Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-20
CHARGES CORONER
PLAYED POLITNS
Maloney's Attorney Accuss.
Knight of Reversing Him. M
self at Inquest
WARNED ONE OF GtNMpr

Coroner knight was accused 49,
former Representative ]. WashInO,Ousy Ousy BY
OF reversing himself at yesterda,,,on Logue
into the killing Of Acting Detective mnqueS
A. Eppley in the Bloody Flftbn Seorge
primary election Ward
Coroner Knight, a Vare-Smith
leader, gave one of the men accnso5 5gV1uteal
case the opportunity to keen "n,I,,,,, N The
inquest while he attempted 10 forcN q, hs
eliminating testimony from anotS.ee IN
cording to Mr.. Logue. who addsa ac-
script today to his refusal IN su posl'
client. Samuel G. Maloney. PhIlaS' h
manager Of the Val O'Farren Ds,oI,1la.
Agency, TO testify before the Coronsr 'eO'Ns
Mr.. Logue asserted that Coroner KD,.,.
virtually invited Lefty" dl Roma sw .xi
Costello, one of the Bronx "blackiacls s alas
not to incrininate himself by ,es,,t',nl nea
and at the same time insisted ON fs,ns fo.,,nss
testimony from Maloney, who accrSnS
conspiracy to murder Is one OF tba ~ VI
monwealth's chief witnesses in Tho ,,..Om Nom'
tion of Mayor Smith on murder cop.ose p.osecu-
charges. Mr.. Logue blocked the Cornnss,I Cpsg
effort to have Maloney held as an acc.s.'a s.s
with Costello, by refusing TO allow Msio"!s,
TO testify on the ground that II rnIshs ~
crimlnate him s"' M
Yesterday IL you will rememhorn =,
Mr.. Logue In his postscript 10 his d,sssea
of the Coroner yesterday. when Dotao.,s'
Belshaw was testifying about tbe co.s..
sion Costello made to the police Cor.S
Knight asked Belshaw If he had infs.sus, i.ous,
Costello that he had a constitutional rGus,
to say nothing and that anything he o,os,
say would be used against him when n.
case was tried In court Belshaw sss
that ne mad. After that Belshaw was Rlysn
permission to read Costello's statenner,
Coroner Knight, however, made No ,r.,
concession in the case of my client Nm NJ.
Maloney. 1t did not occur to me- a, ~.
time, but II It had I certainly should hsr.
called the Coroner's attention to this Az
crepancy"
Representative John r. X Scott. couD..,
for State Senator Edwin II. Ware Nh.
promises an expose of a "frame-up' asa,n.,
Mayor Smith, was asked today to commer,
on the veiled charges Of former Jua1,
James Gay Gordon that the vare-smIn
charges of a "frame-up" are in themselvs,
a "frame-up"
II haven't read It yet" said Congress.
man Scott; but l should say that 'Judr.,
Gordon ought to know all about frame.ups
from Adams time"
In his statement Judge Gordon traced
the history Of "frame-ups" from the time
of Adam.
a report that Mr.. Gordon would su.
Congressman Scott for libel for today's
statement was neither denied nor confirmed
by Mr.. Gordon.
81 shall take the Sabbath and think it
over" he said.
MALONEY HEARING NEXT WEEK
The hearing of the murder conspiracy
charges against "Sam" Maloney, whin
we're rudely interrupted when District Al.
torney Rotan peremptorily took the case
out of the hands of Mr.. Scott, probably
Will be heard before Magistrate Watson
the middle or latter part of next week
Mr.. Rotan today said that his office Is
busy going over the testimony furnished
| by the private" prosecution against Ma
| loney and that 1t will take several days 10
| go over It, check 1t up with what evidence
| he already has and otherwise prepare thu
case. Mr. Gordon, the independent prose
| cutor of the Mayor, also is examining The
new evidence in detail
The hearing Of Isaac Deutsch and thlr.
| teen followers accused of ballot stuflnE
| and stealing in the first division Of III,
| Bloody Fifth" is scheduled for Tuesda,
before Magistrate Renshaw.
| Mayor Smith and his codefendants, who
| are out on $4,000 bail pending action oi
| the November Grand Jury on conspiracy :,
murder and other charges. will make thei
next move in an effort to checkmate III,
| prosecution on October 20. Habeas corpu,
| proceedings brought by the Mayor and
others are scheduled for that date befort
| Judge Martin.
| Jacob Sgueglia. alias Butch" Mascla
member of the Frog Hollow MusketeerS
and one Of the white Ribbon Men" VIII
terrorized the Fifth Ward on primary day
was formally charged by the coroner's jur
with having murdered Eppey. John
! Roma, alias Lefty" Costello anothe
member of the group Of gunner importe
from New York for the election thuggery
was charged with being an accessory befoT
| the fact. Both were committed withou
| bail by Coroner Knight at the inquest