Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-16
ARREST OF BRONX
THUGS IMPENDING
District Attorney Announces
Probability of Three More
in Fifth Ward Case
40" ACCUSES DEUTSCH
Charged With Ballot Stufiing
and Theft of BoX-Vares
Strike Back

The impending arrest Of three more ~
/ the Bronx "strong-srn' gang in tho
, Bloody Fifth" ward primary election mur-
der conspiracy was announced today by
I District Attorney Rotsn.
This was the days most recent happen
ing IN the turbulent ease. with It's many
rsnlhoations. one event fairly tripping over
the other
Isaac peutsch one Of Mayor smiths
eight codefcndants bound over for the No
vember Grand Jury on murder conspiracy
charges IS arrested late yesterday with
thirteen followers or new charges Of steal
ing and stuffug ballot boN in the Bloody
Fifth All of the accused were put under
$500 bail for further hearing next Monday
before Magistrate Fenshsw.
OF those arrested with peutSc'h siS are
policemen Of the Third aud pr l.ancry
streets station. The warrants were sworn
out hy the Committee of Seventy on ar
, ndlNlts by George Flyr'a Judge Of cleo
ton in the division. and his son, Policeman
John j. Flynn.
The warrants also charge conspiracy to
prevent a FREE election by fraud. intim da-
ton. threats and assaults.
Forty more arrest are hHlng planned hl
: the Committee Of seventy. They will he
made within th, next few days, 1t was
said All are the result Of alleged election
ofenses in the ward on primary election
day.
! The committee made the charge outright
/ that eight fake votes We're stuffed into the
/ ballot box I'm question in the first division
( Of the ward.
THREE ARRESTS IMPENDING
The arrest OF three more Of the BrouN
! ''strong-arm' gang that invaded the Firth
! Ward during the primary election can be
[ expected at any time, District Attorney
/ Rotan announced today. following long
! conference with District Attorney Martin
! and Assistant District Attorney Mork Of
/ Bronx County, New York.
When the two Bronx officials arrived.
/ Alike" Sullivan. Commonweath's witness.
/ who re, ruited the "StrOug-arm mob and
| who Is unedr $4,000 bail on murder con-
| spiiacN charges, was summoned to the
/ District Attorneys office, were Fred
! C'Whitsy'D Burihardt and Mike" ben
aehy. two Of the seven men facing murder
| charges, who have confessed their snare In
! the thuEgery.
After the conference Mr. Rotau said that
| the gunmen's rendezvous in New York had
been under close surveil nce but that the
| arrests were expected elsewhere Seven
| of the eighteen thugs recruited in the Frog
| Hollow" section of the Bronx have been ar
| rested. the other eleven having eNaded ar
| rest.
The long conference In the District At
tOrneyS ONCE later was ATTENDED ny marry
| u. Wescott. Sullivan's counsel, and mys-
terous man from New York, who accom-
! panied Martin and Morlt
At the end Of the conference late this
! afternoon. District Attorney Rotan am
! nounced that he had obtained much addi-
| tional information Of great value in the
case, but would not indicate the nature of
it, He would not say whether or not he
would press charges against the police for
obstruction Of justice.
The hearing of James T. Clark, the "mar
| with eyeglasses on murder charges. will
| be held tomorrow before Magistrate Steven.
SON Clark, who is being held without bail
is alleged 10 have guided the gunmen in the
| ward pointing out their victims. He Is one
of the CommOnwe witnesses
! Senator Ware fulfilled his threats to cause
the arrest OF editors and writer's Of news
papers late yesterday.
! At the Senator's instance warrants have
been issued for officials and employees oil
the Philadelphia Press.
The warrants accuse the defendants nj
criminal libel as the result OF the publics-
| ton of accounts of the murder Cf Detective
Eppley and the hearing of Mayor Smith
| and his Codefendants,
Warrants We're issued for Alden March
president and editor OF the Press; Samuel
| Calvin Wells. associate editor. Robert IL
| Kruger secretary and treasurer; j. w
| Mayors. business manager, and Richard j.
! Beamish, reporter. An official Of the Press
said last night that there were no comment:
10 be made on the suit.
The hearing Of the charges against tn,
defendants. originally set for noon today
was postponed this morning until tomor
row. when they will have a hearing befor,
Magistrate Coward. at the Central sta
| tion.
The warrants issued by Magistrat,
, | Coward, allege that certain headlines ap
bearing over accounts of the hearing il
I 81 No FALSE gp4u6n ID &
malicious aud delamstory lbe!s."
with Deutsch are accused election Off
| cia1s of the first division OF the Fifth Ward
and several p licemen, all of whom also
were taken into custody. Those arrested
follow John Redmond. Judge of election
| lanes Hughes majority Inspector Edward
Cassidy, minority inspector; AleNaude'
! Boyd. clerk to minority inspector; Police
man Richard W Henry, of the Third and
/ De Lancey streets station; Policeman Ed
ward Looney, Policeman Robert w Wea
| YER Policeman Lewis Feldmau, also held
Wit. Deutsch by Judge Brown; Thoma'
Quinn Edward Horan John Horan. Police
, man william Green and Policeman JohI
Troyanua
EPPLEY INQUEST POSTPONED
The Coroner's inquest into the death o
Acting Detective George \. Eppley. who's
killing at the hands OF imported New Norl
gunner preclpItated the Bloody Fifth
NdEu thdlbcN' was NohaN poaApoloh hIA'
Friday 1t was originally set for tomor
| row.
Coroner Knight. who is Nare-Smith ad
? herent was asked II the poStpOnement hs,
any relation to the fact that the hearing o
Samuel c. Malouey. one Of the Common
wealth's chief witnesses IN the murder con
Z spiracy case against Mayor Smith and hi
eight codefsndants. is scheduled 60 be he,
before Magistrate Watson Thursday.
40" replied Coroner Knight. my ac
| ton has nothing to do with Maloney'
hearing. II was necessary to postpone III
inquest because we We're not ready wit
our witnesses and evidence"
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