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

thought he was looking for me in re-
cards to d railway matter ON inc
Peoples railway | found him at New
Castle avenue and A street and he
said: Mike, who did you tell, barring
me, about these policy slips? | told
him nobody outside Of the policemen
He said. you must have told some
body else or you must have told some
policeman that told the chief, for he
was out to see mo and | told HIM l
would come and see Mike Mc(iillon
about this charge against the chief.
He said: The chief is friend OF
yours and you will lose nothing by
standing by him. | said: Barney,
am going up there to tell the truth. !
can do anything else. ] says: ! am
not going up there 10 take false ohth
for no man. He said: You won't be
sworn. said Yes, ] Will Ho
says: Well that is no oath. They
have no right TO swear voiS | said:
1t wont make any difference to me.
That is what ! am going tndn. BARNEY
He says. Look out for McGillon
says: That is what | will do. Will
tell the truth. This Black, McNcy
said, 'is nothing hut a --.
He is no good He said; The chief
is friend of yours. says lie is
no more friend of mine than any
body else said Il plead guilty to the
charge when was up there and told
him that there was not enough evil
dence and he went to other places to
try and get more against me. said
that / have not got anything against
Chief Massey or against Cart liiHCk.
InT,
said that Chief Massey had never up
preached him on the matter.
Another meeting of the commission
was held on r'rlday eyeHin<, january
Sd, when testimony in iavut of thint
Massey was heard. Tho first witness
was Patrolman Andrew j. Sherry %
the sixth district. He testified that
there was rumor that policy playing
was going on in tho block bounded by
Eleventh, Twelfth, Elizabeth and
French streets. He reported this rumor
to either Sergeant Lucas or Sergeant
Massey and was told To get evidence or
information about it. He watched the
place, but could find nobody going in.
A short time after he went TO tho
place himself, but all that he found
| was two colored women, There was
no evidence, in his opinion, that there
was any policy going on. but later he
| found IL colored man named Smith had
| been playing there. Officer Sherry had
never heard of policy at ITO or ilI6
| French street, which had been re-
ported by Patrelman Mctiillon 10 the
sergeants. During ex- Mayor Rhuades'
| administration he had found, in raids,
| that out of four or five people arrested
the officers could not get one to testify.
The rule of the department was when
| policy was reported TO get somebody to
go write or play policy and then get a
warrant. He had never heard of a
| poker game at Ninth and Walnut
| streets. Officer Sherry said that in his
opinion man named McCrea gave the
| tip to these people at Ninth and Walnut
| streets to get away.
| On cross examination by Commits
sioner Clarkson, Officer Sherry sale
that the time he reported to tbs
sergeant was the first time he hac
heard of policy and that he had nevel
heard of it afterwards. He had never
heard any citizens talking about it
| but might have seen something in tn,
newspapers. Officer Sherry said tina
he had heard James Walls at From
and Shipley streets say that darke
had book and that if he would g
out to Christiana street he might sc
him. Sherry went there, but did no
| get the man. officer Sherry did no
remember hearing any of the officer
discuss policy playing.
Patrolmen Shelby, Solomon, Ford
Di Mare, Edwards, Barr, Mcbride
| Cornish, Eakin, Maloney, Riley
Gilling, Peterson, Payne, Burns, Dut
ton and Hancock heard little abou
policy after the arrest of Mcdowell
Patrolman Long testified that he neve
had positive knowledge that policy wa
being played on his district. The
suspected two young men. do 20
know man named Steve Sweeney?
Mr.. Reinhardt asked. Eyes, sir" wa
the reply, she keeps a barber shop o
Union street near Second. . over
you ever told by Sweeney that il 20
did not quit making those reports o
policy you would lose your position?i
Il don't think he told me that way
He told me if we interfered wit
them we were liable to lose our heads
| suppose he meant liable to be dis
charged. He did not say how it woul
be DONE but he said he knew of peopl
who were playing the game success
fully who were in the Police Depart
ment, but he did not mention an
names. He started to laugh when
told me that. -
Patrolman Ralston corroborate
Officer Longs testimony.
Joseph Ill. Martin testified that
the latter part of 1900, D. A. McGowa
Of Rhode Island came here and aske
him if any policy was going on. II
replied that he did not think thel
was, and he asked if it would be poss
BILE to start it. The witness told hi
that man named Levy was suppose
to be in control here. Later in Ne
York the witness met MCGOWAN, Fran
u. Dillon, who was introduced to hi
as the man who had control of polio
in Providence, r. l., and Frank NJ,
Dougal, a partner in the firm of S,
Litchen & Co. They again aske
about policy, and he told them thf
he did not think it would be possible [
do anything with the chief. Sometin
after the men came to Wilmington an
they said they would be willing to Civ
up s., 800 in cash and 10 per cent
the winnings every month if they coul
start policy here. They asked the nan
Of the chief of police and the Polio
Commissioners, and later told tt
J witness that they had made the prop,
, sition, but could do nothing. McGowa
} said he had made the proposition
J the chief, and he had told them that
they opened policy game here tbs
} would be arrested Mr.. Martin sal
that the club on Eleventh street wa
organized as an athletic club, and IL
purpose was to bring big fights to th
! city, There was no chance of gettir
such a law passed by the Legislature
and it was proposed to organize clu
! so that the promoters would be in be
, ter shape to fight the matter at Il