Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-19
PLANNED FOR GUNMEN
ELECTION WITNESS SAYS
Importation of New York Toughs
for Fifth Ward Arranged Weeks
Before Balloting Time.

West Chester, July 10 Plans TO i'm
port New York gunncn into the Fifth
Ward in desperate effort To- elect Ike
Dcutsch TO Select Council were prepared
more than two months before Detective
Fpplcy was murdered, according To
Fire Lieutenant Edward NJ Fair, one
of the Commonwealth star witnesses,
who testified here Yesterday at the trial
of Dcutsch. Lieutenant David Bennett
and five Philadelphia policemen. Fairs
recital Of what hc knows of the Fifth
Ward scandal was most damaging 10 the
defense. and is Attorney William A.
Gray is making frantic attempts to
break down the tale
The fire Lieutenant not only testi-
fed that rs early Ms the middle Of July
last year he was told 80 thugs would
lie sent INTO the BLOODY Fifth to beat
up the Curcvitcs. hIt he charged that
Lieutenant l:cnnett made proposition
Ia him to the effect that ON the morning
of the primaries they would head two
mobs nf strong arm men and rlcan mp
the ward opponents TO Deutscb
Fair further charged that l4cnnett dc
clared that hc would arrest every Carey
election officer ms soon MS the polls wcr
open aud The curlstonc elections would
then Inc held The commonwealth
witness also connected the names Of
Nayor Smith and Captain Nicholas j
Kenny, y police official, with the Fifth
ward scandal
There were frequent wranglngs all day
between the opposing ATTORNEYS. and
during one of tho disputes. Judge J
Frank T. lauSc rrcdlctcd the probable
dcfcn.c 10 be offered Is Dcutsch and
has co-dctondants
Il am no fortune teller the Judge
declared hut wuuld predict that the
defense m this ease will ~ .hlood against
blood That unfortunate ward has hccn
hcraldcd ny the newspapers as the Bloo-
4, Fifth and | may not hc wrong IN
~u prisrng the IInc ~ defense
More than score Of p3heemcn tcstl-
fed Yesterday that they were suddenly
transferred from tho Third district which
embraces the Fifth ward when the, re
tuscd Ia heed the threats Of Bennett
and Hcutsrh and desert the Carey forces
tttorncN GRAY made II y special pont
~ have cach witness testify that he Was
q Carey follower Assistant Distinct
Nturncv laUIanr ntcrpos"d vigorous
objection. and finally .indge IlaHse made
the following comment
\ftCr An. this Iur1 Is not To consider
r those mon ar & arcs or pcutsrh men.
int uhcn vc have an apparently whole
sale removal ot pohccmcn just before an
election il viI hc for the Jurv t. dccidc
whether or NOT these removals were uaio
ior poIif.ol purposes
Tins significant remark from the bench
>trr,t the Court oom lhcn IS not
thr slightest doubt hnt that the defense
Was had, ri1dIcd and that practically
conclusive proof vas presented e. show
that the arcS policemen u the turbulent
ward Vcrc semi ~ outlying sections 81
thc clt> iur political reasons only
NGam While commenting upon 1t
torncN GRAY 5 Efforts III learn the po-
hti.al Affiliations of thc Witnesses, Judge
lIat~c sand
lhcrc seems to III hut two WAYS of
getting on ~ police force IN the I ith
ward ,tc is through Carcl and the
other # through Ncut~ah |. . nan
wants i public position dnwn there,
takc ii whether Il ht Policeman or q
minister hc lct, Il through carey Or
pcHtSch and i 4 Gar,N man Is on the
witness stand We ma, assume that he
got il through { arcN