Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19
QUESTION WOMAN
IN BOMB OUTRAGE
Rider in Taxi Which Was Blown
Up Saw Nothing in
Cab
STATE TO AID IN PROBE

Mrs. Marie Mcclellan. Of 1922 Pop.
lar street. who rode Monday night In
the Quaker City Taxicab Co cab
which later was shattered by bomb,
killing two men aud injuring six others,
was summoned to the coroner's Office
TODAY to repeat her story.
She told Coroner Knight. as pre-.
viously she had told Assistant Super
intendent Of Police Tempest and VII.
liam Belshaw, head of the murder
squad. that she had entered the taxicab
at o'clock in the evening at Broad
Street Station. and had been driven
home.
She said the interior of the taxicab
was dark. and that she saw no pack
nge on the seat or floor. The witness
returned to her home after the brief
examination.
State aid has been offered the mu &.
nicipal authorities by Governor Sproul
70 combat terrorism and violence in the
taxi drivers strike.
The Governor, represented by Public
Service Commissioner Samuel NJ.
Clement. Jr.. said he had no intention
vi interfering with the city's police,
but the resources Of the state were at
the call of the city. II was suggested
that the state constabulary might be
employed.
This action on the part Of the Gov.
crnor came as a decided surprise, as Il
is the first time in years that the state
has made such a move.
At the conference held yesterday by
heads of the Police Bureau, the Detec-
tive Bureau and the district attorney =
detectives a plan was outlined looking
toward the prevention Of further out.
RACES.
Check Up on Taxicabs
lt was suggested that. inasmuch as
the police have so far been unable 70
find any clue as TO the identity Of the
person or persons responsible for the
crime OF Monday, such information
might be gained by the use of detec-
ttrCs acting as taxi drivers.
Other steps taken or agreed upon at
the conference were
A special squad of veteran mem.
hers Of the detective bureau, unde,
the personal direction Of Captain
Souder, vent out to make a com.
plete chetk-up on vehicles used for
hauling passengers whether private
or owned by company.
All persons found without the pub
lie service certificate, which gives A
Nhb p"htI Tue flkut TO operate
velscle for hire. to be arrested on
sight.
Orders 20 the police TO arrest all
persons found lettering around taxi
cab stands in every part of the city.
That order applies TO hotels In the
central section OF the city and all
the railroad stations.
The police to insist that all drivers
of taxicabs must not leave their cab
at any time while on the street un-
ess some one else IL along to guard
it,
Mrs. Dram Unreconciled
Mrs. Julia Dean, widow Of Perry
ii. Dean, one of the two men killed
in the Quaker City Garage explosion
said today she would not permit Mrs.
Gertrude Richard TO whom Dean was
engaged, to have any part in the funer.
al. Dean had told Mrs. Ricksrd that he
was divorced.
If my husbands body is placed on
view at the undertaker's, said Mrs.
Dean, Mrs. Richard may come and
see H. But will not let her have any
part in the funeral arrangements. And
| don't want any financial help from
her, either. | can afford to give my
husbands = body burial.