Evening journal., 1902-01-29


was roacy going Oh l commenced 70
plan a raid, which, in my experience,
always did since | have been in the
department. If / am wrong and the
commissioners want 80 otherwise, there
Iis no trouble about bringing it up.
Clarkson Back to Work
Examination by Mr.. Clarkson. Now,
in regard TO the raid Of No. I'll Mar
ket street, that was dome on a Wodne.-
day morning was Il not?
No was sent out Tuesday night.
AT that meeting OF the board that
matter was talked over pretty we'll
Why did you not tell us lhat night that
you We're going TO raid that place?
What wac the necessity for keeping il
from the knowledge Of the board?
None at all.
Why did you do it2
I don't know that / kept it from
the board. Do you remember that in
that report | was advised to raid either
Sunday or Tuesday might? / took Tues
day night as the best night.
That was after we talked about that,
and we We're pretty warm about II at
that meeting I'm planning that raid,
why Udn't You inform the board? Was
it lack OF confidence in ihe board?
No. sir: ] don't think that it was.
because Mr.. Pyle was pretty angry
that night. and after you adjourned /
issued the warrant
What was Pyle angry about?
Discussing this very thing that night
Could it not have been raided just as
frihN
1t might.
Tho conditions were exactly the
same.
had information about this. It
would be dark tonight. and maybe to-
morrow night you would see a light
there. They did not see anybody go in
or out They were closed some nights
and open some nights.
Could you not have raided that house
a month before you did, successfully?
I do not know
Successfully as you did?
Yes. sir,
That being the fact why wasn't it
done?
Because I had to depend upon the
department to get me some evidence as
to who went in and out.
The Department?
The force.
Did it not occur to you that il was a
bad thing to wait longer; that some
thing had 10 be done soon?
l did the best / could. I threatened
the officers. / told them | would pre-
fer charges against them.
Examined by Mr. Reinhardt Could
you not have threatened the officers
two months before that?
/ did not know as much about II at
that time
Examined by Mr.. Clarkson II am
derstand you, you have no excuse to
give for not stating to the board that
night about raiding No. III Market
lstreet, or your intention of raiding it?
No excuse.
Don't you think the board was en-
titled to know Of it.?
I don't think There would be any OBJ
iections. They are entitled to know
everything.
Don't YOU think THAT ia a mistake?
don't know but what it was; but
a thoughtless one.
Do ycu say that OF your personal
knowledge within the last five years
that policy playing and gambling was
at any time as wide open as dur
ing the winter of 1900 and 1901 in the
city Of Wilmington?
| Well, as ! say, so far as ! knew, un-
! til after they had been closed. When
was on the street I knew what was go
ling on.
You say that the newspaper and the
people could know about it. and that
1.-THE Police Department did not know
Anything?
Mr.. Clarlxson. wasn't the newspaper
reports along about March, in the
lneighbOrhood of March, along about
lthe time that everything collapsed?
There were some in February. DO
understand you to say that the officers
were guilty of neglect Of duty in not
suppressing this policy?
would say that they were slow.
But I understand yOu 10 say thai
they were not sufficiently ncglccttu
of duty for you to bring them up before
1.-THE board?
Well. you migiht feel that way now
my feeling was this ] thought that Il
they did not do IT, and if ! brough'
them before Die board, and ahey t0l,
the commissioners that they did an if
their power what wnii'd be ihn result
Well you know Chief. how long have
You lul0wn MI Martini
since nc has been connected with the
Sunday Star.
How long has that been?
I don't know. About three or -four
wears.
He had a good deal of enmity fo
YOU at one time
Yes. sir but ] always knew him as
la newspaper man. He was always
Friendly as "A newspaper man.
The chief then went over the con
Incction of Vandegrift with the people
who came here for the purpose Of get
ting into town with policy and Mr.
Clarkson then asked
, Martin testified last night as to hoy
4 lyou and he became friendly agail
: through an invitation Of Vandegrift
/ Was Nandegrift so close a friend tina
n Tho interested himself for the purpos
\ ol bringing that about?
s NV recollection of that Mr. Clark
som. is ! always come down here il
B.. libc evenings and ono sunday evepin
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