Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25
MAYOR RUSHES INTO COURT, BUT
JUDGE REFUSES INSTANT HEARING
SAYS HE'LL BE ACQUITTED

with Il. But my frer"s may nelp me in
that direction.
SAYS HE'LL BE ACQUITTED
~ am convinced that I will be acquitted.
because ~ one can prove that had any
connection with bringing the gunmeu over
or had any knowledge OF it haven't
been called by the District Attorney yet to
be questioned
TO the suggestion that perhaps the Dis
trict Attorney had evidence that he had
been active In politics contrary to the Shern
law, Bennett replied that perhaps such evil
denCe had been presented.
But he again denied emphatically that
any genuine evidence had been collected to
show that he had been instrumental In i'm.
porting the thugs. Bennett, who talked
freely, said that because he had nothing
TO hide he was willing to discuss the case
whenever the occasion called for IT,
Dcutsch declined TO make statement
today He said that he believed he had
talked enough for the present
Virtually all the prisoners now under
arrest in connection with the plot are re-
ported in a condition verging on collapse
through fear Of the electric chair
Those in charge ~ the Investigation or
tho outrage refused to verify a report that
Senator Roies Peurose is to he called as a
witness in the political murder and con-
spirscy
hNOWS WHO INlb lHb'S
In discussing the latest developments Of
the probe. Mr. Gordon said
81 can prove who authorized the bringing
OF the gunmen here from New York.
can prove who contracted for the thugs
l can prove who paid for them"
No clue as vet has been found by the
police as TO the whereabouts Of Jimmy
Clark. the man with the eyeglasses and
Mike O'Sullvan, the Bronx politician.
TNg
headquarters. They are to be arrested on
sight.
Morris waRsh 400 Gaskill street, has
issued another statement to substantate
the one he made identifying Faicone as
the man ne saw riding with Deutsch In
Deutschs automobile in the Fifth Ward on
the morning OF the Eppley murder.
The probe for the men "higher-up' Is
being conducted increasingly night and day.
Scores Of witnesses were examined hy
District Attorney ROtan late yesterday.
One was an assistant manager Of the Ritz
Carlton Hotel
while the investigation OF the movement
Of the Fifth Ward imported cutthroats
and those said to have authorized the i'm
portation involves scores of hotels and
locations scattered throughout the city
| from the best to some of the lowest-the
Ritz-Cartou employe was questioned about
one angle of the affair, Mr., Rotan said
MAYOR WlTHHOLDS EVIDENCE
Mayor Smith, who in out on $4,000 bail,
on charge of conspiracy to murder, now
| is accused by District Attorney Rotan or
| attempting TO suppress evidence.
Mr.. Rotan has called upon the Mayor
| to do two things, especially 70 help in
bringing the guilty men to Justice, These
| are
First To produce the report made by
| Detective Alfred |. Souder and members
! OF the vice squad. in which conditions of
| the Fifth Ward we're reported to the
Mayor before the day OF the murder, This
| report Is known to have set forth thuggery
conditions in an astounding way.
| Second. The transfer or dismissal OF
| Lieutenant Bennett of the Third and De
| 1.ancey streets station, Deutsch supporter,
| who has alsoS been released on $4,000
| bail on similar charge to that against
| the Mayor.
The Mayor as yet has refused to grant
| Mr.. Rotan's two requests, The removal Of
| Bennett, at least, is needed, II was said. as
| he is now accused OF intinldating wit
/ nesses i'm the ward and of doing every
| thing in his power to hinder the investiga-
| tion in the ward.
Bennett. meanwhile. is still on the Job
| In his statement identifying Ealcone rs
being in Deutsch's automobile Wafsh said
on Wednesday morning, at O'Clock.
| 7 was standing near the polling place of
| the Tenth division Of the Fifth Ward, at
| 4S6 Lombard street. There was some sort
of scrap there, and they were throwing
man out OF the place. Suddenly l saw