The Washington times., 1894-08-25
Lieut.. AmiSs Emphatically ResentS a
Complaint Against Him.
HAS A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER
Dismissed Policemen Must Abandon ALI Here
of Restoration-Police Telegraph Operator
Domer Warned-When Livery Stable is
q Nuissnce-Bad Well Water.

but more especially for any who are disposed
TO accuse officers of his precinct of shortcom
ings.
A complaint was recently filed with the
Commissioners by Carl Mueller, corner o.
Eighth and H streets northwest, and H. n.
Capp, No. s22 Eighth street northwest
against the conduct of inmates of house No
sO7 Eighth street. The opinion was ex.
pressed that 'the place is used for immora
purposes"
II having been asserted that the attention
Of the lieutenant OF the police had been called
to the character of the house and that no ac
tion had been taken, Lieut.. Amiss replied
with a good deal of emphasis that the state.
ment Is false. He is thus explicitly exact be-
cause as he saws in his report to the Commits
sioners, there appears to be tendency at this
time by the public TO place the officers. OF
some Of them, in a false position before their
superiors.
My actions" said the lieutenant. .'iD re-
gard TO this class of complaints and all Others
are on record. and do not need any defense. "
The officers in the locality Of the alleged "bad
house" will be on the alert for evidence of its
Questionable character.
DISMISSED FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
- OlIlSIN,
attorneys for the five dismissed policemen
who sought restoration to the force. were the
recipients yesterday OF the following official
communication:
The Commissioners have the honor to
acknowledge receipt OF your petition in be-
had Of Philip J. Hayden and others. and in
reply thereto invite your attention TO para
graph ten OF the manual of the Metropolitan
Of e~rfa s.F f~.l,r
under which the petitioners were dismissed.
said paragraph reads as follows: 'AnT
officer or member OF the force may be dis
missed by the Commissioners whenever, in
their judgment. the public interest shall de-
mand such action.
In ii further reply the Commissioners have
10 state that il Is not practicable 20 give oral
hearings by the board in behalf of dismissed
officers. but that they will give careful and
respectful consideration 10 any written state
ment made in their behalf For your further
information, the Commissioners would state
that the vacancies created by the removal OF
these men have been filled"
In addition TO Mr.. Hayden. the men inter
ested are William Kemp, Robert E. Lee,
Washington Sanford, and Alexander McKie,
all OF whom asked for a rehearing by the
Commissioners touching the sentence of dis
missal
J. b. Diver has addressed an appeal to the
Commissioners in behalf OF the dismissed
policemen. requesting that they be given a
chance 10 redeem themselves and vindicate
the faith their friends have in them.
OPERATOR DoMER WARNED
N. B. Domer. operator in the telegraph and
telephone service. has forwarded a written
reply TO the accusation made by Station
keeper H. V. Conway, Of his having used
unbecoming language over the phone on the
night of August 5. He alleges that the sta
tion-keeper threatened to report him for a
delay that occurred in his response 10 a call.
Domer replied: "Al right; you are noted for
that. You were put out Of the Eighth pre-
clnCt with Sergt. Daley and others for report
ing your superior officers, TO which Conway
retOrted: 'Sergt. Daley is better man than
you are, 10 cut the argument Short" and in
an 01hand way. without any ill-feeling,
UoMer said: Come doZn here and I'll rip
you up the back, a saying. Domer alleges,
thtt is commonly used by members of the
force.
DOmer explains that he was not to blame
for the de!ayin answering the station-keepers
call, and that instead Of half an hour elaps-
ing the delay could not have exceeded five
minutes.
Commissioner TruesdalI, in his indorse-
ment on the papers. saws: Mr.. Domer should
be warned that repetition Of the offense viii
cause MS dismissal, and that Supt. Miles be
instructed accordingly"
Attorney 5. I. Thomas has filed a written
opinion with the Commissioners upon the
protest OF certain citizens against the grant
ing OF permit for the reconstruction OF the
Knox stables at the corner Of Second and 3
streets northwest. upon the grounds that the
stabling of horses in the building became and
continued 10 b a nuisance. Permit having
been already granted the Messrs. Knox to re-
build, the opinion OF the attorney can only be
OF interest now as a precedent. and as defin-
ing policy with reference to such building.
wHES STABLE Is NUISANCE.
The attorney says:
a livery stable in a city is not in itself a
nuisance, but il may become so if 60 kept or
used as TO destroy the comfort Of owners and
occupants q adjacent premises or so as TO
impair the value OF their property. II is not
the building that constitutes the nuisance. but
the use 70 which II Is put. How property
owner shall use his property is generally not
a matter subject 70 the control of municipal
authorities. IL the owners Of the site OF the
burned buildings comply with the building
regulation on the subject nv opinion s that
they are entitled 10 a permit 20 reconstruct
their buildings. The fact that the buildings
have been DESTROYED does not terminate the
=
permit viii not authorize the owners to use
their building 80 as 70 be a nuisance in
luuous 10 health, or SO as 10 impair or destroy
the comfort OF the occupants of adjacent
premises. If they do so use il then those who
are injured have their remedy in the courts.''
The Sisters Of the Visitation OF Georgetown,
Rev. J. Hayens Richards. OF Georgetown Col
lege, and ten Others equally interested, have
petitloned the Commissioners that Augustus
Hess, private Of the Metropolitan police force.
now attached TO the Eighth precinct. be trans
ferred to the Seventh precinct and assigned
10 duty in the vicinity OF Georgetown. In the
opinion Of the petitioners, late events show
that the services Of a mounted policeman are
required on the roads leading 10 the Chain
Bridge and Tennallytown. Policeman Hess
lives IN town and would always be convent
emily near, while the officers who do duty
and reside in the county are seldom about
town. By making the change the Commits
sioners will confer, they say, great favor
upon Georgetown and vicinity.
Supt Henry r. Miles. of the telegram