Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-07
FAKERS
EXPOSED BY ROTAN
District Attorney Supplies List
of 1855 "Bondsmen" for Magis-
trates to Shun
SAYS THEY AID CROOKS

District Attorney Samuel Rotan has
declared war on fGke hondsmcn nrI
"straw- bail" eocrs. lie has named 100
persons whom he advises all magistrates
10 refuse ~ bail gocrs.
The district attorney said straw bail
goers and flake" bondsmcn arc rcsron-
sible for tho escape of many criminals.
"Bail' is profcrcd by one Of these per
eons. tho criminal Jumps the '0ris .
diCtiOn of the court and whom the han
Is sued out, It develops the decd tor
the property Of the "hondsman' docs
not exist. and recovery Of the bal is
impossible. he explained.
The warfare against the mon "whn
have been responsible for holding the
magistrates courts in Philadelphia M
to ridiculC for twenty years. is cut
lined in a statement ISSUED by District
Attorney Rotan today, as follows:
1.-The successful administration Of the
criminal law in Philadelphia depends in
a large measure upon close 90 operation
between the district attorney and the
magistrate of the city. II has always
been my desire TO bring these offices into
the closest relationship. and TO have
them help each other in the proper nd
minstration Of the law Of the state, for
the best interests Of the public. From
tlUlf " Tune l nave SfllN 'lN'lN ~ Wv
magistrates, calling attention to various
facts. laws and decisions. which ! fclt
would bc of assistance in the fultillmCnt
Of their duties.
I'm 1913 | published and distributed
for the same purpose a pamphlet on
titled Powers and Duties of MagiS-
tratcs in Criminal Cases. Since that
time the membership of the magiStracy
of Philadelphia has changed consider
II 1. .sss - V,N.,
from rCpubliShing in full the pamphlet
referred to above. but do desire 10 call
your attention TO several pertinent mat
tors which | deem of great Importance
for the successful prevention, detection,
prosecution and punishment of crime in
the city Of Philadelphia.
let me ask you TO pay particular
attention to Chapter s Of this pamphlet.
dealing with tho subject of bail. This
question is of the utmost importance
and is one in which proper action on
the part Of tho magistrates can be OF
tho greatest assistance
CHAPTER viii in the pamphlet. to which
Mr.. Rotan calls special attention, roads
"The important position the magis-
tratc occupies is nowhere hotter Illus.
tratpd than in the matter of bal. Bai'
IL the assurance to the commonwealth
that the defendant will appear when
Justice. which in Philadelphia is entirely
too large. is principally due to made
ounte or worthless bail bonds. Otter
notorious criminals and ilngrnnt offend
crs have ESCAPED tFC penalty of tho law
because Of worthless or fake bail.
1T is for this reason that ! cannot
imprcss too strongly upon the mag
istratcS the great Importance of requlr-
ing adequate and satisfactory bail
Nav | ask you. therefore, above all tC
insist urOn these three important things
VIZ First, bail adequate in amount
second. bondsmon Of integrity and de-
ncndability. and third. sufficient equity
In the property given in the Justlhca
tiOns.
"Carclcssrpss or Indifference in tax
ing inadcduatp or worthless bail con
stitutcs misdomcanor in office.
In conclusion the pamphlet imnr"sSc'
upon the magistrates that bondSmcr
should be known personally to the
magistrates or be identified by some re
liable person.
Magistrate Joseph Coward president
of board Of magistrates.
Il don't know anything about the
district attorneys straw bail circular
] haven't received one.
Those named by the district attornc!
were:
Joseph AIGsro kRoTn os m Ioqts n,,o Ritc9l"
HaFry ffas SoFTI f EI,rtIch drtrnt6 'T@2s,$E INV
Erody Isaac Brown. samuel Brown. Thoma,
Z. Burke, walter 5: Eurk" Sarah y. liGrps
WLliam Butler Jr. Samuel lMicdcn, Jac"l
T%i FeIix tCariullo. Patterson II Carter. 81
vio Casrorani, Nicholas Cipparone. william
Z. Coats. Isaac Cohen. Roh,rt 'o,ban"vskN
T C"nGr"st samuel Cooper. Hort NJ
coopcr. Ernest Car6on". M.rha"l ,rarioia
bSyG2aa,2 Tb%s%g@ ~ Ani" In TNSl ''i H,rJ&3 J"9" W
Pson 5:soPR ~ n"% n.y., N"% m1m"roTsEy SKY,
Joseph Gim@rn, J. j. dii1man, }r,gn Samgg
sI%r soIom"n Goodman. Say 5r M"ry Z. cirasSts
IgnatZ Grcrnstrln GuOrE" b. Grahnm sam
nsl J. &rass WILLIAM Gr""z%n. Snm sam GrT%sFs
Horowitz Ida Horovitz. James \. Howard
A6ram H2r%w.z J"W"s iIn@'.r r.., Ef|"[a i K a
Jacob Ke!s.er. Philip Hur'an' rE. Adop
Meyer I.aninFer. or Molo~ rnrgscy, .nom'
Leibow'iita, Morris I,c,vH,. W.u.am Levin, ~
love. Samuel La tmoq. W..,am il. MeFata
gan. Joseph M9nrnno, L"wis W M'rN. jam"
NaTdy. Louis Nlodc~man. samuel N!.d"rme,
PsrKs J@G%s Fs@ soT6aa SS%"' '% Groro I@n
Louise Y Ponrosc JOSEPH $. Plnke,,. Samu,
2SSi1soq; Aasus}a H%%0, Grm,,%a4 mo.. ,,, H@..os u
Ahrahanr Rose. Louis Rosrnn.u'h. Jln.
. Rosenhluth Joc Ru,zor Jor"Ph Ku'""n"r-
osep6 "sg S"Sr'" "a Sch~a1SnGerH T THI'2 shW.r,
Louis Scdm1un Mor~is S"!ssmar. CHART"
shapiro, John " sr~@r Morris Snlr J,s~r
Anton SmoIuk Io,rls solomon lI.,l' ~r.,.. .-o'
IA EFi Ian lam