Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-10-27
REGISTRATION C.. 5 S
Held OVER ONE week
Negroes Charged With IL
legally Registering are
Placed Under Bail
TRIED TO LEAVE CITY
IT'S ALLEGED

Charged with illegally registering for !
the wet and dry" election, John Lee
and Wesley Postles. Negroes, were ar
raigned in Municipal Court today. Tne'l
case. at the request Of Assistant City
Solicitor Malloy, was continued until
next Friday when four other men and
one woman will be arralgned on a
charge Of conspiracy 20 obstruct JUS
tice, IN connection with the same case.
The two men are alleged 20 have reg
istered illegally In the First Election dis
trlct Of the Eighth ward. They were
held IN $500 BALL each.
These two men were arrested after
the hearing Of the case OF Maris Win
gate, charged with inducing persons TO
register Illegally, before Magistrate
Stradley yesterday afternoon. The two
men were taken in custody several days
ago at the railroad station while trying
to leave the city.
Maris Wingate. brldgetender at
Seventh street bridge was held under
/ $1,000 bail for the Court Of General
Sessions by Magistrate ellis yes
terday afternoon on two charges OF
violating the registration laws by
attempting 10 induce two Negroes to
register illegally at the special IL
cense election TO be held on Noven-
Der 6.
Wingate was represented by Philip
. Garrett, who pleaded not guilty
for, his client. The defense produced
no testimony
IT. - ona Nyoelav poeflaa
Negroes of Titusville, Fla, were the
principal witnesses.
stephen i. Parker testified that he
is the registrar in the First district
OF the Eighth ward. He stated that
on Saturday. August IL, Of this year
Lee and POstles came TO the regis
tration place in company with Win
gate. and both the Negroes were
registered. one of them saying he
had lived I'm this city four months
and the other saying he lived mere
for three months. Parker said he
had had trouble with Wingate, who
insisted on answering questions for
men VINO were being registered, but
he could not recall for sure that
Wingate answered any questions for
Lee or Postles. He said he. the wit
ness, did remark that they must nave
had a big apartment house some
where down there because or the
unusually large number OF Negroes
! being registered.
{ Postlcs was then called and testi-
fod that he came here from Florida
= arriving on August 80. the day before
3 the registration day and that tha'
T was the first time he had ever beer
% in Wilmington or Delaware IN ms
4 life. on the following day, SATURDAY
= he testified, he met Wingate who toll
5 him TO go with him for he wanie'
2 him 10 do a little something FOL
: him. lie said Wlngate told him 4
T. tell the registrar that he was % yc%
old. whereas the witness said he
l. only % years OF age, that he hal
4 lived I'm Delaware all his life, and tina
e ne had been in Wilmington for fou
n months. lie said Wingatc promised
T. him that he would not get in trouble
d by registering.
+ Postles said he went TO the registra
ton place and did register, and tina
while there Wingate told the registra
ton officer that he iPostles) had live
IN Delaware for - years. He furthe
stated that Wingate told him that whel
this thing comes or he the witness
would get a bunch OF money and tina
= he need not be afraid Later he sal
70 Wingatc asked him il there were an
= more men down there who had no
/" been registered. lie said Wingate ais
/ cautioned him 10 be quiet.
Mr. Garrett cross-eXamined the VII
- ness briefly, but did not develop any
thing new.
Lee was then called and corroborate
practically al OF the Postles' test
mony lie came here with postles o
the same day. was approached by VIII
fate. eh saio, and urged TO register an
3 did so, Wingate telling him, he test
fed. TO tell the registrar h had live
I'm The State five years and in WHINING
ton four months. lie said Wingate tel
n him he would make some money whC
the thing came Off. that he made IN
offer before the Nvitnessl was registe
cd. and that il was due largely TO Wi
gales promises 10 him that he was Il
duced 20 register.