The record-union., 1896-02-26
A Vote OF FIVE TO -four.
Captain Greene Suspended for Six
Months
And Also Reduced to the Ranks-A
Bitter Fight in the Board
of Trustees.

resumed last night by the Board of
City Trustees
r. w. Donaca was called first by
E. c. Hart, attorney for Greene, and
testified that he had known Captain
Greene about twenty years. He was
at the Western Hotel on the night of
the 18th inst, and saw Greene there
about p. M. and also about half-past
o'clock in the morning. Greene pushed
open the front door and spoke to him.
Greene was at his house in the after
noon to pull the feathers from his
chickens.
Bentley here arose and called the
attention of the President to the fact
that two of the Trustees We're absent
from the room. He thought that they
should be present to listen to the evil
dence they were to pass on, so that
they might do so intelhgently.
Kent, who was one of those who
were in the little ante-room, came in
and said that he did not need to listen
to it. His mind was already made up,
and he thought those of the other mem
bers were. Their feeling as jurors was
lost, and there was no use for them
to sit and hear it. One of the members
pended anyhow.
"Wel," said Davis, Suspension is
better than removal is it not?'-
Pennish said that he had not heard of
any member making such statements.
Bentley moved that the board pro-
ceed with the evidence, which was
done
Donaca resumed, saying that Greene
had been accustomed to visit his house.
Witness was on duty at night. He had
a sister-in-law living with him. Greene
had often come into the barroom. but
he had never seen him go into the club
room. which was near It, When Greene
pushed open the door that night wit
ness asked him to come in and have
some coffee, but he did not do So He
did not see anyone with Greene at that
time. He had raised chickens for
Greene for number of years, but had
never known him to take any of them
away to fight.
Greene never stayed long when he
came into the barroom, generally going
out in a minute When he pushed open
the door that night it was about half
past / and could not have been as late
as half-past 2 Witness did not know
the names of the families living on
each side of him. Greenes daughters
call at his house.
w. Bell testified that he was around
the Western Hotel a great deal and
was there on the night of the 14th.
Greene had never visited the clubroOm.
If he had done so witness would have
known it, as he would have seen him.
The door was always kept partly closed.
Captain Greene testified that he did
not take a drink in Lucey's saloon, as
testified to by Leonard. He had never
been in the clubroom either. He had
been acquainted with Donaca for many
years and had advised him to come to
this city. He was at Donaca's house in
the afternoon to pull the feathers from
the chickens wings, but left about 5
o'clock, and was not there again that
night He did not go into the Capital
Hotel and disappear or go out of the
house by the back way.
He went to Mrs. Olsen's lodging house
to get a girl, at the request of the Chief
of Police, and went into her room. Her
mother wanted to find her, so that she
could induce her to marry man named
Muir, which was done.
He met a girl at the door once. when
he was seeking information about some
I.-street raids, but did not call her
d liar, or make the remark about
Mrs. Olsen's house attributed to him.
1t would have been the truth, however,
If he had but he did not use such Ian
guage. He did not drink or smoke.
When the charges were made against
him he asked the Mayor if he had per-
sonal knowledge of the truth of them,
and was answered that he did not He
(Greene) said that as they concerned
the regulations of other parties, he
would like to have them sworn to by
responsible parties. He did not tell
the Mayor that he was at Donaca's
that night, but told him that he was
there in the afternoon. He made the
rounds every night, visiting the officers
tc find out if they were on their beats.
He went to Kripp's poolroom and that
at the Cafe Royal, as he liked to hear
the names of the winning horses called
off He went to the Theater Comique
often, as did the other officers, to see
who frequented the place and observe
the habits of those who hang around
late at night.
He considered it a part of his duty to
go there to look for people who were
wanted and see if they were there.
There was a draw poker game at
Kripp's, but it was not against the law.
He had heard that there was a Chinese
lottery game there and it had been raid
ed last December. He often went into
the Western Hotel barroom and into
the office He did not know what went
on in the clubroom, as he had never
been in it.
The officers make arrests for gaming
whenever they can and have raided
Chinese lotteries and other games a
number of times. He had chickens in
vsrious places, but had not fought any
chickens for five years past, and if he
had, there was no law against it.
He often called at Mr.. Donaca's s in the
afternoon and on his way down to the
station in the evening. He was often
ON the Tenth-street cars, on his way
hcme or elsewhere. He did not remem-
Der whether he was on one of those cars
late at night on January 4th or not, or
whether he was on one at half-past 10
on the night of the 10th. He was not
at Mr.. Donaca's house at a late hour on
either of those nights or any other He
went on the cars all over the city at all
hours in pursuance of his duty, to visit
the officers beats and made it a point to
go on each beat from one to three
times a night. He detailed how he found
the officer on beat 6. His duty was to
see that the officers were on their beats.
There are saloons of a low order down
town, like the Steamboat and those on
lower Z street, where bad characters
.ccngregate, although the saloons are IL