New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
Held Without Bail for Eek.
tradition to Penn
sylvania
Detectives Accused
Prisoner Tells Startling Story
to Bronx District At
torney

Investigation into political riots in
the 9Th Ward of Philadelphia last
Wednesday, eliminating in the murder
of a policeman, shifted TO New York
City yesterday. AS n result. the police
here arrested four alleged gunner in
The Bronx, suspected of being mem
bers Of a gang Of sixteen, who were
shipped to Philadelphia last week to
do "strOng arm" work in the primary
election there.
One of the alleged gunner made adj
missions last night, the police say,
which duplicate in the outrages num-
Der Of Philadelphia detectives and a
magistrate. The police expect to arrest
the "paymaster" of the gang who, it is
said, will be able TO divulge the iden-
tity of two men prominent In Phiiadel-
phia politics, who are said to have ar
ranged with him TO take the gunner TO
that city and furnished the money to
pay them.
Assistant District Attorney ]. II.
Maurer, Captain Callahan, of the Phil
adclphia Detective Bureaus Murder
Squad" and number of his men came
here yesterday. They went to the Office
of District Attorney Martin, in The
Bronx, where they identified two Of the
men as having been seen on the streets
of the 5fth Ward when Policeman
Eppley was shot 10 death and Mercan-
tile Appraiser James A. Carey beaten
with a club.
The men identified, according to the
police, were Ruggioro Falcone, of 1913
Boston Road, and Louis Brunnclli.
known as straight Louey," of 1887
First Avenue, The Bronx. The other
two men arrested deny that they were
in Philadelphia. The police say they
are Michael Dennechy. col Beekman
Avenue, and William Burkhard, 751 st.
AIMS Avenue, The Bronx.
Four Held Without Bail
The four were arraigned before Mag
istrate Ten Eyck in the Morrisania
Court Immediately after their arrest
and were held without bail. Philadel-
phia police officials are expected here
to-day with warrants charging the men
with conspiracy 10 murder
Falconc is said to have told District
Attorney Martin n startling story of
how he was approached last Sunday by
8 man who engaged him TO 20 to Phila-
delphia. The man promised him, he
said. $l5 a day. Falcone and fifteen
other men, the police say, met at the
PENNSYLVANIA Station Monday morning
and left on the II o'clock train for
Philadelphia.
Facone told the police that they
were taken TO a big hotel and enter
tanned there. In the afternoon sew
oral men came to the hotel, accord
ing 20 Falcone, flashed detective
badges and assured the men they
would be protected.
On Wednesday morning the men
were supplied with revolvers and
blackjacks, Falcone said, and taken to
the Fifth Ward. They were instructed
TO wear white ribbons in their vest
buttonholes and were told TO trough
things up
Denies knowledge of Murder
FaIcone protests that he knows moth
ing Of the murder of Policeman Epp-
lev. aNl adds that Wednesday night he
was TIMED off that he had better clear
out lie says all the gang left with
cut getting their promised pay.
Falcone, according 10 the police, will
be taken to Philadelphia shortly, and
with the detective force lined up before
him at Police Headquarters, will be
called on to identify the officers who,
he says, called on the gunner at their
hotel.
I'VE expect to nail the paymaster Of
the gang shortly" said District Attor-
nev Martin }ast night. "He is noto-
rious crook and we'll known 20 us.
1t appears he skipped with money he
was to pay his gang with, and is now
in New York City,