Evening journal., 1893-04-24
RECEIPT STUBS LOST
Comptroller Stats Could Not
Find Them.
REMEDY NEEDED FOR ASSESSMENTS


The TaxeReeeIpt tstubs Of Receiver
Dlckey Left In Vault at the Court
House by an Auditing Committee But
Could Not BE Found This Morning.
Gilisey Submitted to the Jury with
out Argument-No United States Court
Tomorrow.
The evidence In the election cases In
the United States Court was slowly ex-
tracted from the witnesses this morning.
The members Of the jury from Sussex
county did not arrive until IL 30 when
the court was opened
Judge Wales received a certificate
from DR. S. p Manship that Charles w.
Cook Republican supervisor, was sick
and could not attend the court Mr.
Watson informed the court that the
prosecution could proceed without him
He is connected with one Of the election
cases.
The prosecution again took up the
Isaac Gilkey case w. p. Biggs was the
| first witness on the stand. He stated
that he had examined the error list of
1890 and did not find the name OF Isaac
| Gilkey but did find that Of j. Gilkey
There were about 300 erasures Of red
marks IN the twelve wards of the city
The books were examined prior to
last October by a committee appointed
by the Republican party After this
committee had gone found several
erasures Of red marks. Some one had
tampered with the books at sometime by
adding letters TO the initials to complete
a name Mr.. Biggs asked the Levy
Court to buy safe in order TO keep the
books.
John A. Mitchell testified that he was
delinquent tax collector and that the
name of Isaac j. Gilkey appeared in the
books containing the names of those
persons who had their taxes paid for the
Filth ward hese books went into his
hands on January 1st, 1892
Mr.. Watson showed the book to the
jury.
Mr. Biggs was called to identity tn,
handwriting in the books He stated
that it was not his writing but that OF
Harry r. Smith Gilkey s name appeared
last on the list Mr. Lyman after asking
question said that he supposed If tn,
man name above Gillyey's had been las
on the list he would have been OF
trial
John T Dickey was called TO the wit
n. IS stand aud was asked If a man VIII,
Z had been properly returned delinquen
In the year 1889 would have valid ts'
8 receipt in 1892 The reply was that b.
could provided he was put on the assess
ment list by the assessor
Mr. Watson Before you give Ia
r receldts do you look at the assessmen
a lists to see II the mans name is o
P themT
Mr. Dlekey-"No. look at the dupli
Gates only
b. Watson-"Have you given tax receipt
TO persons without the money!
Dickey-"Yes sir, have, TO respons
ble persons, and will do so again
Court says the Assessment Law shoul
BE Remedied.
After several complicated question
had been asked which counsel or witneH
S did not understand the court said
"This system of making assessment
should be remedied. II is an old "Blu
law, made 60 years ago, and is so con
e plicated with later laws that plai
H. man like myself cannot understand IL. "
p. stubs of Tax Receipts Missing.
e John Stats, county comptroller
d was the next witness for the prosecution
K He stated that he could not find th
stubs of the tax receipts issued by MI
Dickey, which contained the name q
lsaac Gilkey. The book was place
" in a vault at the court house with severn
others after the auditing committee re
Is Gently audited them He said he locke
for them this morning and was unabl
TO find them.
why are these names added to th
books" asked Judge Wales
81 gave the books to the Levy Coul
d and they put them in the hands Of
p, committee who compare the lists an
where names are dropped they are place
i, on piece of paoer ana are then put ut tf
- bottom of the lists by the clerk in NJ
y Dickeys office who placed the oth'
= names
y MIR. Stats was the last witness for IL
4 government.
y Mr. Biggs asked that the witnesses
The seventeen cases Of interfering wit
s supervisors, be discharged until su,
. iuie as the cases could be .taken u
y The court discharged them until Thur
day.
ST No Court Tomorrow.
le Judge Wales Informed counsel tn
10 there would be no court TO morrow. /
10 will sit tomorrow in the Court Of A
peals at Philadelphia
Lat witness for Defense.
a w Peirce Biggs was called for the d
n fense After hearing his evidence, the ca
4 was submitted to the jury without arg
=. ment by the court or counsel, Court az
4. iourned until o'clock.