The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-01
THE POLICE
COMMISSION.
Investigation of Charges
Preferred Against Cap
tain Chambers by
Daniel DuR0SS.

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case came up las, night at the meeting Of
the poiico Commission. There were a
| number OF witnesses on both sides and
when the last testimony was received 1t
| was nearly II o'clock and the Commission
reserved its decision.
Daniel DuRoss who Is from Mill Creek
| hundred. said that the meat had been
passed by the meat inspector He said he
had rented the alleyway from a man
named Powell, but had asked permission
to stand In front of the saloon next door
| for a half hour and was allowed to do so.
He said that the meat had been inspec ed
by the Meat Inspector on June 10 and Of
fered for sale on juno II.
Captain Chambers asked Mr.. Duftoss
II he had not come to his house at an hour
in the morning while he was in bed and
come into his bedroom and say Chief
Dolon had told him to toll him to deny
that | iecs that had been in the paper or he
(DuRoss) would go to the Squire's and
bring charges against him before the Po-
lice Commission.
DuRoss said he had told him he would
bring charges against him. DuRoss COM
planned that the published reports had in
jured his business but when Captain
Chambers asked how much money he had
lost, he would not answer the question.
Frank Miller, butcher, said ne had
bought part Of DuRoss' beef about forty
or fifty pounds OF round and sold part apd
eat some He claimed to have seen no
belnish in it.
Meat Inspector Abe!e said he had in
spected thrce cows ut ths abattoir that
had been killed for DuRoss. He passed
the meat as being proper to sell. lie
learned that uRoss took one side of the
beef out on June II to sell. The witness
did not knew whether the meat sold by
DuRoss when Capt ain Chambers closed his
stand was the same he inspected in tho
market house. Commissioner Hart said
Mr.. Adele told him he did not inspect the
meat. Mr.. Abee SAID he did not say any
thing of the kind. and for while there
was dispute bstween Che witness and
the commissioner. oach protesting that he
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no mistake. He was absent from the city
that afternoon when the moat was in
spectcd by Chambers.
He did not remember having told Jo-
ssph Martin that he would not eat Du
Ross meat. Thomas Kelley had not seen
the meat on the stand but had purchased |
roast from DuRoss from his wagon.
Joseph Martin said that he saw DuRoss |
standing in front Of the saloon and asked |
tho proprietor II he had given him per- |
mission to stand on his sidewalk and the |
man said he had not. Martin said the
meat sold was bologna beef. He COM
planned to Mr.. Monaghan. He did not
think much Of the NEAR, but while he
wonld not say positively that 1t was not
wholesome he thought one would be better
off Without it.
He said he hoard Abele say that they
all had sold meat they would not want 10
cat themselves
Mr.. FNcill, a farmer, said he had sold
COW to DuRos' and his ncighbor Mr..
Springer had sold him two. One was
seven years old and the others twelve or
fourteen years old. He said they were
bologna COWS. He explained that bologna
cows had good strong meat which Is used
for making bologna. lie then asserted
that bologna beef was bought by all
butchers. and included Mr.. Ha-t's name,
and used by them for making Bologna.
CommissionerHart said he never bought
such beef and told o Neill that if he said
SO he did not tell the ruth. O'Neill had
made the remark at ranG ON ard admitted
that he never sold bologna beef to Mr..
Hart Or knew of his ever buying any. Mr..
O'Nei!l did not know of his own knowl-
edge that tho cows sold DuRoss had been
the particular ones which had been made
| to the beef which was offered for salo.
Patrick Monaghan testified that he had
made complaint against DuRo;s to tho
chief for selling Oh tho property of tho
market house company Illegally and did SO
to protect tenants in the market house.
He thought that Captain Chambers
should have nrres ed DuRoss and have
treated him friendly. He.said Mr.. Powell
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side ane was only given n privilege to use
tho alleyway He said Dultoss had come
nto tho market house to buy fat to slug
beef. m
j. b. Martin testified that he would not
want to eat the meat and didn't think it
vas saable. Mr.. Mammele said he had
10 knowledge of the meat. Charlie, H.
carton said he never saw anything as bad
IS DuRoss' meat and wouldn't consider it
1t to ent.
J. w. Barnaby said he did not consider
t fit for use. Arthur Powell snid 1t was
he worst be saw for some time. He said
e had not given DuRoss permission to
tand in the alleyway and that Saturday
vas tho first time anyone had stood there.
Chief Dolan testified to having received
complaint about DuRoss and sent Cap ,
ain Chambers to investigate the matter. d
Ie was of the opinion that the public |
hould know the class of meat that was :
eing allowed to be sold in market, The
iece OF meat bronght to the station mad
pots on i. and he would not like to cat
uch meat. Reporters Hickman and
ones saw the meat and considered it IN +,
t to be fed to dog.
Captain Chambers testified ho was sent
, the stand to do his duty. He perform
1 that duty to tho best interests Of all
ariies concerned.
Children's hats must be closed out at O
chilings, u