The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-29
MURRAY on TRIAL.
THE FIREMAN CHARGED WITH IN
TOXIC ALTON M HIS CHIEF.
He ses. IS III. Own ATTORNEY and
Makes "A strong Deferse-keI losx
Hfm-The Cosarf..ionr. Deeisioa
Held Over Ensfi Today.

ErsEssGnEF4 were unable 70 aZfeG sE1 thSA-
decision Is held ever unfsl to-day Murray
pred ace4 evidence 70 SHOW tAat as vas
sick instead % drunk. ard tried 20 prove
saaf absence wItaoaz leave unaer sxten@-
aEfng clrrm instances was rot UNUSUAL he
hearing xas very informal the accused
acting his orn attorney.
Before the lrst witness VAS called AtF-
ray asket FOR information as % SaAt
rule b was discharged sndsT. he sAia
BE had never been furnished with a copy
% the rules and Eas izEorans Of fsaFlhs
committed any specific C1sHss II tnsFe
ere 10 Fale bruEsg ne thought tn~fS
could De no osTense- Assistant corEsF~tson
Couns@i Tipgou, Wiso Was present a. lee@t
Svlsor o. he commission. answered lais
b. stating that since The pSaan tatsAtl9h
OF civil service VAS 10 increase TIE Ell
cheney o. ire departments. cause for re-
naovaI lsw ia anything which in the otali-
ton OF tae chief opersre6 against ef1ettn-
cT An 9ffsnse giving cause Tor FssFaos Al
need not necessarily be me breaking OF
any specific rule. II VAS for the conf
sion % Judge In this instance whetheF
Murray had given sufficient cause
The first witness Vas Assistant Chfst
Cook. He told % Murray's absence satur-
azy afternoon. December r. Witho0t
leave he sala II was his duty 20 know
the whereabouts Of every man Ia the de-
partmsnt and absence from quarters must
book az headquarters THAT Murray had
that dav reported OF a. Z,91. Later IN
the afternoon ne had received a telephone
cail from chemical engine No : stauhs
that Murray Was sick and wanted a sub
~fftute There were no substitutes. ana
Cook went himself 70 the engine house
81 Ftftn avenue and Broadway TO see
MURRAY Murray Was IN bed upstairs
when Cook arrived and the assistant ehief
testified positively that the fireman was
intoxicated Murray had FIRST asked Cook
20 be easy with him. Cook bad told him
that he would better report 10 Chief hei-
loxE 10 which Murray replied. tn report
- you."
In answer 70 a question from TfptO@.
Cook said that Murray had admitted be
vas intoxicated when ne said. IT'D report
10 YOU Murray took the witness and
crosE-examfned him on the last point
rather sharply causing an admission oy
Cook that Murray had not admitted IN
t0xieauon Cook said ne meant that
man reporting does so Tor drunkenness.
bat admitted a man might also report for
absence without leave. IL was not the
first time Murray had been suspended for
the same cause as charged In this IN
stance.
Another credible witness testified that
OF Saturday afternoon he had met MIR
ray in Sartori'S saloon. where, with
crowd OF men two drinks and a cigar
had been taken. he could not say what
the accused had drunk He heard the
fireman say thai he Was sick and had seen
him take dose OF dulnine.
Chief Keiiogg testified 10 having re-
ceived a call from chemical engine No. 2
late Saturday afternoon saying that MuT-
ray wanted 10 see him. He had started 20
20 there but met Chlef Cook, who told
him Murray was intoxicated. He testified
that che fireman had been suspended be-
fore and had The reputation OF a man who
would bear watching"
Murray caught Chief Keliogg up on this
statement asking him II he considered
that he had done his duty as chief OF the
are department. tn leaving a man who
would hear watching" In charge OF a
Gre house. month in and month out. He
had been there months AZ a time. when
no one came near him. except chief Cook.
after hls report kellogg further testified
chat Murray IN absenting himself had re-
ported 10 no one
The first witness called for the defense
was CAPT Earr. who had been I'm charge
o. the Office az headquarters on the par
ticular Saturday afternoon in question.
In answer 20 fnterToEatories BY Murray.
re s.it he had received a telephone call
from Murray az O'Clock. and one az $50
o'clock "a the afternoon, asking for either
Chief Kellogg or Cook. Neisher was
there. ard they could not be found by
telephone az their homes At $50 O'Clock
! Murray teiephoued Farr that he WAS GO
ing down town on urgent business. and to
mark aim out Farr was asked II 10 was
not an ordinary circumstance for a fire.
man 70 al hsent himself without permits
sion II the chiefs could nor be reached 10
grant leave. Farr replied that he did not
know about !ts being usual but he had
done jhat much himself
The strongest witness fer the defense
QgssfF sa# =
lie was az the engine house when Mar
/ ray went away AZ go and when he re-
turned az O'Clock tn thu afternoon. lie
/ had every opportunity Of Observing the
/ heutenauts condition. and would say be
was perfectly softer. Caswsu had gone out
30 dinner AS soon IS Marray was there.
and when he got back found the lltutsu-
ant Ia bed a very sick man" Murray
was throwing Up be said When asked
+ BY Commissioner Blaine II Murray was
''rauseated the driver replied that be
astn't know as 80 that.
Ia c4osIug. s4urray tod his own STORY.
ue ha8 received from Chiaf KeliogE the
THURSDAY presiding a requ.sstson for q
monkey wrench. He w3shes8 20 start Mon
day on Some work ahout enc engine ard
shed ~ get the Rrench Saturday after
boon ~ o'clock he teiephoned 10 head
quarters for leave OF absence. Neither
chlef was there. Again a. a.S9 he taIe-
phohed. with the same result 50 he went
anyway. after notifying Capt. Fsrr 81 p =
intention. Fi~>t be went so the BLACK
smslh's Is get the wrefeb- Theu he went
80 Dr WltAersp=son's office Tas do-tor
wac cut ana he waited probably an hour
fr~ his return. Dr. WtthsNsnoon 4sivlsesi
tnTu 60 cake auinine Mur~ay then weus
SO Sarr9rs's :. where he mex friends lie
salkei ths-e Tor haff-hour or more. tax
fnE Eve gases q braa1v ard two ave
ErRfu capsules ~ quin ne. Then re re-
turned - the engine houso. played new
r5Nce - music over tor friend. and eh-.n
fecGug 90 went 81 bed and sent aor a SUB
ss.tute. TIE conasE3ou ~ MS stomach rs
aEtr3huse<8 a. the coee ~ au!usnc Under
-quesss5usGs ha aar0st-@1 IAas De had
not 0oas .tFect3y f~an S&rtort's 70 rs en-
gree hoose Ee cad Hsst seen home 8
freed wh0 was. wesi. ~yrl SNOW" As s5r
Ns7ase.f ~ as1 ksst two drinks an.I w-ss
So ss1er a. when terrifying What DO
srae frsaasu exPaa sre3 sfat & was about =
sra Or shres auzer nsgy-@aaurn. Tsptc-
ehaera. % ~ cans+ r~es "a "3oe.~
gr8ef Kellogg sske,i ghe witness usat =
evidently ssnss iersd earEer.
'.fs 70 not a fact aa kE5B THAT tNa-~
has never nsen q tiu2e wien E'Asef Cr-k
nr --vseg coa}d not - geac1eI oy tee
yhsnr
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ness Yea SIRE stgrn os 1ssluE ana Cstef
tea1s i down sau. as Re has 6 rswst %
b. sarrlss
-fss hss rleat 20 -. bat never ar.l,s
h.raself 90 taa gr3Silese s&.2 Ns-aEg So
yeFelf.
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