Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-19
COFFEY HAD RESIGNED,

Hut the Police Commissioners Re-
 fused to Accept His Resignation.
 Found Him Guilty, and Summarily
 Dismissed Him From the Force
 Other Business.
 Supernumerary Michael J. Coffey is no longer member of the police department of this city, the police commissioners at the meeting last evening summarily dis missing him from the force for intoxica- tion. Only four members of the board were present, Commissioners Clancy and Hum being the absentees.
 Although Coffey was aware of the charges that had been made against him, and had been officially notified that his trial would coms of last evening, he failed to put in an appearance nor was anyone present to say a word in his behalf. The board, in order to give him every oppor- l tunity to present himself and make an ex- ! plantation, waited until after s o'clock for him, but. .ae he did not up to that time put In an appearance the board voted to pro ceed with the trial.
 The charges against the officer were read by City Clerk Martin. The charges ac- LuSoC SUuSy UT DcluH lheoAiSoSSN nho oo solutsly unfit for duty on the morning Of July 9, at 1 80 o'clock.
 At the trial last evening Sergeants Mo Gam and McGrsth were present to sub | stantiate the charges made against the ofh- cer. Sergeant McGann testified that on the morning in question Coffey came into the office on the 80 a. m. report ten min utes late iu an intoxicated condition, and after reporting to him, he being in charge of the office, went up stairs to the patrol
 mems quarteys At ? o'clock, when he
 rang the bell for the officers to again go
 out on their respective beats, Coffey failed
 to respond to the summons. He then re-
 ported the case to Sergeant McGrath, who
 after waiting five minutes went up st-irs
 Coffey did not coms down stairs until 2:3C
 o'clock land at that time he was in such ar
 intoxicated condition ss to be hardly able
 to stand and was totally unfit for duty. | Sergeant McGrath corroborated the testi
 mony of Sergeant McGann and in addition
 said that when he went up stairs he found
 Coffey in drunken sleep in chair witt
 his feet on a table. He shook him, but th'
 officer only made an unintelligle answer | Some of the officers attempted to brsc,
 him up by throwing water in his face, bu
 even this had no effect on him and 1t wa
 impossible to rally him.
 After the introduction of this testimon, the board went into executive session t. take action on the matter. At this sessiol
 the communication from Captain OKeef , detailing the circumstances of the case wa l read, ss was also a communication iron : Michael J. Coffey, dated July II, resignin his position on the forcs.
 As this was the third offense of Coffe and ths board had previously treated hir with remarkable leniency, the commis sioners were not inclined to let him off b merely accepting his resignation. At
 cordingly they decided to place the resie
 nation on file and immediately found Cot 7 fey guilty of the offenses charged an summarily dismissed him from th force.
 . Officers Nj J. Hayes, Marlowe, P. ] !. Hayes, Bellman, Linsley and P. Koch were promoted from grade E to grade I
 the promotions to dats from July 26.
 G. F. Peckham, from whom the polit , department lease the, building used f.
 police purposes on Howard avenue, sl v 1 peared bsfore the board, and on the clai that the police precinct there was detr ment to his other property in the vicinii asked for an increase in the amount of rel . 2 paid him. He was informed that the d ! partment was powerless to pay him az more at present, owing to the fact that u , l city could not exceed the estimates mac
 lsat December, nor would they bs able . do anything in the matter before next D