Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-19

J torily immediately after the SHOOTING
MAYOR SMITHS COMMENT
yybep Informed of murder and rioting
! DO, ttc 1is.riGt Ntnvr. Smith said q was
/ decIorabic
'.lwery effort was made To prevent just
/ epcb n fbina" no said az stand back of
! tne roJiTe and the ward is flIcd with po-
/ licenlep. II either side had fighting men
down there and there were tuiings and
} ehootiugs thcs, are police matters ami viii
be attended TO I have not received any
( particulars p.ld until hear more ] viii
not know who js i'm the right or wrong.
/ J am doing the bes. T can to maintain
! peace and quiet iu the polling places iu
that section
ON being told ol e TulunT that former
/ Judge James Gay Gurdpu had sworn ont a
/ warrant for his arrest ON the charge Of con-
81, et.Iu5ros Ice rsy,s,, ,' nan, AVA, and TeTer
/ will. n any one has a warrant for me l'u
/ be here all day"
Later the MAYOR conferred with coroner
Kuight ana requested him TO make an In-
vestgation OF the Fifil ward murder indie
pendent Of the police. Director Of Public
Safety Wilson also viii make an uvestiga-
ton. IL is rumurcd that Alfred !, Souder.
former aaptain Of detectives. will conduct
the investigation for Director Wilson.
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state senator Edwin II. Ware. patron Of
Mayor smith ana closely allied with him
III politics was told OF the killing and
asked to comment on II.
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~ ~ couhecuoh WIN me tItlh ward conteFL
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more than that they were interfering ,riti,
conscriptiof.
After ali the.chargeg against Ro,erbau,n
and the others Interfering with conscrip-
ton were made, the United States Grand
JuIF eNonerated nm and that was the only
arrest made.
Carey narrowly escaped death according
70 eye-Withesses OF the attack They said
"nat Mascls' alter beating carey, placed \
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duc,od ard ,,,, T,, ~. o h,,I. 20
! Eppley. who orumpled and fell.
The dead policeman a plain-ClOthes
detective Of the SiSty-frst and Thompson
| streets station, who for the last nve years
! has been a member Of the vice squad and
/ the anti dope squad. He was thirty years
old single, and lived at 51l6 Merton avenue.
. Tie was appointed a policeman July 30,
. 1910. Ills record was excellent
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\ tfiDu'e L. Ipp'e@' Who is survived by
. - aged molhel, Mrs Theresa Eppley, was
paid by Carey 'nor, who said that he had
simply done ni9 duty without regard for
politics.
pa.ral8.g that l-,Ir..,. ,,,as o,is ,r ,l,. ant
aide ,,CIire',..-, .art IN tbe ward +, i,tfroi-
I dato ,,a,n,- sr,pn,rters ibe,, nointod omt tre
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Carey men recalled today the words "f
! Mayor smith last Wednesday, when 25O
/ Deutsch followers called upon the Mayor
I in City Hall and protested that the police
/ had been uujustly accused OF brutality
! The MAYOR said then:
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I IN do tbef. drtr than beads must he
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/ ,ts rNii,o ,,.o r., tbo Tigl,y or ,be ,rroro-
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are acting ir good faith until ii is proved
/ otherwise
HARRY McNICHOL SAW ATTACK
IIsrr,- NcNichoi. son of State Senator
F ,rrNi.hoI VAS ~, fhe Fiftr ward and VII