The morning news., 1897-07-08

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discharged. No charges were preferred
against him that he could learn Of. He
said he was at Benefits wake on the
night of Sept p, from u o'clock until
nearly in the morning On leaving he
went to Lanes to get drink and was
informed by the barkeeper that Mcguire
had just been there blowing" himself
He was at Benefits when the alarm came
in. lie went to the fire and saw Chief
Mcguire leaning over the railing at the
edge of the bluff vomiting. Sheehan said
he was a fireman seven years in Augusta.
The Hull fire, he said, should have been
fought from the rear with a good stream
to follow the chemical. The fire was on
the second floor in the northeast corner of
the building. 1t took half an hour, he
said, to raise the aerial truck. He had seen
it put up in five minutes. 1t took so long
to open the windows he thought they were
made out of iron. Instead they were OF
wood covered with tin. He saw the chief
order Henderson to climb into a window
with two men on the ladder in front of
him.
Sheehan saw the chief on the night Of
the October election when he started to
enter Cottingham's saloon. He did not
get in. The crowd started for him as soon
as they saw him. John Monahan led the
rush. Sheehan said he did not vote at
the Willink primary. The afternoon of
the primary Jerry Murphy offered to give
him an hour off and gave him ticket
advising him to go down and vote for Will
link and make himself solid, but he declin-
ed to do so. 1t was generally undertook
he said, at fire headquarters that those
who did not vote for Wiliink We're likely
to lose their jobs.
J. NJ. Buckley was the last witness He
was a member of the department five
years, and was discharged Feb /, 1896
without trial or notice of charges having
been preferred against him He was not
expecting his discharge and was surprised
He said he did great deal of work around
the engine house and remodeled a great
part of the building. The tools were his
and he asked permission to leave them.
which the chief granted. A few days later
he met Foreman Mcfarland, who told him
the chief wanted his things moved.
When he went 20 move his tools the
chief came up. They had some words
Mcguire walked off and staid there until
they got ready to leave when l was
leaving l paid him a compliment" dry
remarked Buckley.
The witness said he was at the Repub-
ltcan Blues picnic last month; there Chief
Mcguire drank freely of beer. He was
intoxicated when the boat left Whining
ton Island. This was the night of the
District Messenger Delivery Company fire.
at Congress and Montgomery streets
Buckley said he had a conversation with
Chairman Grayson in February when the
latter said he had made the biggest mis-
take of his life and that some of the best
men in the department had been put out
on account of politics Mr. Grayson as
sured him of his support for reinstate-
ment. He told Mr.. Grayson that Henry
Green had gone to see Mr.. Parish for
| him. Mr.. Grayson asked If he knew that
| Green was a rank A. p. A. He replied
| no, and Mr.. Grayson advised him to send
| Green to see Commissioner Nell, saying
that he might influence him as a brother
| A. p. A. AS to the dismissal of Bernard
| Joyce, Mr. Grayson remarked that he had
| lost Joyce's brothers. trade by his dis
missal, and that if he should reinstate
him it would be said that he had done 1t
on that account. Joyce had since been
| reinstated, he said.
The witness gave an account of a con-,
| versa ton which he overheard between
| CHEZ Mcguire. the assistant chief and the
| late ]. j. Doolan, in which Mcguire said:
That's all right When I'm boss they
wont any of them stay here that's not
with us" -it 10 F'-a37t1- 81
Mr. Mcguire took him to ride in his
buggy one day and broached the subject
| of politics, asking him to work for Mr..
| Willink, which he declined to do.
| The witness made some interesting
statements as to the political affiliations
| of members of the department. Some Of
| them were pretty slippery, he said, and
were likely to change sides In a hurry
After hearing Buckley's testimony
the committee adjourned until to-
morrow at p m. 1t is said
that there are thirty-fve witnesses
to come before the committee, and very
the names of others will be brought up.