The record-union., 1896-02-20
NOT YET CONCLUDED.
Charges Against Captain Greene Under
Investigation.
seme Very Conflicting Evidence Given,
and Further Hearing Continued
Till Saturday Night.


at the mesrng Of the City Trustees
last night the charges against Captain
of Police Greene were taken up and con-
sidered.
The Clerk read the charges pre-
ferred by Mayor Hubbard against Cap
tain Greene of neglect of duty and con-
duct unbecoming an officer
Corporation Counsel Johnson read
Rule II of the Police Rules. which re-
quires each officer to report in writing
any knowledge he may possess of any
house where gaming or a number of
other fnfractions of the law may be
carried on.
Chief of Police Drew testified that it
was the custom for the Captain of Po-
lice to make the rounds of the different
officers beats, to then go to the station
and see if there was anything reported
there of which he should notify the Off
GERS, and then to visit them on their
beats again throughout the night.
He had never heard anything in the
shape of a complaint against Captain
Greene's performance of his duty.
Captain Greene asked President
Leonard If he proposed to sit as juror
to try the charges against him.
81 do" said Leonard.
Then 1 will ask you to read this affi-
davit," said Captain Greene
The Clerk then read an affidavit by
Greene, in which he claimed that Leon
ard was prejudiced against him. and
pursued him with the intent Of pushing
these charges against him.
Captain Greene then addressed the
board, saying that Mr.. Leonard had a
number of times expressed himself to
the effect that he (Greene) was unfit to
be an officer, and had also endeavored
to prejudice members of the board
against him.
Tozer and Davis denied that Leonard
had attempted to influence them, and
Bentley said that he had not spoken to
him about it. On the contrary, he spoke
to Leonard first concerning the matter,
and the latter had not instigated the in
vestigation. The Police Committee had
deemed it necessary, on account of the
many complaints, to look into the po
lice department, and had done so.
Greene said he would leave it to Leon
ards conscience whether he could sit in
the case or not.
Leonard said he could do so without
prejudice.
Devine insisted on having the charges
proved, and Leonard told him to allow
the evidence to go on then.
Greene then asked Chief Drew if he
had not performed his duty during the
latter's recent Illness and was an
swered that so far as he knew Greene
had done so. He had, Chief Drew said,
reported to him that he had found ille-
gal games running, and they had been
raided as far as possible. He had never
known him to be derelict in his duty.
He had never known him to be under
the influence of Intoxicating liquors
during nearly thirty years he had
known him. Nor had he known of his
leaving his duty to sleep at the house
designated in the complaint.
In response to a question by Attorney
Johnson, Chief Drew said that Captain
Greene reported various games at
Kripp's, a number of Chinese games
and crap games. Several games had
been raided about the last of December
and those arrested had paid their fines.
The Sergeant in charge attends to the
roll-call in the morning. AS far as he
knew, from his own personal knowl-
edge, Captain Greene had always given
him satisfaction. There had been some
complaint made to him of Captain
Greene. but he had done nothing, so far
as his personal knowledge went, that
was not satisfactory to him. He was
fully competent to be a, Captain.
Devine remarked that some of the
things charged seemed to have hap
pened when Captain Greene was not on
duty. He believed a man had a right
to do as he pleased when his hours of
duty were over, and was not accounta-
bic for what he did when off duty.
Leonard quoted the rule relating to
duties of officers, which said that they
must at all times behave themselves in
a manner becoming to gentlemen and
betting the position they held.
rs that So" said Devine. well,
we'll have to have that rule amended.
That won't do"
w. L. Leonard testified that he had
been employed to shadow Captain
Greene. He had done so for about two
weeks and made reports on the matter.
E c. Hart objected to the introduc-
tion of any testimony not bearing on
the night specified in the complaint of
absence from duty.
Mr.. Johnson said that the testimony
would cover the other specifications
also.
Witness resumed that on the night Of