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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
"NURDER PLOT" MATCHED
MONTHS AGO, DETECTIVE
CAPTAIN TATE SAYS

CAPTAIN or DETECTIVES JAMES
TATE who was called TO the stand fey
minutes after noon, also gave testimony 20
the effect that the Fifth Ward plot vas
hatched months ago. when he asserted that
Edward Mulhall, a prisoner In Moyamensing
Prison, told him he was approached last
June by Jim Clark, "the man with the eye
glasses" with proposition TO participate
in thuggery in connection with the Deutsch-
Carey contest. Captain Tate also revealed
that It was Director Wilson who ordered the
arrest OF Samuel q. Meloney star witness
for the prosecution. The high points of
Tates testimony were as follows:
Mr.. Gordon--Q. Captain Tate, tho Mon
day before primary, did YOU and Mr.. Ma
loney have conversation? 4. On Monday
night the 18th of September ] visited Doc
tor l(irby's office, 1909 Spruce street some
where about 8 o'clock, and in leaving tho
office, coming out the door and going down
the steps on the pavement, Maloney was
standing, and he recognized mo and he
said, Hello cap: how arc you?' / said,
Hello Sam, how are you?" lie said,
"Arc there many in there 1 said, Yes,
quite a few lie said, (which way are
you going ! said, 81 am going 20 Broad
street" lie said. q viii walk up that way
with OIL We walked up Spruce street &"
Eroad. ON the way no talked about two
Of the men i'm my office, and criticized their
conduct, telling me they were drinking ana
they were disCrcditiuR my office. We finally
reached the Real Estate Trust Building,
There ! bid him good-by. lie met, | think,
Magistrate Persch, who was standing there
at that time, and ] came over to my office.
Later, about o'clock, I went back on
Broad street with tie intention Of going
to the Forrest Theatre. and he was standing
there. Maloney with PcrsCh, and invited me
in TO have cigar.
I stayed there and we talked about many
topics about his visit to New York. Spring
Lake and about his losing some money at
the race traCk--a general conversation not
a word about the Fifth Ward or the Third
Police District until | was about leaving,
and | turned to Persch and l said TO Persch
II suppose you will have busy day
Wednesday" and he said no didn't know,
and | bid them goodnight and walked 10
Fifteenth street and rot on my car ana
went home. That was about 10 o'clock.
g. ON Tuesday did he call you up" ~.
on Tuesday, somewhere | think after .,
AIaloucy called me on the telephone. The
conversation was: rs That you, r,p. ]
said. yes" lie said. "This is sam Ma
louev" He said, I'D Ware wants to soc
YOU" or senator Varc wants to sec YOU
one Of the two words he used. ] hung up.
He put it in such a way I didn't know what
il was. had no conversation with HIM
about Vaye and ! went over to Wares office,
went UP into the Lincoln Building and
waited there possibly five or ten minutes,
and later / was admitted To- Wares office.
Senator Ware was standing at his desk
alone. went in and ! said, SENATOR
Mr. Gordou-Q. Alone? A. Yes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10

cause I was hurrying TO take your state
We'll" he said. hurry back 20 the De-
tective Bureau. because" he said, they let
a man go out last night and they arc liable
TO let those two out, too"
/ left the office and went to the detective
bureau with my constable, Betz. ] told
the sergeant there that ] wanted to lodge
the warrant against the prisoners. and he
said Coptain Of Detectives Tate was out and
] had better walt until he came back.
I said ] wanted to see the prisoners, that
7 was magistrate and had n warrant and
wished 70 place them under arrest under
that warrant. SO he took me to tho cell
room. and the sergeant at the desk at that
time--that was about 2:15 or 230---he said,
You cant see the prisoners" lie said,
Captain Tate has left strict orders that no
one is to see these prisoners" Well" /
said, Il insist on identifying the men that
you have here now" As went in they
we're taking Costello out Of the cell room
TO the hallway. Then they brought NIascia
out and stood Mascia against the cel-room
door, and I identified Mascia as the man
station house.
After a little friction with Captain rate
and others at city Hall, Mr.. Stevenson
said, he returned TO tho Fifth Ward station
house. Summing UP his observations there
he said:
After o'clock the only business that
seemed to be carried on in the station house
was receiving election returns and report
ing those election returns 20 Director Will
sons office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
Questions and AnsuOers in Fifth Ward Murder Plot Hearing

