Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-23

promised immunity as concession for
| his testimony.
Deutsch for fifteen years. He met
Deutsch outside of Senator Vare's office
In the Lincoln Building before the Sep
| tember primaries.
| Asked to DO Some Work
The contender for'the Fifth Ward lead
ership. Maloney said. asked him to do
some work for him in that ward. Ma
| ,oney referred him to a man named
Iipschnz in New York. Lipschutz and
Deutsch later could not agree on a price,
and no arrangement was made between
them.
Maloney named Senator Ware as the
boss" who guaranteed payment for the
importation of eighteen detectives on
primary election last September.
Deutsch had arranged with Maloney
for the eighteen men who were to wear
ribbons, 80 that The Fifth Ward police
would nknow them"
Congressman William s. Ware and
Finley. executive manager of the Repub-
lican City Committee, were present in
the Ware office in the Lincoln Building
when Maloney called in reference to pay
ment 70 the men to be imported.
Congressman Ware assured him, Ma
loney testified, that Deutsch had ample
| money to pay all DIS Inere VIII De
! no trouble about money"
The Congressman did not seem in
clined to say any more. the witness
said, and he started to leave the office.
Finley followed him to the door.
"Deutsch has sufficient of money, plenty
of money. You will be paid" Finley
assured him, Maloney asserted.
Brought Thugs Here
As Maloney told Of bringing the Frog
Hollow thugs into the Fifth Ward.
Dcutsch watched the jury. Bennett
stared directly ahead at the witness
Four of the police defendants leaned for
! ward on the long bench they were oc-
cupying inside the courtroom rail.
Wirtschafter alone displayed no un-
usual interest, but CONTINUED chewing
gum.
Counsel for the defense asked the wit
ness II Maloney was his right name
The witness said 1t was and denied that
he ever used another.
The court would not permit Gray to
exmaine Maloney about his domestic life,
The court also blocked an attempt to
have Maloney tell of his connection with
the famous Salter case.
Gray probed into Maloney's political
career.
Maloney admitted he had been politi-
cal leader of the Fifth Ward from 1900
to 1905, when reform wave upset his
power.
In 1906, Maloney said. he engaged in
detective work for William j. Burns In
New York, continuing with Burns until
1910 He then established detective
agency In New York. The witness lived
in Lansdowne at that time, he said. He
now lives at 772 st. Nicholas avenue,
New York city.
Didn't Try to Get Wares
Maloney, when his cross-examinatior
was resumed at the afternoon session
said he never started out to get the
Mayor or the Wares"
Gray pressed the witness for his rea-
son in not depositing in ban0 the $1,000
note he received in a special de-
livery letter. Maloney said he had no
reason for depositing 1t. but gave 1t to
Persch to be changed into smaller notes
Frankly. Mr.. Maloney. weren't you
trying to frame Finley by the giving the
vote to Persch as corroborative wit
ness?" was Gray's thrust.
IF was trying to. Magistrate Persch
would be the last person in the world
would use," was the reply
Does that mean you would not trust
him with a thousand dollars"
Exactly"
Mdohcy Salu wneN ne GOT tne Dank-
note back from Persch through the mail
Assistant District Attorney Gordon, Red
mond, an attorney in former Judge Cor.
don's office, and two trust company rep.
resentatives were present and saw him
receive the note Gray made repeated
thrusts In an attempt to prove that Ma.
,cney used the thousand dollar bill tc
make evidence damaging to Finley, The
witness parried the thrusts, meeting
each insinuation Of collision with q
bland denial.
Denies Arrest In Canada
Maloney denied that he had been ar.
rested In Canada for bribery, had
jumped bail and was now a fugitive
from justice. He admitted he was in
Canada in 1913, posing as a business
man named Sampson.
Maloney denied Magistrate George A
Persch had been an operative for the
O'Farrell Agency. He said all the
agencys cases were sent to Persch as
Magistrate. He denied Persch was
known as Operative P5." The prime
pal business now of the O'Farrel
Agency is protecting muniton factories
not furnishing strike-breakers, as i'm
puted by Mr., Gray.
Counsel for defense dragged Harr,
! Thaw's name into the case. Maloney
admitted the Thaw family were clients
Of the agency. which had been engaged
by District Attorney Swami, of New
York, to find Thaw when Harry flee
after beating Frederick Gump.
Maloney said he found Thaw by acci