Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-02

and I walked up the stairs 10 201. /.
knocked on the door. The door was an
swered by a maid and an old lady was
eating her dinner there. ! asked for Mr.
Finley. She said she didn't know him.
She said some one else lived there don't
know just what his name was. After that
walked down to the elevator and took a
car down to the office and went to the
desk.
Q. What office. the Office Of the hotel? A.
The office of the hotel and went to the
desk. l asked the clerk at the desk for
Mr.. Finley's ROOM Tie clerk said Mr..
Finley was In 404. and l want TO say right
! here that Mr.. Finley was not registered
In 4O4, but was registered in 10I. / went
up to room 404, which f. facing Broad
street, and knocked az the door The door
was opened by Finley in his shirt sleeves
and the room was empty Finley said,
Give me the particulars about this Fifth
Ward murderer" said, II don't know
| anything about the particulars" I said.
"All did was this: When l heard that
one of these men killed police officer, /
secured the services OF Harry j. Scott, and
Finley. you have got to pay Scott a fee.
You have got to pay the money now to
get these men out of town. This is
hell of mess for me.
@. We'll? A. Finley said, We'll, I can't
get money at this time. How much do you
wantY' A said, II ought to have thou
sand dollars, and the men have got to be
paid" lie said, II will get It for you the
first thing in the morning" We may have
talked about other things but II we did
I forget It, l returned to my office, and
the next morning about 10 o'clock, Finley
called me on the phone again and said,
This is Smith" He said. you wait in
your office until you hear from me-" About
an hour or two afterward, he called again.
This was on Thursday He said. Walk
| down on Twelfth street. between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets"
walked down to Walnut street and met
him right below the St. James Hotel. We'll"
l said, Finley, what about the money!" II
haven't got II now" he said, but II will be
all right. I will get YOU a thousand dollars
now and Will get you some more Monday"
We'll" | said, what time will get it?"
| Well" he said, Il am going to see about
1t now" or words to that effect. He said,
Where are you going now?" l said, Back
| to my office" He said, wait there until
you hear from me-" We talked a while
then went back to my Office 90.
Shortly after that l received n phone
| call again from Finley He said you will
! get that the first thing in the mail tomor-
row morning. The next morning was Fri
! day morning. About 10 or half-pRst ten.
or Il. o'clock, probably, 1 received n call
| from MFR. Smith" again. 1t was Finley.
| lie said, whats the number of your
ofiice?' said. "234 Real Estate Trust
Building" Well" he said, don't leave
! tueTt' ne sdlu 1ou VIII get n letter. |
| sat In the office until afternoon, and then
| went out TO have my lunch and came b lcli
| probably about | o'clock. I can't remem-
| Der just what time II was but when came
back Judge Persch was sitting in my office
and there was letter on my desk, a spe-
! cial delivery letter with big capital letters
| on it, my full name and office address.
| O. You mean your name was in capital
| letters? A. My name was in capital letters.
| l said to Persch, II guess this is the
| money" I had been talking to Persch about
| not receiving the money. and the treatment
we were getting from Finley.
Q. You mean Magistrate Persch? A,
| Magistrate Persch. | opened the letter, and
| there were two blank pieces of paper. Be-
| tween the sheets was a thousand-dollar
| note. picked up the thousand dollar note
| and said to Persch, IL don't like the feel of
| this thing"
Q. do not care for your conversation
with Persch. What did you do with the
note? A. gave it to Persch.
Q. To do what with it? A. To take 1t
to bank and get changed
Q. And he left? A. He left
Q. Now Mr.. Maloney what did you dc
that afternoon then? A. ! left on the 6
o'clock train Friday night for New York.
Q. Between the incident of the receipt
OF the $1,000 bill and your going 10 New
York. did you see anybody or talk with
anybody respecting these men that were
brought over in the Fifth Ward, or the af-
fairs of the Fifth Ward? A. In Philadel,
| phia?
@ Yes. A. No. sir.
@. How long were you in New York:
| A. Until Sunday night.
Q. Did you see James Clark in New
York? A I did.
Q. Where did you see him? A. At the
| hotel, 125th street and Seventh avenue. the
Sc Theresa. I gave him some money that
was due him from our office.
night? A. I went to Shanley's and met
Mr. O'Farrell
Q. What did you do on Saturday? A.
On Saturday l saw him.
Q. Did you have a conversation with Mr.
OFarrel? A Yes sir.
Q. Respecting the matters you have now
detailed? A. Yes, sir respecting this case
Q. When did you come to Philadelphia
next? A. Sunday morning.
| Q. With whom? A. With Mr.. O'Farrell
Q. Where did you go? A. l went to your
office.
O. How came you to come to my office
A. Well in consequence of a conversation
had with Mr.. O'Farrell in New York we
called you up.
Q. Not we. Who? A. Mr.. o'Farrel
called you up.
O. Did he make an appointment to see
me? A. He did.
@. When and where? A. At your Office
at o'clock on Sunday.
@. Did you and he come there? A. We
did
Q. Did you make a general statement
to me? A. l did.
O. In consequence Of what l said to yol
did you subsequently meet the District At
torney and myself? A. Yes. sir.
Q. And make your statement TO him
A. l did.
@. When did you next see or talk viii
Mr. Persch2 a. l didn't see Mr.. Perscf
again until Tuesday night last,
, O. How came you to see him? A.
called him up on the telephone ..
Q. In consequence Of that call, did he g
, 10 your house? A. He went to my house
at 1905 Chestnut street, at half-past TO-
/ Q. Did you ask him anything respecting
the note at that visit of his? A. Yes, sir
l / asked him what he>had done with tn
thousand dollar note. He said that he hat
put It in a trust company with trus
officer. .
O. Did you ask him for il? A. did an'
( he said he-welI, 1 asked him would h
! send It to nae in the next mornings mai
t by special delivery. He said he would
r O. The next morning did you receive
/, letter by special delivery? A. A speeia
delivery letter was sent 10 my house.
I O. Were you In the city and did you g
| o,,t - vo,,r house and get that letter? A