Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-03
WILSON REFUSES TO
TRANSFER BENNETT,
McNICHOL'S SON SAYS
HARRY 4. McNICHOL sworn.

HARRY \. McNICHOL sworn.
By Mr. Gordon-Q You are the son of
Senator James p. McNichol? y. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you see Thomas b, Smith the
Monday before election? \, Monday night
before election.
Q. Where did you see him? ~ Atlantic
City.
@. Please tell me the conversation you
had with him. 4. ! called on the Mayor
and he asked me the condition Of my
father, and | told him that It was n very
serious case, and the doctor had told me
that afternoon. that if he received any great
shocks it might be fatal to him. So the
Mayor told me he was very much depressed
over the condition and told me he would
do anything i'm his power he could to help
him. So | told him he was very much
interested in Jimmy Careys fight in the
Fifth Ward, and ! thought il he read on
the day after election that he had been de
feated, It would be shock 60 him, and ]
was down there then to ask him II he
could not prevent that in any way, and he
said that he would do anything he could.
So told the Mayor my father had told me
he had promised to put Captain Callahan In
charge Of the Third District, and he said.
10, he had never promised that told
him ] didn't know whether he had or not,
| but my father was under the impression
| that he had and was banking on II. lie
said, We'll. / never did promise him. but
under the conditions, and seeing the serious
condition he is in, I will put Captain Cal
! lahan in charge tomorrow
! O. In charge Of what? y. The Third
| district police station. and | thanked him
| very much, and ] also told him that Mr.
| Carey and Mr.. Stern had told me that there
we're nine men transferred from the Second
| District to the Third and were doing strong
| arm stuff down there.
! WARNS OF STRONG-ARM STUFF
O. What strong-arm stun did you tell
| him they were doing? \. | told him Just
what had heard from Mr.. stern and Mr.
| Carey-that they were
! O. What did you tell him? ~ That II
| any of the Carey men would be walking
| along the streets and they would bump into
! them. and they would resent that, that
another officer would come along and grab
| them and take them to the station house
and / told him ] didn't see anything fair
in it.
q. You said there were nine men removed
from the Second to, the Third districts
A. That was my understanding; that u
what | told the Mayor
Q. What did he say? ~ That he woulc
tend to that tomorrow that he didn't intend
to go to the city until Tuesday afternoon
but he would go up in the morning ant
have Director Wilson meet him at noon
| time and have those men transferred bacl
|
O. Did you tell him who some Of thOs'
| nine men We're? A. | mentioned three
| names all that / could remember
@. What were they? A. Tram, Feldmai
and wirtschafter
q. Did he say he would have them re
moved back to their own district the mex
day A. He was to meet Director Wilson
at noontime on Tuesday.
A. And that he would have those mel
transferred back TO their own district? A
Captain Callahan sent down TO the Thir'
! District
d @ what about Tuesday? A, Tuesda!
1 learned from Mr. Carey about, | guess
, about half-past six or quarter to seven
A ! tha1 those men were stil In the district
7 so l called the Mayors home on the phon
i at Atlantic City about ten minutes of eight
c. That night? A. Tuesday night The
: told me they didn't expect him down unit
d about O'Clock, to call then. At abOu
| five minutes of nine | got the Mayor %
T the bhone and told hm-hrst told ht
l. the condition of my father and told hir
\ that / just learned that those men he ha
promised 70 transfer were stil in tile dis
= trict He told me he had left orders at
y o'clock for these men to be sent back, bt
that he had not given II out TO the papers
. so ] thought maybe they would be trans
! ferred 50 after that
:, O. Pardon me. What f6rther did II
Mayor say? Whom did he give the ord'
TO. did you say? a. Superintendent Robin
=, son.
he said he understood they were to be tram