Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-02
CRIME CHARGED
TO MAYOR AND
ELECTION THUGS
State Senator Ware Said to
Have Put Up Money For
Gunmen
VISITED WARES OFFICE
Maloney Alleges Deutsch Told
Him Little Man Would
Pay"

Philadelphia, Oct. 2.-The hear
ing of Mayor Thomas b. Smith and
others accused of being implicated
in the Fifth ward political murder
was held to-day before President
Judge Charles l.. Brown of the
municipal court, sitting as a COM
mitting magistrate.
Nine men We're arraigned in the
presence of a crowd that packed the
municipal court room on the sixth
floor of City Hall. All are charged
with conspiracy to commit murder
and some have additional charges
laid against them.
The defendants are: Mayor Smith,
William e. Finley, chief lieutenant
of the Ware brothers. Select Coun-
Gilman, executive director of the Re-
publican City Committee, and mer-
camille appraiser; David Bennett, po-
lice lieutenant of the Second district,
which embraces the Fifth ward;
Isaac Deutsch, candidate for Select
Council in the Fifth ward, the fight
over whose nomination resulting in
the killing of Policeman George A.
Eppley, by an alleged New York
gunman; John Wirtschafter and
Michael Murphy, district detectives.
Lewis Feldman and Emanuel Brum,
special policemen; c. II. Hayden, a
negro policeman.
In addition to the foregoing. four
alleged gangsters are eunder arrest
in New York and three in Philadel-
phia. One of those under arrest here.
Jacob Mascia, is charged with the
actual killing Of the policeman.
Samuel c. Maloney, an old Re-
publican leader in the Fifth ward,
and now local agent of the Nalo's
Farrell detective agency, was called.
Maloney was arrested yesterday on
charge of conspiracy of murder
and was paroled in the custody of
Mr.. Gordon.
Deutsch Incriminated
Maloney said Deutsch came to his
Office about ten days before election
and said he wanted eighteen HUSKY
men" for work in the Fifth ward on
primary day. Deutsch, Maloney said,
"told him a gang of men were COM
ing down from the Tenth ward to
rough things" and he wanted to be
prepared.
Maloney said he asked who was to
pay the expenses and Deutsch re-
piled "the little fellow" Maloney
said Deutsch meant Senator Ware
Malonev said he turned Deutsch
over to mike" Sullivan. of his of
flee and Deutsch and Sullivan ar
ranged to bring the men from New
York. 1t was also arranged that
the men should wear white ribbon
and not badges. MaloneY said he
gave instructions that no one must be
hurt in the Fifth ward because his
business was more important than
politics.
At Wares Office
Continuing, Maloney said he went
TO Senator VareS office to see about
the expenses and met Congressman
William S. Ware and William E. Fin
ley. the Ware political lieutenant
Maloney said he asked about the
money and was told by the Congress
man that Deutsch had ample funds
and everything would be all right
When he was leaving Finley told
Maloney not to worry about the eX-
penses as everything would be all
right.
On the street, Maloney said he met
Senator Ware, who told him to see
Captain Tate, of the City Detective
Bureau, and arrange to have detec-
tives sent into the Fifth ward. MAJ
loney said he saw Tate and arrange
ments were made.
Coming down to the day of the
primary, Maloney told of what hap
nened i'm the ward, the efforts to get
the gunmen out of the city after the
shooting and his efforts to get Fin
ley to pay the men. Maloney told
of meeting Finley in the Ritz Carl
tol Hotel on the afternoon of the
primary and asked him for money.
Maloney said he needed 81 900 to pay
the men. Finley said, according to
Maloney, he did not have it but
would see what he could do. Ma
loney said he again saw Finley the
next day and Finley again did not
have the money. On the day follow
ing this Maloney said, when he
reached his office, a special delivery
letter was there. In it were two
piece of blank paper and between
them was a 81 900 note.