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TRIED IN STAR CHAMBER
Hoboken's Fire Commissioners
Exclude Reporters from the
Mumford- A
Hearing.

me special committee appointed by the
Hopoken Board of Fire Commissioners
10 investigate the charges made by
chiei engineer lvens s. A~pplegate against
rlerson ,. Munlford. a hoseman of Engine
npa No. 9, held a star chamber ses-
SION last night at Fire Headquarters, in
hudson street. The Commissioners de-
sired thai the Investigations should be
held secretly. and on motion Of Commits
sioner Bender the reporters were ra-
quested to retire from the meeting. This
was not done. however, until the commit
zee nad started in to transact its bust
| ness.
AT the last meeting of the commissioners
Munford was charged with conduct I'M
becoming 2 member of the department
by the use of abusive and foul language
against Chief ( Applegate. The charges
Were preferred by the Chief and the com
r~issioners cited Mumford to appear he
Tore them for trial. Mumford was also
temporarily suspended from duty. The
trouble grew out of differences which
nave existed between Chief Apologize and
MuinIord since last July. Mumford ac-
cused the Chief, SO the Chief said. of hav-
ing attempted to steal his girL' The
hame OF the young woman in o,,esticn
was not brought out at the meeting. but
Mumford subsequently, named a nrettv
operator in the Western Union Office.
Inc investigating mi which mat
IaSl night Included Commissioners Rendar
O9oiineli and Hauser. Counsellnr 49,
Meuer =. Young appeared as connsal for
snS uoIu- senator DAILY was there also
the tun ~"s whispered that he represented
N-N w ldQleCE mao1finnaJ -
s"l the a1falr. The Senator said - rrou
$500 ase snat the names of the ladies
h ~ pc brought before the pllblic' anS
a H. sliateo That the courts might hav
used loo freely. HAnies We're
forS ss : 1oung in speaking for Mum
answar ~ ! nave directed Mumford to
sha rea ~ questions at this time. The
S.s,as ! 100 general in Its Character The |
Inlei should have been more eyniictt u ue
slould specify just what lang1,aga M,m
l nnt IL USED. When the Chiefs charges are
lnswar 3b upe shape we shall be ready to
nlaMei tnein.. Commissioner Hauser saiS
ne desired to have the case thoro,1gbl, az az
estlsatea, and declared that the Opinions
oa+ oss members of the COMMITTEES shol1ld
A. ~ aneeted py outside influence.
AZ tn-s juilcture of the proceedings clerr
ntsting approached the reporters ana
1asu ulial ne mad been directed by Com
missioner ODonnell. chairman of the com
'Aettee, 10 request them to retire
one of the reporters protesfed an 49,
ground that the hearing should be onan
70 une pubic His objection was oyar-
T ,assla however, by a motion which was
g = oy me committee, and the report
were competed to leave the nlegtine
Commissioner Hauser was the oniv
member who objected to excluding the re-,
porIers, He said hope that You sen-
- tisn Wcast insist ON the reporters leav-
grass-on that there is something behind
THIS affair that we desire to c~cncaais
Commissioners Bender, who suggested that
= ieportefs retire, insisted on the mo-
ton beingspassed. Five minutes q fter ~
ed. AuJo
Mumford was seen after the meeting.
him any questions. az stand alone in
tbs matter" said he. "but l intend to
see 1t through. I am now suspended. and
ann anxious to have this matter investi-
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