Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-02


Ed Ware came to me after the session
Of the LegIs,itruie, and aaiu See what
stern did to the Salus bill Can 60 after
Carey nowY ! told him. Yes, ed, no thb
limit. viii stand behind YOU" stern testi.
fed, the Mayor told him.
"But AIR Mayor I voted for the Salus
bill, while some others did not. why don't
YOU go after Dave Lane? His man voted
against it," stern said he asked the Mayor.
"Oh, Lanes n totterlng old man. and
don't want to kill him. I'm going after
Carey" the Mayor replied, according to
Stern.
stern injected some humor into the hear.
ing by testifying that the Mayor had lost
a silk hat to him (Stern) on the result ~
the Fifth Ward election.
The bet was made. said Stern, on Satur-
day night, September 8, when he delivered
Carey's letter warning the Mayor.
This Is horrible" Stern said the Mayor
exclaimed when he had read part OF t. 'ff
this is true, I'll put a stop to It,"
Stern testified that the following dav
the Mayor said to him, Judge Gordon
wrote that letter. You can't frighten me ,
The Mayor then wanted to know whether
McNichol knew about the letter Stern
said he told him that McNicho did mol
know about II.
showed him the letter. McNichol kept il.
he said.
He said. that Detective Souder told him
the next night that his investigation had
shown that conditions In the Fifth Ward
were worse than the Mayor had been told
Stern gave the most damaging testirnonv
against the Mayor when he told how Ia
had warned Lieutenant Bennett that gun.
men had been imported and that later he
had called up the Mayor In Atlantic City
over the long-dlstance telephone and lad
warned him of the thuggery and riotinR
a
carry him to Philadelphia so that he could
put a stop 10 1t.
"Oh, ] want to get my nights sleepH
Stern said the Mayor answered.
MAYOR SMILING AND CHEEKY
Smiling. CHEEKY and confident Nlseor
Smith was one Of the first Of the defendants
to arrive in the courtroom. Accompanied
by his counsel, bodyguRrd and couft n.
1cers, he emerged from his Office On ths
second floor Of City Hall at 1853 o'cl5ck
Good morning, boys" he said cheerulb
to a group Of newspaper men. How are
your
As the elevator bearing the Mayor
reached the sixth floor 1t was met BY
Gordon of policemen, who ushered the Mayor
into Room 676, where the stage was SCI
Among those with the Mayor were Diree.
tor of Public Safety Wilson, his counsel
James Scarlet. Of ID lnville; Colonel She.don
Potter and former Judge Abraham NJ. Belt.
Ter and his body guard, Detective George
Benz.
The entrance of Mercantile Appraiser
James A Carey, McNlchol leader of the
Bloody Fifth" to save whom Special Po.
liceman George A. Eppley lost his life, was
the signal for a commotion.
CAREY COMES BANDAGED
His head swathed in bandages, Carey IN.
tered the room ten minutes before the heaf.
ing began. He leaned heavily on the arins
-iof his physician, Or. Maxwell Herman.-
Deputy Constable Tommy" Gleaves. OF
Magistrate Harrlgan's office, and an ex-
policeman who served under Carey when
tho latter was a police Lieutenant
Carey walked with labored efforts de-
termined to testify at tho hearing IN spite
Cf his wounds. AS he approached the door
several persons rushed forward to grip his
hand. Doctor Herman interposed, asslng
them not to excite him.
Thanks boys" said Carey weakly as
he sat down.
Doctor Herman said that ne had advised
Carey not to attempt to attend the hearing
because of his weakened condition, but
that the injured ward leader had insisted
on being there.
In like manner, the appearance OF Ma
loney, the star" witness for the Commdn
wealth, caused excitement. He was take
to the District Attorneys. office at 10:,e
where he was kept under close guard.
Admission to the courtroom being only
by card, hundreds of persons were disap
pointed when they arrived shortly before
the opening of the hearing Elevator after
elevator carried its human cargo TO the
sixth floor, only to be met by the extra 10,
icemen and sent back without unloadinga
Two hours before the time set for !
arraignment more than 1000 persons n =
tammed into the west corridor OF the sin
floor, swarmine about the entrance. %
traordinary precautions were taken to pr
vent disorder. te
The formal arralgnment Of the defendants
was made by Judge Brown at ;5S o'clock,
two minutes before the hour set. BY that
time all the defendants and their counsel
had been seated william A. Carr and
Edwin M Abbott represented Finley. Coun-
sci for Deutsch. Bennett and Murphy was
William Rorke, who argued with City Hal
guards for half an hour before he was ad.
mitted through an explanation by DetactNa
Joseph McClain of the District Attorney :
office.
The first witness to be called was Dk
rector Wilmer Krusen, OF the Department
or Public Health and Charities. His testt-
mony disclosed that Senator McNchol
would be unable to testify today. Director
Krusen said:
Senator McNichols condition is such
that advised against him coming here,
at least for today. He hasn't fully recov-
ered' and to have him appear in court would
ehdahser his chances of recovering fully