Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-28
CAREY TRYING TO WIN
JEWS, SAYS DEUTSCH
Councilman Accuses Rival Can
didate of Unfair Tactics in
Fifth Ward

Carey Is trying to dscredt me with
the Jewish people Of the Fifth Ward and
with the other business people of the ward
by accusations he and his followers have
been making regarding the use Of the
police in the contest for Councils here"
This was the answer OF Select Council
man Isaac Deutsch. Ware candidate for
denomination on the Republican ticket in
the bloody" Fifth Ward, today to the
many charges which are being made
against the Ware faction and against the
police of the Third and De Lancey streets
station. Deutsch was outSpDken in his con-
demnaton of the methods being employed
by the McNichol-Carey faction. He pre-
dicted he would be nominated by big
majority because he said, 81 am the choice
of the business people of the ward Carey
is the McNichol counclmanic candidate.
Answering the statement of Harry Kess-
Ter, cigar dealer, at 236 Spruce street, that
Police Lieutenant Bennett, of the Third and
DE I.ancey streets station, and Deutsch Of
fered to protect him in a gambling house IL
he supported DeutSch, Lieutenant Bennett,
at Deutschs meat shop, 305 South street,
today said that he had threatened to raid
Kesslers place of business instead of Offer
ing to protect it. Dcutsch said he had noti-
fled Captain Harry Davis, Assistant Super
intendent OF Police that he suspected there
was gambling at Kessler's store that
Davis could send special detectives, not
known in the district, to investigate.
Special Policeman wlrtshafter, who was
sent to the Third and DE Lancey streets
station less than "A week ago, was with
Lieutenant Bennett when he arrived at
Deutsch's meat store. He said he saw
money and card playing on the tables at the
cigar store, and that after he reported
to Lieutenant Bennett the latter had told
Kcsser he would close his shop If he got
additional evidence that gambling was going
on there.
Deutsch said the Carey ,v,vvs move six
men registered from 1lS Lombard street
for the primaries while only one actually
lives there. At the Republican League one
Of Dcutsch's men furnished a list of names
of men registered AT the Lombard street
address Frank IIilferty, James Spcer,
John Foley. Thomas Mcclure. Arthur Nc
Gonigle and George Conley.
Mrs. Rebecca Halfus. who runs a ROOM
ing house at 11S Lombard street, said
James Spicer has rented a room from her
| for about five years. but during that time
| he had not lived there steadily, though he
| was frequently there, she said The other
| five did not live at her house. She said
they might have been visitors with Spicer
| at times.
Referring to the assertions of the Carey
henchmen that In asking the County Com
| missoners to remove the polling place from
| the house of Mrs. Helen Gallon. Deutsch is
| taking the fee, s65 a year, from poor
| widow, Deutsch said Mrs. Gallon was
! drawing a widows pay from the Firemen' s
| Pension Fund and that two of her sons
| We're employed as firemeu He said that an
| assertion that Mrs Rose Askins whose
| poolroom at 627 Lombard street, IL now
| the polling place. is poor widow is more
| Carey bunk, as she Is worth at least
| 0,000," and that Meyer Michaels her SON
! in-law, is "a clerk in the County Controllers
| office
Deutsch said that not only did his repre-
| sentatiyes not interfere with the Rumanian
! Jewish synagogue, at Fourth and Spruce
| streets Sunday night, but that he in person
| had obtained the permit for leading the cele-
| bration Lieutenant Bennett, who was pres
| ent when this was held, declared that he
| did not interfere with the celebration as
charged by Carey. Special Policeman
| Wirtshafter said Leo Weintraub, a leader
| of the congregation, had admitted to him
| that the wires to the church were not cut
| as he originally ntimated, by Bennett or his
| representatives, but that he blew a fuse,
| thus interruptlng the meeting.
Carey is circulating all of these various
! stories in a last attempt to save the cleo
ton when he sees that he is beaten" de-
clared Deutsch. This was his parting
thrust at his opponent as he hurried away
| to attend committee of the South Street
! Business Mems Association, of which he Is
president.