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

had no intlmation of alleged fraud In ,
the delinquent RETURNS until 1t wasls
made public in the month OF May. Hell
never heard suspicion Of fraud. /
Mr.. Jolls-''Did you find trouble
with the names that appeared on theIt
llste
!. "Only one A tax receipt for that
one was shown and 1t was not allowed. "
| Mr.. Jolls-"Ihe reason / asked was
because saw several names on theft
delinquent list that were evidently not,
allowed"
; MIR. Hutchison-"rhere was onlvll
one In reference to Dougherty's list
will say that as a member of thell
committee had right to soc that
book. Twice | approached Doughertylt
while he was looking over his books, [
but each timo Dougherty shut up his
books and left the room. never OK
nminsd his error list or duplicate, but
signed them iecause Mr.. Hickman at |
tested its correctness
/ MIR. Hickman explained that the
names Mr. Jollsreierrsd to were taken
oil by the collectors while tho error
lists were In court. In answer to Mr.. /
'lJolls. Mr.. Hutchlson said he signed
the report on Doughsrty's error list
without examining them, but not uni
It'll Mr. Hickman mad uttested its cor
'Irectness and the alildayits of the COLI
: IlnctorS were affixed.
In answer to Mr.. Clark, Mr.. Hutch
son stated that he never compared
the error list and Dougherty's dupll-
Sicate.
Mr., Hickman said the books lay on
the desks a long time.
g MIR. Ellason asked Mr.. Hutchison III
his suspicious were not aroused when
lDoGgherty tried to get out of his way;
: to which Mr.. Hutchinson answered; Il
e lthought he did not want mo to see the
5 ,dupliuatos.
o MIR. i,liason--'1 would have seen
l. them before ] signed them. Why did
I-Iyou sign the delinquent lst2"
y Mr.. HiItchison-"Because Mr.. Hick-
d man said they were correct, and |
think members ought to have that
J: much confidence in each other as TO
4 believe ench Others statements, besides
h,the lists were accompanied by the
Unusual atlldavltsof the collectors"
O. In reply to a question from Mr..
3 CLARK, Mr.. Hickman said the error
/ lists were on his desk open for two
r days. -..
e Mark L. Garrett being called exhi.
IS lbited q tax receipt FOR taxes for 1890
3 which he paid personally TO Collector
II Dougherty, and yet he was returned as
., a delinquent
d Peter b. Ayars WAS also called and
exhibited his receipt but il was found
u That lie had not been returned as de.
l,linquent.
u Al the request of Mr.. Eliason, S. Her.
q Isey OF the DAILY REPUBLICAN was
IsIcalled TO tho stand.
Mr. Hersey stated in answer to Mr..
II Bradford that he was present in the
l. Levy Court the most Of the time when
t-Ithe delinquent lists were being acted
DlIupon. lie had his suspicious aroused
n that some of the dsinquenls were
lfraudulently returned. lie saw the
!, delinquent lists soon after they were
wlreturned to the Levy Court looked
u through them and saw names OF per
sons that he knew always paid thcil
erltuKes; he supposed the Levy Court had
the same knowledge he had in refer
Iylence to the matter,
n He went to Mr.. Hickman, do not re-
COLLECT the date, but Mr.. Hickman has
u Itestilied that it was on the day the de-
lllnquent lists were allowed. He wns
1t lindignant at what he believed to be a
u fraudulent return, and said TO Mr., Hick'
O. man:
" You certainly know that many OF
these persons returned MS dellnquents
ifhave paid their taxes" He also made
lethe remark to Mr.. Hickman that the
committee who paid the taxes should
he know that these delinquents ara
Ifraudulently returned, though he al.
yIded not having seen the delinquent
lists they could not tell He said he
knew from common reports that tho
lAltaxes of all poll-taxabe Republicans
10 had been paid and he knew If they
e-were they ought not to be returned as
L, delinquents,
L.. -. n
ID Bradford whether witness had any
or information That LED
:hIhim to believe that the returns were
H. lfraululent, he replied nothing positive
isinor did lie know anything abont 81, 80,
erIbeing paid or OF tho final payment OIL
,nltaXe5 except what he had heard.
n Being asked IL lo called the attcn
ycielun OF amy one but Mr. Hickman Il
tho error lists Mr.. H. said Yes,
with Mr., Sewell Z. Biggs, clcrL
adiol the peace, about it, Mr.. Biggs wa
iyicopying assessment lists and cailet
Hsifuy attention 10 the long list of pol
al ItaNables who paid no taxes He snic
r. IT WIS an outrage, agreed with him
'rrlhut told him that return was fradulenI
ipias there wasn't Republican on tn,
aStlist whose taxes We're not paid and yut
will near something drop some of Ties,
IL days"
IT. Mr. Jolls-"That was after the lists
had been passed :"
n Yes"
lx Mr.. Hickman Mr.. Hersey. you saw
II. lnumos which you knew to haze beer
ia .fraiulently returned2"
ne Il saw some which | had reason t.
believe had been"
a Mr. Bradford "rhat was You
nfIwhuia information
re! Mr. JUlls-"Did. you call anyhody's
ltIattcntion to II Int Mr. Hickman"
Ii Mr.. Hersey-'Not OF the mem bers o
ea the Levy Court, but was no ways re
ntIicent about it and thluk spoke FREQ
mly to others thought all could Sc,
ilhe magnitude OF the list"
* Mr., JDlli Some of those lists ar
as terrible things"
IT., Mr.. Hersey-''lhey are. / hav
them very closely myself 70
Oi-Ithe past two years, and am quite ia
milar with tllem.n
Mt Mr. EiaSon You were amongst tn
in.Iiirst to examine the error lists, VIII
I lldid you not bring it to the know
ouIlcdge OF the Court
adj Mr.. Harsey-"I thought the mem
Ibnrs Of the Levy Court who had NOR
geirncilites than had knew all about IL.
)rS Mr.. Eliason-"I remember Mr. Ilicl
an, man speaking to me about the mat
ter, but n went in one ear and on
af-Ithe other thought MIR. Herse
led wanted something to kick about an
itlsn was kicking because good man
sts Republicans were returned as deli
ere,quents.'
nts Mr., Jersey said that he often spok
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