@. The door was closed? a. The door
was closed.
c. Nobody but you and Senator Ware?
\. That's all 7 said. Senator, do you
want to see me- lie said NO, ! don't
want 70 sec you" l said "Sam Maloney
phoned me and said YOU wanted to see me-"
lie said, 81 didn't want 10 see you" That
was all was said, and / turned and walked
out OF the office. ] came back to my office
and ] said TO Wood, "Sam Maloney phoned
me. Go over and see what he wants.
Wood went over 60 Ntaloney's Office and
later returned, but before no returned,
probably ten minutes, 7 received u telc-
phone call from Lieutenant Bennett, and
he said rs that YOU Cap?" ] said, Yes. "
lie said, "I would like 10 have "A detail at
4 o'clock including Wood and Harry Clark,
ten men," ] said, "All right, I will attend
to IT," because l received an order from
the superintendent that any time that the
lieutenant would call up or Captain Kenney
would call up, or need n detail, TO give
them the detail, because Of the three reg.
tstration days.
q. Then Wood came in" A. Yes.
g. What did ho say 10 YOU" \. lie
said he had been to NIaloney's Office and
that Maloncy suggested or said TO him TO
tell the captain to detail ten mon to the
Third district station or TO the Fifth Ward.
including myself and Harry Clark So
looked at Wood, aud I said, "Maloney
said go 'Ile said So" ! didn't pay any
attention to that, aud ! told Wood. ~
have just received a request from Lieu
tenant Bennett asking for a detail"
didn't think anything unusual Of that be.
cause ON the three registratiou----
=. don't care about that lid YOU
send the detail? A.. / did.
g. At what hour? 4. ] told Wood TO
so out into the office and to SEQ how many
men we're there. He reported back, and
said | think there were only four.
said, well, We must make a detail" and
sad. AS the men como IN, take the
hrst ten you get and go down there and
report Mt o'clock"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10

O. was clark there 2 A. Clark was
not there at that timel
Q Were there ten ihen there? "A. NO
there were not.
O. How many we're there? A. I think
there were only four at that time. When
the men came in / told him TO hold then
until he had the necessary number.
q. What hour was It lie had the neces-
ssry number? a. / think II was some
where about half past three | had TO take
one Of the clerks from the photographer
office in order to make up the number.
O. A clerk? ~. Yes, sir, lie was a clerk
in the photographers office. .-.-.
O. is he a police officer? a. lie is a
police officer
q. And when did clark como in? a,
Clark came in, think. somewhere about
or n little after 3 o'clock.
O. Before the other ten had been aggre-
gated or YOU got the ten? A. Before ! got
theni Then. when they Uere all ASSEM-
bcd, they brought them into the room ana
l said. you want to report 60 tho Jnlrd
District station house with these men.
@. on tho next day, election day, did you
send a further detail OF detectives into the
Fifth ward? a. l did
O. l,pon whose request or command? ~
Well q thought of my own was there should
be a detail down there, and IN the morning,
on Tuesday, Captain Kenny, he mentioned
TO me he thought there should be n strong
| detail on Tuesday night, somewhere
about nine or nine thirty, Captain Kenny
came TO see mo at my office and he said,
you should have n strong detail I'm the
| Third District tomorrow, election day |
| said that I had made arrangements for a
| number Of men 60 DO there at o'clock
| in the morning, 10 report 20 Lieutenant
| Wood and Nistar, and he said that it was
all right. that it was very well. had ar
ranged for possibly about forty men to be
there.
+ q. Now. On election day did the Super
intendeuts office also call unon you for
these men? A. On election day the Super
intendents office did not, but after the first
registration day.
Q. No I want election day A. On elcC-
zion day the superintendent did not cali on
fne for detail, but captain Kenny, the
night before told mo that his orders were
coming from the Superintendent.
c. Coming from the Superintendent? A.
Yes, sir.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
"MURDER YET" DEUTSCH
TOLD BENNETT, WOMAN
AYERS IN TESTIMONY

