Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

q - ~ INV q iithNtNt Vi iuNb bhut biNl
moi SEE the report until matter of
three weeks after you received it,"
.'lcu said so. =
81 want 10 ask you why did you not
bring that report before the board?'
| 1.-THE only answer ! can give you
there is, that after receiving that re-
port and getting the statements from
the sergeant that / did, stating that
those persons who gave the information
said that if they were brought up and
| put in the stand that they would not
testify that they did not say SO, | said /:
| If that is the case try and get some
body here we can get to testify. y
"And you thought that was sufficient
cause for keeping your report backS"
''Not necessarily, no, sir. 1t was not
kept from you for purpose
/ Here is report that Sergeant
Tucker sent in some time ago. When
/ read it l found that it contained a
great deal of information as to what
was going on. .
"That was in answer to report that
Mr.. Pyle had made. / had him go out
and investigate That was the line of
information he had received. "
"Who investigated it?''
Sergeant Tucker. =
81 remember very we'll upon one
occasion you said TO me when | was
urging you that you had done all you
could and that the officers would not
bring you the evidence or run these
people down, what could you do, and
You said that you could not do it very
we'll and | said Chief, / would run
this thing down if had to do il
myself. Do you remember that"
I i "A Il.
Mr. Clarkson asked: "How long
have you known Mr.. Martini"
''Since he has been connected with
the Sunday Star. -
"How long has that heen?n
Il don't know. About three or fouI
years. =
"ie had a good deal of enmity fol
you at one time. "
Eyes, sir, but always knew him rs
Il newspaper man. He was always
friendly as newspaper man.
The chief then went over the con.
nection Of Vandegrift with the people
who came here for the purpose Of
getting into town with policy and Mr..
Clarkson then asked:
MARTIN testified last night as to
how you and he became friendly agar
through the invitation of Vandegrift
Was Vandegrift so close a friend thai
he interested himself for the purpose
OF bringing that about?p
my recollsction of that, Mr. Clark
son, is | always come down here in the
evenings and one Sunday evening Van
degrift invited me to the Clayton
House, telephoned for me, and mel
him and there he invited me in hi'
/ room. Martin came in while | was
in his room. If it was arranged be
tween him and Martin it was no
arranged by me. i had nothing agains
} him. He also said he had nothint
/ against me. He said he had hear,
from people that he was mistaken
about the trouble. y
| THAT was the time that the recon
/ ciliation between you and Martin tool
, place?n
THAT was the time. He said h
/ had nothing against me.
sit was general reconciliation
t "You might call it so.
"Was it agreed and understood tina
/ | in consideration Of that reconciliation
i that Mr.. Martin could have whateve
! he wanted in the city of Wilmington
mo, sir.
"ln the line of protectionY"
, "No, sir. No such a thing wa
mentioned. :"
tYou are sure of that?''
Eyes, sir; am sure of that"
"What was Vandegrift's object il
bringing about that reconciliation"
II have no idea.
! "He never told your
i mo, was in his room when Marti
, came there. IL it was arranged be
! tween them it was not arranged b
/ me. left them together. y
! "Now, is it not u fact that shortl
: after that time Vandegrift made thes
I arrangements for these gamblers t
i come here and to approach you abou
4 getting protection?"
81 do not know. y
r The chief said that nothing i
n reference to the gamblers coming her
y had been intimated to him. In answe
4 to questions he said that he had bee
: sergeant on the force for seven or eigh
S years and he had heard that gamblin
n had been protected under the previou
: administration, but he knew nothin
d of his own knowledge. He had one
: received information of d gamhlin
+ place and faro layout and when b
, went for the warrant he was asked
. it would not be better to wait until th
place was crowded. He did so and th
n next day the place was gone. I'll
chief admitted that he had talked I
Mr.. Clarkson in reference to thi
matter of protection before he We
IS chief. The chief also spoke of meetin
Levy accidentally on the street i
Philadelphia and of Levy telling hii
that he wanted to get square wit
IS some people here. Levy had never tol
him that he, Levy, had sent none
- here for protection. This was Will
Massey was sergeant.
!, MIR. Clarkson asked: ''Have you eve
d had any correspondence with Levy?"
IS Chief Massey said the correspondent
between him and Levy was one-side,
1t but said he had received only abo,
n two or three letters, and had also wri
re ten to Levy. Levy wanted to know
he could come in here.
N WAS he trying to corrupt you
TO offering you money for to protect polio
TO in this town.
e. "That is his business. He has ]
At business with You if he can't {
= business. "
Massey did not know of any poll,
from August to the latter part
January.
es In answer to questions from M
Clarkson Chief Massey said he did n
W remember having said that Form
to Detective Money would do or say an
Id thing if he had an end in view, b
q; said that he might have said
ID McVey was no more friend of b
now than he always was. He dsnit
IL that Harvey Vandegrift had been abo
0. the City Hall much since he had be-
I'd chief In answer to questions fro
at Mr.. Reinhardt the chief said tn