The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-21

Detective Mcysy Making Himself Liable
TO the Law-AIso Attorney Wi.
lard saulsbury, Jr,


lard salisbury, Jr.
The witnesses In the Dckey case, which
came up for hearing before Judge Bal
on saturday last and dismissed for want
81 evidence. were tempered with and ever
threatened by Willard salisbury, Jr.,
counsel for the defendant. Would oui
Court OF General Sessions allow a State
detective and the attorney for the de,
PENDANT In q Gaze to interview the State'a
witnesses before the case went on trialY
Thomas Jones. morocco tinlsher who
was one OF the States witnesses said he
was approached on Thursday last by De.
teotlvs Barney Mcyey and reauested to
meet Mr.: Willard salisbury Jr., and Mr.
Jonh Y. Dlckey, who Wished to have TAI Il
with him at No. ST. Market street, which
turned out to be the headqu aI ters Of The
Young Mems Demociatlo Club. Jones
told some frtende about what Barney had
said to him and said he would NOT meet
Them. He was persuaded to reconsid or
the matter, and go and Md out what they
mad TO say. He went up to the rooms
about 1870 o'clock In tho evening, and there
met MIR. Willard salisbury, DR., Victor @.
Wooieyland John 4. Dlckey.
Mr.. Snulsbury Informed mo that was
TO know nothing about the case when
that IL would be oetter for me to rem m i.
get myself In trouble II | testified other
wise than had been told. Money also
reminded me that 1t would be to my bene.
NJ 70 call and see these dis.
racy. Here's case in point for the old
shrew Every Evening to Investigate into
at once.
The other seven or eight witnesses " ere
ALEC summoned before the above nam ed
gentleman by Detective Money on The
~ fnIh In
emphatic language that they might get
themselves into trouble II they were not
careful what they testiiied to before Judge
Ball In the Municipal Court 10 regard TO
their tax receipts as to no W they came into
their Possession. After quite q lengthy
talk they were Instructed by Mr. Sauis.
bury and others that whom they appeared
IN the court as Witnesses to answer they
did not know to nil questions asked them
by City Solicitor Elliott In regard to their
tax receipts.
At the trial before Judge Bal! the wit.
nesses all answered parrot-like thst they
DID not know anything to every question
put When the City Solicitor asked the
witnesses whether or not that Detective
Mcrey had seen them In reference to the
testimony they were to Kive oil the case
going to trial, Judge Ball very promptly
ruled the question out on the ground
that the immaculate detective was not
yet on trial. The City solicitor then
stated he would be compelled to abandon
the prosecution. that the wltnesses had
come to him (Elliott) and made state.
ments that convinced him that It was his
duty to prosecute the case, and now the
same witnesses appear and plead ignor-
ance to the whole matter.
rms 10 only one OF the many Instances
where witnesses In the Municipal Court
have been tempered with.
- Even Judge Ball will no doubt bear the
REPUBLICAN out In this fact. 1t Ia high
time such officials who try to block the
wheels OF justice were made an example OF.
The purists In our city would do well to
Investigate the Police Commission before
trying to lind other bigger game.