Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03


him that in so many words, but had
closed him up and took away a piece
of meat which he said ne was going to
show the chief.
in answer to questions asked by Mr..
Pyle, the witness said the mea in
spector had inspected and passed the |
meat on the previous Thursday, June |
10Th.
Capt Chambers asked him il he |
remembered going to his house and to |
his bed room on the following Monday |
morning and asking him to come down |
town and deny the statements which |
had been prinled in newspapers and
telling him that if he did not do SO the
chief would go before a magistrate and
prefer charges against him. DuRoss
said such was not the case. He ad.
mitted going to Capt Chambers
published reports Strengthened out.
He said he did not want to get revenge
on anybody.
Witnesses for DuRoss were next
called. Frank Miller, the first one,
said he ate a piece of the meat and
found it good lie bought ~ or As
pounds, wholesale, to sell. paying
three or four cents per pound. He is
| butcher. He believed it to he the
same meat over which the controversy
arose.
Charles Thorpe killed three cows for
| DuRoss on the previous Thursday and
considered them ali right tIe be-
leved one of them to BIZ the same as
was the cause of the controversy. The
meat was inspected at the ahattoir by
the meat inspector, who approved it.
Charles Lutz, who helped him to kill
the cattle, gave similar testimony.
! Meat Inspector Adele said he was at
the slaughterhouse when the COWS we're
killed and passed them. On the day of
the trouble he went TO Philadelphia at
| o'clock in the afternoon. He be-
| loved the meat over which the trouble
arose to be the same he had approved,
bnt did not see it after it had been
taken to the stand ia the market,
although no had been informed that
DuRoss had taken it out of the
markethouse. He had not inspected it
after it had been placed on the stand.
Thomas Kelley testified that between
; and 90 o'clock in the afternoon he
bought some meat from DuRoss, who
then had his wagon in Second street
alongside Of the markethouse. He
took the meat home and ate it and
found it to be all right. He under
stood it was the. Same meat as that in
question.
Edward DuRoss. Daniels brother,
said the COW was healthy and all right
and Ind been approved by the meat
inspector. A Mr.. O'Neill said the COW
was hearty and strong In reply to
questions asked by the commissioners,
he said it was u bologna COW.
The compliments witnesses having
all testified, witnesses were put on for
the defence Attorney Bradford told
of the ownership of the alley by the
| markethouse company. Joseph f..
Martin saw the meat exposed for sale
in the alley and also in front of the
] saloon. He told President Monaghan
/ about the man standing there and saw
| the saloon man and the latter told him
that he had not given DuRoss per-
3 mission to stand there and did not
5 want him there. He saw the meat and
, considered it very common. He said
: he would not eat it.
t President Monaghan Of the market
a house company said complaint had
Q been made to him about man stand,
y ing in the alley. lie did not know
who he was but went to him and told
and saw him still there and informed
d Chief Dolan that he was selling there
o illegally. He saw the meat and doe:
Q not consider any kind of bologna mea
sold in that manner fit to eat. He salC
!, the captain did not act boisteroui
o toward DuRoss. He thought he Should
o have arrested him, but as he did not
II considered he was befriending him
IS Mr.. Powell, he said, had no right Il
It rent the place in the alley. Mr.
IS Monaghan said he thought he recog
nized DuRoss rs man who went Il
IS his stand about noon for some fat will
which to plug his meat DuRoss sait
he went to Mr.. Monaghan's stall TO
it fat about . O'Clock in the morning, blu
d Mr.. Monaghan said such was not tn
10 case, as he had no fat there at tina
a time OF day.
La James Martin saw the meat and di'
IF not consider it proper meat to be sol
in in the market. Charles Mammele wa
a called, but did not know anythin
of about the matter Charles II. GartoI
Ie said it was hard looking meat, blu
re- could not tell whether it was diseased
A, = never saw anything as bad as that,
r. he said. Il would not consider it Fl
I'd to eat.
Id Arthur Powell, who saw the meat
an said it looked very bad 1T was tn
O. worst meat I'd SEEM" he said. II
said he had not rented the space [
1" DuRoss, and that neither he nor hi
he brother had any right to do so.
to Chief Dolan said upon receivin
i'd complaint from Mr.. Monaghan he ser
n Capt. Chambers down and when til
captain returned he brought piece
TO- meat with him. 1t was q bad colo
20 He made an effort to find Mr.. Abe
i'd TO show him the meat, but learne
,at that he was not at home. The Chi
m said he was pretty sure the meat vi
asst bad. lie spoke of having trouble wit
,et SINNERS. Harvey Hickman saw II
lis meat and considered it bad, Thomi
ad Jones said it was queer-looking piet
be Of meat.
,at Capt. Chambers, who made stat
In. ment in his own behalf, said on tt
ed Saturday afternoon in question Chi
ew Dolan received complaint about Il
,ht man standing in the alley and Sc
IN. him down to make an invest
M. cation. He told DuRoss about Il
of complaint and informed him that
,ur was violating the law. DuRoss to
on him he had rented the space from M
OK Powell, and said it was the first tin
tor he had been there. The captain alleg
;he that he told him his brother had
ice box in Madison street market al
bid he advised him to take the meat al
nd place it in the icebox. He told DuRo
ere to close up his stand and at the sar
on time picked up piece of meat, whit
he said he was going to show the Chi
he and DuRoss told him to tell the Chi
lief to eat it; that it would not hurt hil
he He based his action on the complai