The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-14
JUSTICE IS FINALLY DONE.
WIDOW OF PfrROLMAN HOOPER AWARDED 4 PENSION OF ss,0OO.

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 Commis.sonor Giihuiy Cast tho Deciding
 Sot--charEes of Intoxication ot Proven
 Agai' ct Patreiman R. T. Moore-ofiocr
 Rhodes Retired.
 At the meeting of the police conmls- sioners last evening all the members oc the board were present and Mayor sar- gent presided. Patrolman Richard T. Moore of police headquarters was on trial, charged with intoxIcation whilc on duty. The date Of the alleged of- fense was election day. November c. The witnesses in the case were, beside Officer Moore. ex-Counciiman John H. Shaw. Superintendent Smith, Captain Wrinn and Detective Sergeant Reilly.
 After the charges had been read and Officer Moore had pleaded not guilty, ex-Councilman Shaw. who is the man who. 1t Is alleged, made the complaint, was called to the stand. He testified that he saw the officer on the day in teNessoA VII SASsooh oNiOck hollHk Au " strange manner. He positively denied that he made any complaint to either the captain or the superintendent that the officer was under the influence of liquor but on the other hand thought that the officer was very ill He also testified that he had never seen the ofii4 cer under the influence of liquor. Ha testified that he told Captain Wrinn that there was something the matter with the officer. but made no complaint against him.
 Captain Wrinn testified that OfficeH Moore went on duty at 2:20 o'clock in the afternoon apparently sober, and that even after he had been brought in off the street he was at no time in such a condition as to be called drunk. buh he had evidently been drinking. The captain further testified that he consid- cred the officer 8 good man and had never before heard anything against him.
 Sergeant Reilly testified that on the day in question he had been sent out after the officer and had found him at the corner of Church and Chapel streets apparently attending to his duty. He said that he did not show sufficient in- dications of having been drinking to be noticeable. He later admitted to the witness that he had been drinking.
 Rev. Dr. Smyth had also been sub- poenaed as witness, but was unable to be present until after the investiga- tion had closed. In this connection Commissioner Hum stated that Dr. Smyth had called on him and asked him to state to the board that. although the officer had evidently been drinking. he did not consider him intoxicated.
 In his own behalf Officer Moore tes- titled that on the day in question. No- vember 6, while off duty at noon. hs had met two friends from Hartford, and as he did not feel well had taken two drinks, He had eaten no dinner and was feeling sick. s...
 In executive session the members of the board expressed themselves in high terms of the ability of the officer. and voted that the charges against him had not been proven, but he was found guil- ty of conduct unbncoming an officer and suspended from duty for fifteen days from November 6. This is equiv- alent to fine of $45.
 The question of giving a pension of g, 900 to Mrs. Charles A. Hooper, widow of the late patrolman, was then called from the table by Commissioner Prince, who moved that the pension be granted. The motion was promptly seconded by Commissioner Hum. After a briea discussion Commissioner Gilhuly an- nounced that he was ready to vote to give Mrs. Hooper the pension. The vote was then taken. resulting in Com- Prince, Hum. Toronto and Gilhuly voting in favor of 1t and Com- missioners Clancey and Doolittie against 1t.
 Court Officer Talcott Rhodes was. at his own request, placed on the retired list of the department at a salary of $500 per year. MT. Rhodes has been a of the department over twenty years and Is retired on account of per- manent disability. a.,
 Patrolman A. B. Gates of the Grand avenue precinct was awarded twelve days pay for time lost in consequences of injuries received while in the dis charge of his duties. He was kicked on the knee by prisoner September 19 and @ water tumor resulted.