Evening journal., 1902-01-03
LYNN WITNESS
IN ARRESTED
Perjury Charge against
Frederick VaRSaRt
SWORE HE saw MONEY PAID
State Refused 10 Accept Patrick
FaheY as BOndSman for The
a.
SWORE He saw MONEY PAID

Frederick yansant who at the trial
Of John Lynn. for obtaining s56 from
New Castle county under false pre-
lenses, aWorc that hc saw Mr.. Lynn pay
money 20 Lawrence NJ. Whiteman in
the early part of October. 1900. was ar
rested last evening on a charge OF per
jury as a consequence of THAT oath. IT
the aso'agalnst Nansant be proved. he
islands a chance OF spending an hOur
In the pillory and of paying a fine
amounting anywhere from $500 10 81,
600 10 is said that the State will prove
that Nansant was working several
miles from Elsmere at the time he all
leges to have seen the transaction at
the Lynn home
Nansant was arrested on q warrant
and affidavit sworn out by Detective
James =. Ratledge before Magistrate
Hollis yesterday. which is as follows:
Whereas. james p. Ratledge. of
Pencader hundred. of the county and
State aforesaid. IN behalf of the State
of Delaware, hath this day, before me,
/ George H. Hollis, one of the Justices
assigned to keep the peace i'm and for
the county aforesaid, made oath in due
]
] Vaeant, at Wilmington hundred I'm the
county and State aforesaid. on THE 18th
day of December. I'M the year of our
Lord. 1901. in the Court of General
Sessions Of the State Of Delaware. site
ting in and for the county OF New
! Castle aforesaid. and I'm the trial of q
certain John Lynn upon an Indictment
/ In said court against the said john
Lynn charging the said John Lynn
With obtaining money the property OF
Horace G.. Rettew. receiver of taxes
ami county treasurer. for said county,
lby false pretense, al the November
term. A. d.. 1901 of said court took
his oath according TO law and testified
for the said defendant. 90 wit said John
Il Lynn. and upon hissaid oath knowingly
and falsely testified Chat he. the said
Frederick Nansant. upon some day be-
I tween the 10th and 10Th days of Oc-
ltober. a. d. 1900 was at the house OF
1 the said John Lynn In Elsmere, In thf
county aforesaid. and while then al
THE house OF the said John Lynn heard
la certain conversation between the
said John LYNN and a certain Law
lrence NJ Whiteman- concerning the
payment OF a sum of $50, by the said
Lynn to the said Whiteman. and that
he then and there SAW the said Lynn
give to the said Whiteman the said
lsum of Ss6, and that he, the said Van
SAINT. then and there saw q certain
lCaleb Johnson present and standing
near the said Lynn and said White
man. during said conversation
d. Whereas. In truth and fact the said
j Vansant was not at that time. between
the 10th and 18Th days OF October, A.
-lD.. 1900. present at the said house OF
1.-THE said John Lynn; and did not then
land there hear any suCih conversation
or see the said Lynn pay the said
money to the said Wlhiteman, nor see
D. lsaid Caleb Johnson then and there
], present: that the said testimony OF
/, the said Vansant was material 10 Che
B defense of the said John Lynn I'm his
,ltrial upon the said indictment In the
/, said case; and that so the said Freder-
lick Vansant did commit wilful and COT
rupt perjury against the law. peace ant
F, dignity of the said State therefore th'
said James p. Ratledge prays that th'
-lsaid Frederick Vansant may be forth
with apnrehended and held TO answer
lthis complainant and TO be furthei
p dealt with as the law directs"
= WOULDN'T ACCEPT FAHeY AS soNosMAe
e Vansant was held in $1,000 BAIL an,
5 Patrick Fahey offered himself as bonds
, imam. The State refused to take Mr.
e Fahey. however. so DR.. Fahey vo.un
teered Re was accepted and Vansan
a was released.