Evening journal., 1902-01-29
No sir. thought he was joking with
Lyons IN Unfavorable Light


Patrolman Matthew c. Ralston was
the next witness. La his examination,
he was asked:
Did you ever hear rumors that Chief
of Police Massey would not issue war
rants for the arrest Of gamblers?
l could not say that positively.
What did you hear about warrants
not being issued?
Well there was a man who ap-
preached us. l don't know whether
Long was with me or not, but think
he was? He told us if we reported any
case or arrested any of them our heads
would 90 off.
Was that man named Sweeny?
Yes. sir; when he said that / asked
how it would be done. and he said you
will see. At that time Mr.. Pyle was
president Of the Police Commission
and Sweeny says old Billie Pyle, Chief
Massey and Captain Black will show
you. That is the way the statement
came.
Did Sergeant Lyons say anything to
you about testifying in this case2
Yes. sir; he spoke to me about it.
He said for me to be careful Oh wnaJ
you say.
Did he say anything to you in ref
erence to speaking for the Captain or
words to that effect?
cannot say that positively now.
He said when he came down stairs to
me to be careful when you go up there
labout what you say and don't say too
much. ! said what | do say / will tell
the truth. He then said something
like you said about the captain. He
said that he had reported to the chief
at the time instead of to Captain
Black. l insisted that he did not be-
cause he came back to me and said he
, had reported TO Captain Black
The Patrolman said that If the effort
had been made policy could have been
/, broken up on his district and if he had
, been given a warrant he could have
r made an arrest He had heard talk Of
lii being hard to get warrants for gam
b. blers and policy was the worst that
/ he ever saw. He did not think Sweeny
was joking when he made the remark.
I Patrolman Joseph c. Cornish testi-
} fed that he was under Sergeant Mas
sey To the best Of his knowledge
there was no policy played on his dis
b trict He had received instructions
p lAOAM lllc ntA 1NaAAAl W AO0h Onl III HOA-
icy playing and speak-easies and to
get evidence against them il possible.
Patrolman Daniel Aiken testified
that there was no policy playing on his
district to the best of his knowledge.
.lChief Massey had told him to look out
for gambling places to get evidence
and clear them out
Patrolman Michael Barr testified that
he did not believe there was any pol
/, icy on his district. A man reported
a walking book to him and he reported
\ the matter to Sergeant Massey and was
/, instructed to pick the man up but he
did not see him any more. Another
, place on Thatcher street was reported
and it was watched but no evidence
I was secured.
r. Newspaper Man Testfes
Joseph H. Martin testified that in the
! latter part OF 1900 d. A. McGowan, of
u Rhode Island. came here and asked him
if any policy was going on? He re-
piled that he did not think there was.
T, and he asked if it would be possible to
start IT, The witness told him that a
man named Levy was supposed to be
in control here. Later in New York
I the witness met McGowan, Frank P.
Dillon. who was introduced to him as
: the man who had control of policy in
, Providence. r. l.. and Frank McDOugal,
! partner in the firm of Sol Litchen &
, ICo. They again asked about policy
and he told them that he did not think
,lit would be possible to do anything
with the chief Sometime after the
- men came to Wilmington and they said
they would be willing to give up S2,50C
4 in sash and ten per cent. of the winning
e every month if they could start policy
s here. They asked the name of the
4 chief OF police and the Police Com
lmissioners and later told the witness
p that they had made the proposition
n but could do nothing. McGowan said
q he had made the proposition to the
q chief and he had told them that if they
p opened q policy game here they wOuiu
be arrested Mr.. Martin said that the
;, club on Eleventh street which has
t been spoken of, was organized as an
athletic club. and the purpose was to
d bring big fights to this city. There
was no chance of getting such a law
;, passed by the Legislature and ii was
j. proposed to organize a club so that the
o promoters would be in better shape
to fight the matter at the next Legis-
lature The incorporators of the clut
/ were the witness. Fred J. Mclaughlin
of Wilmington; a man named Mat.
thews, and man named Frank Muir
ray, of East Greenwich, r. L., who Of
fered to put up the money. When he
J heard that the place had been turned
into a gambling club Mr.. Martin de
= manded that his name be withdrawn
and this brought about the close of the
club. The club was not open to the
public and not over twenty-five people
went there.
! Chief In His Own Defense
CHIEF IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.
Chief Massey was upon the stanC
longer than any other witness with tn,
possible exception of Captain Black
= Chief Massey said that he had beer
q appointed chief on the first of August
= 1900 In the latter part of January o.
r in the early part Of February he heard
. of policy being played in this city anc
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