The age-herald., 1900-08-17
Inquiry Into Charges Against
 Chiet MuIIin Resumed.
THE CITY RESTS ITS CASE
Additional Charges Presented by Mayor Drennen- Several Witnesses for the Defense Examined-Ad-
 Saurned Until Tonight

last night and resumed the investigation
 of the charges against the chief of the
 fire department, J. T. Mullin.
 As soon as Mayor Drennen had secured
 order in the council chamber he read the
 following additional charges against the
 chief
 . Under a motion of the board adopted
 August 10 1900, 1 have served copies of
 the following charges of irregularities in
 the conducting of the fire department that
 have been made to me officially, and sub
 init the same to the board for investiga-
 tion in this inquiry
 First - That Chief Mullin collected
 rents for the East End Fire Department
 and appropriated same to his own use.
 "Second-That he traded city hose to
 Dr. Roland for a buggy, which he subse-
 Quently traded for a piano for his own
 use.
 '"rhird-That he received $50 by error in
 duplicating the name of C. ". Day on
 pay roll dated November, 1895, which he
 failed to account for.
 "Fourth-That electrical appliances be.
 longing to the city were appropriated by
 the chief, without authority to his own
 use."
 A large number of witnesses were ex-
 amined, and Chief Mulin had taken the
 stand to testify in his own behalf when a
 motion to adjourn until 7:3e o'clock D. m.
 prevailed It is probable that the investi- gation will be concluded at tonights ses-
 Sion
 The first witness called last night was w. E. Roberts.
 w. E. Roberts
 He said:
 T manufacture brooms and rent from the
 city. The place is called the East End fire department. My best recollection is that I
 have had the place three years. I made the
 contract with Chief Mullin The first year
 l paid So month; little over year ago
 the rate was advanced to $S, and about a
 year later to $10
 For about two years I paid rent to Chief Mullin, partly in money and partly in brooms for the use of the department I took receipts for most of the payments, but did not preserve them. l paid him about half in cash the first year; the next year he bought more brooms. I have paid no money the last twelve months. I furnished him heavy wire-bound brooms. The cost is now $5 per dozen and a broom will last about month in livery stable, dependent upon it's use.
 Cross-examination-"I am not positive as to the exact time I went Into the city's building. The amount I paid Chief Mulin in cash is a matter of recollection, and may have been less and may have been more than half the total rent I think I furnished
 brooms for the street department prior to d year ago, and within the past year I have furnished brooms for all the departments. be I he oit ty in bp 1aS
 amounted to more than my rent, and the city has paid me some money" Dr. k. ". Roland Dr. R. W. Roland was the next witness. He said
 About four years ago traded with Chief Mullin for about 150 feet of hose. It was in bad condition, and I never paid for it. let 1t lay out at the shops until it routed. I never paid for it nor made any exchange for it. The chief got an old buggy from us, but there was no exchange. We used the hose some. I think we agreed to pay about l 10 cents a foot. No entry was made on our l books of the hose, of the buggy The | trades for the hose and the buggy were made by me. The buggy had no value. If 1 the hose had been satisfactory we would | have paid cash for it"
 | Cross-examination-""T buggy was old worn out and broken down, and l had left | it in town to be repaired. I don't think it was worth $5. I made no agreement to give the chief the buggy for the hose' F. M Gardner, the next witness, said: q traded with the chief for buggy that | he called the Roland buggy. gave him a | piano valued at s125 for the buggy. I kept | the buggy and sold it to G. R. Harsh. l valued the buggy and harness at 800. l got | s35 to boot from the chief. The buggy was | in fine condition when I got it from him. | He told me it was one pr. Roland formerly used.'
 I. J. Freeman was next called and said q am connected with the fire department l An electric fan was carried from the third l floor of the fire department to the chiefs residence. The chief told me he wanted | to take it to his house for use in his dining | room while it was so hot. found 1t in a l locker to which I had a key. That was in | June or July of this year. l don't know where he got the wire to make the connec- | tions, except the outside wire, which was formerly in Avenue D, about two blocks l I took down one span. It was insulated l copper wire, and had been used by the po- | lice department in the Gamewell system" !" | Cross-examination-"Th fan was not in l good condition. One leaf was gone, and l another was left out because of one being l broken. The fan had been laying upstairs 1 for a long time, and was worthless in it's | condition at that time. The wire in Ave- | nue D, taken by the chief, had not been in | use for a long time."
 City Treasurer Eustls q am city treasurer and have been since | January, 1895. Qs shown pay roll for No- | vember, 1895, on which c. w. Days name appeared twice and was scratched in one | place). The chief prepares the pay roll | and turns it over to the auditor. The audi | tor drew on the treasury that month for | $1,5S23O of which amount $100 was paid to | c. w. Day. His name appears twice on the pay roll for $50 each. If Days name should not have appeared twice the correct amount