The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-11

and stayed q few minutes, ana AFTER
remarking to one of the men that IL
must have been hot fire" went away
Witness saw the chief in company with
Grief Pratt, and the two remaineo but
a few moments. The loss of the flre
aggregated $4,000
Cross examined by Stephens, witness
said he saw the chief come into the
building at about five minutes OF
o clock Witness, however. was IN the
basement, and so he could not iay
positively when the chief first arrived
on the scene.
E. j. Mcdonald, pipeman. attended
the fire, arriving there ABOUT S:zO
o'clock He saw Chief Devine come
up Main street about half an hour
after the fire broke out. The chlet
came driving up Main street in COM
pany with some other f1remen. After
looking at the fire the chief drove OIL
down Main street again in company
with Chief Pratt.
Joe V. Smith. the driver of the chiefs
buggy, said he went down to the JOINT
city and county building in company
with Fireman Bywater. The latter
went into the building and got the
chief. Then they drove up to the fire.
the chief left the buggy. looked at the
fire and then was driven back to the
county building again. The witness
did not see the chief at headquarters
that night. although he remained up
until 10 o'clock.
Varian-How did you come to go
down to the joint building?
Witness-Mr. Bywater said we had
better go down and get the chief
F. P. Mowers said that the chief dld
not come around until after the fire
was over.
On cross examination witness said he
worked in the basement and saw the
chief there. Outside of that he did not
know when the chief came around.
A. R. Frasure said it was about 40
minutes, probably an hour before the
chief showed up at the fire. The orders
to roll up the hose had been given When
the chief came on the scene
Captain Sullivan did not see Chlet
Davine when witness arrived at the
fire, but saw the chief enter the front
door after the fire was out. The chief
met witness in the door and the former
asked What is it?" Witness informed
him it was a fire in the rear. Witness
then came out in front and ordered the
hose rolled up.
WAS WITH THE LEGISLATORS.
W. H. Bywater, engineer at No. 1,
said Devine was not at the headouar-
tiers when the alarm came in. Witness
had not seen the chief around head
quarters since supper time. Lieuten-
ant Mccarthy told witness the chief
was at the joint building, and witness
went down in the chiefs buggy in
company with M. Smith and found
the chief in the house of representa-
tives. He called him out and drove
Inn uD to the fire. Chief Devine was
dressed in citizens clothes.
On cross-examination it developed
that the chiefs uniform was always
carried in the buggy, and on that par
ticular occasion he put his UNIFORM . on
going to the fire. Witness said it took
about II minutes in all from the time
they started from headquarters until
they got the chief up to the fire. TINS
was somewhat in conflict with the
statement of other witnesses that II
was forty minutes or so before the
chief arrived.
J. J. Clark said the chief arrived
on the scene forty minutes after the
fire broke out The chief looked at
the ruins for about five minutes then
said 20 Chief Pratt something about
"going back" and the two drove down
the street together.
Mr.. Stevens asked if it was not a
fact that on March 3 witness went into
the office and said that Chief Devine
was going to be removed. and that the
boys should testify against him?
Witness replied with an emphatic
NO. that he had not tried to intimi-
date witnesses in the cases.
Captain Sullivan was recalled and
stated he was off duty that night.
When the alarm came in he went to the
fire After the fire was over he re-
h. .f%x fCr oil n
ty or thirty minutes. then went down to
the joint building and found the chief
at the legislative rooms at a committee
meeting, where both of them stayed I'M
til nearly u O'Clock that night.
At this juncture Mr.. Stephens asked
to put one of the witnesses for the de-
Tense on the stand as he was going to
Mercur in the morning, and L. L. Bir-
mingham was called. He testified in
regard to the fire at "a South Ninth
East street. which occurred on tnaug-
uration day. Mr.. Birmingham said fully
half an hour elapsed from the time he
discovered the fire until he could find
some one to turn the alarm in. All
the people were away, probably down
town seeing the parade, but after try
irg eight houses finally found some
one and the alarm was given. When
the department arrived on the scene the
house was almost consumed.
Mr.. Varian took the witness in hand
and subjected him to close examina-
ton in regard to his business, to which
he replied that he had none.
WAS AT MR.. LANNAN's.
Specification or charge No. was then
taken up. This accuses the chief of
being habitually absent from the de-
partment during the period between
January and February 13 for the pur-
pose of lobbying. This charge not be-
ing of a very specific nature, allowed a
wide scope fer the questioning, and
some interesting developments followed,
though the time for adjourning cut
short what promises to develop into the
most interesting part of the whole
trial.
Charles T. Vail said it was the habit
of Chief Devine to stay away a great
deal between January and February
49, When the chief went away he would
leave a note on the office table instruct
ing anyone wanting the chief to ring
up telephone No. $50, four rings, that
being p. II. Lannan's private phone
at the Tribune Office
Crcss-examined, he said it was a fire.
quent occurrence for the chief to be
away during the day as we'll as even
ing
Stephens-Did it excite your curios-
ity that he should be at telephone No.
$50?