The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-30

quents show Thelr Receipts
Though there were not SO many
present yesterday afternoon at the
t.eTy Court com mittee's Investigations
into the tax muddle as ON the day pre-
slous the most intense interest was
manifested. There was an entire alb
a. senee OF the yed-inthe-wool Demo-
urats, who stood with open mouth
ayes and ears to catch the evidence the
day before.
They wero thoroughly disgustod at.
tho methods of Democracy, and seeing
the total collapse OF the Democratic,
collectors went home with the excla-
nation, well, after all, what the Re-
rUltLIGAs has been saying all along
about this TAX bnsAafss IS true"
The meeting wf% called to order at
1.SD u. M, by Chairman Hutchinson.
H. q. Bradford, Esp, attorney for the
levy court, suggested that the delin-
.l,iont lists for the year 1890 be pro.
1uced as they would he needed by the
committee.
Mi Hickman said tho clerk would
produce them in few minutes.
The two noted leather covered books
WIRE brought in and for some time
were the centre of considerable inter
est. The members of the committee
all gathered around the books and
read the ailidaTits OF the collectors
attached TO them certifying thu cor
rectness OF the returns III accordance
With tie law. ono OF tine aliidavits
had been worded wrong and had to be
corrected by Deputy Clerk Eliason,
Aftor the examination OF the Hlllda.
Wits, George NJ. ID. Watson, Deputy
United States Marshal WIS called and
sworn
Mt. Watson then stated in substance:
.I assisted MIR. Mahaify and also MIR
Mahoney In making out what is kuuwI
as No.S list that Is the list made up iron
tile names marked with an X. Some
times when on OF them was tired, / die
tRted the numes 10 the other; II was in.
tended to be an exact cupy,HiI1 was cor
rect so far ~ l know, | compared the
names on the receipts with tue names
on this listas final test of correctness
there was receipt received for eacl
ard every maine on the lists; the IL
ceipts we're signed by Mckee unt
nougheity; they were bonatlde re
ceipts; compared each receipt will
the name on the list, Tor each name
found receipt; l have tho final list o
Rs with mo and am ready to pro1net
1t. but want Ii understood that ii il
private property"
Mr.. BiudtOrd here suggested tina
other witnesses be heard and that Mr.
watoon stand aside until the commit
tee was ready to take up the list o
which he spoke and compare it witt
other documents
Before Mr.. Watson left tho stand
- Mr. Hickman asked him ii he ever say
those delinquent lists before. pointing
to the two books lying on the desk.
Mr. Watson-"l do not think | eve
ehw either OF them before"
Dir. Hickmnn--"Did you ever seoun
Of the tax receipts before they wen
Into Stewards officer
Mr. WatsOn-'Some OF them; no
nii." -u...... -......
MIR. Bradford- CT presume that wha
Mr.. Hickman means Is whether YOU
had received any Of the receipts be
fore they were delivered to MIR. Stew
art"
Mr.. Hlckman-"I want to ask him !
be filled any OF them out. That is tn
body of them@'
Mr. Watson-'I filled In some at tn,
request of Mr.. Mckee"
Mr.. Hlckman-"Dld you stamp an,
OF the Ieceipts|'
MIR. Wntson-"I did not"
--l-r--sAtt, Hickman-''If we had the la
receipts here we could try at least Il
show that the bargain for these tnx III
csipts were made elsewhere; that MI
Watson did see this first list in the tn
Office or the postmaster's office an
thnt it Is the general opinion tina
those lists were tho very lists whiu
were entered as delinquent lists Il
this court on March n. All those folk
who were Interested In this matte
know TINT the delinquent list as the
pnde out WINS to be returned We in
tended to bring all this ont but W
cnnnot do IL With out the receipts.
Mr.. Bradford Il have never ye
heard that IL was expected to be prove
that the delinquent lists were alreld
made out when the final payment VII
made. All the evidence SO far Inns bee
antagonistic to that presumption Nj
Watson did you ever hnve any under
standing that the names that rnuda u
this final lists were to be returned Il
- delinquentst"
MIR. Watson ~ never heard II mon
toned. Our object was to qualilyyot
era ..5=
Mr.. Eliason-"T Is lust the ret
son why on the first day that the Ia
receipts and error lists submitted
We Intended TO follow up this vii.
other evidence, but the committG
dill not consitiGr il necessary
Mir. Bradford said, There was
difficulty about the production q
these receipts. Many of them wnr
In The hands OF thoir owners and
would be impossible 10 get them.
We began with tho payment of tnXG
and follow ii up with the assess mel
and error lists, we can compare theI
and verify the charges
At the request OF Mf, Clark Mr., Hicl
man, q member Of the committee, WI
called to he stand and sworn. NJ
Hickman was one of the members WI
passed the delinquent lists OF The co
h lectors.
Being asked to make a statemen
Mi, Hickman said that When the deli
puenL list was before the Levy Court
SliDl 30 idea that thrfe MAS any ono {
Tho list who had paid his tax; he ht
Dot even suspicion.
iieing asked II he had any knowledg
of the alleged fraud Of the colleeto
until after March of the present yea
Mr. Hickman answered;
ION the day the lists were allowed u
ter they were allowed, i was approach
by gentleman who told me that
was a shame that those error lis
should be allowed, because there we
plenty of men returned rs delinVuen
whom they had paid their tax. lie II
ther told me that some OF the COZ
mittoe knew 1t"
F. Five minutes later Mr.. Hickman 50
he Informed Mr.. EliasOn OF what HI
been told him. He did not think
ever told tito any other person. i
gentleman who told me Of the Gl:eg
fraudulent return was Solomon Ill,
Rey.
Mr.. Hickman farther testified that
going over the delinquent lists Of CT