St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-19


big Dutchman out there"
Did Aid. Woodward chip anything
in Harvest festival daY?"
81 don't believe he did at that time,
but he did on another occasion"
ibid you report this to the chief or
the assistant chief?''
mo, they knew more than did about
it,
Mcdonald never saw the chief drink
beer at the Catara act engine. nor was he
present at the time beer was drank.
Inc boys ''chipped in" to b NY the beer
and drank it across the street. Attorney
Davis went into Nc Donald's past life
and tried to draw out something damag-
ing. but did not.
Did you ever go by the name of
DOrner?' he asked.
mo, sir, but my step-father's name
was Dorner"
Were you ever ordered out of Mem
phis by the mayor?"
mo, sir, the mayor was my uncle,
Capt. Cunningham"
"Were you ever convicted of any
crime In st. Louis or New Orleans?"
No, sir"
Aid. Snyder tried to ascertain who
| made written complaints about the beer
drinking at No. 4, but, aside from the
fact that the name was German and
was like Zigler, he could learn nothing.
To another alderman he stated that lie
had been dismissed from the depart
ment a year and a half ago. Chief
Runge told him that he had been re-
Lorted as drinking, but said that he
would do the square thing; he (McDon-
add would be taken back.
Aid. Luckey established the fact the
witness had been dismissed from the
department on Jan. %, and that he had
asked the chief the reason and received
no answer, except that the witness
had been talking about his chief. In
reply to question from Aid. Gray, he
stated that he had had no hearing be-
fore the board of engineers according to
the usual custom. To Aid. Flanders
he stated that he had 'subbed' for two
years, and had been on the pay rolls
sixty days and ten hours when dis
charged.
Aid. Brazie asked the witness if he
knew how much each man drank of the
| seventeen kegs drank on the Fourth of
July of 1892. Mcdonald did not, but
the men were great drinkers. Fox and
Crotty on wager drank a keg. "And
liVed?" asked the alderman.
Yes"
He stated further that Aid. Woodward
| met him one evening on Third street
and Nicollet, and told him that if he
kept away from the council he would
be reinstated. $50 | kept still, and that
Is all the good it did me,'' he added.
The witness went on to relate that in
January Chief Runge and Alderman
Woodward came to Chemical No. l, and
the latter wanted him to do up a re-
porter. This was ruled out, as Alder
man Woodward was not on trial, but
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the statement that the reporter was
Fred Briggs.
Witness denied in toto that he had
| made any threats against the chief or
was his enemy.
Though the evidence against AID
Woodward had been ruled out, Aid.
Anderson went into the matter, as the
witness had stated that Chief Runge
was drunk at the time he came with
the alderman to Chemical No. l. Nc
Donald said that the chief did not say
anything except to ask where is Nc
Donald?' but sat in his buggy all the
time, about half an hour. He inferred
that he was drunk from the manner in
which he sat in the buggy.
'When the chief asked Where is Nc
Donald you answered Here or Lord,
l am mere F." asked Attorney Davis.
No, l got down on my knees" was
the surprising answer.
'Oh, is that sop;
mo. it amt. l was only trying to be
| funny like you"
You did not get down on your knees.
then?"
mo. sir.'
"Well then, you were not funny at
ALL"
Mcdonald was succeeded by P. w.
McElroy, an older fireman than his
predecessor, but, like him, discharged
from the service last January. His tes-
timony was very much like that of Nc
! Donald: Was not present at the North
| Star Boot and Shoe company fire,
! but saw shoes at headquarters.
| He bought two pairs of shoes
with the North Star trademark from
| James CrOtty. He had seen lots of
| drinking at headquarters in the Owl
| self to buy key of beer. He had seen
! three kegs of beer drank at
the Cataract engine house. Mr.. McElroy
| corroborated the story of Mcdonald
| that Capts. Hamilton and Traeger had
been absent from duty for thirty and
| ten days respectively, without hiring
| substitutes. had himself been off in
! the same way.
The most serious statement was the
! positive one that during the last eX-
! position he had seen Chief Runge
! drunk at Cataract engine house. near
the exposition. The chief fell to the
pavement, staggered and went up stairs,
where he was seen afterwards by wit
ness sitting on the bed. The other fire.
men at the house had seen the chief,
| and had remarked upon his condition.
Dennis Corey, a fireman Of seven
| years standing who had been discharged
last January, followed. He stated that
! he had seen the chief at occasion re-
ferred to by MeElroy. and that the
actions of the chief were those of an
! intoxicated man. He admitted that he
had himself been on the carpet for
drunkenness, but harbored 10 malice
against the chief.
An adjournment was taken until l
O'Clock this afternoon.
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