Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-16
ReinStates Mayhem as a Police
Officer.
THEY HAD A LIVELY TIME
Evidence Against the Officer Was Not
COncluSive--ClaimS For DAM
ages Are Sent In.

A regular meeting of the city council
was held last night with Mayor Lesser
and Aldermen Fitzpatrick, Stephens,
G%angner, Devine, Collins, Mcclure and
Dalton present. The minutes were read
and approved.
Alderman Johnson having moved out
of the Third ward and Alderman Pozega
out of the Fifth ward, the office of each
was declared vacant by Mayor Lesser.
On motion by Collins the matter was laid
over until the next meeting.
George Starken presented a bill for
$500 for medical attendance from a broken
leg sustained on a bad sidewalk on De-
cember 6, 1898. He also claims S., 900
damages.
L. Larson asks $500 from injuries by
falling off a sidewalk six feet high on
Washington street July Z, 1898, which was
not properly protected. Both claims We're
referred to the judiciary committee.
Wills and Gnose presented a bill for
S3S.75 damages to their delivery wagon on
December p from the fire department.
This was referred to the finance COM
mittee.
Bills were read and referred, the labor
bills being ordered paid. The officers re-
POI Is eau anu llo usual OlSDOS1JlOn
made thereof.
1t came out in a discussion on water
that there are "A fire plugs in the city for
which the city pays rental. One plug at
the foundry is not in the city on which
the city paid rental for over a year.
Mayor Lesser. addressing the council,
said he had ordered certain pool rooms
closed on which no license was being
paid. The place in question was the pool
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had instructed City Clerk O'Leary to look
the matter up. In answer Clerk O'Leary
read from the statutes that a racing as
ISOLATION would have to pay a license but
there was no law compelling the pool
rooms to pay a license. 1t would have to
be done by creating an ordinance. City
Clerk O'Leary promised to look the mat
ter up and report at the next meeting.
The matter of the suspension of H. H.
Mayhem, a policeman, came up next
Mayhem was suspended February II
charged with allowing gambling on his
beat February 10. Attorney j. Fl. Duffy
was present as counsel for Officer May
hew. The charges made by the mayor
We're answered, making a denial Of all the
allegations. Mayor Lesser objected to At
torney Duffy acting in the matter. The
majority of the members of the ounci
We're in favor of allowing Attorney Duff!
to act and it was so ordered.
c. f. Roe, the district court stenog
rapher, was present and took in short
hand the evidence in the Mayhem sus
pension case. The mayor being the ac
cusor Attorney Duffy objected to his pre-
siding during the hearing. Mayor Leise,
read a communicable from M. A. Collin:
who Informed upon Officer Mayhem
Alderman Dalton objected to Collins Civ
ing testimony for the reason he was tn
man whom the mayor had appointed IL
Mayhew's place on promises of acting a
a spy. Collins was placed on the stand
He described the faro game. A MAJ
called "Kansas' was doorkeeper. High
low Pete was dealing. He knew one mai
who was gambling named Jack Melon
aid. He saw Mcdonald yesterday blu
did not arrest him for gambling. Collin