The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-21
Fiji I'll edition,


The MuddIe Getsinu Thiclx.,
The more the police middle Ia stirrod
the thicker 1t seems to become and
while some of the officers Keen aioof
from the matter, the majority take
sides one way or the other. Tonight
there Will be charges and counter
charaes preferred before the Police
commission, and while Chief Fraucis
VIII charge Captain Kersey and Ser
geant Wigglesworth with insubordi.
nation and conduct unbecominr an
oliicer. the captain and sergeant will
charge the chief with arrestinR a man
under misrepresentation and keenin0
reward himself; also with releasln9
prisoner without legal proceedings.
Chief Francis has made the follow
Ing additional statement.
before Moore was taken away I
went to his cell and asked him IL had
received any money for releasing him
last Friday. He said had not. Moore
then said: Chief, one OF your officers
came to me and said: 1 have some.
lining 10 say to you, which Is only be-
Tween You and me. II you will swear
that you paid Francis for your release
last Friday. you will get out and / Will
guarantee that You will be at work be-
Will get $780, After Moore said this
he again started to talk and said: /
can tell the officer II l see him again.,
l went out and brought In several on.
GERS, but he said mono of them was
the one who was talking to him.
Il then told the officer In charge to
pring Moore down stars at the roll.
call inthe morning and let him pick the
Queer from the ranks. Wigglesworth
heara this and went to Officer Gum
ana tod him not to come to the roll
call In The mnrntner Int all.
cuse that either he was sick or some
ono In his family was sick so that
Moore would NOT see him,
Gum refused to do what WigQles.
worth asked him, but came to me and
said that he understood that j was
looking for the man that was talking
to Moore. He said he was the man,
l took Gum pack to Moore's cell and
the prisoner said Gum was the officer.
asked Moore to repeat his statemont
In the presence OF the officer, and lie
did. Gum acknowledged 1t and said
1t was true. Gum then said Chief.
L Will tell you the truth
'He said: On Monday Sergeant Wig
ellsworth called me out of The ranks
and said Captain Kersey wa nted to see
me IN the Municipal Court room. 1
saw kersey and he requested me to go
to Moore and say that II he would
.''hS gu btlVfc l0uU
he paid Francis some money to be re.
leased last Friday he would be out and
at work before sunrise or guaranteed
300. Moore said: What do you take
ne Tor? l could not do that, us it isn't
So | said: 4 would not do it II 1t
wasn't So"
Continuing. the chief said: II can
prove what l have said by man not
connected with the police force II 1t Is
n M -.
captain Kersey asked him to 90 and
pump Moore and II he would say that
no Ind given me money to release him
no captain kersey) would turn the
lock and let him go. The man refused
to go and said lie would have nothing
to do with it."
WAS any inducement offered to
you. chief. to keep Moore from being
sent back?" inquired the reporter.
There was not. replied the chief In
a manner that left no doubt OF his
Tho entire story of Moore's arrest"
said the chief, is as follows:
'On Wednesday, April l2, early in
the morning, Captain Kersey and Ser
geant Wigglesworth arreSt1d Moore
and kept him until friday night.
They did not say how long they were
gong to keep him On when thdy were
t''hS w bhho hiih away luty
not received any official notice to ar
rest him. They had letter from a
member OF his company saying that
he had deserted. They arrested
Moore and then notified the United
States authorities In Philadelphia, they
refused TO accept Moore on tie letter.
kersey AMI Wiggleswortb said moth
ing to me about Moore, so / released
him on Friday night, when Mr.. En-
m a In tWTNs hnd
that he could be had when wanted.
saturday morning Wlgglesworih.
game to me and wanted to know why
had released Moore. told him that
Judge Ball aud Mr.. Emmons were
here whom he was released and that
MIR. Emmons said he could he hid
when wanted. Last Monday mornlng,
Without saying anything to me, Ker.
sey and Wigglesworth arrested Moore
nIain and brought him into the nall
by the front door. They took him up
stairs without tnrntng him over to
House Sergeant Floyd or searching
him- They kept him there until House
sergeant alarr came on duty at
pollock and then told Mari not to pus
Moore's name on the slate, but In
book so TINT no one would know he
was here. Monday morning after
kersev aud Wiggleswurth had gone
off duty. they started to take Moore
TO PHILADELPHIA WigRles worth had
the handouts and they were endeav.
lflng to get him away before got
down to the ball. l told them not to
Lake Moore away.
In All interview with reporter Scr.
!eant Wigglesworth said: Captain
!<ersey and | have acted square and
lair all the way through the matter.
Moore said that he hud given some.
thing to other people besides the $40
he gave Lawyer Emmons to get out,
and we tried to find out who who he
mad paid. There are five different peo-
pie. three beside ourselves, to whom
lie told 1t. All of these will be put on
their oath to morrow night when we
Jring charges against Chief Francis of
lrresting man on Misrepresentation
and getting reward. lie told me- to
Arrest Monaghan, another deserter,
ocked up, Francis took him to New
York and got tho reward"
When Captain kersey was seeE ne
SAID; II have nothing miicn to saw
.ook Moore to Philade phia to.day and
turned him over to tho United States
authorities thore. lie told me several
days ago that he paid Lawyer Elm.
what he did with the other money. lie
'urther said: Chief Francis let me
out once and he can let me out again
| want him to- When the commits.
'ioners meet | will bring charges
against Chief Francis for letting a
prisoner go without n haheas corpus
n any other legal proceedings"
Before the Judge.
Judge Ball presided, as usual. at this
Mornings session OF the Municipal
Iourt, and disposed Of the following
ases:
John Kelly.an old man. was charged
With drunkenness, but as Officer Scott.
Who made the arrest, was not present
o substantiate the charge, the accused
vas told to go.
William Powell was fined - and
ostS for drunkenness.
Nary Thomas was charged with me-
slectinR her children and II was al
eyed that she sent her son out to
reg. The matter was Investigated by
agent Stout. who stated that while he
lad learned beyond doubt that the