The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-29
GILHULY'S TRIAL BEGUN.
MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE AND Ex-MAYOR SARGENT EXAMINED.

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 Most Important-Tria Will be Resumed
 Next Wednesday Night.
 A large number of citizens were pres
 ent last evening at the commencement | of the trial of Police Commissioner Gill
 huly on charges preferred by Council
 man Charles R. Frisbie, and apparent
 ly a great deal of interest was mani fested in the proceedings. The hearing tcok place in the counclmanic cham
 ber In the right hand corner of the
 room were seated the witnesses, who
 had been subpoenaed for the hearing.
 The witnesses were ex-Mayor Sar-
 gent Superintendent of Police Tread well Smith. Rev pr. Newman Smyth,
 Captains Wrinn, Brewer, O'Keefe and Woodruff, Sergeants Bradley, Tripp, Dris-
 coll Cook, Mcbride, Herman, McGrath,
 McGann and Patrolman Jeremiah Me
 Grath, and a number of other patrol
 men. The case for the prosecution was
 conducted by Corporation Counsel Will
 liam Fl, Ely, assisted by Attorney Her
 bert B. Benton, while Attorney J. P
 Goodhart ably took care of the inter
 ests of the accused commissioner.
 Promptly at 7:30 o'clock the members of the board of aldermen met in the all
 dermanic chamber, and after a brief
 discussion, during which the rules to
 govern the hearing were adopted, ad-
 journed to the councilmanic chamber,
 where, at S:10 o'clock, the trial proper
 commenced. The roll call showed four absentees. Alderman Skiff, Murray, Leary and Moore. The oath was ad- ministered to Alderman Shanley, who was not present at the last meeting of the board. The charges against the ac- cused were next read, to which Attor- ney Goodhart replied that Commission CT Gilhuly denied in toto the allegations contained in each and every one of the complaints. After this the witnesses were sworn, and ex-Mayor Sargent call ed to the stand.
 The ex-mayor testified substantially as follows: ''I was mayor of the city from January, 1890, to January, 1895. do not know of my own Knowledge of any instance where he interferred with the work of the members of the de- partment or discouraged or prevented them from the discharge of their duty in the enforcement of the law relating to the sale of spirituous liquors, or in any other way. My impression is that in an ordinary conversation I asked him why he wanted to become an alder man and subsequently, to become police commissioner and gave as his reason that his competitor MT. Clancey. who was a member of the police board, was getting away much of his business, and he thought that 1t was because If his official position. The ex-mayor was excused without cross-examination
 J, c. Scovill was next called, but was not present, and Superintendent Smith was called to the stand. He testified that he did not know of any case where the accused commissioner had discour- aged or prevented the officers in the discharge of their duty, but that he had heard that he had done so. Two years ago it was reported to him by one of the officers making a. raid that two of the commissioners called upon him at his house on the night of the raid The officer who told that was Benjamin s. Jackson.
 Captain James Wrinn testified that he had been connected with the de- partment for over twenty-eight years and that he knew of no case where the commissioner had interfered or at- tempted to interfere with the officers, and that no such case had ever been re- ported to him.
 in io 70 Grand avenue precinct testified to the | same effect. but had heard that the 1 had seen some of the of- | 1cers after the raids had been made l 1n Sundays. The only officer he could | 'ecollect was Benjamin Jackson, who l made the report That is all know | about 1t, he said, as he left the witness | stand
 Captain Woodruff do not know of | my instance where the accused has 1 discouraged or prevented the officers from the discharge of their | iuties and have had no such reports made to me. Testimony of like nature vas given by Captain James Brewer yf station 4.
 Sergeant Albert Bradley of the Grand bNGIlut pIGCIutI leSllubu SuDSLdnLldIIY IS follows. q know of my own knowl- dge nothing against the commissioner, ut I recollect hearing Officer Toronto | ay something discouraging about the ccused. That is the only instance now of
 Sergeants John Driscoll, William E. IcBride, Thomas J. Dunn, Theodore \. Tripp, James Cook, John McGrath, Bart. TiernanE Stephen F. McGann, frederick H. Bissell, all testified that hey knew nothing against Gilhuly.
 Patrolman Henry M. Toronto testi- ed that he knew of but one case where he commissioner had interfered with n officer in the discharge of his duty hat case occurred In March, 1893, he aid when I was doing duty on Chapel treet The commissioner came to me nd spoke about two saloons on Grand venue. This was in ront of the Pickett | lace. He said tome why don't, you eep away from that place or around lere. I answered that complaints had ome from that court and my orders ,ere very stiff in regard to it. I told i'm l did not want to be brought be- ore the board on complaint of other ficers for neglecting duty. He replied: What in the hell is the matter with lem, don't they get theirs?" The off ' er on that beat ahead of me was Off ar Clyne The commissioner then l a ve mo fbrea pip1 rS and dToUa auaU (