MRS CLARA FREEMAN. Of 325 Ilygcia
avenue, Atlantic city, who followed NIagis-
tra,e Stevenson on the stand, electrified tho
courtroom when she declared that as long
ago as last August she heard Isaac Deutsch
say to Lieutenant Eeunett. There will he
murder yet" The mlin points of her testl-
mony were as follows:
Mr.. Gordon-Q. Where is your home? A.
I lived at 32J IIygeia avenue, Atlantic City.
Q. Did Isaac Deutsch live with you the
last summer? \. Yes, sir.
q. Who was with him living at your
house? y. His wife and baby.
q. Did Lieutenant Bennett come TO your
house to see Dcutsch often? \, Yes, sir.
q. DO you remember ~ conversation
which took place between Mr.. Deutsch and
Lieutenant Bennett iu the latter part of
August iu your hallway towards your front
door? \. There was 10 hallway there,
judge, Il was Just a room.
.. 1t was at the door" a. Yes sir !
believe il was at the door.
q. Where were YOU? \. ! was iu bed,
In my room on the second floor.
O. state what you heard Mr. DcutSch
say? \. l don't remember the exact wordi
but the substance of il was that they were
speaking os two men, one being on their
side and one being for Mr.. Carey, and IL
seemed they couldn't do anything or had
no hopes of being able TO do anything to
make that man work for their party, and
heard him say I think to Mr.. Deutsch that
he is going TO have him and that bunch
locked up on election day.
q. What else: 4. some heated cOnyer-
sation and swear words. and then he said
"There will he IA murder yet" and his wife
said. "Oh, Ike, think Of me and the child"
Q. Did you hear Mr.. Deutsch al other
times talk about the election in the Fifth
Ward? \. Well, whenever | heard him
speak It was in a very confident manner
and he had the support Of the Adminis;ra'
| tion. ! understand.
-. Who else visited him there and talked
| about the Fifth Ward and the election? \
| More than any one else. probably, there was
"A man by the name Of Mike BugdonoH.
| Under cross examination, Mrs. Freeman
asserted positively that she was not asket
TO be a witness until last night and hac
absolutely no Communication of any kut
with the District Attorneys office or Will
Judge Gordon prior 10 that time. She as
serted further that Deutsch had talked SC
loudly that a Mrs. f. Flynn, of 327 Hygeis
| avenue, her neXt-door neighbor, also heard
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
ACTING UNDER ORDERS,
LIEUT.. BENNETT TOLD
MAGISTRATE STEVENSON

MAGISTRATES MAXWELL STEVEN
SON. JR., was next sworn, and gave the
following testimony regarding his eX-
periences IN the Fifth Ward on election
day:
Mr. Taulane-o. Were you IT, the station
house at the time the prisoners Mascia
and Costello We're brought in on election
day last? 1 was.
Q. Did you notice anything on the two
prisoners? A My attention called to
ribbons on them by Isidore stern.
a. Now, when you looked, what did you
see? A. / ribbon at the second but
tonhole OF the vest on each prisoner.
The ribbons We're then shown to the wit
ness and were identified by him.
.. Anything else you know about the ar
rests? a. You mean what happened that
day or just about that arrest?
Q. Anything that happened that day in
connection with this murder? a. ] was in
the station house from seven o'clock until
a quarter of ten at night.
q. Tel us what took place. A. ] reached
Magistrate Harrigan's office at $40 or $50
aud stayed there until about seven o'clock,
when some election officer ran in and said
that a judge Of election had been arrested
IN the Third District station house. Mr..
E.evan, Maur Levan, said I had better get
over to the station house and when l got
over there Judge Harrigan and Mercantile
Appraiser Carey and Mr.. Stern were in the
railing right outside the sergeaht's room,
and l went around into the sergeantS room
and asked them to make out u copy Of tho
charge at once, and they said 10 be patient
that was Sergeant DaVis--he said 10 be
patient. he would have them made out in a
akort while.
They took the prisoners back and locked
them up Ia . cell. And Lieutenant Bennett
Was standing at the opposite corner of the
desk. and l asked him whether he knew
what he was doing, that he was locking up
election officers and judges Of election, and
be said yes, he knew what he was doing
And then Assistant District Attorney
Maurer called his attention to the fact tina
ne had no right 10 lock up election officers
particularly judges and after that the othel
election officers who came in he asked
Them whether they were judges OF election
aud when they said that they were he told
them 70 return TO their polling places Afte
had warned him about locking these mel
up on election day ! also told him that
Mas there committing Magistrate In tn
Third District station house for the whob
das and any prisoners that were arrestel
~ fhc polioe during that day should b
1ronrhi before me ~ eommitting Magis
1rnIe 81 that district that WAS taking tn
0|Ace of Magistrate HarriGan. He said tha
Ic would nos do that that he was sctin
uaaer orders, and that he had been ordene
90 take pfiseners 10 another district
q What DISTRICT A. The rhirty-thir
ulHIrldt / think was the district tliat was
Intn0pneo
@ 90 on a. Then, from o'clock v
|N| about nalI-rast 3 Il was prett
N.o Nf'12Ne |p theae election olicen
.II||. 'f1. .N H|NEl sHQ.Hre
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10

