Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-05
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
The Investigation Closed
EARLY Yesterday.
THE DECISION Is RESERVED.
The Board Hears All the Complaints
and Takes the Matter Under
Amusement.

Promptly at 9 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing the Board Of Managers reconvenec
for the purpose of pursuing the investi
cation, Colonel Harris being in the
chair Is usual, whilst Colonel Markham
took his customary seat az cross-exsm
liner. VIM. B. Owens, the dining-roon
Sergeant, was called to the stand to con
clude the testimony he started the pre-
vious night, and he gave evidence as te
the arrangement of the dining.quarters
Police Sergeant Rice was then brought
forward in connection with the Wcst
affair, and testified: "West was quarrel
some and abusive when he came out o.
the dining-roorn, and had him arrested
I told him that I was going to take him
to the Governor and he said that he
would not go and he used fearful Ian
guage. Then in company with Officer
Gilday / started to take him to the
guard house, and he abused US violently.
When he was finally taken before the
Governor, Colonel Treichel sentenced
him to thirty days on the dump, and
West refused to go, saying that he would
do nothing, that he would rather leave
the Home. So he did. 1 do not consider
that more force is used in making arrests
than is necessary, and there has been
no brutality on the part Of the guard,
Some of the guard have been selected on
my recommendation because they do
not drink and can be relied on. / knew
West at the Yountville Home and !
know his record. It was bad. He was
abusive and violent and was generally
disliked. He was dismissed from that
Home oa account of his shameful be.
havior.
Edward Gilday, q member of the police
force, was the next witness. He said
81 arrested West. When l made the
arrest he said, What do you want with
me?' and then he added, i won't go to
the guard house, wanted to take him
to the Sergeant of the Police, and he
would not go, 80 I took him by the col
lar. Then he clinched me, and threw
him down and held him. Then the Ser
geant came, and We took him up, one on
each side of him. did not use any
more force than was necessary to make
the arrest"
E. Niederauer, the waiter of the dining
room, next gave testimony. He said
81 served West with coffee on the day OF
the trouble. I knew him as the bad
man from Yountville,' for that is the
name he was known by. He wanted to
.pour his coffee back into the pot, but it
was out OF reason. / told him that
would give him some hot coffee, and he
became violent and used abusive Ian
gusge. ! therefore reported him to the
diningsroom Sergeant"
Robert Grady then appeared and said !:
81 have been member of this Home,
and have been discharged. This is the
first time have been in q Home. | was
dismissed on charge Of characterization
preferred by Sergeant Morris. Morris
was making the complaint and l started
to speak, and Governor Treichel stopped
me. He then discharged me from the
Home for using threatening language. I
gave in my clothes, and Morris threat
ened me. He put his hand on my
shoulder and said Get OUT and he
used more violent language. He then
took me by the collar. and went. The
next day I called to see Governor
Treichel, and complained of how I had
been used. I told him that he was not a
gentleman, and had not acted like a
commissioned officer" The witness
then made an application for reinstate.
ment in the Home.
THE WITNESS DowNED.
Col. Markham then completely foored
the witness by reading to him the
charges against him under which he was
dismissed from the Home. They were
a. follows: (D Disposing of rations; q,
doctoring the food; (3) endeavoring to
provoke quarrel; (4) destroying prop.
erty of the Home; ~ concealing 9
butcher-knife under his blouse when
ordered before the Governor; (6) attempt.
ing to set the cookhouse on fire.
Col. Markham asked: "What are you
doing now?"
Grady replied: 81 am janitor of the
Tribune Office" He then went on in 9
wandering manner about things that had
nothing at all to do with the investiga.
ton, and Col. Markham had good deal
of trouble in getting rid of him.
Major Erdman then appeared and
asked permission to make q statement
He said: "The pay roll for September
shows that there are 100 soldiers and
twelve civilians employed here, the total
amount of disbursement being about
1880. The soldiers are paid from S. te
$50 q month. There are at present in the
Home about 800 men, about one-third o.
whom are given employment and extra
pay. In many instances extra duty hal
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