The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
mr.. CAMP DECLINES TO SIGN.
The Investigating Committees
Report Not Strong Emo ugh.
He Wanted to Censuro the Mayor and Dis
miss tho Chairman of tho Board of
Police cominissioners-Tho Report
Received and Adopted Received
For Street nyacatlamizing.

1otcO OOAniHtbblOueIb-LhO IASpOEG
Received and Adopted-Bids Received
For Street Merchandising.
The special injecting of the Council
last night to consider bids for macadamiz-
ing and ito receive the report OF the
investigating committee was character
lied by some lively discussion.
Mr.. Buckner presented the report
and said that it had been signed by
every member of the committee. except
Mr.. Camp. He understood that the re-
port was formulated by the unanimous
consent Of the committee, and he was
very much surprised by Mr.. Camps re-
fusal to sign.
Mr.. Buckner demanded that Mr..
Camp submit minority report, viii CHI
the latter said he was willing to do, if
the Council would give him time. He
did not think the report was specific
enough. He thought the report was to
come before the committee before being
presented to Council.
When tho report was being considered
he objected to several portions of it, and
said the mayor should be censured, the
city sergeant investigated and G. A.
Turner, chairman of the board of police
commissioners, dismissed for his ignor-
ance of the public res ulations.
A spirited discussion ensued between
Messrs. Camp, Buckner, Huff and Eek
loft, in which Mr.. Camp stoutly main
tanned his position, and insisted that
the report was not severe enough. Mr..
n nj fnf bod hot
that there were pofti MS of that report
which he objected to in the committee
room, after the report had boon read
and thoroughly discussed, he desired to
put himself on record that such is not
the case. Ho regarded Mr. Camps
statement as reflection on the com
mittec and most emphatically desired
to protest against it. Mr.. Camp was
on his feot in an instant to respond, but
President Buckner insisted that order
should be maintained.
When vote was taken on the report
Mcssrs. Eckloff, Huff, Graves, McCon-
ncll, Shcchan, Welsh and Bucknor
voted in favor OF accepting it and Mr.
Camp against its adoption.
The following is tho report of the
committee as adopted:
INVESTIGATION Committees REPORT.
''To THE HoNoRABLE CITY COUNCIL:
Your committee appointed at the
meeting of the city council tc investi-
gate the matter OF the alleged defalca-
ton of M. G. Morris, chief OF police, and
all matters connected. Herewith, re-
spectfully report that they began their
investigation by tho examination OF a
large number of witnesses, relating to
that matter; and afterwards, under the
enlarged powers of the committee, in
vestigated the organization of tho police
forco of this city; a copy of the evidence
taken in this investigation is herewith
submitted:
CHIEF MORRIS SHORTAGE.
"They respectfully report that, from
the evidence before them, they ind that
M. c. Morris, chief of police, received
funds of the city derived from fines i'm
posed in the mayors court to tho
amount Of S2,25 in excess of that which
he turned into the treasury of.the city
That this defalcation occurred between
June, 1890, and January, 1901. Having
ascertained this fact, your committee
directed tho city solicitor to swear out
warrant for tie arrest of said NJ c.
Morris upon the charge of embezzling
the public funds OF the city to that
amount, and the said Morris was, upon
said warrant, duly arrested and was
bailed to appear before tho grand jury
at the October term, 1891, of the Hus-
tings Court.
They further report that, from March
1890. until the 9th of January, 1901, the
fines, which were imposed in the NAV.
or's court, were
NOT COLLECTED BY THE MAYOR,
or, IL collected by him, were turned
over to M. q. Morris, the chief of police,
for the purpose OF paying tho 81 me into
the city treasury. That pay-in war
rants for mayors fines had been with o.
fair degree of regularity obtained,
month by month, until July, 1890, and
from that time on to January, 1891, M.
Q. Morris, chief of police, obtained from
the auditor pay-in warrants at quite ir-
regular intervals. That pay-in war
rants were obtained by M. c. Morris on
July Q, 1890, for S4O4.44; on August &c,
1890. for 416 81; on October 1, 1899, for
S45s.30; on November IL 1890, for 81
54s.61, and on February 6, 1891, for
S1,381.11.
THAT there was no money paid by NJ.
G. Morris into the CITY treasury on ac-
count of these payin warrants between
the 9Th day of October, 1890, and the =
day of July, 1901.
That on the eth day of January, 1901,
the mayor OF the city, ing dissatified
With the manner in which Mr.. Morris
was handling the city funds, but with
ont the direct knOwlodoo tbat H. neat.