Evening journal., 1892-10-27
MCDANIEL UNDER BAIL.
The Negro Must Answer for Illegal Reg
istration Before the Judges Magistrate
sasse Denies Malicious Nils statements


The Negro Must Answer for Illegal Reg
istration Before the Judges-NIagistrat
sasse Denies Malicious Nils statements
State Detective McVey arrested George
W. Mcdaniel, colored, last evening, on
the charge of registering Illegally. He
was arraigned before Magistrate Sasse
and held in 81, ,OO0 bail for his appear
ance this morning.
George A. Elliott and Walter II. Hayes,
Republican lawyers, volunteered to de-
fend him. The prisoner had no bail and
spent the night in a City Hall cell.
Magistrate Sasse denies the statement
made by morning paper to the effect
that Mcdaniel was committed 20 the City
Hall without warrant or commitment.
He said, this morning:
II issued the warrant myself. Il was
regularly sworn and issued on Monday
MacVeagh got it yesterday morning.
The statement that ] could not be found
is also erroneous. was here from to
945 last night Walter Hayes and
George A. Elliott were here about
% o'clock. They simply asked for the
time of the trial. told them
10 o'clock this morning. They
did not ask for hearing l asked Nc
Daniel IL he had bail and he said no.
then had him committed TO the city
hall. IL is not necessary for me or my
officer to specify charges against prison
ers on the city hall slate when we com.
nit them there. That is simply as a
matter of reference for the city hall Of
ficials can commit prisoner to any
place commonly used for the confinement
of prisoners and the officers in charge
are bound TO take care of him.
Mcdaniel was arraigned before the
magistrate at 10 o'clock this morning
He was represented by Messrs Hayes
and Elliott. The prisoner was rough
looking negro. He told Mr.. Elliott that
Il took him half the night TO kill the
cockroaches in his cell in the city hall.
The warrant sworn out by Clerk McClos-
key Of the election department specified
that Mcdaniel registered unlawfully in
the Second district of the Seventh ward
Clerk McCloskey was sworn. He said
he was led to swear out the warrant be
cause Mcdaniel had made an affidavit be.
fore Magistrate Sasse that he came "a
this state November 10 last whereas he
swore lefore the board of registration
that he had been here year
Registrar George b. Ward testified
that Mcdaniel swore that he had been in
the state one year and registered in his
precinct.
Patrick Mundy, Of 1925 West Third
street. was called. He testified that he
heard that Mcdaniel was here and he
saw him. The negro told him that he
went from Virginia to Glenn Mills. Pa.
and then came to this city. He got him
TO go before Magistrate Sasse and max,
affidavit TO the effect that he had only
been resident of Wilmington since
November 10, 1891.
Mr.. Elliott refused TO produce any evi
dence for the prisoner claiming that
there was not enough evidence in the
statement that he had not been a resi-
dent "of Wilmington. as he might have
lived in some other part of the state prioi
to that time
Magistrate Sasse informed him that he
would hold him in $500 bail for the
upper court.
Mr.. Hayes offered Joseph l.. Martin
Republican candidate for receiver o.
taxes, as bondsman. Detective McYel
objected, saying that Martin was moi
worth dollar and he could prove it
Martin made sharp retort and th'
magistrate had TO call both men {,
order. He then accepted Martin a
security
The signatures Of Mcdaniel upon tn
affidavit and bail bond were identical il
every respect