Evening journal., 1892-06-09
STAR WITNESS MOORE.
The Detectives and DuPonts
Throw Him Upon the World.
WILL NOT PEACH ON BURNS.

He Is Discharged From "star witness"
Employ oy-wilkinson's Agency Gives Him
S0O-"MercIy This or Nothing Moore Ho
Says lie Has Not Been Fairly Treated /
By the DuPonts.
Jimmy Moore. the states star wit
ness in the trials of Edward Clark. Mary |
Clark and Joseph Clark and William j. |
Gibbons. who are now serving tinc i'm New |
Castle Jail for buningand conspiring TO !
burn the property of H. l. Dupont dc |
Nemours a Co.. Is in this city An
EvsNiNs JOURNAL reporter found
him this morning at the Justison
House, small hostelry ON the
west sido Of Justison street, be-
/ tween Front and Wator streets. This
unpretentious hotel ON an unpretentious
street Is kept by William Armstrong.
whose wife is Moores sister
When the reporter entered the bar
room aud asked II "Air James Moore
was in the bartender hesitated for mo-
ment and said
" don't know whether lac IS or not.
A man who was standing at the end OF
the bar worked his finger Significantly
and said: Come this way; win show
him 20 you.
Tho reporter followed him through
a back room, and into small kitchen. A
man of medium height was just passing
into the yard with blacking brush and
blacking in his hand.
Jimmy, said the reporters guide.
Tho man who was going to shine FOR
himself, turned Iquickly. even moro So
rsrhaps than he would II the reporter
hndt yelled "Mr. james Moore
Jimmy had natural sound that
brought it's answer Mr. Moore l be-
lover eyes. sir
~ am reporter and would lihe TO have
an interview IAN right
Two of his friends walked into the
kitchen and seated themselves Jimmy
stood with the blackng utensils In his
hands his thumb working restlessy In
the inside of the backing box He looked
more like man who has Just loft farm
than one who has been soiourning in
New York for sixth months.
3 when did you return TO Whining
tonf' 81 don't remember the date.
think about hve weeks ago.
r Did you come here direct from the
Office of the Wilkinson Detective
e Agency yes
5 "What induced You 20 leaveT Super
intcndcnt John J. Brady told me 10 come
me.
"ls there any truth In Detective Emily
Mobiles statement that you refused to
q testify against Eugene DUPONT Burnsi
"Not that know Of "
b "Wero yon here when the case was
called up at the present term Of courtf
"Nes Right In kas house
"Did the DuPonts ask You to testify
against Burnsi mo. sir
ie did the attorney general, deputy
v attorney general or anyone Interested I
n the stato's case come to soc your no.
\ Detective Wilkinson has been taking
"a care Of you iurt the aameY eyes, sir
d "Does no still take care Of your No
D. SIR"
"Ho was sick when he came here,
broke IN one Of bis friends. "rho detec
tivos had him almost crazy, Ho has no
O. been doing anything
!, Have the DuPOnts and the Wilkinson
* Agency kept the promises they mad
p your "No. they have not They prom
s. ised me that they would find me a goo,
he Job I'm New York They never did any
1t thing OF the kind / was disappontel
3 greatly 1 thought they would &c
N me Job and that I would b
u cared for hereafter That came TO IA
M from the detectives a. coming from th
H. Duponts. Not only that bu
re Charlie DUPONT told me l woul
m always be taken caro- Of
n Did you get any money Tor the par
vs. YOU played as a star witnessf THE
es only gave me $50 That wa
given TO me the day that wa
discharged That was all 20
for the six months / was with them
n- From what the detectives told m
Or was never 10 want az long n
m lived When Brady gave me tho 81
IS he wanted me TO get out. | wanted q
2, stay and see Chief William d
es Wilkinson. Ho refused tellinl
e- me that Mr. wilkinson was out of tow
or and that he would not be hom
for two or three DAYS On chat day o
the next / saw him. but did not get O
, speak to him. So he could not be out o
se town. Thoy only gave me about one
4, half hours notice
se "Do you feel now as II you would tes
IN tify against Burnsg'
"Nu. don't think / will after having
been treated In that way-nu, Of cours
not They have not treated me fairly
ny "Did you get anything but your es
., pcnses while in New York; THAT is all
rs ] never handled a cent from the day
IN went thore until came back with th
by 500
care You going TO make this you
homer Yes
When tho reporter left he was sti
" nursing the blockng box.
wv Drawn ny Hymen.
Willard L. Westcott and Miss Harriet
" Johnson were married at the home
the brides parents at Elsemere yesterda
afternoon by Rev w. f. Bainbridge
cb ID of Delaware Avcnue Baptisf Churcl