The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-20

Inc trial OF Nj. JEAN LDickey, foc4yor
OF taxas for New cartls County. which
took place on saturday last before Judge
Rail WAS . screaming farne- Il Maa .
comedy OF the worst kind. willard 5auls-
bury, Jr., and ]. Harvey whlteman. Esqs..
appeared for Mr.. Diciey. The state wit
nssses had been approached and tampsr-
cd with by Detective Barney Meyey.
Mr.. George Elliott the prosecuting at
torney did all In his power to connect Mr..
Dickey with the issuing nj some thirty
tax receipts from his Office without As
much as resolving one cent In return tor
them, TO turn into tho County Treasury.
The following young men supposed to
have voted the the Democratic ticket
were sent tax receipts and testified that
they could not remember where or from
whom they received them. George H.
Hoag, James +. Curran. and James L.
Buckley Of the Fourth ward; Joseph Z.
Cannon, John D. Dunbar. T. C. Brown.
Charles W. DIggins, and John B. Dsntar.
Jr., OF the Fifth ward. Now no sane
reader Of tho REPUBLICAN would for q
moment believe these young men did not
know from whom they received their tax
receipts and Furthermore they never paid
one cent to the County for them. Who
did pay for them9 Was tho County cheat.
ed out OF the money that should have
been turned In for these receipts? What
is wrong about thems Can't somebody
rise and explain? The voters. the tux
payers OF Delaware demand to know IL
the money for these tax receipts were
turned into the County Treasury? II not
why. not? This is some thing every real
estste owner In New Castle County has
right to know
The first witness exdfnined in rnis com.
edy was wm. L. Travis. residing In the
Third ward. His tax receipt was very
kindly and OPPORTUNITY left at his resi-
dence. The number Of the receipt was
No. Sissy. tie failed to remember thing
In regard to the receipt, how it came
Into his possession who gavo 1t to HIM.
etc but he did remember that hs did not
pay any money for 1t.
The second witness placed on tITstaud
to testify before Judge Bali was James
Daley He resided in tho Second ward.
He also had very tIeacherous memory.
He could not recollect how he came into
possession OF his tax receipt. He
could remember that he received 1t and
voted on 1t. Any further his memory re-
fused to go.
William Pagan, also could not romem-
Dor where his tax receipt camo from or
who left 1t at his home. He found it at
his homo und voted on 1t. He did not
pay either Receiver DlcIey or Deputy
Finck for 1t. He had u real poor memory
when tax receipts wore mentioned.
Robert Cassidy had apparently also
been coached. What answer to give. He
also did not know taing about how he
came into possession OF his tax receipt.
Deputy Collector Finck testified that 1t
was not customary to pat tho date on
the tax receipts in the stubs when receipts
were issued. Only about one week before
| Mr.. Dickey had testified that it was Gus
tomary to put the stub receipt In the
| books.
Here the two gentlomen's testimony
differed considerably.
Thomas James witness FOR the State
testified that Detective MeYey saw him
on Thursday evening last IN regard to
the case, Here Mr.. Elliott was interrupt
| Oh ny d uuse Dali WHO tolu MN ne coulC
not impoach tho States witnesses. That
If the witness had boon tempered will
there was remedy.
The Judge also took occasion to re-
mark from the bench to Mr.. John T.
Dickey. on his dismissal OF the charge
that thore certainly was no evidence o.
fraud Oh proven 80 by tho State.
In the case of Fred. Eden Bach cbarreC
by Lewis Higgins with purchasing his taz
receipt from him. Judge Ball took pains
to read Mr.. Bach quite lecture on til,
enormlty of the crime Of dickering L
tax receipts.