The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-10
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Chief Burgess what was to be DONE be-
cause when he saw the crowds gathering
as an officer OF the law he ought to have
made 10 his special duty to prevent any
undue crowd that might arise
Mr. Glover said the police were not
wanted there TO make arrests but Co pre-
vent difficulty. He said the people at
tending the funeral had been insulted.
Before the corpse was taken out the crowd
ieered at the band.
Rev r. NJ. Morrison. pastor OF the
Presbyterian church. was the next to
make "a statement before the committee.
lie said he went with Mr.. Glover to DR..
~zlupas' house on the sunday night in
QUESTION and confirmed the story as re-
lated by Mr.. Glover on the doctors
request that Mr.. Glover stand guard at
the door and the request made upon
Chief O'Hara for the removal of men in
the house. Mr. Morrison also testified
that he relieved Mr. Glover on the watch.
Nearly all the time he was there, he said,
men tried TO force their way into the
house, but he kept them out The Chief
of Police was not there then. The men
could have been easily managed If anyone
in authority had spoken to them. That
was at 1920 Sunday night
Chief O'Hara asked the committee per-
mission to ask Dr. Szlupas a question,
which was granted. 81 want to ask DIR.
Szlupas if officer Dougherty was stand
ing across the street and ! asked him over
and told him to stand there ?"
DR.. Szlupas: 81 think you did. / think
| asked for a man to stay before my house
and you said you couldn't do it,"
Mr.. OHara II told him | couIdn'b
deputize any man to stay there all night"
Mr. Morrison resumed his statement
by saying that the funeral procession was
one of the most orderly he ever saw in
line OF the parties looking on he did not
know what to think. 81 have been taught
tf, holt haf 10 trrr
to have a funeral hooted at by mob was
a strange sight to me-"
Mr. Morrison said he believed that IL
the officers had made themselves known
and had simply spoken to the crowd they
would have stopped it.
Chief Burgess Burns said, 81 am sure l
checked over fifty people from talking
aloud, the best way knew, and l didn't
know man in the crowd that was talk
king aloud.
The statement of Mr.. Morrison conclud-
ed with the remark that he supposed the
funeral would be quiet that the borough
officers would see to that.
John J. Reilly said that during the
| funeral the Chief Burgess tried to do his
duty. Mr.. Reilly thought the Burgess
did wise in not attempting to make an
| arrest. When Mr. Reilly saw the Burgess
the latter did not ask either Mr.. Franey
or Mr.. Reilly for assistance. He made
individual efforts to qul, the mob follow
Mr. Gable :-"Mr. Burns, did you ask
anybody to assist you ?"
| Mr.. Burns answered that he asked two
policemen, Adam Mort and Messrs.
| O'Hearn and John Leary.
DR.. and Mrs. Szlupas then charged
| Chief of Police O'Hara with handing Mrs.
Szlupas his loaded revolver to show how
| Andrukaitis shot himself.
Chief O'Hara denied this and said he
first took the charges out of the revolver.
DIR. S. NJ. Fetzer was called and IN
answer to questions said that he could
not positively swear that Chief O'Hart
was drunk when he met him in the
Szlupas house on the night of Saturday
March oath. DIR. Fetzer also said that
O'Hara handed him loaded revolver.
O'Hara :-"Did you handle it ~
DIR. Fetzer You wanted me to-"
O'Hara Didn't have the shots OF
7 the table ?"
DR.. Fetzer mo, sir. You handed Il
me and / asked you to unload it, that
didn't care to handle loaded revolver.
Dr. Fetzer couldn't say whether it wa
before or after Mrs. Szlupas handled tn
r revolver. He didn't see her handle 1t.
Chief O'Hara denied that he was DRUM
4 that night and produced several wit
: nesses, among them Senator Monaghan
l who said they saw him at different time
e in Pottsville that day and in town a
= night and he was sober.
e DIR. Szlupas said he did not charge tn
L officer with being drunk, but though
T from the appearance of his face and hi
. actions he was under the influence {
. liquor.