The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-22

duty after DelnR suspended, dppehSu
before that body and stated in SUD-
stance that he bad served the notice
of suspension on Mr., Warren, but be-
ing short of officers on account of sew
eral members of the force being i'll
with la grippe, Mr. Warren proposed
to assist Mr. Black on the watch that
night and the next, The marshal
thanked him and in few days
Warren came to him and
reported that he had had
talk with Alderman Lacy and
had been informed by him that it was
all right and that he and Warren
should be placed back on the force.
Mr.. Lacy denied having interfered in
the matter and proposition to drop
the matter brought Mayor Pro TEN
Herbert to his feet who protested
vigorously against the insult offered
him as the chief executive of the city
at that time by the city marshal in
placing the policeman on duty after
he had been suspended.
The motion to drop the matter was
adopted.
Alderman Lacy reported that COM
plant had been made to him that
some of the school children we're
kept out of the school rooms some
time when they arrived too early in
the morning and these cold mornings
the EXPOSURE was great. He asked if
that was the practice.
Alderman Jones said the rules re-
quired the teacher to be at the school
fifteen minutes before 9 O'Clock, the
hour the school is opened and the
children are admitted at any time
after S:45.
Alderman Herbert moved that the
matter be referred to the school com.
mittee for report at the next meet.
ing, and that the chairman of the
school committee be instructed to call
meeting of the committee at the
Central school building at $50 this;
Friday, afternoon to hear any COM
plants that might be made against
any person whatsoever connected with
the schools.
The charges against Policeman
Briggs was again called up and The
city attorney stated that the witnesses
were absent. They had been present
at the beginning OF the proceedings
of the council but had gone and could
not be found.
A motion to postpone the case until
the next meeting was discussed at
some length and vas substituted by a
motion to proceed with the trial of
the case, which was adopted.
The charges were read which were
that he left his beat on Austin avenue
in state of intoxication and went to
the reservation and acted in manner
unbecoming an officer in violation of
articles BOZ and 39S of the city Or
dinances.
George Walker was the first wit
ness for the city and Deputy Mar
shall Clay was the next, Policeman
Moore third. The first witness testi.
fed that Briggs was at his place in
the reservation on the night of the 9th
instant but did not seem to be drunk.
Defendant Briggs was put on the
the stand and stated that Geo. Kittle,
now deceased, came to him
on that night and told him there were
some drunk men on the reservation,
and that the officers on that beat had
been called to the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass depot and they wanted
an officer down there. He went at
once to that quarter, found everything
apparently quiet and returned to his
beat
George Field, who tends lunch
counter at the Pacific hotel bar, said
defendant was in there at lunch twice
during the night of the 18th and was
to all appearances, sober.
A motion to declare defendant not
guilty was carried 7 to 4.
The council adjourned.