The evening Republican., 1902-05-27
rCBL lSnED DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY
TUESDAY. MAY a.. 1000.

MoNTYALoo Cole has made Will
mington visit and called upon At
torney General H. H. Ward and in
cidental to his call was the indict-
ment by the Grand Jury yesterday
of Sheriff Samuel A. Mcdaniel,
Sheriff of New Castle county, who
is charged in the indictment with
conspiracy. A capias was issued
forthwith and bail placed in the
sum Of $4,000.
Evan G. Boyd, Mayor of New
Castle, B. Harvey Wigslesworth,
who was chief warden under Sheriff
Mcdaniel, and Walter Rash who
was warden, have also been in
dicted. They are charged with I'M
lawfully conspiring, combining and
agreeing by false pretenses for use
and benefit of S. A. Mcdaniel to
secure from Horace &. Rettew, Re-
ceiver of Taxes, 81, 500 by false
statement and bills ending June
seth, 1901. They are accused of
falsely, fraudulently and knowingly
padding of bills for the alleged num-
Der OF Migrants lodging and prison
ers beng and remaining III the Jail
in New Castle county from day to
day in and during the period Of
three months.
B. Harvey Wigglesworth is now
employed as chief warden at the
New Castle County Workhouse.
while Walter Rash is employed as u
street car conductor on the Viii
mington City Railway. Some time
back sensational developments We're
looked for and when it was thought
the evidence was sufficient, indicr
ments were made for the arrest Of
the four men. As soon as the
Grand Jury brought in true bills
against them, Attorney General
Ward asked for capias fer their
immediate arrest. The action of
the Attorney General fell like a
bomb shell on the Sheriff and he
made arrangementstp get bnndHmcn
FOR his appearance DIT court to an
swer the charges.
1t is said that Cole while pris-
oner in New Castle Jail had access
to the books of the sheriff and that
he made a copy of the same and
that is where the Attorney General
got his information from which is
the reason that Cole was backed i'll
securing his pardon by that official.
Be that asst may the four accused
men will have to face Il jury and
answer to the charges preferred
against them by the Attorney ten
eral. They will have Il chance to
employ attorneys and fight their
case before the court until such time
the public will draw their own con-
clusion as their Innocence " guilt.
Sheriff Mcdaniel never liked the
manner in which the peruuisitas of
the Jail and Office We're taken from
him and perhaps followed out the
practice in the Office Of charging for
all dodgers who came to the Jail and
stayed over night It was source
OF considerable revenue and it is no
wonder he was lUath to give it up
without Il fight.
There has always been too much
money spent by the candidates for
the sherif1's office and they felt that
they had Il right to get it al back
and more too which practice is said
to have been followed for years in
the sheriff office.
Sheriff Mcdaniel is the first Re
publican sheriff ever to have been
arrested and it is to he regretted
that he should have fallen by the
wayslde and got himself into a peck
Of trouble
His ease looks rather blue at the
present time rs there Is no telling
what IA jury viii do when he comes
before the court for his trial. If
found guilty he will be removed
from office besides spending a term
i'll New Cast" county workhOuae. the
same as two other former county
officials are now doing. It is not d
fiattering outlook or Il pleasant one
to contempt for Il man who Ia :
held the position the sheriff held III
this community.
THE Rev. + BlrHptte Short after