The evening Republican., 1902-06-25
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fOf6ce some sens atioual stories wer,
t6ld. The men were arraigued on
charge Of bribing the City Solicitor
10 obtain Information TO assis
/! them in running lottery policy u
Wilmington. Martin was accused
specifically Of paying 800 to thu
city solicitor. and Chadwick wal
allece | to have offered $500 to tha
official for prosec.ion. In additio;
there was another warrant eharg-
ing Chadwick with eonsplring tt
engage 10 lottery writing in this
city.
Magistrate Hollis, before whom
Chadwick and Martin were ar.
ragged, deemed the evidence
sufficient 10 hold them and Chad.
wicks bail was fixed at $4,000 aud
Martins at $1,000, which neither
was able to furnish. The $1,000
additional demanded OF Chadwick
10 beea use ofthe conspiracy charge
against him.
| Attorney General Ward aud Dep.
uty Attorney y-General Richards
represented the state. and former
Judge Ball and Harry Joslyn ap-
peared Tor the defendants, Mr..
Ball conducting the defense. Charles
Guyer, took the testimony for the
state and Harvey Woods for the
defendants counsel. Martin aud
Chadwick, man acled to each other
were taken from the City Hall to
the magistrates Office at the open
ing of the hearing BY Constab BILE
Jones.
Attorney. General Ward expressed
desire 10 hear both bribery
charges at once to which Judge
Ball agreed. There was a legal
tilt however when Mr.. Ball said
he han subpoenaed Mr.. Reinhardt
as witness and therefore request
ed that he be allowed 10 look at
book containing duplicates of let
ters the city solicitor had been in.
-Structed to produce.
Mr.. Ward held that it could not
be seen by Mr.. Ball until after it
was offered in evidence, and with
this understanding the hearing con
tinued.
City Solicitor Reinhardt said he
had been acquainted with Chadwick
since February and with Martin
since Thursday last. The acquaint-
ance with Chadwick arose out of
the examination conducted by the
Police Commission in regard to the
charges against former Chief Eu-
gene Massey.
Chadwick was not a witness at
the investigation, but the proceed
ing developed that Chad wick pos
sessed important inform alton.
"There was a great deal OF opposi.
tion developed against Chief Mas.
sey," the solicitor continued. "and
it was my desire to get this that led
10 my Acquaintance with Chadwick.
met him in Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia, QUE Sunday afternoon.
have met him three or four days
alter l first met him. iu my private
office.
"Did you ever have any conver-
sation with Chadwick 10 regard to
the pay ment of money 10 you, ask
ed Mr.. Ward.
"Yes, on several occasions.
What first led tO such conversation
l 1shall have to explain my object
Of becoming acquainted with Chad.
wick in order to answer He had Ger.
tain Information in reference to the
charges ami corruption in the police
department. l desired to find out all
about the transactions in the police
department In 1900 and 1901 and
also about a certain conspiracy
against Captain Black to GUST him,
and for the purpose Of proving to
Samuel N. Knox and others. who
had befriended Massey that they
were wrong. Knox and Barney Nc.
Vey we're the main opposing forces
to the investig alton, Mr.. Knox hav.
ing approached one of the police COM
m issioners about It, and McVey hav-
ing approached some of the witnesses
When found this realized that I
had big job on hand. AsI said |
first met Chadwick in Broad Street
Station and again In q few days later
in my Office. Mr.. Ball and Chadwick
and were working together to get
some money from Mrs. Walls that she
claimed Sam. Levy owed her. I
wrote to Chadwick eventually that
was sick OF the whole thing and told
him Mrs. Wells ought to drop har
claim ag gainst Levy as Is was not a
legal claim.
Mr.. Reinhardt then offered and
read the letter to which he refe rred
and it was put in evidence. A day
or two later, Mr.. Reinhardt said
Chadwick came to him, but Rein
hardt said he told Chadwick he was
busy and he did not care whether
policy went on or not so long as it
was not brought to his attention.
He said to me that Mrs. Walls
could not go to work right away,
that it wasn't safe to play policy in
town." Mr.. Reinhardt continued.
chadwick seemed to get SO conf
dent that l made up my mind to
lead him on, and he spoke about
the possibility of running policy in
this town but the matter of money
was not mentioned.
II went to Attorney General
Ward at that time that Chadwick
was in my office and since then have
consulted him very much about
every visit Chadwick made. l soon
found Chadwick was backing a syn
dicate to play policy here and that
he was talking to certain writer's
about having me fixed Later on