Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-14
'A[[ IN Days JOB,
SAYSCRASH HERO
patroIman Edward Casey Car
ried Out Injured-oivss
Credit to Another "cop"
uE m TURN DIscLAIms 1T

/! Edwnrd Casey, heroic patr0iman STA.
.,oned Mt Brond md Arch streets, who
,usbed into the Parkway Building fol-
,or,np the fatal crash yesterday and
IN,rr;el n score Of injured to the street,
ices most Of the credit to fellow pa
trolman and brushes inside the whole
.stostrophe as n mere incident In
day's work.
'"Ah, forget IT," he said. ''T only
S,d nv duty. that was all there was to
~ I was standing at Broad and Cherry
.,rc,ts directing traffic when I heard a
crash. n rumble and a smash.
"As I ran toward the building no.
.;ccd the glass in the windows Of the
swcetcn rompany's automobile place
Ssd blown out into the street and I
Snew something must have fallen
m their roof. thought ut first that
tbe fall of material was outward and
that & I would find all the injured in
tbc automobile place in the insurance
building next door.
III rushed into the Sweeten place
Srst and while 1t seemed badly smashed
\ everybody had been accounted for. l
thsn rnn into the insurance building
.nd found several girl clerks huddlcd
in n dark corner. ordered them into
: the street.
4 Starts Carrying Out the Injured
II "All this took only n few moments.
I 7 realized then my place was inside the
building which had been under con.
II ran up the street and into the
front entrance. Through the dust and
art n man came staggering. He ran
blindly with his hands out before him
and staggered and fell nt my feet. I
picked him up and carried him out
where placed him on n truck.
~ ran book into the building with
Reserve Patrolman Burnside, who was
on duty nt Board and Arch streets.
"Now listen here. young fellow, YOU
want to give this fellow Burnside as
much credit as you give me.
"As we ran into the building I said
70 Bob, You take that one and III
take the other referring to two work.
men lying on the floor badly hurt.
II lost sight of Burnside. in the
excitement. ! brought three more in
jured persons out from the first floor
and placed them on trucks.
Cleans Up First Floor
"After hunting further I discovered
two more on the first floor. put them
on a truck belonging to the Sweeten
Automobile Company. and sent them
of. That seemed to be all there were
on the first floor.
"Then l realized my next job was
upstairs. | ran to the stairway and
bumped into Burnside again and we
climbed to the tenth floor together.
zone man was entirely covered with
bricks, but could see his leg move,
and I pulled him out. lie could walk
q bit with assistance.
"As there were number Of men
hard at work in the rescue. figured
my job was to help this fellow down
to the street. ! went down the steps
with him md took him to the" hos
pital.
Credit should also be given Burn.
eide for his aid. He did as much as
| i did. ,
"Anyhow. what's a cop to do in n
case like this?"
Burnside Also Modest
Burnside denies he in any way
should share the credit given Casey.
"Caspy's the darndest liar on the
police force" Burnside said jokingly
this morning.
He said he saw me carry out four
men from under falling debris. That
isn't SO. ! wasn't anywhere inside the
building, but standing out on the
street.
Burnside, who is exceedingly modest,
would only say: Forget it, forget 1t. )"
to all questions concerning his part in
the rescue work.
Witnesses, however. sly they saw
NBurnside dig out four men from the
Rbris and place them on trucks.
N Casey was dismissed from the police
force n year ago while acting in the
capacity Of bodygunrd for Director
Cortclyou. as the result of his being
involved in whisky scandal at the
Eighth and Jefferson streets police sta
Ntlon.
He made several attempts to get back
to the police force and promised that II
he were reinstatNl he would make good,
lie was rcinstnted six weeks ago and
made good his promise. Mayor Moore
publicly commended him following his
heroic work.