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

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suspect Black of getting any money
from Levy. The chief said hc remem-
| bered getting two or three letters from
Levy. The first letter merely asked him
| to meet Levy in Philadelphia, but he
| did not answer it. The second letter
| asked if there was any chance for Levy
to start policy in Wilmington and the
chief said he sent nm answer which
| was a refusal to Levy. Chief Massey
did not remember whether he received
the third letter or not. Nobody was
present when he opened the letter and
| there was no money in either of them
Chief Massey did not know whether
Black or Commissioner Pyle had re-
ceived money for protection to gam
blers.
Chief Massey testified that he did
not report the matter of an offer of
50, 500 to allow policy here to the com
mission, because he did not think then
that he had TO report such matters.
Chief Massey was recalled for the
purpose Of making further explanation
of his testimony. Mr.. Nields said:
"Chief, you have testified to a con
versation or conversations with Levy
in Philadelphia, now will you give this
commission detailed statement of
those conversations"
II cam t give the time because don't
remember exactly, but it was three or
four years ago. As stated last night
by chance | met Levy on street in
| Philadelphia. He spoke to me and told
me about the raids | had made here.
He said that he did not blame me for
what did. This was in Philadelphia,
but | can't say the street it was on,
| but it was down town, north of Market
about Fourth, Fifth or Sixth, and be
tween Market and Vine He stated
| that all | did was my duty and he
would give any man credit who done
| that, but he says, there is policy
| firm, he learned afterwards in Phila-
delphia. He named them, but don t
remember their names, but he said
they sent 81, 200 down here to put him
in Jail, and since then he had drove
them to the wall. He said that money
was given to and he was to give
-- $500 out of the 81. 200 | asked
him if that was true and he said, yes.
/ says, Would you make that statement
to another Ierson?' He said, yes,
would make that to the commission or
to any body else. Then | came here
and told Capt Black about it and
whether he or / together, or whether
we did singly, mention ii to Mr.. Pyle
| don't know, but Mr.. Pyle said he
would go up and hear the statement.
Whether / arranged for the meeting or
not, | can't say, but | must have done
SO. When we left we left over the b.
& 0. early in the evening and went
direct to the Hotel Walton in Phila-
delphia and met Mr.. Levy, who talked
to us in the pool room while sitting at
Il table. -
Where did you meet him there?"
Il suppose in the corridor. After we
met we took seats at table in the
poolroom, and | suppose asked him
to make the statement to Mr.. Pyle he
had made to me. Well, we sat there
| don't know how long, but we were
there until nearly train time. While
we were there, we had anywhere from
three to five drinks Mr.. Pyle drank
whisky and Black and l drank beer.
When we came away from there, Levy
brought us to the depot in a carriage
from the hotel That is about as | re-
member to the hest of my knowledge "
"Do understand the purpose of your
going to Philadelphia was to have this
man, Levy, state to Police Commits
sioner and another witness, that GER
tain money had been paid to- and
--p',
"That is what we went there for. He
said that the money had been given
and that he could produce the party
who handed the money to ---- and
the understanding was that - was
to give ---- $500 He also said You
fellows who do the work ought to have
got the money, but - and ---
got it instead. "
Chief Massey upon further examina-
ton said that the letters which he re.
ceiyed from Levy to the hest of his
knowledge were received after policy
had stopped.
In reference to officers being able tc
give tips to policy players, Chiei
Massey said; "In reference to the
/ question of Mr.. Clarkson about whether
commissioner and captain, or the
captains, could give protection without
: the chief, l will say in addition tt
what | did say that | think a street
!, sergeant could do more in that way
2 than any other person for this reason
; The men hand reports to him and he
could send those reports in or he coulC
I keep them. IL he sent them in he
, could send word to the people that il
a had been reported. Capt. Kane statet
! that the district men could give tips Il
, the people, They could make repor
! and then give tip. A few days aftel
: the raid of the Both of March tn,
! Smith business was mentioned
! and if | remember right, Capt
!, Black said to me: / have heard tina
! Sergeant Tucker went in the Wash,
/ enginehouse that afternoon and, hi
' says, he might have seen Smith or he
Z might have told somebody there was
warrant for him, but that was onl,
surmise I simply make this statemen
in addition to what | have said as
thought of them since. F"
so in measure protection could b,
! given in that way?"
= "Yes, sir. | don't want to infe
I that any of them did, but it could b
done. "
V $50 far as you know none of it was
= = done?'
81 don't know that it was, no, sir. :
= Massey said it was rumored tina
y Levy was the hacker of policy her
= since he became chief, and if he wa
:, backing it, probably he was gettinI
Z protection, that being his reputation
He admitted that the most importan
person to arrest in policy is tn
Z hacker, but could not say why he di
< not arrest Levy when he saw him a
!, the B. d o. station.
ii; There was your golden opportunity
i was it not, to catch the chief conspira
is tor of the whole thing, and you jus
4 let him go; would it have been betray
IT ing anybody's confidence to have ~
N rested him theng'
m "Not that know of. -
II "Would il have been setting an
y fran 10 hava arraStnd him thenY''