St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-01
RUNGE IN The AIR,
Blown Higher Than a Stesple
by the Allie cations Made
Against him.
Charges That He Has IN
strueted His Men to Steal
Property.
Given q Chance to Make An
swer at a Meeting Of
the Council.
Other Business of Minor, Inn
portance. Transacted
Last Night.

The meeting of the city council last
evening was particularly hot one. The
charges against Chief A. Ii. Runge,
which have been published al length in
the columns of the GLOBE, were read
0eforH the council without causing any
great amount OF comment, because of
ltheir frequent discussion in the past.
The charges claim that the chief has
been aware of the frequent thef9S at
fires, and that the men appropriated
property at his direction and inStruc-
ti0ns. 1t claims that he has permitted
the men to become intoxicated while on
duty, and that he had reduced the rank
of men against whom he had grudges
and placed incompetent men in their
positions. The charges are very severe,
and there are no soft words used in
their compilation.
Aid. Gray moved that the city council
adopt the report of the special COIL
mittee and to adopt and prefer against
A. II. Runge the charges in said report
contained; and that said A. H.
Runge be and is hereby required to
make answer to said charges to the
city council by filing his answer thereto
with the city clerk OH or before July II.
1893; and that the nth day of
July, at O'clock y. M, at the council
chamber, is hereby fixed as the time
and place for the trial of said A. IL.
Runge on said charges /; and that at said
time and place the city council do meet
for tine purpose Of hearing and
determining said case, at which
meeting said A. II. Runge
is hereby required 10 be present. which
I.ll l,1,o Ior Il
shall be adjourned from time to time
until such hearing is fully had; such
hearing to he governed by such rules as
the city council shall adopt at said meet
| ing, and tnat l.. A. Dunn, first assist
ant city attorney, be and is hereby di-
rected to present to this council at said
meeting such evidence in support
of such charges as he may be informed
of or upon investigation may find to
| exist; and said l.. A. Dunn is hereby
authorized and directed to subpoena
| any members of the Minneapolis fire
department or other persons TO appear
before this council and testify in said
case; and the city clerk of the city of
Minneapolis is hereby directed to serve
upon A. Ii. Runge true and correct
copy OF the report of the special COM
mttee with the charges therein con-
| tanned, and true and correct copy of
this motion, on or before the 9th day of
| July.
James E. Snyder was given the con-
| tract for furnishing granite cUrbing,
and A. q. ParllhurSt secured the cOn-
tract for furnishing stone curling. The
| Harvey transfer ordinance, providing
for the issuance of street railway trans
fers on the street cars by the conduct
orS, was turned over TO a special COM
mittee.
Aid. McAllister made motion that
none of the 227 Saloonkeepers who have
Made applications for licenses should
be granted them, for the reason that
| they had all repeatedly violated the law
| by keeping open OH the Sabbath day.
! 1t was lost.
The sum of $40. 1S9 was appropriated
! for building bridge ON Fourth street
| and Twentyninth avenue northeast.
The city clerk announced that 227 ap-
plications for liquor licenses had been
| received.
The ice contract for 1893 was awarded
70 the Cedar Lake Ice company at the
price of 20 cents per lU0 pounds.
City Clerk Haney stated that when
the Peoples bank closed It's doors he
had Oh deposit thtle between &c, 600 and
$1,000 belonging to the city and TO the
Police Relief association. He assured
the aldermen that the city would not
lose anything, as he proposed to make
good the whole amount. lie asked for
ninty days time in which to do so and
unanimous consent was granted him by
the council.