Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10
MULHALL CONTRADICTS
SENSAT ATIONAL TESTIMONY
OF CAPTAIN JAMES TATE

JOSEPH MULHALL, prisoner at
MoyamensInr. handcuffed to a keeper. was
he next witness. Questioned by Judge Cor
don he admitted being in custody charged
with a criminal offense. lie told OF captain
Tates interview with him at the county
prison:
About o'clock on Friday night tne
superintendent of the County Prison came
to NV cell. and he said, Get your pants
and coat on. You are going out OF mere
So said, We'll, Captain. you Know
am not going to tell you nothing' sa'u'
II never told YOU nothing before ana az.
not going to tell you now lie said' wei
this will helm YOU to tell me-. SO ! sa'u
We'll. II I can help YOU that way WIN
do it," ! said. "lf there is any way tha.
| can he that use" ! said. but don
want to Get nobody in bad 50 theu ne
said Well" he said, were you In q salooI,
at Sixteenth and Paramount avenue auu
some man by the name OF Harry Cralg'
he said and did you meet man in there
| by the name Of Clark, and did this man
| make you a proposition that you Shoulu
| bring men over from New York to work IN
| the primaries" and l says, WELL doh
| remember"
So he says. Now, have had that in
| formation, that that happened he SAID
| "and this man offered you $1,000 to brlhg
| these men over to work In the primaries
| So | said "welr'-he said. Tell me. dld
| you meet this man Clark" said, Well 1
| know a couple OF Clarks." So | said "Which
| one do YOU mean?' | said. 81 know Harry
| Clark. from Your office. and | know his
| brother" lie said, well, did the one you
| met have glasses?" SO I said, VI thlhN
| he wore glasses sometimes" lie said, "Did
| you meet that man in Crags saloon !
| said, Yes, | met HIM, so ne SAID wei
was anything said about that?" ! said, Ut
! may have been said. | don't remember. !
| said, There is whole lot said in saloons,
| said, that | wouldn't pay no attention
| to- II it was said I said, II wouldn't pay
no attention to it, He said, We'll ! hau
that information. You think that over. he
said. lie said. TRY to remember " that
was said, II that proposition was put up
| to YOU" So 7 told him, 81 cant remember
II Il really was or not" SO he said, well
I may want YOU to go down.
Q. May want you what? A. 81 may want
TO bring YOU down on this So | SAID
We'll. I will go down if YOU want me 10
! so down" SO he said, well, goodnight
and he said Don't tell nobody was down
here"
.. Did he ask you anything about a man
named Maoney? A. Yes. sir lie asked
me If Clark had mentioned man by the
name Of Maloney to me and said no.
G. When did you next see him? \. Mon
day night ! was brought down. About
from Captain Tates office, came to MoNa
mensing prison and took me down to th'
Central police station in taXicab' -
about o'clock I was called down to cap
tain Tates office, and Captain Tate was II
there, and a stenographer. and this saloon
keeper from Sixteenth and Fairmount, Mr.
Craig. So Captain Tate said to me. "D'
you know this man. and | said, Yes
That is Craig"
So he said Were you talking to thi'
man and Clark in Craig's place. I said
We'll, yes" said, 90 met him in there
on a party" I said, "and was talking Y
them in there" lie said, WAS Craig talk
ing to them said. Yes. think he wa
talking to them" SO Craig says TO me
We'll. ! don't know the man. II ! wal
talking to him." he said, II don't remem
ber." I said, well, it is none of my bust
ness IL you know him or not ! said No
said you don't know me" lie said, II re
, member you. but | didn't remember you
name. Captain Tate said, Now, yo'
think" He said to Craig, 81 have got in
formation that this man clark has been II
. your place pretty regular.
Well. he said try to remember whethe
you do know or not Craig said, There i
a lot more came in the place. I don't re
I member, but Craig said | know Harr,
/ Clark. Captain Tate said, You and Harr.
: Clark are pretty thick, aren't you?' Craii
, said, Yes" Captain Tate said, wei
3 Harry Clark Is telling us all he knows abou
his brother" Craig said We'll II he IS
I that Is nothing to me-" Tate said. "Wel
t YOU can go back, Mulhal.' so ] went ba'b
r As ! was going back Captain Tate san
t To Craig, Il am going to try to treshen u
}, your memory little bit" I went out
was kept in the Central Police station WI
orders for nobody to see me until the morn
ing. I was brought over TO the Sher'Il
office and sent back in the van.
O. And you were taken out of the prlso
about what hour? A. About O'CLOCK
The Court-Q. Tate said TO Craig, II ar
| going to try to freshen up your memory
little Bit? A. Yes.
. The Court The cross-examinaton
! | limited (referring to Mr.. Connor's question
relating prior to Eppley murder).
Mr. Connor II is strange how solicitor