The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-12


 said that they were brought to him by
 others.
 The testimony of the witness was Drought to a close shortly after this land 1t was the general opinion that the }cross- examination brought out many
 more points than were expected. At the conclusion of the testimony of MT. IDriscoll, James T. Moran was called to the stand, and he said he was police commissioner from 1895 to 1897 and that he was the president of the board dur ing the last year. MT. Moran stated that he had gone to the Grand avenue lstation, where Captain OKeefe was To- cated, many times during his term on the board and that each time he could see that things were not going as they should in that precinct. They got to
 such a stage that Captain O'Keefe was | called to the board of commissioners and told that unless there was an im- provement in the precinct there would | have to be a change. He said that he l told Captain O'Keefe that the members l of the board were with him and that | they all wanted to see him stay there and bring up the standard of the dis l trict MT. Moran said that it did no
 good, for little while after that the same number of complaints were re- ceived and the patrolmen were as lax as ever He said he told the captain that there was no reason why he should not handle the men in the way they ought to be handled, and if they didn't do their duty to bring them up to the proper authorities The captain was told that he was not doing things for the best interest of the department and that higher standard of excellence was looked from him. All these things the witness said, were fully explained to Captain oKeefe. but, he said, the conditions remained just where they were, so the commissioners made a wholesale change in which Captain O'Keefe was shifted to the Howard avenue station. This was at the time Superintendent Treadwell Smith was retired and Captain Wrinn took his place. Witness said that an immediate change for the good was noticed in the Grand avenue station after the trans fers were made.
 After the statement of the witness as to this fact the cross examination by MT. Wolfe took place. The only ques- ton asked him was whether or not he considered Captain O'Keefe able to do active police duty at the time he re- ferred to- MT. Moran said "Why, yes, certainly"
 That's all," said MT. Wolfe.
 The next witness was Mir. Hubinger. He was member of the board of po- lice commissioners at the time that Mir Ia eta that ha q member of the efficiency committee during the two years he was connected with the board. The testimony he gave was in substance the same as that of MT. Moran's, as they both investigated | the case of Captain OKeefe during I those years. The same question in the l cross-examination was the only one asked, and MT. Hubinger's answer was that he considered Captain O'Keefe | fully able to do active police duty. The witness was excused and then Commits 1 sioner Avery was called, but the court | said time was too short, so it adjourned | until this morning.
 The first witness called at the open- ing of the hearing this morning was Police Commissioner Lee, whose testi- mony had not been finished when court adjourned yesterday afternoon.
 He testified that there was no dis cussion over that resolutions retiring the three police officers by the board the night those resolutions were pre- sented so far as regards the mental or physical condition of these men.
 Witness was asked if he was pres ent the night the police board dis 1ussed the matter of sending men out In plain clothes to detect violators of the law.
 The question was objected to by the appellants,
 The mayors counsel insisted on the ground that if the commissioners re- fused to allow Captain Brewer the lse of plain clothes men then the fault If such violations of law rested upon he commissioners for handicapping Captain Brewer
 A lengthy discussion by counsel fol- owed.
 Judge Robertson of the mayors side Itated to the court:
 Your honor in this case is occupy ng the position of Mayor Studley in his hearing, and if your honor has any at all it is under section
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