Evening journal., 1899-08-01
DUROSS VS.. CHAMBER
Charges Against the Police
Captain Heard Last Night.
NUMBER OF WITNESSES TESTIFY

BEFORE THE POLICE COMMIS-
SIONERs-DANIEL DUROss CON-
SIDERED A TRESPASSER BY
THE MARKET HOUSE COMPANY.
DECISION IN THE CASE RE-
SERVED.
The charges preferred by Butcher
Daniel DuRoss against Police Captain
Chambers for alleged overstepping Of
his authority were heard by the Police
Commission last night.
DuRoss' stand was closed by the cap
tain on the afternoon of June II last,
and the publicity given the matter, Du-
Ross claims, has injured his reputa-
tion and caused him to lose money,
and he, therefore, instituted proceed
ings against the ofncer. After all the
evidence on both sides was heard, the
final disposition OF the case was post
poned until later in the week.
THE EVIDENCE GIVEN.
Daniel DuRoss was the first witness.
He said that on Saturday, June IL,
Captain Chambers came to the alley on
King street near Third, where he was
standing, and said that he (DuRoss)
would have to close his stand and go
away, as there were complaints that he
was selling bad meat. DuRoss told the
officer the meat was good and had been
passed by the meat inspector He told
Captain Chambers to take a piece Of
he meat and give it to Chief Dolan, as
il would not hurt him. He secured
permission to stand in the space in
the alley from a Mr.. Powell, who rent
Company.
Frank Miller. butcher. who has
been in the business for thirty years,
said he purchased part of the beef and
sold some of it and took the balance
home and ate it. He considered the
meat good and Mt to eat. Charles Thorp
said he killed three COWS for DuRoss
on June 10. Meat Inspector Abele in
spected them and passed the meat. He
could not say whether this was the
meat DuRoss sold. Charles Lutz help
ed to kill three cows for DuRoss. He
did not know whether this was the
meat over which there was a contro-
versy.
Meat Inspector Ahele said he had in
spected three COWS at the abattoir that
had been killed for DuRoss. He pass
cd the meat as being proper to sell. He
learned that DHRoss took one side of
the beef out on June II to sell. The
witness did not know whether the
meat sold by DuRoss when Captain
Chambers closed his stand was the
same he inspected in the market
house.
Commissioner Hart took exception
to that portion of Mr. Abele's testimony
regarding the inspection of the meat
in question.
did not you say to me, Mr.. Abele,
in Second street market" said Mr..
Hart, that you were out of town the
day the cow was killed. and that it
had not been brought out before you
left and for that heason you could not
inspect it?"
Il did not" was Mr.. Abele's reply.
There was a short dispute between
the commissioner and the meat inspec-
tor, each claiming he was right. Chief
Dolan asked MIR. Adele if he had ever
condemned any meat of DuRoss, and
he did not think he had. In reply to a
question of Captain Chambers Mr..
Abele stated that he could not say
whether the meat on DuRoss' stand at
4SO o'clock was the same he had in
spected.
Thomas Kelley said he bought a
piece of the meat from DuRoss when
he was standing on Second street. be-
tween King and Market It was good.
Edward DuRoss saw the meat and
said it was all right. The cows were
inspected in Pennsylvania before they
were brought into Delaware.
John X. Bradford was present as at
torney for the Market House Company.
He addressed the commission, and said
the reason they asked for the removal
of DuRoss was because they consider
ed him a trespasser on the property OF
the company.
FOR THE DEFENSE.
Mr.. Bradford was the last witness
for the DuRoss side of the case, and
Patrick Monaghan was called for the
defense. He said he saw DuRoss
standing in the alley leading to tho
market house, and notified Chief Dollar
that a man was in the alley, breaking
the law.
He thought that Captain Chambers