was there or not IT
n me mob, as you say, were delIvere
oir' clark? A. Jim Clark.
von ~. seventh and Walnut: what al
s,,.. ss uo then? A. Then / went-under a.
6,es ssuons IONS ! went down to the Third pi
nreets Ahiro ana De Lance
NJ Maloney VSe "hseructiohsF
l,s,.Aw y wSen1 A. The afternoon that 7 d,
'eu tne mob TO Clark
ths r. a they follow you ON down IN,
~,ss ward. the mob? A No iast ,ha' ~
hem. Noht know what became
uhs, mnep AMEN you got TO the police static
he door a. sat. on the stool
.''st hoy l'DE' A. The biggest part OF d
e's you leave at any timer 4. Ys
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