The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-07

The Evening session.
The commission reassembled ct
O'Clock last evening and Oscar Aiken,
the hack driver who drove McMahon to
box IL, stated that he Was intoxicated.
but not very drunk. McMshon had
told him this was the third fre he had
attended that night.
Maurice Hill stated that at the Spring
street explosion Mcmahon was in an in
toxicated condition. Hill 10 not mem
Der OF the fra department
John Roeder was recalled 90 the re-
quest Of McMshon and stated that Nc
Mahon came to box IL an hour and
half late in q hack, but he did not think
be was intoxicated, as he had seen him
refuse brandy at O'Clock. He heard
Heany tell Collins az well as the witness
that If Mcmahon pushed the charges
they were to stick together and testify
that Mcmahon was drunk.
SOME TESTIMONY FOR M'MAHoN.
A letter from DR.. ). F. Alexander was
read to the effect that ON the evening Of
the alarm from box IL he saw McMahon
and he was not under the influence OF
liquor.
j. s. Hennessy stated that Mcmahon
was not intoxicated on the evening of
the above alarm. He came to the box
in hack in from 10 minutes to an hour.
w. 8. Rowan stated that on the date
in question Mcmahon came to his house
and then got q hack and went to box IL.
At that time he was perfectly sober. He
came to the engine house on horseback
and left his horse there. Frank Leibe
made statement to the same effect and
also that he had seen McMahon on the
night of the Spring street explosion and
he was sober. Charles Jenkins gave cor.
roborativs testimony, as did also Engin-
ear la Count, as to the telephone mes
sage received on box IL, and the error
made in the message by the telephone
message. Also that he had never seen
Mcmahon intoxicated.
d. w. Brown gave similar testimony,
to the effect that Mcmahon was not i'm
toxicsted at the fires mentioned.
w. Hoag saw McMahon on the night
OF box 81 alarm and did not see anything
Spring street explosion he had cautioned
the men in taking up the hose to be-
careful on account of the broken glass.
WHAT RUDOLPH SAW.
R. II. Rudolph had gone through the
building with Mcmahon after the FIRE
was out to see il there were any bodies
under the debris. and Mcmahon was
perfectly sober at the time.
f. la Barre saw the assistant chief on
the night OF the explosion and he was
sober, and he had instructed him to go
into the cigar store next to the destroyed
building.
"Was McMahon drunk on the night of
Hugh Smiths election ?" asked Heany.
The question was ruled out, and III.
Scneerer stated that Mcmahon was not
drunk at box 81 fire or at the explosion
on Spring street.
The statement of J. Coburn was to the
same effect.
Fred Nessler rode home in the same
buggy with Mcmahon from the Briswal-
ter FIRE and be was perfectly sober.
Elk Chief Michael Ourran stated he
had been fireman for ID years and had
never heard OF him giving wrong orders
at fires, and considered him to be the
best fireman in Los Angeles.
"Whsre was Mcmahon at the Bruns-
wick fire ?" asked Heany.
"He was on the inside" replied Our
ran.
~ was all over the building during
the fire." said Mcmahon.
Commissioners McLain and Brodrick
aud Councilman Strohm volunteered
statements to the effect that McMahon
did good work at the Brunswick fire.
M. Jean had seen McMahon at the
Spring street explosion and corroborated
the testimony OF others as to Mcmahon
being sober.
The board then adjourned to meet at
the call OF the chair. and then retired to
the back room for a conference.
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