The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-01-29
Chief OF POLICE MASSEY .
RELIEVED OF DUTY,
The Police Commission at It's Meeting
Last Evening Finds Him Guilty
T. Of Conduct Unbecoming an
Officer and His Services Are
Dispensed With. .

told Evans to get evidence. Evans
was pref airing to make raid.
when the place sudden closed up.
Evans said lie had never known
gambling 10 be worse ia this city
than it was last winter. There
was difficulty IN getting warrants
against the policy men.
state l'clectiyc Francis testified
that at the opening OF the Whining
ton Athletic Ciuh lie saw faro and
roulette table there The CLUB men
sad t"ey tell they were all right.
They gave certificates of member
sh'p to everyone who went there.
Mr.. Francls did not think there
would have bea1 any difficulty in
raIdiug the Eleventh street place it
there lai been Il disposition to do
30. The town last winter was
wide open. The detective added
tAat Chester also is wide Open
Francis said i. was understood
tina! s,amue! J Levy. who boards
at the Hotel Walton, Philadelphia
was the hacker of The game here.
The witness went TO Philadelphia
last August aud Levy asked him il
there was any chance 10 open up
policy in Wilmington. Levy said
to the witness: I'VE will give you
800 month, but must run Is days
before we pay you. aud the first OF
every month thereafter we will
give you 500. . FRANCIS told Levy
that he could not give him the pro,
lection by himself. but tnat he
would keep lookout. Francis re-
ported the facts to Deputy Attorney
General richards. Levy SAID he
would not do business anywhere
where he could not secure protec-
ton.
Other patrolman told Of reports
OF policy places and how some men
were going IN and Out OF the polcy
shops IN large numbers.
patroiman James G. Shields said
that eX,State Detective McNev had
SAID that he could show Massey
up but he did not want to do so.
CAPTAIN Tnomas Kane testified
that he did not believe the chief
was giving tips or that he Was
getting money from policy men. but
aided thatgambing could not have
been run so open Y unless there
waS prolectlon from some one.
10 behalf OF the chief many pa
trolmeu testified that it was not
hard to get warrants. PatroIman
Noomoa said he had received IN.
strucUon to watcl! for policy play
ing patrom4u Ford sald he had
kuoWr OF no one who had been more
succcsstul III ratclng gamblers
than had Massey There was a
long story OF gambling at the Mer-
camille yiuD. bat they were play
nag poker there he same as they do
al the NI,mnIl ton Club. Massey
had told Ford and Policeman hi
Mari that II they tld not secure ev.
deucc against the Mercantile Club
he would bring charges against
them before the Ponce Commits
5 onefs.
fatrolmau John !. Long said he
'"a 49,. ,s wv = a.. .G "" euo' ,, "
district did not stop making re-
ports OF policy playing they were
"p'e ~ 'o'o w az aus, ,,,
| ~ VI u, al " '''''0" y Ne'1'o"
/ S"'H "c Al" oEG" app oaehI" ny
! > NcI"1y' 'n1 ""' DEL WI" 'o'" H''l
II ne H!'o' 'eu '"! case or arrested
."' " '"c po''T' ''cn ','H h1ao
"oo'H Z" on nc asked now II
| ""'''' '' "'NE . " Ge"'l SAT" GU
"" ", '9e' VI" h',y ~ &C. n'S u
A,"A'I' an" Va a." h'aCM WIZ
mo" "' ~ '"'a ''i"1 Ni,''am
,G "''''" ,,"Ss"sl 's't' req 10 Il ;
o'u H'"t } gLE, WAS pres ue"' o'
I"S BOAR" u ''o''ee N"'NIh a7'oncf7
a H''''eI WINES 'e'i'He' ''ta' ne
'l'@' '''T'' /" NC" ''N wac 4sNcU IL
on y So"'u &c ""ehs' III W Il ming
''"' ''u'"F ''eS3 men e'SAs 10 W H.
%,o1 "n' S"ld '"'' I,' ma &c
lNc l''p'7, W." ~ >"'Gi massey ~
go 81 ,La ,Y,,nir(,a n,.,,n o's,, -t
u, Iio~ rnDrI sr,rss ,oI'.n - W.
n,5n,t,<, ,Ih.v a,,A A., .,,,, Ia
,hor7 " ,h,n ,1r,n't ,oli.r non,..
ar,I,roa ,,c,,iI 10 ,rra sI,,I' Is "'''
Ibir1 If pnlIrs r.n.r.ns v,so,r
:. s,'he1 maj hc w,s o,no;nIn1
-