The herald., 1896-11-12
THE PAY ROLL MATTER
Detailed Report of the Investigation SUBJ
mitted to the Board
Money Paid to Selig Must Be Turned Back
into the Treasury
Chief Moore Commended for His Can
!, dor in Admitting That He Was in
the Wrong-Usual Routine
* Business Cleared Up.

The fire commissioners put in several
hours yesterday forenoon investigating
charges against various tiremen for vio-
lations of the rules of the department.
The corridors about the mayors office
were filled with the accused and their
witnesses, and when the hearing COM
menced it looked like the board had an
all-day job in sight.
The first man before the board was
George Comley, driver of engine No. 3,
who was charged with driving into tel
egraph pole at the corner of Main and
Temple streets ON October 10th and
smashing his engine. Comley explained
that the corner where the accident oc-
cltsred was particularly dangeroussOne
on account of the grade, and that at the
time of the accident he was greatly in
terfered with by the crowd. 1t being
shown that the accident was not due to
carelessness, Comley was exonerated,
with d caution to hereafter walk his
horses at this point, and the chief was
instructed to issde the same instruc-
tions to the other'drivers in the depart
ment.
James Velsir, engineer OF company No.
anu n'oMt VI oileiiiicai coiii-
th,,, tr,,; W. w ~ 800 ~ fl lily
to correctly take an alarm and respond
ing to an entirely different. box The
men explained how the mistakes occur
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my au'loiiisheu ~ oe ii1oie 90
80 a.iu si.sn 20 u ,s. .alu eiia,
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lolioW.
Caliinan sam d Haii was cailea next
to answer charges preferred by MS al
legeo wire OF lallure 10 support.
Mr.. Hall you are charged by your
Wilsv WIN iallure' 10 properly support
her, salu the mayor. nat nave you
to say in your defense?'
We'll, your honor. only this. l have
no wife; there is no Mrs. Hall" was the
accused's rather startling reply
In the inquiry that followed. Hall adj
mitted that ne had been living with the
woman who had preferred the charges
but that four months ago they had sep
arated and he had since been living
alone. He said that the woman had
been following him up and insisted that
he shouId furnish her a home. which he
had refused to do. and she had brought
the natter ia the attention of the com
miss;oners IF also came on thai Hall
u.aS ouita a I.othario and that This vas
49, s'doa,d tin,e he hod heon In sini1a p
trouhJo Sop,n,iSsioners Poi G and Crit
49, s,..>-I d,a'a,Y;s.a Isirs 800 fro,,,
uei ,, Gu ~ oppils $500 ~
NY soi.s' W oii .iie % .eaie 1 e W ..e
chfel Una. ne Mas laills suou ~ ei.lsa H.
ING mayor anu Wy o.neI wv Ioiil Hills.
sloners thought-that ne shoulo pc gwen
ahother snow commissioner 'otts maj
ly withdrew his motion and the matter
was dropped, the ehief being instructed
tonotify Hall that he must keep his fam
lily affairs to himself and that repeti-
tion of his offense would cost him his
place.
Captain Rowan of chemical company
No l, j. 3. Stowell. driver of the same
company, and NJ. Young, foreman of en-
CINE company No. g, against whom AS
sistant Chief Ed Smith had preferred
charges of cowardice. were next given a
hearing THE chief claims that the men
deserted their most at a fire on Rroa d
wav leaving him to fight the flames