The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-24
FINDINGS IN
DONOVAN CASE

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donald, from his duties as a. police
man, and sent the said Mcdonald to
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete county. Titan
territory, beyond the corporate limits
OF salt Lake, to attend to the private
business and affairs of the said Dono-
4 van, IN procuring testimony against
? the said Sergeant Ford for the pur-
poses Of blackening his character, and
bringing disgrace upon the said Ford,
and not in the discharge of any public
DUTY as policeman Of said city; and
then and there instructed the said Nc
donald to procure evidence against
ms superior officer, to-wit, Sergeant
w. ii. Ford, and other members of the
police force of said city. for the pur-
pose OF bringing said officers and said
members Of said force into disgrace
All of which was for the purposes of
gratifying the personal spleen and
spite of said Captain Donovan, against
said officers and members of said de-
partment; and acting upon such in
structIon the said Mcdonald did, on or
about said day go to Mount Pleasant
and then and there, under an as
Sunled name try to obtain scandalous
evidence against said officer and other
members of said force
The Finding.
Specification 3.-We find that on or
about the 1st day of August, 1895,
Aptain Donovan, contrary to the
~ules of the police department and
without the authority or permission of
the chief Of said department or the
board of police. and fire commissioners.
took one of the regular policemen Of
the department. T. p. Mcdonald, from
his duty as a policeman and sent him
to Mount Pleasant for the purpose Of
finding out, ii possible. whether the
charges made against Ford in the let
ter referred to We're true with instruc-
tions to obtain any letters written by
any member OF the department to the
'f'randzen woman, if any there were;
to obtain also, if possible, the picture
of any police officer or officers that
might be found in her house. The
evidence further shows that said Nc
Donald did go 20 Mount Pleasant, and
under AN assumed name tried to OBJ
tain from the Frandzen woman any
letters or photographs of any members
of the police force that she might
have had in her possession.
Fourth Charge.
Specification 4-That the said Cap
tain J. ]. Donovan represented to the
said Arthur Pratt, chief of the depart
ment on or about the 9Th of August,
1895, at Salt Lake city aforesaid that
said policeman F. P. Mcdonald had
laid off and was not on duty as po-
liceman on account of sickness; when
in truth and in fact the said McDon-
aid was not nor had he been sick but
was absent from duty as a policeman
'by the illegal order. of said Captain
Donovan, at Mount Pleasant, Sanpete
county, attempting to procure teSti-
mony against Sergeant W. H. Ford. a
member Of the police force of Salt
Lake city, on some supposed charge Of
misconduct on the part of said Ford,
he the said Donovan. as it was his
duty TO do, neglecting and refusing to
first report said charge, if any there
was, against said Ford, to the chief
OF said police department, and the
board Of police and fire commissioners.
That the said representations SO
Snade by the said Donovan were false
mo untrue, and were then and there
s'snOwn by the said Donovan to be false
and untrue and were made for the pur-
pose of deceiving the said chief; and
TO serve his own private ends.
The Finding.
Specification 1.-The evidence shows
that about Aug. the chief of police
inquired of Captain Donovan why Nc
Donald was not on duty. Captain
Donovan reported to the chief in an
swer to his question, that Mcdonald
was sick, but failed to state to the
chief that two days of the time that
he had been off he was absent on the
journey to Mount Pleasant heretofore
referred to.
Fifth Charge.
Specification 5--That said Captain
John J. Donovan, on or about the 18th
day OF May, 1895, in Salt Lake city,
and in viola ton of his sworn duty as
an officer of the police department of
said CITY. was guilty of and did impart
And communicate the secrets of said
Solice department, which had been OBJ
tanned by the officers thereof. in the
ATTEMPT by such officers to obtain evil
dence against persons who We're sus-
pected of the commission of crime and
a violation Of the penal laws ana Of
dinances of the said Salt Lake city;
and the said Captain Donovan did then
and there tell one Mr.. Smith that he
was suspected OF visiting house, and
that he would get caught, as the po-
lice were after him, or words to that |
effect That by reason OF the lnforma-
ton so given to said Smith, the ends
Of justice were defeated.
The Finding.
Specification 5-We find that there is
no evidence to sustain the charges I'M |
der this specification.
Sixth Charge.
Specification 6.I charge John ].
Donovan. captain in the police depart |
3nent of Salt Lake city, that after ne, /
lshe said Donovan, had suspended E. !
p Mcdonald, a policeman in said de- /
partment on August il, 1895, without /
pay: that he, the said Donovan, did /
falsely and fraudulently mark on the I
time book of the police department Of /
said city. that said Mcdonald had acted /
~ said force and worked thereon up !
70 and including the Goth Of August, I
1895
The Finding.
Specification 6.-The evidence shows |
that after Captain Donovan had sus- |
pended T. P. Mcdonald on August IL. /
without pay, he marked him on the /
time book as on duty up to the goth,
but we are of the opinion that this
was done by a mistake and without
any fraudulent intent.
Seventh Charge.
Specification THAT on or about the
9Th day of August, 1895, it was re-
ported to the police department that
F. P. Mcdonald, a policeman of said
had been at the Saltair
lake resort, was intoxicated, boisterous
End had publicly, in the presence of
many persons. men, women and child
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