The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-28

at Oak street and had received intel
ligence that a crime had been commit
ted al the stock yards and a hack
came along with prostitutes in it if he
would not get onto it and ride to where
the crime was committed.
To this question Chief Massey replied
that he would not ride in a hack that
prostitutes were paying for and in a
case of that kind il no other way Off
cred to get there he would go TO hV-
cry stable and hire a rig.
In explanation Of this charge Officer
Huckins stated that he was on duty
from noon until midnight and that he
was not relieved, there was no officer
on that beat after he left. HIS orders
were TO remain on duty until midnight
but to stay longer if there were hacks
at the houses near the packing houses
On the night in question he was
down at Thirteenth street and il was
half past eleven O'Clock when he saw
the hack. He asked the driver where
he was going and he answered TO the
Pitzold hotel. He said his orders were
10 remain after midnight if any hacks
were up there and he ordered the driv-
er 70 hold up and got on the seat with
him and rode back.
He admitted that he had asked the
driver to go to Paddy She1's place be-
cause the PitZoId house was closed for
the night. He said Paddy Shea. did
not run an designation house but a
joint. He knew Shea was running a
joint and did not pull him because he
had orders TO let the joints alone.
The complaint for arres.iug the in
toxicated girl and letting the man IN
company with her go free was lodged
by Rev. Anderson, who said the came
night some drunken men had come
along and cursed people at the Dodge
avenue church and Huckens had not
arrested them, That was after Huck-
ins had been transferred to the West
Side
Charley Nessley was called and said
he was at the Dodge avenue church
when the incident occurred and that
meeting was out and Brother Anderson
he and several others had remained on
the steps to talk when the men came
along and cursed them and told us we
had better go and close the joints. He
said that was at the very time he had
charge of the drunken girl and the
church not being in the thickIy settled
part OF the West Side it was hardly
the place that one would expect OFF,
Ger HuckenS TO be.
Officer Huckens explained the cir
cumstances by saying that he found
tine girl drunk in a yard and a man
stood in the door of house talking to
her. He went in and arrested her ami
told her that he would take her to the
police station.
Then" he said, "she begged me not
to do that and While she admitted that
she was drunk she begged me not to
take her to the station but to take her
to her own home which | did.
The most serious charge was violat-
ing orders when the show was here last
summer. Chief Massey said HuckinS
was given a beat on Topeka avenue
and Lawrence avenue from Oak to
Thirteenth street and to remain there
until the show was over.
HuckinS however Swore that his or
ders We're to remain until the parade
was over and he proved by Charley
Nessley who heard the order given that
he had the right version of it.
1t was shown that Officer Hucki15
helped to muster in Commissioner Keck
when he joined Garfield Post G. a. r.
but Mr.. Dyer claimed that the other
two members of the board did not know
that he was an honorably discharged
soldier. Mr.. Smythe said keck and
Lieurance voted for the discharge of
Huckins and he declared it carried.
The evidence was closed last evening
and the arguments will be made this
morning after which Justice Walker
will render his verdict in the case.