New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-09
FROG HOLLOW men
HIRED FOR MURDER
Congressman, Senator and Mayor
Named in Big Shake-Up Scandal

Sullivan, a private detective of New
Hollow gunner and brought them
from New York for service" in the
Firth Ward on primary election day,
when a policeman was murdered,
made dramatic appearance at the
resumption Of the hearing of the muir
der conspiracy charges against Mayor
Smith, William E. Finley, Isaac
Deutsch, and their co-defendants.
Sullivan stepped from among the
spectators when his name was called,
took the stand. and told his story.
quietly without the slightest indica-
ton of excitement or the least evil
dence of a desire to shield himself,
he rehearsed the preliminaries to the
engagement of the "musketeers,' or
the mob" as he called them; he
named the price they were to re-
ceive; he told of the purchase by
himself of the white ribbon, their
badge; of the arrangements made
between his chief, Samuel G. Ma
loney, manager of the Val O'FarreI
Detective Agency, and Isaac Deutsch
and finally Of his horror at the news
of the murder of Policeman Eppley
and of his flight.
Sullivan was captured Saturday
night by detectives attached to the
district attorneys office on an island
in the Delaware River, where he had
sought relief he said, from the men
tai torture induced by contemplation
of the murder. The first the CITY
Detective Bureau knew of the arrest
was when Sullivan walked into court.
There has been friction between the
district attorney and the ponce a.
thorities over the handling OF the
case 1t was stated that Sullivan VOL
unfairly turned states evidence.
This witness was the most lmpor-
tant of the day. In effect he veri-
fed the testimony of Maloney as to
the part Deutsch played in the en-
ed up the testimony of preceding wit
nesses concerning his part in the
of the gunner and his
work as a go-between for some of the
men accused at the hearing.
The witness said the arrangements
for the importation of the gunner
were made in the presence of Deutsch
who was contesting James A. Carey's
war leadership and candidacy for Sc
lect Council, and a certain magls-
trate, who, the prosecution contends,
issued in wholesale fashion blank
warrants for the arrest on primary
election day of Carey followers. Ma
loney, at this meeting, Sullivan said,
gave him 500 to pay transportation
expenses of the men brought here and
remarked in Deutsch's presence that
"the money was to be used in getting
the men here for Mr.. Deutsch.'
Sullivan said that Maloney gave
him 500 after the row and told him
to clay low" He fed to a lumber
camp on the island in the Delaware
River at the Delaware Water Gap,
and remained there until he was ar
rested.
At the request of District Attorney
Rotan, Sullivan was held under So
900 bail for a further hearing We'd
nesday on a charge of conspiracy.
An entirely new phase of the case
was presented by Fire Lieutenant Ed
win M. Fair, who declared he had
been let in on the game, which was
planned as early as July, for police
activities in the Fifth Ward. He said
he was to lead one section of the
"mob" and Lieutenant Bennett the
other. BY this method 1t was be-
lieved, "everything would be over
early" He told of a conference at
the Atlantic City cottage of Isaac
Deutch, in which he said the mayor
and Police Captain Kenny partlcl-
pated Deutsch, he said, told him
Kenny declared he wanted a shot
at Carey's head" because the opposi-
ton leader had "sneered at him in
City hail.
HE said" declared Fair, "he would
send 500 police in patrol wagons into
the ward if that number were neces-
sary to beat them up
1t was near the end of Fairs tes-
timony when he delivered a blow
| which brought such audible express
sions of surprise from every quarter
! Of the court room that the proceed
ings were halted while officers shout
| ed for order.
| "Deutsch," he said, gave it out
| that in case of trouble Senator Ware
had made arrangements for battling
all hands"