Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-11
CITY IS DECLARED
d CLEARED OF REDS
200 Were in City May I, They
Have All Gone Now, Says
Lieutenant Emanuel
PRAISES BOMB SQUAD
Philadelphia is clear Of "reds."


Lieutenant Of Detectives Andrew
Emanuel made this announcement to-
day.
More than 200 radicals banded to-
gether into separate groups were in
this city in May. All have gone, Lieu
tenant Emanuel said.
Lieutenant Emanuel and his right
hand man, William Mahoney, said that
when the bomb squad came into existence
on May 6, four days after bombs had
been exploded in this and eight other
cities by terrorists. there were more
than 200 men in town considered dan
gerous by the police. With the an
nouncement of the formation of a
bomb squad" to investigate radical
activities Lieutenant Emanuel said the
Reds began drifting out of town one by
one until survey made by his men
three weeks ago and continued up to
yesterday showed that noS one of the
old gang could be found in any of the
haunts usually frequented by them.
Proud of Bomb Squad
1.-The bomb squad has been increased
IrOm time 10 tlllle, sdlu
Emanuel, "until now we have an or
ganization which is the equal if not the
superior of New York's famous bomb
SQUAD. I don't intend to make known
the personnel of the squad, for / do
not believe in giving advance informa-
tion to the'enemy.
"We have the description of every
known anarchist and his picture on file
in this Office. however, and we know
not only where they live, but the places
they frequent. Wes have an elaborate
checking up system which enables us to
find out within an hour or so whether
the man is in town, and we have trained
men in every police district in the city.
We know every meeting place and every
meeting that is off color is kept under
observation.
IF we do not like the looks of things
we are prepared to shut down any meet
ing at a moments notice"
Other members of the bomb squad
said that for the last month nearly
every person or organization that could
be considered in any way radical has
been inactive.
A different state of conditions exists
in the city now compared with several
months ago, they say. Then the radicals
were busily working to make May Day
success. Pamphlets by the million
were being ground out by the Bolshe
visit presses and scattered broadcast
throughout the city by hundreds OF
workers for the cause of the proletariat
Now only one organization continues
active in the distribution of sedtious
literature and that is the group styling
itself the American Anarchist Fed
Grated Commune Soviets" Even this
organization seems to have grown less
energetic, for the last issue of the
official organ, 1.-The American Anarch
ist Soviet Bulletin" did not have such
wide circulation as the first one, due
to the vigilance of the "bomb" squad
i and the police force in general.
n The interchange of photographs anG
n general information on all radicals
which was decided upon at meeting
B of the chiefs of police in New Yorl
city several weeks ago is working to 6
point of efficiency, and every day Lieu
tenant Emanuel gets the photographs
lf,snd descriptions of suspects from al
ver the country. So many of these
1 has he received that he has had to make
an addition to his filing system in tht
shape of a new cabinet.
Lieutenant Emanuel says--that al
though the anarchists and other radi
Gals have apparently deserted this city
his men have not relaxed their vigi
lance and are ready to cope with any
emergency that might arise.