The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-18
FRANK P. MCDONALD FIRED.
THE FINDING OF THE POLICE CosI-
MISSION YESTERDAY.
The Assai1ant of Emil sackerson
Fails to Put in an Appearance
or Make u Single Plea in His De-
Tense,

The notice commission met on tnels
second water haul in the Mcdonald
trial yesterday morning at oclocA'
The absence of the defendant onlcel
was not a surprise even to Mr. Straup'
his disgusted counsel. There was the
usual crowd of curiosity seekers VINO
had watched the movements from the
beginning and were bound to be IN al
the finish. Commissioner Empey haa
been called in from his summer out
ing, more because Mcdonald had SO
strongly insisted that he wanted
square DEAL" and seemed to think that
he could not. or would not get it, I'M
less that commissioner was present
Mr. Empey declared he would much
rather have forfeited $50 than to have
broken his pleasure trip, and McDoA-
AIDS actions Disguised him fully as
deeply as it did Attorney Straup. 1t
was 915 when Mr.. Stephens arrived
in haste and excused himself by adj
hitting that he had gotten so wrapped
UP in the sensations in the morning
papers that he took no note of time
rs Mr. Mcdonald here?' asked
Chairman Jennings. impatiently.
Il haven't seen him" replied Chlef
Pratt
Mr. Straup-No, he is not here: I
haven't seen him. He has not been at
my office [ would like very much to
present only one side of the case-that
at Saltair. 1 wanted to show the truth
of what really did happen at Saltair-
Chief Pratt do not want TO be I'M
fair with Mr. Straup, but my witnesses
are all gone and / cannot well BRING
them back.
Mr.. Straup-O, I did not want to in
troduce anything that would change
the phase of the case: [ want no new
phases. I only want to show McDon-
AIDS actual condition.
Chief Pratt-The commission wants
the truth, that's all.
Mr.. Straup-I have seen Mr.. Green
wald as to what occurred at the lake.
l should like to have time to be heard
on that point.
Mr.. Jennings-GreenWal could have
been here last night.
Chief Pratt-iMcDonald was seen on
the street last night before. during
and after the trial. or hearing, and he
could have been here: so could Green
valid.
Mr.. Straup-I felt last night like
walking out in disgust. Mcdonald has
not treated me nor the board right. 1t
is not for him that I have any feeling;
1t is only as the matter reflects on an
other case the Donovan) that want
to show up clearly, so that there will
be no mistakes made.
Mr.. Jennings-You need have no
fear that the Mcdonald evidence will
in any way affect the interests of any
future case. This case is settled as
far as it can be settled and the evil
dence in the case can cut no figure in
any subsequent case.
Mr.. Straup-WeIl, that is all wanted
to know. I am done.
The commission then went into ex-
ecutive session for about two minutes
and returned the following verdict:
THE charges against Officer Frank
P. Mcdonald were sustained. except
as to being intoxicated at Salt Lake
City, upon which no testimony was
taken, and we therefore hereby re-
move the said F. P. Mcdonald from
the said police department.
And thus the first chapter of a
series of police sensations was brought
to a close.