Evening journal., 1902-06-26
NO REDUCTION OF BAIL
IN CASE OF POLICY MEN
Superior Court Holds That Com.
mitmentS We're Proper
Prisoners Being Unable to Furnish Re-
quired Bonds Are Rsmandtd to Gus
tOdy Of Authorities

Harry Martin, of Philadelphia, and
Matthew II. Chadwick. of Camden, ap-
peared before Superior Court yesterday
Afternoon in habeas corpus proceed
ings, but the effort to reduce bail in
each case was without result, and the
men were again remanded to the
county woTkhOuse
Chief of Police Black, A. S. Meserve,
lchief warden at the county workhOuse;
Captain Evans and Officer Taylor had
charge of the prisoners, who had lost
none of their nerve of the night before.
j. Frank Ball and Harry p. Joslyn,
their attorneys, sat nearby. The
States interests were looked after by
Attorney-General Ward.
Mr.. Ball, in opening for the prison
ers. attacked the validity of the magis-
trato's commitments in the case. hold
ling that they do not set out the date
OF the commission of the bribery and
lOther charges. Then he remarked that
he would not move for the dismissal
Of the men on that ground, as he un-
derstood they would be arrested again,
but he would ask for the reduction OF
what he considered unwarranted ex-
oessive bail
MI. Ball. however. wished to argue
as to the validity of the warrant charg-
ing Martin with conspiracy.
Attorney-GeneralW Ward said that as
no objection had been made to the
warrant at the preliminary hearing of
the men. he could not go into an argu-
ment as TO it's validity at this time.
Mr. Ball replied that the warrant had
been attacked at the hearing, and was
surprised that the Attorney-Ge
lshould contend otherwise.
Taking up the bail in the bribery
cases. Mr.. Ball argued that it is exces-
sive. He pointed out that in the pend
ling conspiracy cases before the court
the bail is only $4,000. He claimed
that it would be a severe hardship to
fix excessive bail in these cases. He
suggested that $1,000 bail in the bri-
berry charges would be sufficient to
warrant the return of the men at the
! september term.
AttOrney-General Ward said he did
not contend for excessive BAIL but he
did want the accused men present at
the September term. They have COM
mitted a crime which. in his opinion.
was equal to manslaughter. Mr. Ward
said. If they had gained their ends,
Mr.. Ward contended that the men
would not only have debauched a city
official but would have gained informa-
tion that would have aided all their
hackers, players and instrumentalities
to escape arrest and prosecution.
Mr.. Ball made brief reply, after
which the court held that the warrants
were framed properly. that the COM
mitments were regular, and that the
bail was not excessive Then the pris-
oners were turned over to the custody
Of the Officers.
Former Mayor ID. J. Jefferis and
lChief of Police Leary. Of Chester, de-
nied emphatically yesterday that they
had received ''hush money from the
Levy policy men. as Chadwick de-
clared in one OF his conversations with
Mr. Reinhardt. Howard H. Houston,
the present mayor of Chester, said:
Il do not intend asking Councils to
investigate the matter IF there Is no
better evidence than Chadwick's broad
statement. I will take Chief Ieary's
word. At present l have the utmost
confidence in him. Policy will not be
played in Chester"
Yesterday afternoon Leary confronted
Chadwick and Martin in the police
station. Chief Black and City Solicitor
iReinhardt We're present Chadwick said
he did not know Leary Pointing To
Mr.. Reinhardt, he said: Il know that
dog"