The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-10
TIE REFLECTIONS UPoN THE POLICE.

| TEE REFLECTIONS UPON TIE POLICE.
Police Justice White said he wanted to
draw out the facts about that warrant, as the
police force had been reflected upon, aud
complaint had been made to e rather unu.
sual authority fudge Guigon-- Rep1, when,
he (the Police Justice) bad not been informed
| of the matter, and the law might have been
executed without appealing to State OFF,
Ger. Further, it bad been iutimated that the
warrant would not have been executed but
for Judge Guigon. He would have seen the
law enforced had he been consulted.
Mr. Cabell said he had been managing the
case, and had only spoken to Judge Guigon
about the matter incidentally.
Police Justice White said it was, never
theless, true that Judge Gnigon had been
| informed while he had been kept in the dark.
THE LOTTERY TICKETS AND BOOK.
To further questions Mr.. Fowlkes replied
that Mr.. Knox had informed him that the
| men were certainly gone, aud there was no
| use trying to get them. He was not going
to stand there and tell anything that was
| not true; no, not for 5000. He expected to
go to heaven when he died, he did. No
dice or cards were used; nothing but the
lottery tickets aud book with some mum.
bers in it. He put up S470 to get back his
l
il there was good draw he might get if
teen or twenty thousand dollars.
MR.. DULL's RECEIPT.
| Detective Kendall O'Dwyer gave full ac-
count of his and Captain Disney IS connection
| with the case. When he went to Dull's
| room be found Dull and two others present.
Dull said one was named Smith [now known
as Keisel and the other Gallagher. Duke
| wds arrested in room over Delarue's. A
| number of lottery tickets were found upon
Keiseps person after he had been arrested.
Dull told him, when he went to arrest him
and Keisel, that the men who got the money
| from Mr.. FoWlkes had gone to New York.
The following receipt was found in MIR.
| DulPs pocket: 1.-THE receipt for the money
paid to Mr.. FoWlkes by Captain Wise.l
i" RICHMOND, VA, October 8, 1874.
| "Received of John C. Dull two hundred
and eighty-five dollars in full settlement of
| all demands and claims against the house Of
Mr.. Dull hereby binding myself to make
| no more demands upon him, his house, or
anyone else, for any occurrence there. This
to be settlement in full.
"JosEpH NJ. FowLKEs."
GONE TO NEW YORK.
Captain Disney also testified that Mr.. Dull
!
gone to New York. His account of the ar
rest was substantially the same as Mr..
O'Dwyer's. Captain Disney managed the
arrest.
MR.. DULL's TALK WITH Mr.. FowLKES.
Mr.. Page gave very full account of the
whole affair, so far as he participated in it.
At the St. Charles Hotel, where Mr.. Dull was
brought to see Mr.. Fowlkes, Dull asked Mfr.
FowIkes, What do you want?"
Mr.. Fowlkes: "I want my money"
! Mr.. Dull 81 haven't got it. You lost
your money gambling"
Mr.. FoWlkes: "It is false. have not
been gambling. If you haven't. got my mo-
ney some of your fellows have"
The execution of the warrant was delayed
to enable Mr.. Fowlkes to get as much of his
money back as possible.
Major Poe, when approached, said he
| would arrest the parties il the warrant was
placed in his hands. He page told Mr..
Cabell everything, and some Of it reached
Judge Guigon's ears. Mr.. Wise had fire.
quentiy said to him he would have nothing
to do with the matter if there was any ras-
cality in it. The compromise took place at
the Circuit Court.room-Capta;n Wise, Mr.
Fowlkes, Detective Wren, and bimself were
present; Wren sat off at a distance, in the
Judges seat. He didn't know who gave
| Captain Wise the S2S5 which was paid Mr.
Fowlkes.
Mr.. GALLAGHER.
| A Mr.. Gallagher, who had been arrested
for some supposed completely in the sWindle,
was examined, but nothing new was OBJ
tained, and he was discharged at the con-
clusion Of the whole evidence.
| ,pp,nYpr1
Mr.. Fowlkes was called up to identify the
prisoners. Mr.. Duke was pointed out. He
] said: " ! identify him. would swear that
Me was one Of the men If was going to
| die and could be saved by saying it was not
| hen He also identified Dull and keisel.
sr4TEMENT OF CAPTAIN G. D. WISE.
Captain Wise, with the permission of the
court, made aQersonal statement. He was
! introduced to Mn Fowlkes by Mr.. johnson,
and told him that he<Yas counsel for one of
the parties. So Mr. Fotxlkes could not have
rightly understood that he elgise) was acting
as his counsel. 1t was his purpose, as far as
possible for him, to see restituti0h made to
Mr. Fowlkes. He had received no ms and
INTENDED to receive none, and knew nothing
about the details OF the case until informed
bv Mr. Page. He had been employed by
MI. Dull, Ill NuoSo Aouso shS S~oai0hee
took place.
We do not reproduce Mr.. Wise's remarks
fully because the matters be explained are
nearly all omitted from this report.
EVIDENCE TO PROVE AN AllBI.
Mr.. Thomas Duke, brother of Mr.. Will
liam Duke, was with his brother on We'd
nesday from about 8 to 10S O'Clock. Messrs.
Potter and Lancaster swore that they were
with Duke continuously from about IL TO
about 4 fthe swindle took place about y, In
Mr.. Potter's house.
Mr.. nowLKEs's FRIEND.
Mr.. Keisel was put upon the witness
stand, but warned by Mr. Cabell that ne
|need not tell anything unless be wished:
/ He said he left New York Monday nlgnt.
and knew nothing whatever OF tne sWiaale.
MIR. Cabell: 'sThat will do. VIII not
make you perjure yourself any more"
Mr.. Cabell asked that all three oe sent on
TO the grand jury-he would MOI op)ect u
MIR. Duke being bailed.
] SENT ON.
The Police Justice sent all three on for IN,
d;ctnent at the November term of the grand
iury of the Hastings Court for obtaining
lmoney ON false pretences and larceny. Dull
4 land Keisel he refused to allow bail Duke he
would bail in the sum of So, 900. Mr.. Thomas
|Duke became his brothers surety.
1 Mr.. r. B. Berkeley, who had just been em.
Moved by Mr.. Keisel, made an appeal fol
hail for his client. He urged that as Mr.
Fowlkes had been mistaken as to Duke nc
mioht be as to Keisel. The Police Justice
I declined to admit him to bail. He and Dull
were therefore committed to Jail. 5