The record-union., 1896-02-26

cenSed by the board. Tt is the duty of
the officers to visit these places and he
and they do so. He described the beats
in the city, and said that early in the
saonth the officers were all on duty on
! Jeat 6 for several nights.
J. L. Flanagan, night clerk at the
Western Hotel, testified to seeing Cap
tain Greene on the night of the 14th be-
tween 1870 and / o'clock. He came
into the Office room and peered into the
faces of two men vino were apparently
asleep, with their hats over their faces.
Witness asked him to have cup of
coffee, but he said he was looking for
someone and was in a hurry. He saw
him afterward about 3 o'clock. That
was on St Valentines night. Greene
often came in at night to look at people
in that way and so do other officers.
Officer Logue testified for the prosecu-
tion that he had often seen Greene on
his beat. He did not remember telling
Corporation Counsel Johnson and Trus-
tee Bentley that he never saw Greene
after midnight. He did say that he had
scarcely spoken a word to Captain
Greene for months, in fact, for year
and a half. There was no ill-wilI be-
tween them, but they did not meet
often. They talked sometimes on Off
cial business, however.
Greene was liable to come up on his
beat and see him, bur go away without
speaking to him at all He did not re-
member complaining of favoritism any
more than other officers had. He might
have thought that favoritism had been
shown, but had not thought much about
it lately. They had in past times dis
cussed such matters among themselves,
but he could not recollect any special
thing just now. There were certain
beats that the officers liked to be on,
and when they were kept on the up
town beats they growled. He had also
heard some growls about kilograms be-
ing given to certain officers by the Cap
tain. He thought Captain Greene had
something to do with fixing the beats,
but did not know.
Officer Rutherford swore that he was
on a night beat last month. He would
see Captain Greene on his beat as late
as / or o'clock in the morning. He
did not see him very often, however.
This closed the evidence, and Tozer
asked to hear the charges read again.
The Clerk read them.
Devine said that the charges had been
all clearly disproyed by the evidence of
competent witnesses. He therefore
moved that the charges be dismissed
and Captain Greene be restored to his
position on the police force.
Bentley said that he did not think
that the charge of visiting the house on
Q street. had been proved, but there
were other charges that he had not dis
proved. There was one matter, in par
ticular, that he wished to speak of, and
that was the visiting Of poolrooms. He
did not believe that the Captain or Off
GERS, on account OF their positions.
should visit such places. He had him.
self on one occasion seen him go into the
Cafe Royal and stay there for three
quarters of an hour The Captain
might say he was off duty at the time,
but he thought that his position should
deter him from going there. Much of
the evidence in Greene's favor had been
from officers under his control he said,
and he thought it had been their desire
to smooth things over.
The position he occupied was not at
all to his liking, but he thought it his
duty as Chairman of the Police Com
mittee and as a member of the board to
investigate these charges fully. The
question at present is. HAS Captain
Greene been for the past two years an
efficient Captain of Police?" For him.
self, he thought, in justice to Captain
Greene and to his family, it would be
best to suspend him He therefore
moved that he be reduced to the rank of
a common policeman and suspended for
six months.
Tozer seconded the motion.
Pennish thought it would be great
injustice to Captain Greene to impose
such a sentence upon him.
Kent thought the board might just as
well suspend him entirely as to suspend
him for six months. He did not believe
that two or three members on the
board could give him fair trial. One
cF them had said that if the others
would stand in there would be enough
votes to drop. Greene from the force.
There are a lot of people in this town
whose minds are foundered and who are
prejudiced. Logue, who was in trouble
a short time ago. was lucky enough to