The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-13

! iheHt, pul II 1alleo OF the desired ell
! feet. & %
Letters were read which went to
show that Donovan had made the ex-
animation in the Mount Pleasant
| photograph matter with fairness and
with no desire to injure Ford. The
/ witness said he wasn't aware of the
! existence of these letters and that the
! letters tended to show that the wit
ness had been mistaken in making the
charge against Donovan that he was
/ trying to bring disgrace on Ford.
Captain Donovan's Letters.
/ The letters which were read were as
follows, written by Captain Donovan
to City Marshal Brady, of Mount
1 Pleasant:
Salt Lake City, July 80. 1895.
/ Thomas Brady. Esq, City Marshal,
Mount Pleasant, Utah.
] Dear Sir-Your surprising letter of
! 29th inst. received. L have been I'M
able as yet, to secure a statement from
4 Officer Mcdonald. but / am DESTROYS
of getting all the facts concerning his
acts at Mount Pleasant so I can re-
port intelligently to Chief Pratt on his
return to this city.
Mcdonald had an important COM
mission 10 execute and had letter
from me to you. asking your assist
ance in the investigation. i am sur
prised to hear that Mcdonald
got full in Mount Pleas
7 ant. IS there not some mistake?
He has not drank a drop for over a
year and l believed that department
work entrusted to him would be safe.
AS for Sergeant Ford any additional
particulars concerning his connections
with the Frandzen woman will be ap-
preciated by the chief as well as my
self. Please give facts if there are any
to be had. My desire is to do justice
and not to in any way strengthen the
case against Sergeant Ford, but if he
] is conspiring With a woman that has
lived in a house of ill-repute in this
city as the information l received from
you when in your city leads me to be-
lieve he is doing, it is to the best in
terest of this department that it be
made known. Hoping for an early re-
ply l am Yours truly
JOHN J. DONOVAN,
Acting Chief of Police.
Salt Lake City, August 5. 1895
Thomas Brady, Esq, City Marshal,
Mount Pleasant.
Dear Sir:-Your favor of 31st re-
ceived. You state you have not learned
anything further relating to Mcdonald
than was mentioned in your first letter.
Am glad for his sake that his affair
there is no worse than you first stated
but am sorry that your informant and
yourself are unwilling to have your
names connected with what little there
is. While believing you know it would
not be right for me to condemn an
officer on the information so far re-
ceiVed, it is a peculiar case, and
trust you will keep me informed in re-
CARDS to any new facts. 1t will he ap-
preciated by the department and when
the time comes we will endeavor to
return your kindness. / am convinced
now from the way Mcdonald has acted
since his return to the city that the
Frandzen woman received letters from
police officers of the city but, like you,
l am willing to leave the matter drop
as an injustice might be done az in
nocent man and it is a very hard mat
ter to get facts in q. case of that kind
Respectfully yours
JOHN j. DONOVAN,
i Acting Chief of Police.
Says He Didn't Favor Ford.
BY Mr.. Variants it not a fact that
Ford was nearly always at logger
heads with the men on the force?
Yes"
and you always took Ford's part ?"
mo more than I did any other Of
fcer's'
This man Smith is a gambler"
Yes
us he a man of any standing in the
community?''
mo, he is we'll behaved"
Two women, who told you some
thing about Donovan, were prosti-
tu:es?"
Yes
And you took the statements of
people of this class in preference to
that of Captain Donovan, who is a
respectable officer and was on the force
for five or six years?"
q never asked Donovan anything
about it,
But you made your charges against
Donovan on what these people told
you?"
yes"
Did you ever treat any other officer
so, Ford for instance?"
L brought charges against Ford and
prosecuted him myself
Afternoon Session.
AT the afternoon session, which be-
gan promptly at o'clock, J. c. Davis
an eX-patrolman, who was stationed
at Saltair through the summer, was
the first one put in the witness seat.
He said he had arrested Officer Nc
Donald at Saltair for being drunk and
using profane and obnoxious language
to children and women. Subsequent
ly he had released Mcdonald on the
request of Conductor Wheeler and
Jake Greenewald, who had interceded
in his behalf.
Mr.. Varian-Did you tell Jake Greene
valid you were going to have McDon-
aid dropped from the department, or
something to that effect?
mo, sir, l did not; l believe I said
at the time it was a shame to have
such a man on the police force
Did you tell Captain Donovan the
circumstances of the AFFAIR."
Yes. ] told him everything and ex-
planned why 1 had released Mcdonald
after the arrest at Saltair. Afterwards
1 was told by officer Yocum that Cap
tain Donovan had inquired into the
matter and concluded to drop it. l had
intended to bring it before the COM
mission, but when 1 heard what Dono-
van did, thought it best to let the
whole thing CO.
This was all that could be ELECTED
from the witness, and Adam Paul was
called. Attorney Sutherland began an
examination as to a conversation be-
tween Donovan and Paul after McDon-
AIDS arrest, in which Donovan claim
ed he had heard nothing about Nc
Donald's misbehavior. Attorney VAR
ian objected to the introduction of this
testimony on the ground that it did not
bear strictly on the subject of the in
vestigation. Mr.. Sutherland, in reply,
said he simply wanted to show that
Donovan had shown bad faith towards
the chief when he reported that there
was nothing in the matter. The objec-
ton was sustained.