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HIRED CUNafEN
GO-BetwesR Tastiti3S in PhiIa-
deIpnia Election Furd}r,
BLOW TO TIE DEFENSE
Michael j. Sullivan Declares the po-
lice Station Was Headquarters of
the Imported Gunmen.

Philadelphia, Oct. 9--The dramatic
appearance Of sIichael J. Sui ivan,
missing "go-between," and n mate
testimony concerning a pCwwuw b.
tween Mayor Smith and Ike Deutsth
were sensations of the Fifth ward
hearing.
sullivan. whose appearances stunned
the defense, was run 10 earth Satu1-
day night al lumber camp on Jerry
Island, above the Delaware Water
Gap. by the district attorneys office.
The police department had sought
him frantically, hut in vain.
The pOwwow between Deutsch and
the mayor, according to the testimony
took place at Deutschs Atlantic City
cottage. Police Captain Kenny, who
also was present, said, according to
the witness, that Jimmy" Carey had
sneered at him, and that he'd like
"shot at Carey's head"
This was the fifth day of the Fifth
ward hearing. The mayor, Ike
Dentsch, who is a common council
man and a Ware leader of the Bloody
Fifth" and seven Others are accused
of cons piracy in the murder Of George
Epplfy a detective. He was slain in
the Fifth on primary election day.
September 10.
Sullivan. known generally as O'Su.-
Ivan, is a witness of vital importance
to the prosecution It was he who
brought the gunner from New York.
When he finished his testimony, which
took two hours and half. Judge
Brown held him in $4,000 bail for
hearing Wednesday, on the charge Of
conspiracy to murder.
When Sullivan was called to the
stand. counsel for the defense half
rose from their seats. in stunned as
constituent Mayor Smith, sitting
among the defendants, showed equal
amazement. The seven gunner WHO
are awaiting their turn on the wit
ness stand seemed to wilt as Sullivan
appeared.
Sullivan testified that the Third and
Delaney streets police station was
the headquarters for the gunner
brought from New York. The night
of the raid on the Finletter club, Sep
TENDER 1S. some of the men were ar
rested. said Sullivan. He called up
Samuel G. Maloney. who had sent him
to New York to get the gunner.
"You find Jim Clark (the man with
the eye glasses) and tell him 20 get
those men out" Maloney told him
said Sullivan He delivered the mes
sage to Clark. Sullivan declared, and
heard later that the men had been re-
leased by the Third and Delaney
streets police.
Sullivan told of going to New York
to get the gunner. He said he saw
a man named Dominick, who offered
him forty men. Sullivan Informed
Dominick he had been instructed to
get only eighteen.
The witness went on to describe
how he had cut up the white ribbons
a piece going to each gunman to iden-
tify him in the Fifth ward. He was
asked if any of the gunner who had
been in the Fifth ward with him were
present in court Sullivan looked at
the seven gunner in court as witness
es, and Immediately pointed out three
of them. Two of these men, Butch"
Mascia and Lefty" Costello. laughed
in his face.
Sullivan corroborated every detail
of the testimony which was given last
week by Maloney and James Clark
both of whom were valuable witnesses
for the prosecution.
Sullivan's account Of his flight from
the city after the murder of Eppley
by the gunner he had brought here.
was dramatic in itself. He said Ma
loney gave him 800 and told him to
lie low for while.
The witness who told of the pow
WOW among the mayor, Deutsch and
Kenny at Atlantic City was Lieutenant
Edward Fair, engine company "a
Twentieth and Federal streets.
Fair testified that friend of his, a
fireman in the Fifth ward, wished tc
be reinstated, and that to help this
man, he saw Select Councilman VII
liam E. Finley, Ware captain. who
is a defendant in the Fifth ward crime
Finley, testified Fair, advised him
to see Ike" Deutsch, but instructed
him to keep this quiet. Fair told OF
talk with Deutsch, during which
Police Lieutenant Bennett. of the
Third and Delaney streets station,
also a Fifth ward defendant appear
ed.
Bennett, said Fair. suggested that
on primary election day, Fair take one
mob of men, while he, Bennett, took
another, the plan being to work
through the Bloody Fifth" from op
posite ends. and have the Careyites
all "cleahed up by nine O'Clock in
the morning.
Fair then came to the Atlantic City
powwow, which. he said. had been
detailed to him by IKE" Deutsch. 1t
was Deutsch, testified Fa.", who tolc
him of Kenny's expressed desire tc
"get a shot at Carey's head" because
Carey had sneered at him twice in
city hall.
Kenny told D+utsch, all oc""rding II
Fairs account # Deutsch's converse
ton with Kim that on primary cleo
ton day he could give 500 policrm-:
and three patrol wagons, if necessary,
to beat Carey. the McNichol leader of
the Fifth, at the polls. Both Carey
and Deutsch sought nomination to Sc
lect council. and Carey won.
Deutsch told Fair, the witness said,
that State Senator Edwin H. Ware
had arranged for bail for anyone ar
rested and was behind Deu7sch and
his followers.
Deutsch further told, Fair testified
that I'VE are going to start in and ar
rest all the election officers at eight
A. NJ. when it will be all over, and
,u-a u.ill hold 1.rrhStnne elections "