The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-01-29

and had threatened the patr0tmen II
they did not secure information about
1T. The MATES was ldicussed at
meeting Of the Com mission ia April.
In tile meantime he had received in
formation and ordered Captain Kane
to raid the place
Some arrests were made and the
next day the paraphernaIia was Sc
cured. The ChIef personally attend
ed to searching the place. In refer.
ence to the Eleventh street house he
had given special instructions TO the
patrolmen to watch it aud find out
what kind of place it was. lie had
gone to the vicinity himself to get
what Information be could. The efforts
Of the Police Department, he said,
had always been directed toward
breaking up gambling and prescott.
log the principals.
| On crosS.eXamlnation the Chief
said lie went TO the Hotel Walton. In
Philadelphia, wish Mr.. Pyle, bus did
rot remember whether Back asked
them to 90 or not. Chief Massey had
asked Pyle To 60 with him TO hear
| statements Of Levy. The object Of
the visit, he supposed, was TO show
that Mr.. Dolan while chief was get
ting money t. protect the policy men
Captain Black wac also there.
After TIL, visit he Ctlict saw Mr..
Levy at tn" Baltimore Il OHIO Rail-
road station last spring Captain Black
being prnsrM'. The conyersal lon was
ahonl whether Levy could operate
poIicy here The Chief did not know
why Black wa, there, bul there was
nothing in he conversation to lead
him to suppose hat black coEld offer
protection or wanted to do 80. III.
could not say why he had not noilf d
the Polio commissioners that Levy
had made a PROPOSE for protection to
him
He merely notified Levy thai he
could not operate here. ii here was
policy in he city last wintcrlhc Chief
believed Levy waS the hacker. He
did moi think it would have been
rigl for him ~ arrest Levy at the
Bal im"rc 4 Oliostation wnru ne was
in town.
Ciiet Massey stated that sever al
years age he had met Levy by cuancs
in Phi'4 It ipilla IN the street. Levy
spoke A.Hutj lie raids the Chief had
made, bat did not blame him for
them Le'y named a policy firm in
rhliairtptEt VITO had sent $1,000 to
Wilmington for the purpo,a Of putting
Levy in Jail, bat Levy had driven it
TO the wall, Commissioner Pyle sal
lie would % to Philadelphia IL hear
Levy's statements. So they went,
and Levy talked to thcn in the pool
room OF the Walton. While Massey,
Black, Pyle and Levy We're at the
Walton they had from tire" to five
drinks, Mr.. Pyle taking whisky and
the others beer.
Levy SAID he could produce the mon
who hal given money to certain WI
mlngton officials for protection After
he heard Of the Wilmington Athletic
Club. he sent officers to watch it,
Pyle told the Chief that the place No.
II Market street, ought to be sup.
pressed
The Chief remembered having re-
cciyrd several letters from Levy. The
first was asking Massey to meet Levy
in Philadelphia and the second was an
Inquiry as tu whether there was a
chan'e 10 play policy here. The Chief
replied "no' to this letter, There
WAS no money in either letter
The witness did not know whether
Black or Commissioner Pyle had re-
crivcd money for protecting gamblers
John Newell bad asked The Chief for
permission to run Il Slot machine, but
he had been refused. Newell did not
offer 10 pay for it.
Chief Massey added that gamblers
had offered money for the privilege Of
starting policy, but did not say to
whom they would pay it. The gam
bicrs also sad they would pay per-
ccntagc, but did no. offer him any
money,
Tie letters he received from Levy
were aftc. policy had bectl stopped.
The Commissioners asked the Chief
| many questions why he did not nab
Lew When the letter was at the 3,
4 q. station, but the Chief replied
that he did not have evidence against
him. Asked why he had not report
ed 10 the Commi SsionerS the different
ATTEMPTS to approach INN about gam.
bling the Chiel said he had never
Given them any consideration.
tAptain Back testified that policy