Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-23

tho chief u tho police department aud
mOm2ers OF the board Of police aud IRE
commissioners; aud willful Suppression of
letter directed TO tho chief ~ the said
department, and u willful aud Intentional
ooncealing OF tho said letter rom said
chief, aud using snld letter Tor bus own
sinister aud unworthy personal pur-
purposes, AZ will more FULLY appear In
the following specifications.
IIE PIsDiS0s
Last night the findings OF tho com.
mission were unsnimously rgrsed upon
aud sent to they Mayor. They are ~
iuilGwt:
10 the Honorable Mayor OF Salt Lake
Cily Utahs
Tho uoatd Of police aud ilro commis-
sionors have examined into the charges
preferred by Arthur Pratt, chief OF
police, against Captain j. j. Donovan. OF
the police force OF said city, transmitted
to the board Of police aud tire commits
sluners by his Honor upon the OH day
OF september, 1895, and after hearing tho
| teAiimOny Of tho Witnesses aud giving tho
accused foil aud lair trial upon said
charges, we make tho following findings
OF facts, Ne shown by the evidence upon
the trials
Specification illuminating tho word
''oorrupuy" from tho specifications, we
and tho charges thoroln contained Ato
true.
Specification Two nnd that on or
about he 2ist day OF July, 1885, Captain
| Donovan received Of Arthur Pratt, chief
u police, leave Of absence, stating that ho
wished 10 visit bingham, Mercur, rintio
district and Provo, 10 visit some OF his
| friends; that no also intended TO 20 to
Mt. Pleasant, Sanpoio county, during said
leave Of absence, but did not inform tho
chief Of the iacii that ho obtai1td said
! leave OF absonce; did visit Mt. Pleasant,
S,npo,O county, without visiting any OF
tho other places, bu. there was evidence
tending 10 show that no was called homo
by message that bis wifo WAS sick. Tho
board IL of the opinion that he did con-
csal from the chief the fact that he was
about to make a visit TO Nj. Pleasant and
| also the purpose OF said visit. The evil
dence further shows that one purpose
| Captain Donovan had In view IN visiting
| Mt. Pleasant was TO ascertain whelher
| tho charges against Ford contained In
letter Toiorred To were true. He claims,
however, that another purpose Tor maxi
ing this visit was to ascertain whether
his own picture was In q certain house Ia
Mt. Pleasant
Specification 3-wo hnd that on or
about tho 1t Of Angus, 1895. Captain
Donovan, contrary to the rules of the
police department and without the
| authority or permission OF tho chief OF
said department or tho board OF police
and IRE commissioners. took ono OF tho
| regular policemen OF the department, A.
| r. Mcdonald from his duty as a police
man aud sent him 10 Mt. Pleasant Tor tho
purpose Of finding out, II possible, whelh.
or the charges make against Ford IN tho
letter Toiorred 10 were true, with instruo-
tiou- TO obtain any letters written by any
member OF the department 10 the Frand-
rem woman, u any there were. 10 obtain
also, II possible, the picture OF any police
| oiiicors that might DO found In her house.
| The evidence further shows that said
| Mcdonald did 20 to Mt. Pleasant and,
under AN assumed name, try to obtain
| from tho FrAndzen woman any letter. or
| photographs Of any members OF tho po-
| lice force that abe might have In hor pos
session.
Specification Tho evidence shows
| thai about August 9th the chief OF police
| inquired Of tho captain why Mcdonald
| was not on duty. Captain Donovan rO-
| porled to tho chief, In answer 10 his
| question, that Mcdonald was sick, but
| failed to state 10 tue chief that two days OF
| tho timo that he had been oil duty ho was
absent on tho journey TO Mt. Pleasant
| heretofore referred 10.
1 0IhNlANhhoh " AAAA NAhe butft
| no evidence TO sustain the charge undor
| this specification.
Specification 8-The evidence showH
thai after Captain Donovan had suspend
| cd r. 4. Mcdonald on August llth, with
| out pay, no marked him on the time
book as on duty up to tho Goth, but we
AFRO OF the opinion that this was done by
mistake and without any fraudulent In
tent.
Specification THE gi., OF tho charse
| In this specification Is that Captain Dono-
| van was detailed to visit SAliair aud in.
| yeatlgato as TO the truth OF the report that
said Policeman Mcdonald had boon, Nj
| Snltair Lake resort, boisterous, intoxicat-
| cd aud guilty OF using vile, vulgar aud
| indecen, language In the presence Of wo-
men and children, and that aftor going
| to SaltAir and making such investigation
i no reported to tho members OF the board
| OF police and lro commissioner and tho
chief Of the police department that he
/ could Ind no person or persons who
/ would or could testify TO any misconduct
/ or wrong committed by said Mcdonald,
| whereas II was charged that tho said
Donovan dldlnquiro Of Deputy Marshal
| j. q. Davis and other persons present at
SaltAir, and was informed by such per-
sons that the conduct OF said Mcdonald
/ was as stated. The testimony on this
point IL very conflicting. The testimony
| OF 0resnwAld and Clayton was to the
OBJECT that they stated To Captain bono.
| van that they saw nothing wrong Ia Me-
| Donaldis conduct on this occasion, On
tho contrary, Deputy Marshal Davis,
who arrested Mcdonald, tostifles that he
reported to Donovan that the conduct of
Mcdonald was soandalous In the extreme
aud that no was willing 10 testify In re-.
gard to the same. Also that Conductor
Wheeler stated TO Donovan Ia his
| (Dayis's) presence, that he was willing TO
testify, but II called upon would give
evidence that Mcdonald was intox icated
ON tho occasion referred TO. The lostI-
mony OF Captain Donovan on this point