Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-01-25
ASSESSMENTLISTS STOLEN.
nsHANr pouGHERTY SUSPECTED
or DOING IT.

eaus-Nearly Three huhuEeu Names
Added-The Eooks Returned BY 'shan"
DouEhertY.
The Republican managers are beeom-
inn more desperate day by day. Since
tbe EXPOSE Of Assessor b lnce's nefafious
nolitieal methods in New Castle hun
dred have been made public. another and
more glowing outrage has come to
light. 49, ~. =,
Democratic political renegade, have
stolen the First ward assessment lists
from Meuaughlin's cigar store, No. B
West Fourth street, added 292 names
Their to and replaced them by the same
means.
ASSESSOR o'HARRA TALKS.
This morning an EVENING JOURNAL
ranorrer heard that such 40 outrage had
been parpetrated. He waited upon As
SCISSOR O'Harra at his home at Third aud
Lombard streets, aud asked him If there
was any truth Ia the rumor. he said
Eyes, there is great deal Of truth in
It. Here ara my books; look at them for
yourself
The books plainly showed that they
had been tempered with. Upon page atosr
page dozens OF names had oeeh auaeui
ana All Ara those Of Republicans, The
ink used ID much blacker than Lhas with
which tile original lists were made out,
ana The handwriting is entirely diff
farsnt The most careless observer could
not fail to detect the outrage.
Continuing the interview, Mr.. O'Eara
said:
II hung the head and property lists up
in McLaughlin's store at Fourth and
Market streets on the evening of last Fri
day week AID day Saturday, understand,
two Republicans were there copying the
lists I do not know who they were.
They were at 1t until late that day.
"On the following Wednesday the
books were stolen at $3.50 o'clock and
kept out until 10 o'clock that night, when
they were brought back by Shan
Dougherty OF the Fourth ward, who was
formerly classed with the Democr ats, but
who has Joined the Republicans.
NEARLY THREE HUNDRED NAMES
Glow many names have been placed on
the lists p Asked he reporter.
Two hundred and ninety he
answered "0f this number 168 are on
tho head tax book and 1874 on the prop
erty tax book did not have any head
tax on the property tax book in the First
ward book
"Who discovered the frsud2"
.Mr. Mclaughlin informed me of IT,
took he books down Fortunately
preserved a copy of the original assess-
meut
Were many colored persons put our
M they are all white
Did you accuse Dougherty of tbs
theftYn
Yes He hesitated moment and de-
MED it. II you want to know any thing
more | would advise you to call upon Mr.
Mclaughlin.
SHAN WAS THERE THAT NIGHT.
j. j. Mclaughlin makes the following
statement:
Assessor q Hara hung up the FRS
ward slips here % last Friday week. o.
Saturday a young Republican nance
Piersoa and a tai and slim young fellow
whom / did not know, came in here ant
books.
Next Wednesday night about 8 /
o'clock the books were stolen Shan
Dougberty was there about that time
shortly after be left man called her
aud asked to see the lists. l told hiI
where they were hung up. He went t
the place designated and said that the
were not there.
1T did not worry me very much be
cause / supposed that Assessor Harr
had taken them
"At 10 o'clock that night Shal
Dougherty, of the Fourth ward came int
the store carrying the lists Then
suspected that something was wrong.
gave him q talking to for carrying ava
the lists. His only reply was:
Shaw, now niver moind.
WANTED TO GET THE NAMES.
Next morning about o'clock, Coz
tractor Mahoney's son and another fe
low, about 1S years old, came to take
copy of the names that had been put 0
while the books were in Republca
hands Irefused to allow them to do i
had looked at the books the night BIZ
FORE discovered the fraud, and foun
something like 26I names added. | tol
these two young men that it was a r
publican scheme, and would not c1ul
tenance it until l saw the Democrat
assessor, Mr. o'Hara. They left wit
out saying anything
II notified Mr. o lara right away.
think that the book we're taken to ii
rooms OF the Republican Inyincibles,
the Phillips Building, at Fourth an
French streets. Shan Dougherty is
member of that organization. He fir
queutly loafed here, but he doss not {
= now.
AsGAAN GETS A LECTURE.
Next day young Mahoney was Sc,
laying the law down to shan becau %
did not keep a copy Of the names til
were placed on.
WANTED 10 DE A DETECTIVE
DougheltY, who was at one time a W,
known Democratic ward worker sever
his allegiance because Governor Re
nolds refused to make him state dete
tive II is said that while the appoin
ment was pending be felt 50 confidel
Of success that he went home and To
his wife to hide his pipe to See II
could .'fud il.
ASSESSORS WILL SIT To-MoRRow
The lists have al, been taken down a,
for five days, beginning to morrow. 4
three assessors will sit at the Cou
House to hear appeals and make CORE,
ions
p. o g. of A. Has New Oficers,
The following officers Of Camp No.
P. 0, s. A. were installed by J.