The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-26
rnE oREAr FrAUp.



titious Names From the Assessments
Published in Wednesdays Repubii-
camille Did Not Bring the Matter
Before the Levy Court, But What
He Published Was True.
On Wednesday Mr.. s. Hersey, OF the
REPUBLICAN, IN an editorial published
list of names taken from the First
anu Second ward assessments, Mr.. j.
j. Uliara assessor.
Tho names We're so ridiculously
SHORT and significant of fraud that they
attracted general attention, and the
i'm preston partly prevailed that the
publication was buresque. As much
has been said about tho matter com
ing before the Levy Court it became
Incumbent on Mr., Jersey to tell how
he got the names and how they came
before the Levy Court.
On Tuesday evening Mr.. II. dropping
into Republican headquarters, and ell
tering into conversation with some
| gentlemen present, the fraudulent as
sessmnuts became one OF the principal
topics OF discussion Some of the tic-
titiuus names used being alluded to,
! Mr.. Ii. said: Give me few of those
names from the First and second wards
and | will embudy them in an article
| to morrow for the RErUBLIcAN.
The gentleman addressed said all
! llSIl dlll ROJ MS tOpicS u lllb WuTuS
mentioned, and gave NJ. III. the names
published. The latter, to be sure that
all was right, looked over the books
and took from them more names than
had been given. He then asked the
gentleman who gave him the names il
they were really ON the posted assess.
ment, and being assured that they
were he did not think at that time Of
asking il the copied assessments were
| G tf NJ 4 To.
mary to go TO that length in copying
| posted assessments.
| That is just how the names were OBJ
| tanned, and quite number of gentlo-
men will back up this statement on
their oath5 If necessary.
The names thus obtained appeared
very conSpicuouSly in Wednesdays
REPUBI1CAN, just as 3Ir IL. said they
would. The excitement and conster-
nation they created arc well known,
as this was the first time the people
had been brought face to face with
such a mass of fictitious names, only
alluded to before.
Yesterday forenoon about II o'clock
Mr.. Hersey went up to the Levy
Court, not with any intention Of max
Ing charges against Assessor O'IIara
or any other assessor, nor did he
make any nharge personally against
them. His attention was first attract
ed to the matter by Levy Courtman
Simpler taking from his vest pocket
tho article appearing in the REPUBLI-
CAN of the day before, and informed
him that the asse5sors denied that the
names wero on their assessment.
Mr.. Slmpler's clipped list went the
rounds of several gentlemen present,
when the Second ward assessments
Were brought in from the Office OF the
Clerk OF the Peace and an examination
OF them revealed the fact that the
names were not on the returned assess
nents except hore and there one that
had been spelled out in full
President Buckingham then asked
Mr. II. how ard where lie got the
names, Mr.. II, told him exactly as is
already stated.
Mr. Buckingham said that this was
very serious matter US it reelected SO
verely upon tho honesty OF the assess
ors and he thought the men who
copied the assessment from the posted
list ought to be called upon to sub
5tantiato their work.
MIR. Heraey entirely agreed with
President Buckingham that the mat
ter should lie fully investigated, or
otherwise innocent men IN ght suffer
by implication. Mir. iiersey reiteratet a
that lie could not say that the books
from which no copied the names lac
sworn copies of the posted assessments
but lie said lie he would soon know.
This is exaGtly what tran5pired in the
Levy Court In reference to The matter,
Notwithstanding the "eockney" ac-
count of it published In the EverS
Evening. Mr. Hersay then left the
Levy Count to ascer ain whether tht
copies from which he obtained his list
OF fictitious names were sworn copies
OF not lie had not far to 20 nor Ions
to search before lie was shown the fol.
lowing ullid1vit which completely set
ties the matter 50 lar rs Mr., IL. Is con
cetncd;
STATE or DELAWARE,