The morning times., 1895-10-04
CRITICISED Mr.. DUiiiiiii
Fireman WenzeII's Friends Say
His Report Was Untrue.
THEY REVIVE OLD CHARGES
Citizens Committee Calls on he Conn
missioncrs and Present an Argu-
m-Insinuat ions Against Chief
Parris-Changes In the District
Building-School Bids Opened.

| Assistant District Attorney Duvall was
! severely criticized yesterday by Il committee
| of citizens which called upon the Com
missioncrs for Il third TINE IN the interest
! ,f cx Fireman WcnZell, no, with TWO
! others, as not long ago dismissed from
the service under charges that charact
! crizcd him as falsifcr, UNIV orthy of
| belief
A previous petition, filed by the citizens
/ for a Iehcaring of the Gaze, was referred
TO Mr.. Duvall ior a Icpcrt as 10 its merits,
based upon The trial proceedings, and his
| response, $50 far as itrclates otbcevidcnce
taken before the trial beard" in The inyes
| legation OF The Gaze OF Foreman Walsh,
! was characterized 10y the committee yester-
day as "a misrepresentation of the evidence,
| UNIV orlhy of any weight
The Commissioners were asked 10 give
no consideration 10 The Duyall opinion in
/ reaching a oonclusion lin behalf CT young
men who have been injured in Fame by
said findings, which, TO say the best OF
them, have been reached through theory
and surmisc, instead OF through facts or
connected circumstances
The paper submitted by the committee
was quite lengthy, ana was read by A NJ.
Raymond.
HACKERS OF wENZEL.
He was supported in his criticisms by DR..
L. ID. Walter. james McCandlish, K. L.
Ditto, W. L. Dement,, c. X. Talbert. VIM.
Myers, Chas. II. Martin, +. l.. Dawson,
Emory +. Grosh, Vim. Rucker, j. L. Dunn,
j. j. O'Keefe. T.. J. Malone. Patrick Ma
honey, John Martin, ami about Il dozen
others. Mr. WeIizel was also present.
Among other charges ana CRITICISMS con
tained in the paper the committee said:
I'VE desire tostann the report tDuvalFsl
sS tiSzla "a = rsn ions rom
To finish" and reference being made TO the
report upon the evidence made 10y the COM
nIiitee, they further say:
''If il is false. the public should be in
formcd OF that fact, and wcare rcadytobe1r
the consequences; but If II IS true, his ,Du-
vali'S) statements should not stand before
the community uncorrccted, and these three
young men should he axonerated by YOU
without unnecessary delay"
While we had a suspicion" continues
the committee grounded upon WenzefS
Integrity, that he had not been fairly
dealt with by the trial boaId. every MEM
ber of il as well as Chief Paris was
stranger TO us. against whom we could
not possibly have a grievance sufficient to
cause us TO misstatc facts already in black
and white and under the lock and key Of
the Chief.
EXISTENCE OF A CLIQUE.
"The ridiculously absurd manner in which
attempts were made to prove the existence
of Il Clique, by bringing up frivolous re-
marks, petty differences and the most
trivial unfricndly uttcrances made by these
three young men during a period OF many
years, made the trial appear TO us as
a farce. while the accepted proof OF an
alibi was contrary torcason.'
The charge is again made that Chief
Paris exercised an influence over the
trial board proceedings, and he is accused.
also. of having said that Foreman Walsh
was his man, and he would protect hihl-
To prove this last statement the testimony
of Mrs Minis and her daughter, as taken
before the trial board, is cited
The testimony as adGuccd at the triai OF
walsh is briefly reviewed, the statement
heTnc made that Witnesses Moriarity and
O'Connor We're permitted to confer as 10
the testimony 10 be given; Mat Morlarlty
denied ten minutes later having any recoi
lection of what o'Connor said TO him; but
pretended to have distinct memory about
seeing Moriarity and Walsh together onsi
certain night Several weeks previous.
COMPARED TO ARMIES.
Moriarity is said to have told Mr.. Myers,
of No. company, that if he would keep
Martin and Mahoney, the other dismissed
fireInen. away from the trial. they would
easily down the other. meaning Wenzei,
This is the competent testimony" the
committee says, that is sanctioned by
Mr. Duvall and that brought down the
scales of justice with the indispuiable tcsti-
mony of wenzel, Martin and Myers on
the other side.
''Thc recent complaint OF Mai. Armes
as published in THE Times" said the COM
mittee, shows that he was coUrt-mar-
tailed by men who were selected by his
most bitter enemy. This case OF WcnZel
is similar to it,
''Chief Paris showed his bitterness TO-
ward WcnZel by recommending that the
citizens requcsts-for reopeniug OF the
case be not granted ard when rehear-
ing was given ''he sent his right-hand
man there and had the verdict affirmed,
thereby rebuking your honorable board
for attempting to get an honest verdict"
At the conclusion of the reading the
gentlemen pointed out that two of the
witnesses who fatty contradicted each
other at the trial are still on the force,
while the three men dismissed were guilty
of no worse offcnse, even If the charge
against them had been clearly proved.
At President Ross request the citizens
will appoint 4 committee tn again confer
with the board as to the proper method of