The age-herald., 1900-08-11

1 put substitute in my place while could l paint mine. I can't say that he put the 1 substitute on. I drew full pay for the time l went to Opelika and drew pay for the l time I was gone. That was in 1S96.' 1 Cross-examination by Captain White: 'I | did not offer to paint the chiefs house as | matter of pastime. Cummins and l an l swered fire calls while we were at work on | the chiefs house and also while on mine. l never reported it to anybody. Cummns | and I did our work in the department be- fore going to work on the chiefs house. The chief discharged me from the depart ment. went to Opelika shortly after paint ing his house. I was gone three days. I had done some extra work and the chief may have given me the extra time for tbat. l don't know. Later 1 was given three days off for building a wagon Questioned by the Mayor: 'I was about seven days painting my house."
 Policeman ". H. Baker
 q am a policeman. I was with the fire department from December IS, 1S9S till De- cember 9. 1899. l knew the horse the chief traded to D. J. Fox. The horse he received looked all right when brought to the de- partment I don't think it made more than two or three runs before it got stove up. I did not know the terms of the trade with MT. Fox. While I was with the depar tment about 150 to 200 pounds of old brass and zinc were taken down stairs and put on a wagon, but don't know what was done with it."
 Cross-examination by Captain White
 The horse the chief got from MT. Fox did not stay in the department more than month, and has been working on the streets ever since. I was discharged by the chief. I made no report of these things at the time. I never thought much about it."
 T. A. Cummi
 "I am connected with the fire depart ment and have been since 1892. McLemon and I painted the chiefs house. I received extra pay extra time for the work. McLemon and the chief made the trade. 1 told McLemon I would do the work merely for pastime. I painted my own house at Avenue D and Twenty-third street at off times. We got one day off in every thir- teen"
 Cross-examination-" -"McLemon never told me he was doing the work as pastime. There was one fire call while we were working on the chiefs house, and we an- swered that. The house was within the limits we were allowed to go.
 '"The chief sent some feed to the depart ment for the hogs he kept in the lot Slop was carried there nearly every day.
 Re-direct-"Twice to my knowledge the chief sent some corn there for his hogs, once four sacks and another time one or two sacks"
 Question by Captain White-"The firemen sometimes sell old pieces of hose?"
 Buck Wetzel
 '"The chief had two or three hogs in the lot that were fed on city food also calf for a month or two They were given ex- tra stuff that came out of the stalls-refuse and such as that. None of it came out of the barn. They were given some corn that came out of the same bin with the city feed'
 At the conclusion of MT Wetzers tes- timony Alderman Kerr arose and stated that he had information that the charges against the chief, as they stood did not cover the scope of inquiry that was to be made and suggested that they should be so amended as to permit of the fullest possible investigation. He said if any one knew anything affecting the administra- ton of the fire department by Chief Null lin, that person should come forward now and tell it, or forever hereafter keep his peace. He said the charges should be made broad enough to cover the fullest investigation.
 Captain White-Last night as we were just entering upon this trial l consented to the new charge which MT Lowe said he would reduce to writing, but did not know then that these new matters were to be included. A trial involving the character of a man should not be gone into until he has had a chance to get wit nesses to refute the testimony of the pros- ecution. He should not be expected to answer testimony of which he had no pre- vious knowledge. Give him a chance to answer the charges. The law of the land says no man shall be tried on charges of which he has had no notice. That's fun