Evening journal., 1902-01-29
CHIEF EUGENE MASSEY
DISMISSED FROM THE FORCE
BY THE POLICE COMMISSION
Found Guay Of Neglect Of Duty Failing Suppress Gambling
in This City Testimony in the Case Creates a
Sensation Town Was "Wide Open

NNAfNN hibllto on q present OF OlncIWlSe
trom Levy, and he denounced Captain
Black as a perjurcr.
City Solicitor Reinhardt and the
Commissioners asked Chief Massey
why he did not arrest Levy when he
made a proposition for protection. and
the chief replied that it did not occur
to him to do so. and he did not wish
70 violate Levy's confidence.
Eugene Massey is not the first chief
Of the city Police Department who has
been suspected of protecting gamblers
here. Former Chiefs Swiggett, Dough-
erty and Francis were similarly ac-
cused, but they We're not deposed, the
testimony against them not being suf-
fcient to warrant their dismissal
The first session was held on Deem
Der 23 1901. with Commissioners Clark
son and Jones present. City Solicitor
David J. Reinhardt representing the
Commission and John p. Nields repre-
.senting Chief of Police Eugene
Massey At this meeting a
motion was carried to hold
the investigation in private and James
J. Brady was chosen as stenographer
The first witnes5 was Evan Morrison.
who testified that he was in the meat
business and that he know of his own
knowledge that policy playing was
going on in Wilmington during the
months of the winter of 1900 aud 1901
Morrison said that he played policy
himself during that time that he under
stood a man named Levy, of Philadel-
Dhia. was the hacker.and that Johnny
Durney. alias White, was manager for
Levy here. Sometime early in Febu-
ary Morrison notified Chief Massey
that there was a good bit of talk about
policy and that there would be good
bit of trouble if It was not broken up.
: In reply Chief Massey said that If Nor
! risOn would get him the evidence he
would show these people who Was get
ting the money. Morrison advised him
to get Sergeant Tucker to get the in
formation On the third Of March
Morrison saw Massey again at Sixth
| and Market streets, about u o'clock
Morrison said 81 see you have pinched
Mcdowell"
He replied. Mory il is no interest
to me to tell you lie ! had nothing
to 90 with the pinching Of Mcdowell.
/ lie said further. that's some of Ncf
Evans and Jim Kitchens work.
On the following Sunday Morrison
again met Massey and talked the mat.
ter over with him. On that day he
gave the Chief several names of policy
men, among them being Caldwell
Dickinson. Murdoch and George Dink-
ley. On March "A. the last day before
Captain Black became a State detec
ltivc, he, Morrison saw Massey again
and added one or two names TO the lis
he had already given him. On that day
! Black was present and said that wher
Tho got out on the street he would gei
them Chief Massey also made n re
mark that when Black got out on tn,
lstreet they would be better able TO COP,
with them because he would be on The
INSIDE and Black on the outside. Moth
ling further happened until ihe Satur
dav of that week when CAPTAIN Blacl
larrested Walls and three or four others
They were all who were got Late
the Chief sent Black tn Morrison &
get more Information. He told Blacl
to tell Chief Massey that tom" Brow
2 and Lefty" Smith had had fuss an,
; After the arrest Of Lefty" Smith
about April % Morrison said that D.
made a proposition TO the Chief to sc
John White one of the policy people
lin order to break The backbone of tn
3 business. but Massey had told hin
I"The deputy attorney general had toll
him that they had enough of the polio
cases up there and that they did no
want any more"
= Morrison said that after Walls wa
larrcsted IN July he had met Walls q
1 Fifth and Market streets. and Wal
told him "1hat old gray-headed --
: - gets 500 week for proteC
tion and ! know what am talkin
d about
" Walls also said that every Saturda
d night when they settled UP the prr
v ltection money and expenses were lai
n to one side and the balance went I
ell Philadelphia. Morrison said he wei
d Ito Massey and told him what Wal
= he said. and Massey in reply. said
c will show that fellow - - -
d who gets the money I will put hi
Sc where he will do less talking"
h Morrison said that this was all q
IS conversation he ever had with a
p Chief about policy.
y Under cross-examinatiou by N
! Nielde Morrison said that
had been a policy player sin
y 1885. He was arrested ont
but had never served time
= admitted that he knew that John NJ
~ Dowell. Joe White. James Durne
and James Walls had been arrested f
policy playing after he had talked wi
Massey. When asked who had pla
ped the raid on March 80, Morrison I
se piled that he did himself and told &
he police where they could get the me
e Former Police Commissioner W
IL liam NJ. Pyle was the second witne'
in He testified that in the latter part
~ 1900 and in the early part Of 1901 the
e waa considerable talk about poll