The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-16
FROM THE DISTRICT CAPITOL.
Items OF Interest from the Commission

Items OF Interest from the Commissions
ers' ONCE.
LIEUTENANT BoTELER's CAsE.--The case
of Lieutenant Boteler, recently tried by
the Police Trial Board for intoxication
and found not guilty, has been occupying
the attention of the Commissioners for
week past. II appears that the Commits
sioners are dissatisfied with the finding of
the Trial Board and are investigating the
case themselves. Every day since last
Tuesday Commissioners Douglass Ross
and Colonel Robert have been examining
witnesses in the Colonel's private room,
and the investigation has been conducted
as secretly as possible.
On Saturday afternoon Sergeant Daley
and eight privates from the Eighth pre-
cinct were summoned to appear before the
Commissioners. These officers, il is said,
gave convincing evidence that Lieutenant
Boteler was Intoxicated on February 20
last, the charge of which he was acquitted
by the trial board. Why these witnesses
were not produced at the trial is not
known, unless II BIS, as one officer said,
that the prosecution were not aware of the
number Of witnesses that the defense in
troduced.
The Commissioners are not satisfied
with investigating the Lieutenant's con-
duct on February 20, but have also taken
testimony looking toward charge of in
toxication on January T. On that day it
is said that the Lieutenant was so drunk
that he was unable to read the roll-call or
staggered against his desk in the station
house and gave up the attempt to
do his duty. Among the witnesses
who will be examined by the Com
missioners in this latter, case are
Sergeant Lombardy of the Eighth pre-
cinct, Privates Mulloy, Carney, Ellsworth,
Speer Steeman Of the Eighth precinct,
Helane of the First precinct, and Station
keeper Frank of the U-street station. The
mssioners in Colonel Roberts private
Office has been taken by a stenographer
who is now .busily engaged in putting it
in proper shape to read, and it will be
considered at length by the board.
The Commissioners are unit in believ-
ing that the case should be more thor
oughly investigated.
WANTS BRIGHTwooD AVENUE REPAIRED.
Hon. Simon Wolf was at the District
Rossell regarding the bad condition of
Brightwood avenue. There is an appro-
priation for the repairing of the road,
and Mr.. Wolf thinks that it is time that
some OF the money be expened.
LIQUOR LICENSES APPRovED.-The fol-
lowing applications for liquor licenses
were approved to-day: Patrick McDer-
mott, 1923 Third street northwest; Will
liam A. Ehrmanntraut, 90l Il street south
west; John d. Evans, 100 N street south
east; Thomas Birney, 507 ID street north.
west; John I. Morgan, 720 Eighth street
southeast Mary Murdoch, 235 Seventeenth
street southeast.
The NEW CABLE RoAp.-President Hurt
| Of the Washington and Georgetown Rail.
| road Company had conference with the
| Commissioners this morning regarding
the alignment of the new cable road
around the Garfield statue on Maryland
avenue at the foot of the Capitol.
ARGUMENTS ON THE SOLDIERS HOME
NILE LIMIT.-The arguments for and
against measuring the mile limit from
| the Soldiers Home by the usual routes OF
travel commenced before the Commits
| sioners at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Messrs. o. p. Thomas and Frank Madi.
| gan, who prepared the brief for the in.
terested parties, appeared in support of it.
MORE WORK FOR COMMISSIONER DOUG.
LAss.-An order was issued to-day trans
ferring the department of street railroad
routes from the engineer department to
the control Of Commissioner Douglass.