The seventh day OF the hearing OF Mayor
Smith and hts eight codefendants on charges
tf violating the Shern law prohibiting par
ticlpaton Of city employees In politics and OF
tonspiracy To commit murder and assault
opened at ~ o'clock In City Hall before
president Judge Charles l.. Brown, sitting
~ a committing magistrate Testimony Is
appended as given in court. important pas
ages verbatim, the remainder summarized.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10

his remarks that there would be murder
and told her about IL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10

Q. When did you send the desall M, (.
ward on election day7 A. I assemh,Se K. ~
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-07
FARMERS NEED
FIRE PROTECTION

Fire insurance and fire protection
for the farmer under present food
conditions call for urgent attention.
Farm fires caused by lightning, the
threshing machine engine, defective
chimneys, and by causes unknown, en-
failing loss of valuable food sup
plies, good herds of cattle and expen-
sive farm buildings, are a direct loss
to the community. Not only should
every farmer carry sufficient insur-
ance of the various kinds, use all the
care possible to prevent fires, but the
county or township should make some
provisions to control farm fires.
1t was unfortunate that the county
board turned down the proposition to
buy another fire truck jointly with
the city. A good fire truck available
for city and country use, would prove
helpful in many fires. Now that the
city and farmers have a telephone
system whereby one can commune
cate with the other, assistance could
be called and much valuable prop
erty saved. Every farmer ought to
have one or more portable chemical
fire eXtinguishers, they are practical
in controlling fires.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-07
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS

The Wisconsin Valley Electric COM
pany is busily engaged these days in
getting materials together on its
premises in this city for the building
of its new $4,000 auxiliary steam
plant, work on which has already
commenced Men have been indus
triouslyand practically atwork during
the past week in laying out and build
ing the retaining wall and excavating
along the river front and have start
ed evcavating for the basement: and
despite floods, low water, break
downs, etc., of the present water
plant, the auxiliary will always be
ready to render immediate service.
This will be splendid addition and of
great credit to this enterprising con-
Germ, much more of which we will
have to say as work progresses and
of it's completion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-07
A VERY CLOSE CALL

Last Wednesday Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Dodge and three youngest chill
dren, were making a trip by auto
from the Sayner resort on Plum lake
to one of the other nearby lakes. They
came to a part of the road recently
rebuilt. on either side of which is a
drop of six or eight feet. The earth
gave way on one side, and the auto
turned completely upside down, with
all of its occupants underneath. Hap
PLY, one side of the car struck
against tree. raising it sufficiently
with the natural uneven condition OF
the ground, to enable all to crawl
or be pulled out by the aid of Mr.
Dodge, who managed to get on the
outside first. and whose great strength
figured to a considerable extent in
liberating them all. Strange to say
not one OF the party was injured. bar
ring slight bruises. Many visited the
spot where the accident occurred anC
maryeled at the wonderful escape.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-07
NAVAL RECRUITING

P. H. Kelly, naval recruiting officer
in this city, has been called into ac-
tive service again and is to be as
signed to the Koenig Wilhelm II, an
interned German vessel. Mr.. Kelly
has been in the city several months
and had good success in securing men
for the U. S. navy. He was accom-
panied to Milwaukee by his wife and
from there they go to Philadelphia
for further instructions.
L. H. Helmer who is now in charge
of the naval substation here, is also
awaiting orders to be called to his
ship for active sea duty. Mr.. Helmer
will be succeeded by C. D. Koon, a
second class electrician in the navy,
who arrived here Saturday morning
to take charge of the station in the
event of Mr.. Helmer's change of loca-
ton,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-07
A COMMENDABLE PROJECT
Proposed Auto Booster Trip to Adyer.
tise the Marathon County Fair.

