Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-25
GUNMAN
|Eg|A|LS BLOODY 5TR
. /, Genuine and Somewhat
|Isli Ios:irerent Ward Defender
B3aanished From Post
i Up IN GUNNYsACK
Inherent Now, Oldest In
l'll,sY I,s.rt Moans-Not Like Days
''Oi g washington Grays

-, tender and true, what
eunran ward do without you?
!" I'D place don't seem ''e s"'"s ..,,S W.
= fhe Q" cal The dear old wind
pfs SUI point Breeze piggeries SOD
& ~ Oh ~, .rcn the dear old trees as
i rssopieH ,.r for the touch Of vanished
fnsn rrho blue arc light on the corner
nfpacN ., keen the tears back, and the
NDks nSiN .,,,.rine the corner of Seventh
fse '' s,reets .squeals in a paroNysm
,..,,vement as it sl<ids over ''' '
rI'so -, scam like old times in the
no "a no more no ways nohow'
rN w., ,be skids under the only
[ ,.., and Somewhat Different sun'nu'' ~
esn ward. and the place where ne
II fn" his eat is as empty as the
tsd 70 p% dortist has Just pulled tooth
nc that the ue'''S' ~
t.s.re d helas, alas, and OIL OIL
oldest INHABlTANT SAD
too rhoked with sobs and
Rm ,h the Oldest lnhabitant of the
rasnltey,.,ss,,' NOW sits in front of his deli
BODY r,t nd recalls the happy, happy
u.fssen snOt ha only Original and Some
tF M'snrort punman was first seen III
~ ph osnbodeI meadows between the
napp' o Piver and Seventh street
hhW@e tbese stunted. rat-faced mus
sOus trom Frog Hollow was the only
Fsss Nine feet high he was ana
ugnss' matter of three tons IN MS
e,cking feet .,.., .ee t,,s redeetal
s \. wing out fiat, wrapped IN euhnE
" and bound with ropes IN IRON, oi '.,o
- Guards shelter house III WaspIns W"
rn re- a hard life for a gurman.
t ,s "IIamlet" with Hamlet lett out?
hM 10 the Fifth Ward without a
q mman? .,,,,,, nay, Michael
nv. ~ srst gunman reared his height
~ ~ naven1euts bseCting Washington
nd dominated the Fifth Ward
49, carkv was only cop then ana Ike
mao ,ae not heard of in The city 5
t@s..i circles. Sweetly pastoral was the
~, lowed around the square, tol
nos fhe good old days when the
us msn that carried gun was a soldier
~ WASHINGTON GRAY UNIFORM
I. ,hs first runman was dressed in the
..I,.rm of the Washington Grays' artillery
~. with the loug-tailed. tightly httlnG
s.r and the tall shake worn by soldiers in
81 s-rs.ican War. which was still going on
II ~, ibe washington Grays were organ
4 IA They didn't get into the Mexican
-. M when the Civil War broke out
d AZ wore the first to leave for Washington
~ thls city. un formed and armed and
roIrne for a fight They mobilized for
i,t departure at a spot that has since
kome notable for a far different reason
a 4 Seventh street just south of Walnut, on
4 a. vest side Of Washington Square.
Il is this spot which became famous a
B rmth ago as the place where dozen
a srnsketeers" from New York mob!lized
ther onslaught upon the peace and quiet
the Fifth Ward-two blocks from the
81 8rot where Policeman Epplcy was shot
h 1oyn twenty-four hours later hy one OF
\ pelr number.
II Il has been only two weeks since Michael
ii Sullivan, who, according to his own tes
i tmony brought the murder squad from
New York, thus described before Judge
Brown the manner i'm which he piloted his
Hfages to the square:
n Z told Maloney | had got the mob here
q Be said to turn them over to Jimmie Clarl
Il u Seventh and Walnut streets. did.
srt down to Seventh and walnut streets
nd met Clark there. lie was alone.
81 bid, Here is the mob They were in tht
nh"
YhLAINY BEHIND GUNMAN'S BACK
The Only Original Gunmau, the brouz
r Tatue erected by the Washington Grays II
hsmOry Of brave men who had d ed so tina
n 'toyGnnient of the PEOPLE, by the peoplt
Nd Tor the people might not perish from
De earth," was then standing silent on hi
PEDESTAL in the center of the square, will
b back turned to them. Nor was any sin
/. Tt living resident Of Philadelphia thel
being them to block their purpose.
fountain, not another monument, is I
PIE the place of the statue just remove
pom Its accustomed spot this week. Th
mn Wrd, whose bathing facilities ar
Foysrbally lacking. is agOg with excite
8 ssnt over the announcement. Has the city
nentlon of cleaning up the Fifth War
tne 10 such a pitch that the fountain
modelled on the lines of a bathtub
II use cleanliness can go no further, If sue
lhe plan.
sI though the Original Gunman ha
.lHen from his pedestal in the center of tn
III NAie' he is to be erected once more upo
.o'her pedestal a thirty-tone granite bas
slNa Is aid on the spot where the Wasf
as'oh Grays assembled before they set o
service In the Civil War. It is on til
VI the square, on the Seventh stree
~, overlooking the benches i'm which tn
e HOLLOW gunner sat and waited ia
Wuers TO preserve law and order
flith Ward elections of / month age
me Fifth Ward will never lose a CUR