Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-12
HER ONCE HIRED MALONEY.
CONGRESSMAN WARE TESTIFIES

Diu you ever recommend any one 10
Maloney for employment?
Il may and I may not" answered Ware.
10 you remember recommending a man
named Simons?' fSImons Is Henry Her.
pert simons, 1880 West Passyunk avenue.
ohe OF the witnesses against Maloney I'm
the present proceedlngs)
II don't remember. freoua,,,v rooou,-
mend people for positions when thev NJ.
without funds and need work" Mr.. vare
replied. ware
suddenly Maloney's counsel swi,c,o,
their cross-examnation
rs 1t habit OF yours. Congressman. 70
pay out money In elections?" Mr.. Daiy
asked. '''
II don't understand" answered Congress.
man Ware.
Before Mr.. DAILY could ask another oues.
toh touching on election matters. the Con.
gressfhan explained as follows: when I
run Tor Congress- | make my contribution
10 the ward committee. but that con,rihu.
uot is legal one and | never make any
contributions in elections which are not al
lowed under the law"
Asked whether he had ever maid out
money TO ward leaders to carry certain
wards he replied: 81 never did"
again the defendants counsel touched
upon the $500 which Congressman yare
said he had helped to count on, ON ,be
oesk IN the office Of his brother
leIi u.s. Congressman, what was this
money for?" Daily asked. '''
For detectives, but not for thurs" " m
swered Ware. ""-
What kind of work were ,hsss do
DAILY. ' '''''''eh' MT
senator Ware can tell"
were you not present when MaIonev
mas % nreo' and wasn't II at your request
tnat Maloney was instructed to Hnd an
here?" was uo'hg
No. answered Congressman Ware
An echo of the bitter fight for ,bo sroo,,
ership in Harrisburg wear apo u.g In
'Jecteu IN the cross-examination of the down
town leader Counsel for MaIoney repeat-
ediy sought to SHOW that MaIonev fre-
quently had done important detective worl,
Tor the Wares long before Malonev had
caiied on Congressman Ware few days
before Eppley was shot and killed
Congressman Ware, asked TO tell whore
ne had seen Maloney besides in PhiladeI-
phia, brought the answer that no had Soc,
him in Harrisburg during the last speaker.
ship fight
What was your impression as to what
he was there for?" asked DAILY.
II suppose on some kind Of work in con-
nection with the speakershp fight" Con-
gt tessman Ware replied
How did you get that impression?"
From Senator Ware"
Former Congressman Logue Of coupeeI
fo' Maloney, then asked:
Congressman. what could detectives do
among the members of the House of Rem
resentatives at Harrisburg?"
detectives can answer that question bet
ter than cam" Mr.. Ware replied
Congressman Ware concluded his testi-
mony a few minutes after IL o'clock. after
La...
Senator Penrose.
This testimony came voluntarily on the
part of the Congressman, who said that he
mad come to the conclusion that there was
no sincerity in the prisoner
Il have always doubted the sincerity o,
Maloney'' he said IL realize that there Is
no sincerity in him and that he worked 10,
Senator Penrose."
Henry Herbert Simons. 1880 w Passyunl
avenue. former Val O'Farrel detective, tes
titled that he was employed by Maloney or
September 10 and that on September Is
he saw .Maloney talking with Leutenan,
Bennett. Magistrate Persch and Thomas II
White. related TO a member of Mayo,
Smiths cabinet in front Of the Real Estate
Trust Building
Simons testified that Maloney took hin
to his office.
"AIaloney asked me is knew Jim Clark
l said did" he testified.
RAID OF F1NLETTER CLUB
Simons testified that he was instructed
to tell Clark (the "man with eyeglasses,
who is under bail in connection with thu
killing) that the Finletter Club must b,
cleaned out" Sullivan, who also Is unde
bail. told him he would find Clark or Mag
istrate Persch at the Deutsch headquar
ters. he said. Magistrate Persch, who ast
is under bail on charges of embezzlement
told him at the Deutsch Club. he said, T.
report to Maloney that the Finetter Clul
had been Cleaned out" and that they hac
done good job of it,"
While he was making his report, Simon
testified, Maloney said that he was read.
and intended to clean up Carey" and tha
Carey has lived by the sword all his lif
and by the sword he must die" Carey tn
Penrose- -McNichol boss" of the ward, wa
an old-time political foe of Maloney whel
the latter was ward leader in the Blood.
Fifth
On election day, Smons testified, h
learned at the Third and De Lancey streets
police station that policeman had beel
killed. Sullivan, he said. told him tina
two Of our men have been arrested" indi
eating Sgueglia, alias Mascia, and di Roma
| alias Costello. two of the Bronx 'strong
arm men, and compla ined that Malone.
has gotten me into a hell of mess be
| cause he (Sullivan) had negotiated for tn
thugs.
Simons said he was discharged by Ma
loney October ~, the day after II became
known that he was witness In thu
private" prosecution begun by John r. X
| Scott against Maloney.
A mild sensation was caused in the court
| room when the application blank of Simon
! for employment by the Val O'Farrell Agenc,
was presented. This showed that Congress
| man Ware and Judge Raymond MacNeill'
were given by Simons as references. 1t wa
| also brought out that he presented to Ma
| Ioney a letter of recommendation from Di
rector of Public Safety Wilson, He sait