Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-21
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questions but after half an hour he wa"
taken back TO his cell.
The prisoner refused to yield the infor.
nation wanted when he was not assured
immunity, according to Captain rate, VINO
said that the mans expressed desire 10
confess might have been ruse TO ma o1t
what the authorities had ION him He
contradoted himself several times when
questioned about his identity and smut up
like clam when vital questions were
asked, Captain Tate said
THIRD DEGREE FOR DE INRAo
Again this afternoon De 1nrao "Cos-
telloD was brought before Captain Tate.
He was put through what is known In
police circles as the third degree" which
consists in a severe examination, designed
% extort a confession. Efforts were con-
centrated on De 1nrao because the police
recognized that he is the weaker-willed OF
the two men under arrest.
De Inrao, nervous, pale and shaken at
the prospect of the sweating" was con-
fronted by the evidence as to the identity
Of himself and his pal" CLEANED from
the New York police records
There is no use blufflng," Captain Tate
told him. we know you and what you
are. Now tell us what we want to KNOW
Tell the truth"
A green felt hat picked UP near the
scene of the killing, when the band or
gunmen scattered, sprang into prominence
today as means of tracing the gang or
eight or ten gunmen who accompanied tine
two men under arrest
The hat bearing the trademark OF
haberdashery store on Newark avenue Jer-
sey city. was worn by one of the gunmen,
and, according to witnesses, all the other
t1,ttr ,gtI, In fuyn
by the police, wore similar hats. Inquiry is
being made at the Jersey City store as TO
whether or not the purchasers of the hats
can he traced. The discarded hat was found
by Robert Bayard, negro, of 6Sl De Lahcey
street, and was turned over to detectives
Eight new eyewitnesses to the killing
were brought to detective headquarters to-
day by Detectives Hodge and Farrell The
sleuths had been sent to the Fifth Ward to
investigate a report that after the killing
the gunmen fled to the Deutsch cluo on
Pine street near Sixth, whence they were
whisked away in an automobile
LITTLE GIRL CALLED AS WITNESS
District Attorney Samuel p. Rotan and
his assistants, Joseph II. Taulane and James
Gay Gordon. Jr.. today examined witnesses
regarding the shooting and "blackjacking.
Among the witnesses was little girl who
is said to have seen the attack at Sixth
and De Lancey streets. from the yard of
the Mccall public school, James Gay Cor
don. Jr., is a son Of former Judge Gordon,
for Carey and the investigators ac-
cusing the Mayor and his associates.
District Attorney Rotan late today gave
out the following statement to the press:
Everything is progressing nicely. We
have found numerous eyewitnesses and have
positive evidence that the work of the gun
men was due to n definite arrangement.
They were brought here for no other purpose
than to do harm to some one. | have not
seen Mayor Smith. nor do | intend getting
into communication with him. The District
Attorneys office will do its duty irrespective
of any one who may come under the law
Coroner Knight today appointed Deputy
COroners George McKeever and George
Rowland as investigators of the killing.
They were sent to the Fifth Ward TO gather
evidence regarding Eppley's death for the
inquest. The date for the inquest has not
been fixed as yet
police photographer went to the scene
Of the murder Of Eppley this afternoon and
took photographs, which will be used at the
Coroners inuest.
MAY ARREST CONSTABLE
Another development today was that the
downtown constable mentioned as having
imported the "strong-arm" men for the
primary election may be arrested. The De-
tective Bureau was informed that this man
on election day wore a white ribbon in
buttonhole of his vest-the alleged mark Of
recognition for the members Of the gunman
band.
Information was given to Captain Tate
today that the gunmen were brought to
Philadelphia through two detective agencies
whose central offices are in New York, the
one on upper Broadway and the other I'm
downtown New York. He sent Detectives
Callahan and Belshaw to New York 10 in
vestigate the story. According 20 the in
formation the two agencies make a spe-
cialty Of supplying strike e-breakers, and thus
are in touch with rough-and-tumble ele.
ment Of humanity.
81 will make no statemert at this time
about the charges that | have been con-
nected in the Fifth Ward fight other than
that | have been treated and accused very
unfairly" said Lieutenant Bennett as he