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


any chance to do business down in
Wilmington, / says: Why" He
said: II have been sued for $40, goo by
this man Walls. Detective Witsil has n
capias for me. " | did not know any
thing about that. He says: II have
given this man Walls and Chadwick a
chance to make about 81, 800 piece
and to show you how ungrateful they
are after that, good wages and chance
to make all this money, they have
brought this suit against me and they
have tried to make combination in
Wilmington to shut mo out. am
willing to pay for protection and won't
do business in any city unless pay
for the protection. ! will give a
brand new hundred dollar note to you
or Capt. Black if you will put this
man Walls and this man Chadwick in
jail.
Patrolman Conner testified that policy
was played on the fifth district, which
he reported
At the second hearing, December
26th, Sergeant Thomas +. Bayley Of
the Northern district testified that
shortly after going on this district he
received information that gambling
was going on at the Bright property
vi i4ltNtllIl SlTfEG. Ilt SHW numerous
people going in and out, who had
regulations of being gamblers. He re-
| ported this to Capt. Black and later to
Chief Massey, together with the names
of the people whom he had seen going
in and out. He afterwards reported the
matter to Chief Massey, who said that
the only thing to do would be to look
around. get evidence and let him know
| about it, The captain told him that
| the chief knew all about it and that it
| was no use for them to say anything
about it, At that time gambling was
| going on in his district and when he
| met the officers they reported to him
| that certain people were writing policy
but could not get on to them. The
| gamblers would get on to it and get
| out of the way. Bayley said that he
| had never asked for warrant for
| gamblers but believed that il warrants
had been given the officers for the
Eleventh street house it could have
been successfully raided. He had never
1 heard the question of protection TO
gamblers discussed among the officers.
Patrulmen Brown, Shields, Davidson
and Pierce testified that they reported
policy playing.
Patrolman Davidson said that dur
| ing the winter of 1900 and 1901 he saw
numerous policy players about and
reported it to Sergt. Kelleher with
| the names of the men. Relleher told
him that the chief had said that there
| was no general complaint about it and
not to bother about it.
Police Capt. Thomas A. Kane testi
fled next that during the winter of
1900 and 1901 Sergt Kelleher had sub
| mitted two reports to him in writing
and he had directed him to take them
to the chief. Later Kelleher told him
that the chief had said: "Without we
have general complaint we will let
them go for awhile He raided No.
Ill Market street and the proprietor
was convicted. He secured the war
rant for the proprietor for this house
from the chief. Capt. Kane denied
that he telephoned to Ned" krause
in reference to the house at No. Ill
Market street and asked him what
in the devil they wero running up
there for, and if they wanted the roof
to fall on them. " Asked if he believed
the chief was getting money from the
policy men or was giving them tips,
ne said he did not. He believed, how
ever, that gambling could not have
been run SO openly without protection
from SOMEBODY.
Police Capt. George Black testified
that during the months Of December,
January, February, March and April
of 1900 and 1901, Sergeant Lyons made
written reports to him of policy going
on in his district and called his atten.
tion to place at Front and West
streets. He considered that the infor.
nation was sufficient for warrants but
none were issued In the carly part Of
February Lyons made another report
on policy and Black took it to Chiei
Massey. He did not seem inclined tt
move in the matter and Capt. Black
then sent Lyons to the chief Capt.
Black knew of no reason why the war
rants should not have been issued
Later Black himself got evidence con
corning policy playing and on Marcel
30th Massey issued warrant The
officers got five prisoners in that raid
Capt. Black then described in detail
, the raid.
Capt. Black further testified tha
early in January Sergeant Tucker made
: Il report concerning policy and he wal
referred to Chief Massey. No warran
| was issued. Later Tucker made three
| or four more reports. In one of thes,
made on February 2lst, Tucker reporter
the names Of the principal people il
! the policy business and they coult
have been captured if warrant hat
t been issued. On April 18th Sergea n
t Lyons made a report on No.7l1 Marke
street, and Black recommended raid
) The raid was made the next week
{ when Capt. Kane was on duty. No
i Ill Market street was running prett,
| open, and there was considerable tall
| III 4 /.
! u warrant had been issued some tim
hefore'it was the place could have beef
z raided just as easily. The captain saiC
that ne had verbal reports about tn
Eleventh street house and had so re
g ported to Chief Massey. He gave hin
/. the names of gamblers who frequentet
d the place, but Massey said to get NOR
e evidence. Capt. Black said furthe
t that matters reached such stage tina
: the officers appeared to be careless o
e disheartened over not getting war
g rants, and when the officers came Il
S him in such condition, he sent then
e direct to the chief. Policy playing an,
e gambling We're more Open in the winte
d OF 1900 and 1901 than at anyother time
It He did not think it could have gon
d on SO openly unless protected by tn
n Police Department. 1t would not hav
p been possible for either captain +
i, have protected the gambling. 1t nigh
have been possible for both of them t
IS have blocked the chief unless he 60
a out warrants unknown to either q
d them. The only man who could affor
l. absolute protection to the gambler
$ was the chief of police.
le Under cross examination by Mi
Il Nields Capt Black said that he knel
% that Chief Massey had directed Office