Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-20
FOR AND AGAINST DALEY
Interest Felt in the Findings of the Trial
Board
strong Feeling Among the Officers on
the FOrce-Temperance People
Back Daley Strongly.

Maj. Moore. having finished his annual
report, and having no commonweal army
to claim his attention. has been granted q
leave Of absence, which he Is now enjoying.
He got his leave just In time to escape
figuring In any manner in the trial board
case of Lieut.. James w. Gessford against
Sergt. John G. Daley, the sergeant who has
gained considerable notoriety because Of
his untiring efforts to suppress the illegal
whisky traffic In South Washington. This
trial. as is well known. had nothing to do
with the efforts of the sergeant to put
down the more Objectionable part of the
liquor traffic, but was the result Of a news
paper publication Of an alleged interview
with the sergeant, rejecting on the neuten-
ant. This was In connection with the al
legged sale Of lottery tickets; but the SER
geant, when he went to the Police Court,
tailed to substantiate the charge that lot
terry tickets were sold, and before the trial
hoard he denied that he had given the in
terview printed.
Ever since last Inauguration. when Sergt.
Daley brought charge OF intoxication
against Lieut. Gessford. which was dis
missed, each official seems to have had 1t
in for the other. Following the acQuittal
of Lieut.. Gessford at that time a charge Of
perjury was brought against Daley, which
Was ignored by the grand jury. sergt.
Daley was transferred to the fourth pre-
cinct about that time. and no public charge
was brought until the present case took the
form Of charges against Sergt. Daley.
The Trial Board Testimony.
The testimony was all in when the trial
board adjourned Friday. and the stenogra-
pliers concluded the task of making a
typewriter copy Of the testimony yester-
day and submitted the ITO pages to Acting
Chief Austin.
The members Of the trial board. Capt.
Austin and Lieuts. Heffner and Swindells.
it appears bad not determined upon their
findings in the case. and they met at head
quarters this afternoon to determine the
matter. They also wanted to look over
the copy of the evidence and discuss Ques-
lions relating 10 the credibility OF some
Of the witnesses. 1t e understood that
they reached an agreement and sent the
evidence and findings to the Commission
erS.
Under ordinary circumstances Major
Moore reads the testimony. but he did not
do SO in this case, because he IL away on
his leave.
It il rumored that a special effort was
made to get this information in the hands
Of the Commissioners today because Com
missioner Truesdeil Is anxious to dispose
of the case at an early date.
The result of the findings could not be
ascertained, but rumor has 1t that Sergt
Daley will not fare well when Commission
er Truesdell acts on the case.
There are now ABOUT tn1rty CdSe8 III tho
hands of the Commissioners. sent there
from the trial board. and 1t Is said that In
more than one-third Of them the recon-
mendation il Dismissal" Just why these
cases are being held up" is not known
but II is stated that some of the officers
mentioned for decapitation are bringing
strong influence to bear upon the Com
missioners to upset the result Of the trial
boards findings. To-
For nnd Against Daley.
While 80 much gossip about the Cess
ford-Daley case IL being INDUCED In, Sergt.
Daley is going right ahead with his war
fare against the illegal liquor sellers. and
the temperance people and Christian or
ganizations are indorsing him In his work.
Should 1t eventually become necessary
for them to do SO members Of these organ
izations will go to the front for the SER
geant, as they are anxious that hts services
shall not be dispensed with at this time.
There il a great amount of prejudice
against the sergeant in. the ranks of the
force. This Is admitted by the officers
themselves. This ejudice was increased
by the raid on the Fat Mems Beneficial
Association, and several of the victims of
that raid are to be seen occupying reserv-
ed seats in the court when a case in which
Daley figures is on, trial, and when he loses
his case they give vent to their feelings i'll
the lottery ticket case was tried last week
they were, out almost in full force.
The officers generally are anxious to see
TIE Commissioners reinstate the policeman
who was dismissed because he had been
member of the association that was raided.
Their considered by the Commissioners, and
the officer NAV be rcinStat0d.