Evening journal., 1902-08-14
M'VEY Held
FOR CONSPIRACY
Former Detective Tangled in
Laws MCSheS
TESTIA ONY Is CONFLICTING
State Alleges That Ho Wanted Tho
Girl Out Of Jurisdiction Of
Local Court
TESTIMONY is CONFLICTING


AluVey was held under $500 bail by
Hollis this afternoon toI
answer the charge Of conspiracy. The
specific charge against the former
State official is that he attempted to
spirit out Of the jurisdiction of the
Court of this city one Rachel
Henry, minor girl, OF Doe Run, Pa, toI
her from testifying against
Helen S. Calvert. better known asI
Dolly Taylor, who until recently was
prCprietress OF a house of ill-fame in
Orange street, and for whom the local
police hold a warrant charging her
with barboring the Henry girl.
Hearing the Testimony
The hearing began at II o'clock and
continued until / o'clock.
The Taylor woman knew Rachel
Henry, VINO spent several days in the
Orange street house. in May. The
woman went to No. 1904 Wallace
street. Philadelphia, to visit the Henry
girl. who was sick, and while there
was visited by Mr.. McVey, who in
formed her that warrants had been Is
sued here for her arrest on charges of
harboring a minor girl, selling liquor
without license and conducting a
bawdy house The woman asked Nc
Vey what he could do to get her out Of
her trouble. and he volunteered TO get
her a LAWYER. IL was suggested fur
ther that the girl be brought from Doe
Run. Pa. her home. and allowed to tes-
tify I'm one of the cases against the
woman. who said she did not feaI
prosecution of the charge of harboring
the girl as there was no intention on
her part to keep the girl in the lOcal
house. The girl was afterward to be
returned to her mother, at Doe Run.
Then the woman was to return to thii
city IL was brought ont that al ths
interview between Mr.. McVey and the
woman she paid him s25 forsexpenses.
Mr.. Richards inquired If it was moi
the woman's purpose to present hel
own prosecution by having the girl sc
back to her mother. Witness refused tC
answer. contending that answer would
criminate her. Mr.. Richards was salts
fed with the reply.
At another time the Taylor woman
said she gave Mr.. McVey a check fol
500. which she said was to pay law
yer TO defend her It was not brought
out what lawyer had been employed
or whether the girl had been brought
back to the city.
AT this point in the ho0ring Mr.
Richards introduced testimony whicl
explained why he had taken the actor
against Mr. McVey. IL was that whil'
J in Mir. Richards office on Thursday o
last week that the woman swore tina
Mr.. McVey was to get the sirl out o
the State to save the woman prOsecu
tion on the charges against her.
did you say that?" asked Mr.. Rich
ards of the woman.
ut doesn't sound very correct; bu
I suppose ] said It. / don't know VIII,
/ said it, she said.
Townsend the Lawyer
Sylvester d. Townsend, deputy judg
Of the Municipal Court, said that h
was the lawyer who had been an
r preached by Mr. McVey, not in the in
/, terest of the Taylor woman, howevel
but in that of Mrs Henry the girl
= mother Mr.. McVey suggested that th
girl be taken from the Delaware Indus
trial School on habeas corpus proceed
ings, but the judge refused to act.
that time Mr.. McVey paid Judge Tow
send $50 and offered to give him s;
additional If he would get the girl OF
Of the school.
Jackson Henry, a brother Of the giI
S testified TO having a conversation wit
S Detective McVey. and said that Q
f June 16 Mr.. McVey offered the witne
s SIS or more If he would lend his inf
p ence toward getting the girl releas,
z from the Delaware Industrial school {
4 habeas corpus proceeding, and gettiI
S her back to her mother. at Doe Ru
t Mrs. Henry also gave testimony.
: Mr.. Mcvey Tells Story
In his own defense Mr. McVey sa
that some time in May a friend can
|, to his home and asked him to tal
u charge of a case, which was explai
ed to be that concerning the Hen
= girl. The friend told Mr.. McVey tn
!, the girl had been brought to the hou
u by a man who said he was her hu
y band. She was to stay there sever
days, therefore Dollie Taylor. who w
accused of harboring the girl for II
s moral purposes, was guilty of
5 wrong. The purpose Of the friend
visit was to get the Taylor woman o
of the trouble. Mr.. McVey said
met the Taylor woman in Philadelph
and received S125 from her toward h
. expenses in the matter and lawy
! fees for defending her in court OF d
) amount $50 was given TO Judge Tow
: send.
Mr.. McVey told further OF the tro
BILE the girl had gotten into. and co
n cluded by declaring that his purpo
r was not to get the girl out of the Sta
5, to prevent her from testifying in G
" liquor and bawdy houses case again