Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-18

tee Appointed to Investigate the
Little AJderman's Charges.
City Council met last night, Mayor Kerr
yon in the chair, all aldermen answered
roll call excepting Messrs. Cowan and Mon
teath.
Petition Of A. Perazzo & Co., asking per-
mission to make certain ehangesin q build
ing on East Park street occupied as a fruit
store, wal referred to fire committee.
The petition of ]. j. York for permit to
put cornice on Eagle saloon was referred to
same committee.
Chastine Humphrey asked permission to
pull down down kitchen to his building
and replace it with a new one. Referred to
fire committee with power to act. Same
power granted to the committee relative to
the other petitions.
Lavelle, ct al, asked that their former
petition asking permission to erect certain
buildings be reconsidered. Referred.
J.C. Baker wanted permission to erect
an iron shed in the 9 OF a building on
Park street. Referred.
A petition of J. K. Forbis ct al, resi-
dents west of the old city limits, between
Broadway and Missoula gulch, asking for
an extension OF Broadway from it's present
terminus to Missoula gulch, was presented
by l.. j. Hamilton in behalf OF the petit
tioners. Mr.. Hamilton made a lengthy
statement explanatory of the petition and
situation OF the ground, and urged that
the prayer be granted in order to save ex-
pense to the city. Referred to street and
alley committee, city engineer and city at
torney.
Areport OF the city clerk giving the names
of all persons liable to street tax in the city
was submitted and the list ordered given to
the treasurer for collection.
Report of the clerk of the police court for
the week ending May 15, was referred to the
finance committee.
An ordinance transferring all moneys in
the salary fund to the general fund was
passed under a suspension of the rules.
Chairman Pinkham OF the street and al
ley committee reported that in accordance
with council instructions the committee
had employed two extra teams Tor street
work. Committee was covering up the
storm sewer above Woolman street, and in
conclusion urged the necessity of the city
owning another team to be used on street
work, and recommended that a team be
purchased, as it would be cheaper for the
| city to own q team than to continually
hire one. He then called attention to nui-
sance caused by express teams being al
lowed to block up West Broadway from
Main to Academy streets, and called atten-
ton to the low license for express teams
and said it was provocative OF more
drays ~springing into existence than
were necessary for the business of the city.
In relation to allowing drays to stand on
the streets, he suggested that owners be com.
PEELED to secure permission from adjoining
lot owners before being allowed to do SO.
Messrs. Mulville and Olson opposed the
latter part of Mr.. Pinkham's suggestion,
and asked that it be dropped.
J.. w. Forbis appeared before the council
On the same subject and made verbal petit
ti0n in behalf of the draymen, who asked
that the recommendation OF Mr.. Pinkham
be accepted.
Considerable discussion ensued, which
ended by the committees report being &C.
cepted. and the matter was allowed to
drop.
Alderman Lewis, in spite of Mr.. Null
ville's vigorous attempts to induce him to
remain seated, row arose n threw q
little dynamite bomb into the midst OF the
council by making q statement hat the
sum Of 1866 had been paid by the city
for secret police service between the months
OF August and January last, and that the
money had been used for the benefit of a
private prospecting outfit in Idaho, in
stead OF being expended in the channels
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paid for hunting pay streaks OF gold in a
neighboring territory, in place Of trying to
unearth hidden mines OF crime within it's
own boundaries. He said that, although a
member of the old police committee, lie had
been persistently and continually ignored
by the chairman of that committee, and
now wanted the matter investigated, and
to that view asked for the appointment of
a committee to look into the thing.
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instant and said that Mr.. Lewis was guilty
OF a wilful and maliciou fasehood and was
making the charge in order to work out a
personal grudge. Mr.. Wynne, said, as
chairman of the old police committee he
had been powered by the council which had
created it to employ a special secret police
officer whose identity vas to be known
only to himself and Marshal Coulter. and
who was to bepaid by the city through the
chairman of the police committee, and
that as such chairman he had employed
and paid the officer referred to. He further
stated that Mr.. Lewis had threatened to
make him trouble unless he agreed to Ger.
tain things and as he had refused Mr..
Lewis was carrying ..out that threat. He
then stated that the man who had served
as the special officer was in the room and
asked that he be sworn and make a state.
ment.
David Mickeliohn stepped inside the rail-
ing and after being sworn said that he had
been hired by Mr.. Wynne to act as special
secret police officer for Butte some time
during last August, and that he had served
in that capacity until January 5, when he
was discharged, He said that his orders
were to make all reports to Marshal Coul-
ter through Mr.. Wynne. The reason he
was employed, he said. was to discover the
parties who had been insulting ladies, and
also to work up another matter which he
would not mention publicly as the time
had not yet arrived to do go with
safety. During the time he was
in the city's employ he was
absent, he said, nine days, and had a man
Sal secret detective service as himself.
Part OF the time, Micklejohn continued,
that he was acting as special policeman he
served in the guise of a woman. and once
learly lost his life. Micklejohn said that
he was discharged February 5, aud left a
few days after that for Idaho, to locate
some placer grounds.
John Bordeaux addressed the council.
and said that Micklejohn had been in the
city during the time he stated he had been.
This he knew, because he had met him al
most daily and had much business
with him.
Mr.. Lewis arose again and said that he
had the names OF six men for whom
Micklejohn was doing prospecting in Idaho
during the time be alleged he was in the
city acting as secret police officer.
Several aldermen. including Messrs.
Mueller and Wyune, asked him to pro-
duce their names.
To this demand Lewis mentioned the
names OF Messrs. Coulter, Wynne, Hamil-
ton, Lippincott and Stoner.
Alderman Olson then asked that Mr..
Lewis be requested to call his men, so that
they could be examined.
To this Mr.. Lewis paid no attention.
To end the matter Mayor Kenyon ap-
pointed Messrs. Lewis, Mueller and Null
vile a committee to investigate the charges,
and peace once more lowered over the
heads of the aldermen. The committee |
will report at the next meeting of the
council.
Alderman Goodale OF the special sewer I
CO n mittee, read a lengthy report endors-
ing the report on the sam subject made by
the old council special committee, and rec
commended that the city attorney be in
structed to prepare an ordinance making
it mandatory upon council to put in such
sewerage system on my street where n
fourth of the tax payers requested that the
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