Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-16
,ctor Neary sold tax receipts in bulk to

lector Neary sold tax receipts in bulk to
Republication even to Democrats
They sold in bulk to no one, not even
to Mr.. Warner. Mr.. Warner never
bought tax receipts in bulk. His clerk,
George Mccall, came with the money
to the tax office. The men came also
and as each employe came up to the
ratings Mccall paid the tax, but the
citizen took the receipt from the collec-
tor and kept it. Mccall, representing
Mr.. Warner, never even touched the
employees receipt.
"Mr. Bach's statement of Tuesday,"
said Mr.. Dickcy, "is lie."
I'm addition" he said, "Mr. Bach
talks about the stolen 1889 error list. 1t
was matter of notoriety at the time
and not disputed that they stole the list
themselves. They were the only ones
handling them or had need to handle
them. The last persons seen with them
according to testimony obtained at the
time, were two young Republican law
yers."
BACH TRIES TO EXPLAIN.
The direct, positive charge OF ex-
County Collector Neary, that he had
bought Fred E. Bach while the latter
was Republican editor) for 5000 to
support Hickman for the Levy Court,
was the great sensation of the hour
in local political circles. 1t was dis
cussed everywhere and was accepted
without question as the truth, even Re-
publicans asserting that they did not
think Mr.. Neary would make such
charge unless he knew what he was
talking about.
BAcH's EvAsIvE ANSWER.
Mr.. Bach's reply to Mr.. Neary's
charge-it cannot be called denial
appeared in the Ne1s, yesterday, as
follows
Your virtuous contemporary appeared
to be badly ratified this afternoon. Its tax
receipt story coheres nowhere, while its
editorial venom comes out in mere spurts,
its late steady flow havingleft it. As for
our friends, Messrs. Neary and Dickey,
they are mad Politics is an aggravating
business. but such old ROSTERS ought not
to loose their tempers.
Pat Neary alleges that he bought me
for 500 in the Hickman campaign Of 1888.
In the first place, as matter of form and
not because ! deem it necessary, ! deny his
accusation absolutely. His accusation has
given me the clue, however, to matter
which at the time caused me some specu-
lation and which have never solved until
this day. Neary came to my house some
time during the campaign of 1851 think
he came twice--to urge me, as editor of the
Eventng Journal, to support Hickman, To
my mind the proposition was preposterous,
and | told him so. He suggests that it
might be profitable to the Journal But it
did not dawn on Tie that he meant thereby
to offer bride Of money. took it, and
held It in that light until this afternoon,
that. he proposed to use his influence in
our behalf for official printing.
This suggestion of his was so mild and
elusive that it made only passing impress
sion on my mind showed him the i'm
possibility of the Journal supporting any
body for any office and put him of in
that manner as delicately as ] could. He
referred again and again TO EVERY EVEN
INe's bitter and inconsistent course toward
sympathi1ed with him. told him that
had been tempted on several occasions to
answer Its hypocritical pretensions and
that might do so vet
The fact was that l had the outline of
such an editorial in my pocket then. A
week or so later the EVERY EVENING was
unusually yirtuous, whereupon in a col
umn editorial exposed its hypocrisy and
showed conclusively, as the Morning Ne,ps
has done again and again since, that our
afternoon contemporary had not turned
against Hickman until he had refused to
vote for resolution providing for the re-
payment OF the money by the county
which EVERY EVENING had expended in
hunting the gamblers.
Now came phase of this episode which
never understood until THIS day. The
business manager of the Journal, my part
ner then, brought copy of that days
paper and laid 1t before me on my desk,
editorial page up. He appeared to be ex-
cited, and said sharply: why didn't you
see me before you printed this?" or words
to that effect 70 my inquiry he answered
that n Inc ne might have got some N money out
have spoiled it ALL" Then / became
interested, but he shut up like a clam and
never discussed it again, although tried
repeatedly TO lead him to say something
rac-o about it.
followed that editorial, with one or
two others, on the same line, rather more
to try my partner than to hammer EVERY
EVENING; but | could never provoke him
into saying word. think see through
the whole transaction now and can under
stand Neary's basis for his libel on me- /
would not have suspected him of so much
imagination.
MIR. NEARY's EXPLICIT STORY.
This statement, it will be observed by
all who read it, is anything but denial
of Mr.. Neary's charge that he bought
Bach for 5000. In fact Bach practically
admits that he expected to get official
patronage in return for his support, OF,
Hickman in the columns of his paper. =
In order to obtain the details of the
charge a reporter of THE GAZETTE
sought Mr.. Neary again yesterday.
Heproved rather hard to find for awhile,
as he is now a pretty busy man. He
and Nathan Lieberman are building
row of snug, handsome brick houses on
Shearman street below Lombard, and
Mr.. Neary gives personal attention to
the operations of the contractors. A
visit was made to the houses, but he
had just left. Finally the reporter came
up with him.
Mr.. Neary had not seen Bach's state
ment, so the reporter waited until lie
read it. AS he read he smiled, and his
smile was one of confidence and knowl-
edge.
PAID THE DOODLE TO BACH.
"Well," said the reporter, finally,
"Bach's statement can hardly be called
denial, but still 1t is evidently in
tended to throw doubt on your charge
of having paid him the 5000. now
desire to ask if you paid the money to
him."
ITO him, directly" was Mr.. Neary's
prompt reply.
How did you pay him?"
SIN two instalments; 800 when /
first saw him, and 800 more after two
or three editorials in favor of Hickman
had appeared in the journal"
VI" In what shape were the paymentsY"
"The first payment was a 500 bill;
the second was check for 800, made
payable to bearer"
"pid YOU make the paynents to hin,