The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08
With esses Relate His Mis- conduct and He Com
 pletes the Story.
His Time Spent in a Tough Resort With Woman
 Employed There.
WORSE THAN NO EXCUSE.
His Case Under Advisenoent, and a
 at Noon.

For forty-eight hours Police Ser
 geant Fred Davis will be in an un-
 pleasant state of suspense. He was or
 trial before the Police Commissioners
 last night on charges of being unfit
 to be police officer. The charges were amply established. However, the
 case was taken under advisement and
 the formal verdict will be reached al
 meeting of the body tomorrow at
 noon.
 Commissioner Alvord was absent
 from the session, being detained at
 and Lees were there. the first presid- ing and taking the most active part in
 bringing out the evidence.
 All of the evidence was against the accused, with the exception of that given by himself, and this was so pal
 pably weak as to injure the cause 1t was supposed to bolster up The man practically admitted his guilt, but tried to excuse 1t by so lame pretense that
 even the assistance of his lawyer could do nothing for him.
 It was shown that Davis had been in the habit of frequenting the boxes of the Midway Plaisance, theater on Market street; that while there he sought the company of a particular woman and remained with her as long as an hour; that in leaving he often went out by the, back door. The woman while on the stand swore that his visits were no longer than ten minutes and that they were for the purpose of se- curing for her protection against her husband. Davis himself swore that he sometimes stayed twenty minutes and that his object was to secure from her information in relation to the conduct of the house, and incidentally as to crap games, although 1t did not develop that her facilities for acquiring infor- nation about these games were better than those of anybody else.
 The woman came voluntarily to give her evidence, at least no paper had been served requiring her presence. As she came through the corridor she was met by Davis and the two had a long whispered conversation. After the commission had gathered there was lit tie delay. Davis was summoned into the inner room, and the first witness called. This was Med" Homan, one of the proprietors of the Midway Ho- man testified that Davis had been a sat in box with woman employed there. The woman was known as Flor ence Perry.
 Was she an actress?" was asked.
 Mot particularly was the reply.
 Homan swore that Davis many times had been in a box for more than an hour, and that this same female was always his companion on those occa- sions The witness had had his en- ployes keep tab" on the sergeant. He also said that Davis had borrowed money from him, but this he explained had been repaid. This had been going on ever since Davis had been on the beat, a matter of several months. On the point of borrowing money Attorney J. J. Dunne tried hard to have all Ques- tions shut off, but his efforts were in vain. In his excitement he was the victim of slip of the tongue, which had in 1t the element of truth. There's not a thing they can charge against us," he exclaimed, that we are not afraid to meet" and it seemed even so.
 William Levy was employed at the Midway. He had seen Sergeant Davis almost every evening In a box with one of the young ladies'" Florence Perry. The officer would be in full uniform. If he came in and the Perry woman was not working he would not stay. If she was there they would together remain Levy had been instructed by Homan to keep tab" on Davis, and had done so. He had also at the girls request let Davis out the back door. Chief Lees displayed hankering for details. He wanted to know at what hours Davis had been paying these calls, and not the mere length of each call regardless of the hour.
 Mrs. Hallinan came in with rustic of skirts to swear that as half owner of the Midway she had seen Davis there with Florence Perry often. She did not Crn n t.la dn hfyt ytS she did go was apt to observe the pair.
 Next came the husband of Florence. a smooth-faced young man who gave his name as William Hunt, his occupa- ton as teamster. He had been to the Midway and had found his wife there in company of Davis. He swore he had seen them coming from her dressing room. He had not only seen them in box together, and drinks be- ing sent to the box, but he had wit messed trip they took to the wife's lodgings, 1033 Mission street, watched them enter together and waited two hours for Davis to come out. He had not come out at the end of that time. He openly charged that Davis was re- sponsible for breaking up the Hunt family.
 Sidney Perry, a bookseller, swore that Davis had approached him with insinuations that a bribe would be ac- ceptable. You are making easy Davis had said to him. Are you going to be a - wolf and keep it all?" He had asked for tickets to prize-f1ghts, and these Perry had bought and given him. One day Davis wanted to know how Perry would like to have him get an easy chair and have him come in and watch the game all day. the inference being that not to do this would be favor worth paying for. Later. Perry returned with his cash book, showing when he had paid for the tickets given to the sergeant.
 W. J. Dunn came next. confirming all that Perry had said. A question of veracity between himself and J. J. Dunne arose, but it resulted in nothing but words
 w. s. Leake of The Call was brought to the chair He testified that he. had nothing against Davis and knew noth- ing of the case But he said he had just been handed some documents of