The proposed auto booster trip to
advertise the Marathon county fair,
will be held August 20 and 21, leaving
Wausau at 1880 a. M, going by the
way of Merrill, arriving at Amigo for
dinner, proceeding south along the
west line of the county through Ami
wa, Birnamwood, Eland, Elderon, Ros-
holt and arriving at Stevens Point for
supper; from there to Grand Rapids
to stay over night. 1t had been the in
tention to make Tomahawk, Rhinelan-
der and Medford, but as the mileage
was so short for a two days trip, it
was found quite impossible.
Second day-Leave Grand Rapids.
going through Vesper and Arpin to
Marshfield, and from Marshfield north
to Spencer, Unity, Colby, Abbotsford,
and across the county to Athens,
where dinner will be served. From
Athens proceed directly south to
Stratford, returning directly across
the county to Fenwood, Edgar, Mara
thon City to Mosinee, where supper
will be served, after which return to
Wausau. Several of the villages have
stated their willingness to join in the
trip which will help to make larger
and better showing. The Marathon
County Agricultural society is spend
ing $4,000 to assist in boosting the
trip. All those furnishing cars will
have placed on the machine banners
representing their particular line OF
business. There will be banners coy
ering the city officials and the county
officials. Up to date AZ cars have
been listed; so are wanted.
1t will be necessary to have these
cars filled with other business men
| and it is the intention to make q
charge of $500, each, to be paid tc
the auto owner for fuel expense. Il
is going to be very easy to fill these
cars, as this will be a most desirable
! trip; therefore, those interested viii
notify the secretary of the Chamber O.
1 Commerce at once, or you will hav,
to stand on the curb and watch tn,
others go by.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-07
HARVESTING THE FARM CROP

Crops in Marathon county are fine
and abundant, but unless the far
mer gets help, these crops are liable
to suffer before they are harvested.
Farm help is very short and men from
the city will be hard to get
Under these conditions let us sug-
gest that our farmers again follow
the system that was in vogue in the
pioneer days of old, go and help your
neighbor in with his crop, then have
him help you, in this way we will get
the crops in and save it for the coun-
try
There is need of more co-opera-
ton among our farmers. Every once
in a while we hear of how unneighbor-
ly some farmers are. Let us have a
little more of helpfulness and friend
Illness and we will find many burdens
made lighter and life happier.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-07
A FEATURE OF THE FAIR
Preparations Are Being Made by the
Marathon Council of Defense and
the Red Cross Society to Have a
Large Tent on the Grounds.

The Marathon County Council of De-
tense and the Red Cross society will
have a large tent at the fair grounds
during the fair, which will be in
charge of the men of the County Coun-
Gil of Defense and the ladies of the
Red Cross. 1t is the intention to
have on hand literature along lines
of work being carried on by these
societies. There will be those pres
ent who will list the wants of farmers
regarding labor. If farmer wants
help to gather in his crops, he can
visit this tent, make his wants known
and they will be attended to If pos
sible. Unless the farmer takes ad-
vantage of the opportunities offered,
no one will be to blame but himself
if he is unable to take care of his
crops. He can also let this commit
tee know il he shall want storing
room for his products. The Council
of Defense has secured warehouses
for this purpose, but the farmer will
have to make his wants known in this
respect.
The ladies will have on exhibition
articles which are being made for the
comfort of the soldier boys who are
in the army. They will probably have
talks on the conservation of food and
demonstration in the canning OF
fruits, etc.
The tent will be filled with comfort.
able chairs and designed as a resting
place for ladies and gentlemen.
1t is hoped that the tent will be-
made a popular place in which tC
| gather.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-07
RED CROSS NOTES

The women and girls of our county
are strongly urged to give what as
sistance they can to Red Cross work,
the purpose of which is to take care
of the boys who are making a great
sacrifice in their country's service.
There is not family but what will
have some relative or friend doing
their "bit" for this great country of
ours, and many of them will need the
care of members of the Red Cross be-
fore very long. There is an immense
amount of work to be done, and if
each locality does it's share of the
work, there will be no trouble in car
ing for our soldier boys in case of
necessity. Realizing the suffering
these young boys will have to endure
who go to the front, it is unneces-
sary to say that every woman and
girl will do all she possibly can in
offering her services.
The local Red Cross work rooms
are open every day and on Monday
and Friday evenings. The Wausau
chapter wants to send a box of dress
ings to Chicago each week, if possible
because of the great need of them
The knitters are also urged to finish
the knit articles as soon as possible
and turn into the work rooms to BIZ
| shipped.
Miss Alice Tobey will be in charge
| of the Red Cross rooms this month
during the absence of Mrs. c. B. Bird
and Miss Josephine S.urtevant. Th'
workers have a certain number o
articles to turn out for this month.