Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-20

interviews
Were the conditions yesterday due to
the work of the police for the Vares2" he
was asked
81 have no comment to make" he coun-
tered with another stock reply.
"Wil you transfer Lieutenant Bennett?'
Benuett is the commander of the Third and
De Lancey streets station, whose police are
accused Of thuggcry in intmidating anti
Ware voters.
"No." said the Director.
"Win Bennett and the other policemen
be brought before the police board on
charges growing out of this?'
"NO-o Absolutely no.
What do you think Of the police failing
to stop the troubIe?"
81 have no comment whatever TO make
I rave nothing to say
Later Director Wilson was interviewed"
again. He said:
"'Thc police have been out OF politics since
the third day Of January 1916"
BENNETT SITS IN JUDGMENT
Al the same time Director Wilson was
being interviewed" Lieutepant Bennett
was sitting as a member Of the court in the
police boards hearings Of charges against
policemen.
ORDERS TO POLICE
In the evidence that will be submitted to
District Attorney Rotan are positive
charges that the plain clothes policemen
sent to the Fifth Ward yesterday received
in substance the following instructions from
a police official:
you are to preserve order OF course,
you know that the Mayor is friendly 20 Ike
Deutsch."
Some Of the policemen, with more honesty
than regard for their jobs, baked at the
instructions. which ntimated that II there
was any disorder they were to LAY for
the Carey men; many surreptitiously de-
clncd to INK in for the Mayors friends"
because they were strangers in the ward and
had no interest N the factional feud but
the majority, either because they were
afraid their Jobs were In danger. or be-
cause they were dyed-in-the-wool "Organi-
zatiOn" men, obeyed orders.
other charges are that a standing
precedent in the Detective Bureau was
broken I'm the case Of the two prisoners.
According TO the charges, the two alleged
gunmen were permitted by Captain OF De-
tectives Tate to see their lawyer. Henry
j. Scott, before they were "sweated" by
detective inQuisitors at City Hall and that
the lawyer instructed them to keep mum"
The usual procedure is that no one is
allowed to talk with n man arrested for
murder until he has been put through the
thlrd degree by detectives
SCOUT REAL PROBE
Veterans in the Detective Bureau today
secuted the idea that the police investigation
OF the murder would be any more than a
perfunctory "railroading' of the two pris-
oners, without any regard for their EN-.
poyers. Upon conviction the matter would
drop, IL was said
An unverihed report today was that, be-
sides the confession which was given out
by the police as coming from Costello. the
alleged gunman had made another one in
writing, naming men In the Republican
"Organiz ltion" as having financed the bring
ing Of "hOaters" TO Philadelphia
There was little excitement in the ward
today, but the people were still edge.
watermelon man appeared in Spruce
street nenr Sixth. He was calling his
wares in "A characteristic, loud vender's
voice. Immediately crowds collected at
both ends Of the block.
Many crowds went through the streets
shouting for Carey with bodness which
they would not have exhibited any time be-
fore the election and school children openly
shouted approval of both candidates. Many
voters, who have been seen with the
Deutsch faction throughout the fight, were
openly offering congratulations to Carey
workers. Carey workers characterized this
as an effort on their part to get under
covers in view of a Deutsch defeat.
ASKS PRESIDENT FOR AID
A little daughter Of Isadore Stern wrote
a letter to President Wilson, In which she
said I'VE are in a terrible condition down
here, with people being beaten and hurt
and shot. The police are aga INST us, and
the Mayor and Governor refuse 10 listen to
our pleas for help. Please help us" Stern
said he did not know his daughter was writ
ing the letter and that he did not see IT,
but the child told him what she had writ
ten, and that she had sent the letter to the
White House last night
DEUTsCH BLAMEs MURDER FOR
DEFEAT
Isaac Detsch, the defeated candidate for
Select Councilman from the turbulent ward
admitted today that the killing contributed
TO his defeat adding that he would contest
the election.
Told that there was talk of arresting him
as responsible for the presence OF the thugs
he replied;
yes, ! know People have told me that
/ may be arrested. l am prepared for that
If they want me I'll be down here. But ]
had nothing to do with It and knew nothing
about II.
81 am sorry II happened. II is a re
Election on the ward and, in my estimation
caused my defeat. / am certainly sorry
that a man like Eppley was killed, because
he was doing his duty and ] always heard
that he was decent fellow"
Deutsch declared that when Police Cap
tain Mills Of the police traffic squad, asked
him yesterday about report that gunner
were being recruited In the Fifth Ward
Republican Club and that he had giVer
the keys % the club 10 the police Official
The Fifth Ward. which is bounded by
the Delaware River and Seventh. Chestnut