Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-27

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~. ,boir names. ! met mEsell Mue Shl'h'
kno~ ,ic the Flash. Joe Bakc'
Jtnh' la that Jimmie the Flash -
ouos ,be man in the jail with you?
faVDl',.or-Yes And Straight Louie
Ars%i- Ars,ior.-He is also in jail and known
:. Brunei? ,...,,. h..
Ans" s. Straight Louie. and Michael Dem
Mug
DESCRIBES GUNMEN
o,,os,lon--llc is also in jail with you'
,s7ver-Yes and Butch Costello Nick
~, Mike sullivan and Big ddN.
NJ tts',as,ion--W Where does he hang out"
Sev.cr-In Kenny's John Marino aud----
n,,cs,ion-John Marino--wncrc docs he
bsng out? ,. .......
some place ,-,.,... ,,,,....
is ,es,,er-A ne short, stocl,y fellow. Joe
sSS, SoSn,csti,n-what does he look like?
Snswer-Darli fellow, thin
ouestion-Mug Smith-what docs he Iook
HE? .,..,... ,o,,or.
oncstiou---po any Of these fellows nave
~. scars or cuts on their faces? Glasses.
,,1stache. cross-eycd. lame?
Answer don't know. no
ouestion--t;o ahead.
trsvcr--EIc says. Nick says. not to go
bunch but split up, Dcnning and I
I'm, IN and sat down together in the train
4 ,s,oro was "A strange man there ana that
tlov and Johnnie AIarino they sat to-
s.tber We left when we got to Phiadel-
enia don't know what time we arrived
,here. ! don't know what time 1t taxes
er Nic, Ritt took us ali down block from
,ho station and took six of us; put us OIL one
rnor and took the rest to different cor
80 and told us to wait there until he
nsno back. Nick Ritt came back and said,
a,,ome on with US
lie took us around to a hotel right nearby
Ne terminal The Eame OF the hotei Is inc
rsvstone Six Of US went in there. There
,as myself Straight Louie. Joe Bake. Den
,,ro another Italian whom I don I know
he had derby hat on-and Mug smith.
lie tells us TO stay there until he came
hack-stay in the hotel until he came back.
We stayed there. He came back ana hanu-
"a us a dollar each. six dollars in all lie
sovs go ahead and eat We went along
.anc street the same street on the
rlght by the keystone, you Know we
walked along there i'm different saloons and
had drinks and spent our dollar, and Nick
told us TO be back at the hotel, he wants
70 meet us at half past -four.
ouestion-Did you register in the hotel?
what names did you register under?
Answer don't remember.
ouestion-woud you recognize your
writing II you saw it?
Answer--Nes
ouestion-You registered. didn't you?
'Answer-Nes.
ouestion-what kind of a clerk was on
duty there. tall man or short man?
Answer don't know; ! didn't think OF
then.
Questions by District Attorney Mork:
Question--Go ahead.
Answer-Nick met us and said, Come
on" He took us for a walk along diff
ferent streets. We landed in park
Know There is a big building there OF
lthographs. all big windows. We met Mike
Sullivan there. He was sitting, | think
on stump of 4 tree Straight Louie wcnt
over to Mike Sullivan and said, "How
nuch are going to get?" Mike Sulli
van says. About SIS or $40 for two days.
: See? We sat in the park for the meantime
miybe half an hour or an hour I dom
know how long. And the first thing Mel
Gays, 81 am going over to the station house
Wherever the station house was L dom
know. We all sat in the park. He cam'
back with brand-new box with black ack,
IN It. Brand-new blackjaclls."
Questlon-what kind Of a box?
Answer-Pasteboard. braud-new box an,
backjacks. He distributed them to eacl
one of us in the Park. SO he took III
then to the club. l told you about that
lie took us to the club, some club -
Deutsch's club ! think. or Dcher's-in
we went into this club and walked in, an'
some fellow came over and says to Nick
What do you want here? Who are yol
looking for?' Nick didn't answer him. II
says, Have you any cards or anything?
No answer and with that Nick wake
out He was talking - somebody for
minute | stayed in the back, and he said
TtgFtN nNTnI s1nARa fNWs
while and the fellow took us upstairs w
sat upstairs for while. That is Tuesday
amt 1t? That is Tuesday. We sat for
while and they were playing cards.
Question-What did you say was in tn
big room there?
4 Answer-There was piano i'm the frs
room, piano. lot of pictures-you kno
now a club is pictures all around. TIL
fellow takes us upstairs. We went vi
ttars to the top floor and we sat ther
for while. First thing you know a ma
came upstairs with glasses.
Question-Now give us a good descriI
ton of this fellow with the eyeglasses,
answer think he was a Jewish man
Question-How big? AS big as Mr.. Ta1
hne or me (Mr, Mork) or Mr.. Mccain?
answer-About as big as Mr.. Taulane.
Question-Lght or dark?
Answer-A little gray hair in here Ond
eating side Of head.
Question-What kind of glasses?
Answer-Plain gold glasses, spectacl
nke Mr. Mork, not like the stenographe
ne says, Where is Nick?' Nick sal
Here l am" He says, Couple of men
snd they went out. A couple went ou
Whatever they done, ! don't know. Tn,
came back and then we sat there for ma
oe half hour. This fellow came up agai
ahd said. Where is NicS?" Nick sal
mere ! am And Nick got 4 couple
more fellows and they went out and can
PACK and said, well, we handed IL to the
Two guys They sat down. We stay,
.uere Tor while again and they brOug
w cigars and boxes of beer. SO | dol
know what time it was he started. L doi
KNOW whether 1t was 10 or II o'clock, Z
eiiow came up with the eyeglasses al
.aid' The bunch this time" We we
over to the club. l don't know what eli
y was We all went over there. ] say
,Mug' where are they going?" l hadl
oeeh out with them-I hadn't been. We
vent out that time and went to the cit
aug smith and was together. We alwa
nu eu Dack. | wasn't used to that woi
ne an went out and went over to the clI
sNd Mug Smith and / was in the back
tsen them go in the club and start fig
mere. l know they ran out. j hea
People yelling
Vuestion-Before they came out did y