The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-30


Although the inner circle" evide--ce
had been ruled out by the board OF
police and fire commissioners the pro-
secution yesterday managed to make
a pretty bad showing for the depart
ment and chief in several matters. II
nothing else comes out Of the proceed
ings it will at least be shown that
there are several inef1iciencies in the
general working. There are no horses
at No. that can pull out the steamer
and that piece of apparatus is practic-
ally useless. The wheels of the hose
reel are condemned, another wagon
Is. called top heavy and the aerial truck
4, as not sufficiently manned. On several
occasions the amount of hose at No. ,
has been found entirely insufficient
and garden hose had to he attached
3n order to reach the fires.
Insurance Men Emphatic.
Chief Devine came in for d very
warm session. Captain DonneH and
L. W Wilson. insurance men, were
put on the stand and testified that
Devine's general reputation as chief
was bad Wilson believed that che in
surance men generally wanted the
resignation of either the men or the
chief xand would much prefer the
forpYer Wilson gave figures on the
NSser fire, saying much more dam
agsEzas done by water than by fire.
He w. he believed also that there
was too much water used at the Lip
man fire. Assistant Chief Mike Dono-
van was put on the stand and crit-
cized his superior severely in several
ways, saying that the Waltner fire
could have been easily handled if the
chief had not opened both the back
and front doors ana let in a draft.
FineI Fer Smoking.
The defense has been [laking very
light of the charges that the chief
smokes on the apparatus floor. and
saying that he smokes in the office. A
slight sensation was created in the
room yesterday when Joe Tremayne,
one of the few men in the department
who have not signed the charges, said
he had seen the chief smoke on the
apparatus floor and then gave evil
dencs that he had once been fined 50
for smoking a cigarette on the street,
WIEN he was returning TO the depart
Y7ient after taking his wife on Ii shop
ping tour.
May Close Monday.
The prosecution is now almost
through with its case. 1t will, or Mon
day, take up the charge that the chief
entered the oxford saloon while in
uniform and took a drink. summoning
Chief Binford. of Ogden, to testify on
that score. The defense promises that
its case will not be very long. The
chief himself will probably occupy
most of the time with explanations and
denials. The arguments will be very
warm, as the prosecution Will make
4 theirs along the line that Devine is
: almost a martinez; that he holds his
i. /, a.
cipline, and allows himself the utmost
liberty and that he also Shows
favoritism so much that those not
favored feel intensely dissatisfied
This will be in addition to some of the
otRer charges.
The Morning Session.
The usual audience was present at the
meeting yesterday. Proceedings were
begun in good time, with z. W. Nc
Queen, a fireman, on the stand, and
examined by Mr.. Lippman. Had seen
the chief smoke on the apparatus floor,
but not in uniform.
Are the chief and assistant chief
on speaking terms?'
Il saw them speaking to each other
on the sidewalk last night, but I don't
think they would speak unless it was
on business"
CroSs-eXamlnation: His whole griev-
ance was due to the taking away of
privileges. He knew the day off every
week was taken away because the
chief wanted to make inspections dur
ing the summer.
Charles Splain, recalled and ques-
tioned by Mr.. Stephens:
Mr.. Splain, how long have you been
in the department."
About four years
Were your relations aith Mr. De
vine pleasant when he came imp
81 he
wards"
What were your grievances against
Mr.. Devine?.'
We'll, they commenced after he |
came on He said when he took the |
ONCE that he was under no pledges and |
/ found cut afterwards he was. was
fined by the chief for scuff1ing with
Captain Sullivan. but 1 don't hold that |
against him. l was removed by fire |
fShief TO No. 2, which was farther
away from my home, and believe if |
was done for spite work. The cI,sef
once accused me of talking behind his
back and l told him to prove IT.
Mrs. Magfnnfs Creates a Laugh.
Mrs. Maginnis, formerly matron of
the fire department, was employed I'M
ii, April 1894. Examined by Mr.. Lirp-
mann:
Dbl you ever overhear Mr.. Devine
talking with other men III his rooms?'
Yes, sir.
You may say what you overheard
at certain conversation in February
or March. 1894"
lone man asked if he could get the
Rnen in Two weeks, and he said he
could
did he say anything about organ
izing political clubs and working Sc
cretly?"
Mr.. zaRe-we object; that comes IN
derspo specification.
80 objection was overruled and
F. said the talk was about organ