The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-02
THIRD EDITION.
THROUGH WITH MCKEE.


After Making All Possible Allowances
He Is Found to Owe the County
EIssD3.Os for Taxes-Not Iu Hurry |
TO Investigate Dougherty's Accounts
The Mandanus Proceedings.
The Levy Court investigating com.
mittee met again yesterday afternoon, |
and commenced work about o'clock. |
III the members were present except |
Ar. Hickman.
The iitet thing done was to qualify |
Charles q. Guyer TO assist W. q. Ma
hAily In making type-written and cor
rect copies OF the lists OF those who |
paid taxes and were returned as delin- |
Qurnts.
Beth Mr. Mahary and Mr.. Guyer |
then went to work copying the lists, |
nnsl the committee went to work to |
count up the amount owed by George |
w. Mckee.
After the committee got to work |
George l., Cameron came In when
work was suspended and he was ex-
andned by Mr.. Clark.
MIR. Clark-'1n what ward do you
nvey'
MIR Cameron-"In the Eighth ward"
'.Did You pay your tax for iS9Or
~ did"
"Who did you pay it to?"
''Iu Dougerty's clerk. Dougherty
himself was present in the room atthe
Time"
''Who signed the receiptY"
lit was already signed and the clerk
filed II in"
Mr.. Cameron exhibited receipt for
81 cents, the amount Of taxes due from
him, MIR. Eliason examined the ASSESS
ment on tue court records and stated
that tho name was there. Mr.. Clark
examined the delinquent list and found
Mi. Camer0ns name there.
The committee had not much moro
than resumed work In adding up the
lists when Ferris Giles came In and
sent Charles Mcbride to the commit
tee to see II his name was on the asSeSS-
ment Tho committee examined tho
nssessinrnts md 70 ind that Mr.. Giles
had been returned as Il delinquent from
the Fifth ward. The messenger who
paid Mi. Giles tax was then examined
by Air. bradford.
MIR. Bradford-"Di1 you pay tax
for 1890 for Ferris Gilesr
Il did"
80 whom did yon pay It2"
Il paid IL TO u gentleman whom
believed WAS Mr.. Dougherty. He was
Sitting at Mr. DoughertyS deskY
1T was paid at Mr.. Dougherty's Of
ilee2"
''Yes sir"
1ou pulu IL lOr Ar. tlleSF
AYes, SIR
The committee again resumed their
counting up OF the amounts of tax,
and the type writers ratified away at
their lists In the com mittee room
During the examination or tile lists
IL was discovered that in many cases
colored men assessed for $500 had been
returned as dolinquents after having
paid tholr ~ cents tax, but no mention
mazda n the IN utH oil
toL sehood taxes which they owed.
II was found on consulting the
Democratic members of the court that
the collectors had been in the habit of
turning the colored school tax straight
over To the county treasurer, who In
turn paid it over to the treasurer of the
society for the education OF colored
children
The Levy Court seems to have kept
NO record OF the money at all.
MIR. Bradford being consulted said
he would examine the law bearing on
That poipt.
The custom lie thought was to col
iect both the county and poor, and
negro school taxes together and never
10 accept ono without the other. He
presumed the collector had collected
The school tax, and II he had he would
charge him with the same. In the
First ward the names OF II colored
men were found returned as delin-
qnents for county and poor taxes AM
NO mention was made of the schoo
taxes they had paid. II these amounts
Bre charged up against Mckee his in
debtednesS would he much larger.
The committee had now about com
pletcd the count in the various wards
Of the Southern district.
Isl tho First ward 1t was fonnd Nc
Kee had collected and not paid over
AZ l. Il q a 1 a
names In the Second ward IS Is, allow
ance sll.S0; IN the Third ward SlS7. 40
allowance 81 10; Fourth ward 1858 10
allowance $40; Tenth ward Sl2O,0S
allowance 81; Eleventh ward S74S
allowance $500; Twelfth ward Sl62 sc
Allowance 9l2 Of; total $40 10, allow
Ance S5504 net amount 81 ,293, 06.
The committee talking Of the pro
Eress OF the cuse thought 1t Hdvisabl
70 postpone the Dougherty investiga
lions a week or two as no uetion cal
Pc taken by the supreme court unit
November anyhow.
This is caused by the death OF job
A. Beers one Of DouGhertys suretie
and the court must recognize his ext
putors the Security Trust and Safe Dc
post Company.
Another postpouemeut is That wit
two exceptions the members of tn
committee are all farmers and this b,
Ing seeding season they will be yer
busy the coming wo weeks.
As 1t is Mr.. Eliason has not bee
able to be present all the time thi
week ana Is absent to day.
Tie amount paid by the Republican
Rommittee to George W. Mckee wa
blbb2.20 which is $20I 10 more thu
what the investigating eonmitte
made out.
At $40 p. m. the committee adjourn
% until l p. m, to-day.
When your child has been attaeke