Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-15
time, ana beer and liquors were very
plentiful about tue department.
Subscribed and eworn 10 briofe me
siis an day ~ April, 1898.
GRANT II. SMITH,

bNANT II. SMITH,
y ,ary Public.
went 90 work I'm the Salt Lsse FIRE |
department in December, 1891 AMI
have been continuously employed there |
until the STA day ot Aplii, ls9i,
have real the fIrrgUlug nlldavit oi
---- uuI know the contents
thereof nui Hll 60 the facts thotoin
stated rlttiyr % tnc pfDfui.y lf thu
chief auOut tue department ON various
occasions, a. 60 ni8 calling the mnn
uud hHilUs out iIr exercise IN the mid
90, 90 thc uiehl Du several occasions,
uH 90 his having u.s carpets clcauci
aud furniture movet ny tur men, rs 90
his having coal carried 20 his house.
htrpng unli 'fs by the men; az 10 thu
keeping 81 the cow un1 pony
Of the Cuy's expense, &C, ne 10
the supper spoken Of aud The fight, and
the nuaracg VI the chief aud thc men
from tue department o. to thu proceed.
| ing relative 10 the copper smeitcr, uru
/ Nh within my own knowledge.
In tine TAIL OF l,g2, when We went 20
a mrs on the corner OF WUa, r nipple
| aud SJuIi Temp @ streets, the DEPART
mcui gUt there s1mp time beiOrr the
! chief ami Aad the fire almost out when
he arrived.
was standing by the captain when
The chic came up, an hu addressed
the captain In tie following. "Why
| didu't you turn the water over tho
housuand 10. the thing burr, and give
those Mormon - 1f b--s n rlastlngGn
On another occasion during this
winter when there was ilfu in n
secondhand clothing store on Second
South street, opposite Commercial
street, the department nud the chief
got there pretty early, mud | was Ia
tue shooting gallery aud had turned
my chemical ON the IRE, aud the chiei
came In where / was anu told me Ia
turn IL OIL aud let It burn for a while,
| turned the chemical oil and the de-
partmcnt outside broke into the fro nj
of the clothing store, tpaing II out, aud
afterwards was sen. iu there with tht
chemical 10 put tho fire Out aiinr 10 had
gained mucn moro heaiway than d
had IN the fret in, taucc.
Since tue c0pperAmul,tr matter came
Up the chlc' has hardly spoken TO mr
On one occasion whom he hal g0tteI
through telling IOu Nelch, nnothe
OF the men who refused 10 ojntfihut,
: towards the copper smultcr that h,
would cut his head oil close o. tn
shoulders, no turned 10 mo aud eaii
! 81 uuirislani that you DOME care 80
. your job" answered him that wa
l ready when ho was.
/ On the evening OF the sth Of Apnl tn
D chief called myself and MasdeA int
/ the office aud told US that our tim
. was ready and that he would dispens
with oui services. Masdon asked hiu
: why he had discharged him anu b
r said II was none cf his damn business
+. After Mastien had gone cut nske
the chief why he had discharged m
Q and he answered that he hal dii
charged me because he had undel
stood that had been talking ahoI
him and trying to Dust him from h
g, position.
. The conversation continued for
y few momUnts aud inally the chief tal
y that he was tired OF being apubl
servant anyhow, aud did not care an!
thing about his Job, that he had son
:, money aud that his wifi had som
:, money and some property and that 4
~ did not care anything about the j.
- and did not care - about III
- investigation or the Council eithe
J, that they could not fire him, aud III
- only one who could IRE nlm was IN
. Mayor. aud he would not do ~.
Further than this no reason WI
~ ever given or my discharge.