The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-09
kIEfER'S DEAF EAR
TURNED TO OFFICERS WHO HAVE
SEVEN AFFIDAvITs SUPPORT
ING THEIR ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST DETECTIVE MEYER

The Mayors Position Regarded by
Friends of the Policemen as Ar
bitrary and Unjust-Names of Men
Whe Have Sworn That the New
"FIy" Was Elected from the
Dance.
Considerable comment IS being tndulged
In among members of the police depart
ment because of the report that Mayor
Kiefer has refused to allow Lieut.. Bahe.
Sergt. Ross and Officer Perro to vindi-
cate themselves. These are the officers
whom Detective Meyer, the mayors
latest appeintee, accuses of classifying
and conspiring, in the charges they made
that Meyer has been elected from q dance
at Pfeiffer's hall. Eighth and Wabasha
streets, Dec. %, several days after his
appointment It Is alleged that seven af
fidavits substantiating the claims of
Lieut. Babe, Sergt. Ross and officer Per-
TO, that Meyer was certainly the man
elected from the dance, were rendered
Mayor Kiefer as q defense to the charge
Of conspiracy and that the mayor in
dignantly refused to accept the evil
deEce, declaring that If the afffdavits
were left In his office he would throw
them into the waste basket.
Whoever says such a thing Is a lar"
angrily declared Mayor Kiefer, when In
formed of the current report. II have re-
ceived no aft1davits from either side
Notwithstanding the mayors asperity
and denial those in a position to know,
say just as positively that the afiidavits
were rendered to Mayor Mefer and that
he positively refused to accept them. In
this sense 1t Is admitted that the mayor
''has received no af1davits,'' but 1t Is
claimed that he is clubbing, because he
In fact. has not the af11daVits in his pos
session, by reason of his refusal to ac-
cept them.
The contents of the affidavits positively
corroborate the charges Of Lieut.. Babe.
Sergt Ross and Officer Perro, that Meyer
was the man elected from the dance.
The affidavits are made by persons who
say they saw Detective Meyer try to
force his way Into the dance and who
afterward viewed the detective. each de-
claring without qualification that he Is
the same man who created the disturb
ance at the hall.
James Evans, living at Seventh and
Robert streets, who took tickets at the
door, has sworn to a statement that De-
tective Meyer Is the man who tried to
forcibly go by him at the dance His af
fldavit sets forth that Meyer appeared to
be under the influence of liquor. did not
reveal his identity, and Insisted on going
into the dance without paying. Mr..
Evans swears that he afterward saw De-
tective Meyer and that the man making
the disturbance at the dance and the de-
tective are one and the same person.
W. l.. WHEY, who has worked at the
Merchants hotel for ten years, and who
sold tickets at tho door, says, in his af-
fidavit, that 1t was Detective Meyer who
was elected from the hall by Officer
Perro He says he saw Detective Meyer
after the affair at the hall, and that
he Is without question the same man.
He says Detective Meyer tried to force
his way inside, and that 1t was necessary
to call a policeman to restrain him.
j. P. Lavalle. waiter employed at the
Merchants hotel, swears that he saw.
Meyer at the dance trying to break by
the doorkeeper, and carefully viewed the
new detective afterward at the central
station, with the result that he posi-
lively recognized him as the same per-
son.
According to Russell Hughes, another
waiter at the Merchants, he witnessed
the trouble at the dance. Mr.. Hughes
makes an affidavit that Detective Meyer
is tho same person who created the
disturbance and was put out by Officer
Perro.
Buff McManus, doorlSeeper at the
Olympic theater, has sworn to a state
ment that he saw Meyer drinking at the
Olympic bar the evening of the trouble
at the dance.
Peter Sipdar, q waiter at the Rock
away restaurant, has made no affidavit,
but says positively that he saw Detec-
tive Meyer in the restaurant at 1:3O
O'Clock in the morning, an hour and a
half after the trouble at the dance.
The above offers of vindication and
several other affidavits are what Mayor
kiefer is said to have refused to eX-
anime His action Is branded as tyran-
meal and unjust by members Of the police
force in general, as it Is alleged he has
held private consultations with Detective
Meyer, and has accepted every state
ment OF defense offered by the new de-
tective.
Detective Meyer denies having been at
the dance He Is alleged to have in
formed the mayor that Lieut.. Bahe, Ser
geant Ross and Officer Perro were con-
spring to have him removed from the
force. and openly brands their state
ments as false. These officers feel their
positions keenly. and Notwithstanding the
evident desire of Mayor Kiefer to drop
the incident. they wish vindication.
This, it is claimed, can only como through
hearing of both sides of the case. but
Mayor Kiefer seems averse to giving
them an opportunity to prove their
statements, hence the indignation in gen
eral throughout the department. Fear
ing that their positions will be sacrificed
if they push the matter those concerned
are smarting under the alleged injustice
of the mayor, which, it is claimed, forces
them to remain, in the opinion of the
public, malignant falsifiers, while It is
asserted that Detective Meyer is the
guilty person. And the public wonders
where Mayor Kiefer's interest in Meyer
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