Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHIIADELPHIA WEDNESDAY, JULY


he believed the wife Of a man Walsf
named was living with him.
Her husband Is the walking delegate
for the crooks. said the lieutenant.
The drug sellers hang out at a drut
store on Eignth street above Nine, n
testified. They drive up there In theil
big cars and get messages over th'
Tho i;o,..mor, ,..os ns.i
drusslst ever Ind bcen arrested nr sc. @
cnssd 20 .ei,ir. forb,JIo, Jr"ss Wn;s,
answered he had no reason to say tina,
the druggist dealt with the pcddlers,
,s A. s..., r.,s.
0osepn NJ. steele Testines
Joseph NJ. steele. president OF th'
Law enforcement League, arrived II
court while one OF the vice squad me,
was t"stifyine.. lie was ushercd 10. th'
witness stand Immediately. After isen
trying piinsen nc said he did not know
that Mr. Nichoisoh. Jr., the secretary
was going TO give out the statement
crcditcd to MN IN the newspapers, nnt
nnew o. no meeting III which inc mat
authorized. lie said he knew nothin,
about 1t until he read It. and had not
talked 70 MIR. Nicholson about it be.
cause the latter had gone on a vaca.
ton,
WAS Mr.. Nicholson authorized Il
make such n statementY" he was asked
''lIe was not authorised to make such
statements, but he was the active man
and any statement that would come from
! the league naturally would come from
him. I do not know why he madc This
statement"
] judge Ouiv,ev ,sked. u,yos ~.
Nicholson speaking for the league or
speaking personality
81 would saw TINT be wss s,o,v,r,
personally. I have NO know,oSrc @ S"stns ~ !.
tho league had Authorized auth I S""wiease smch INA. .nat
"tT, Mr To,,or, than ,s,,, A. s
Il be ne nres'lcnt ~ ,ho "t Ino .o mr ,.,, m.ee
rntifv whnt Mr. NirboIson m"S"s' w onotoI wot,i
nv bovino s,iJ was qu''e"
The wstn"s. ,,;d ho r,. ,,. T.,
sition 70 answer tbnt ",,cstior @ n, ~ hon,".o ro
Wr Nirsolson "'"'''' ''er WITH
..Wb,t ,rn Oh, t,,,.;.
,o.rno@" @"' atea ate NJ ~. 'Ti,rt,ons Tn,, OF your
'""@'
Outlines Purpose Of League
"Thc purpose Of our leopue ;s to h.v.
tho lows created by the a;.ht..nth
amendment enforced ana "a crsste san
timeni for law enforcement no-,;o,,
In ri, IN reference to that a,nona,u...
Yoi know Mr.. Nicholson Ind nmn,srom.
conferences with the Mnyor md thc
Director OF fu6lic Safety, and l pre-
sumo nc may nave talked the matter
over with them. As far as the league
was concerned. was not present at
any meeting where such a statement
was authorized.
Mr.. Steele was turned over for cross.
examination to Mr., Scott.
."The purpose Of your association is
to nerfact tho enforcement Of tho law
"a 4 noti" asked NJ. Scott.
eyes. sfp.''
You would afford this man Ginsberr
every nosEbie helm vou coold 10 he wos
Sure we would -
"If Mr. Ginsbere wns loading the
r;pbt ,ifc md unfolding rho laws. II
,.n,,Id m, h, +he rurnoso of vour ,r.
ronization "a hound him Womb it,''
"Eo. sir"
Mr.. Taulnne jumped to his feet, sny.
ing:
"Rut IL a parole were granted to n
person who was detrimental to the pub
lie. you wouldn't approve IL, would
you?"
"No. sir. we would not
And you would want fncts:"
Eyes, sir. we would want some
facts"
n D .
nttcctl'c Dhi,lel o. Neasc' an IN
,estlgator WORKING IN assistant super
hnv,n,, nrrnstcI i,in.hnr, cominu fron,
m ,Iiev On wa,nut .tr.ct nc,r Ir,sht h
in 1oIS In rard adioinimc tho nilev
c;.ar bn, v:o. fnmrJ cnn,ain;nr :,
Irur Tho witness testiGe, hat G,n..
bcrs was nor onjv n seller hut nm nd.
Jict '' ''@ O." "'
Mr Taul,ne had difJ;cu,tr v,,b tbc
witness faulty memory. Mr.. Scott in.
terrupted TO say that he understood
that Mr.. Taulanc had resigned as u
role of an investigator and not A prose =
cutor, and il was not fair for him TO
be putting words into the witness
mouth.
well. Mr.. Tauiane is In earnest
and means we'll" said Judge Ouirley.
There is no doubt about his being
IN earnest" rctorted Mr.. Scott.
Tells Of Trapping Ginsl,erg
Herbert T.. Thornton. NJ tho morals
s,uod he,d rho cow, roon, sno,ihonrd
when he told his nnrt IN tho contmrc
of Ginsberp On examination ~ NJ
Taulanc Thornton told how he and
another detective posing as drug addicts
went to house on Reese street near
Fifth. where they were met by a Negro
named Johnson and a woman psing as
his wife.
"Thc johnson coup,c refused 70 sell
ia drugs, Thornton testified "because
they ssid they did NOT know MS. After