The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-14

there and he asked him what was going to be done.
 Were there any names mentioned?''
 "Yes, sir"
 Was the name of Sergeant Williams mentioned?"
 "Yes. l told MT. Lee that he was a good man, and he said he thought so' And did you attend the meeting lat CT in MT. Landers' ofIice?"
 Yes, sir"
 The witness spoke of the doings of the meeting and of the discussion of names, etc.
 The pension matter was discussed by attorney and witness.
 Was it your intention of pensioning any one?''
 "No, sir"
 | And after stating that the condition of the precincts would be better with young men in them, and that he thought Captain Brewer, Captain OKeefe and Sergeant Bergin too old for good service, the witness was put in the hands of the cross examiner, MT. Wolfe. This was at 3:15. l MT. Shanahan said that Captain OKeefe had son that he was putting through college and that he didn't want to be retired then. He said that ne thought 1t would be for the benefit of the service if the captains and Sergeant Bergin were replaced by younger men, but that if at the mass meeting the sentiment was for the officers he would turn around and favor them. Witness said he was In favor of Sergeant Wll- Hams, though he knew he had been be- fore the board three times. The meet ing at MT Landers' and what was done were gone over with exactly the same questions and answers that have been asked and made more than dozen times since the trial opened. MT. Shah ahan was somewhat confused and he took plenty of time to lock before he leaped.'
 MT Shanahan said he named Ser geant M. J. Hayes as an acting cap tain, and that he didn't know whether or not he voted for Sergeant Hayes at the meeting of May IA. He said he did not know what Commissionery Avery was going to put on the resolutions and that he didn't know whether or not he told Commissioner Avery to draw up the resolutions. In the previous testi- mony by all the other commissioners 1t was stated that MT. Shanahan proposed to Commissioner Avery that he the latter) draw up the resolutions, The testimony lasted about twenty minutes, and then Judge Wheeler asked him why he proposed the name of Williams in- stead of older sergeants. He said that he was more acquainted with Williams and for that reason he proposed his name
 Commissioner Landers was called to the stand again and he said that one of the commissioners said that he had heard on the street that the incoming board would depose Captains Cowles, Woodruff, Brewer and O'Keefe.
 MT. Goodhart then took the stand af- ter stating that at the hearing in May or Studley's office counsel was exclud- ed, giving no chance for the commits sioners to explain what they had to say for themselves.
 MT. Daggett then said that the inves tigation at the office of the mayor was simply an Investigation and not trial, and that Mayor Studley announced be- forehand that no counsel would be ad-  mitted
 MT. Goodhart said that Mayor Stud ley refused to consider the motions filed by him on the day of the preliminary hearing.
 Here MT. Daggett said that the mayor simply denied the motion and that he didn't turn them aside
 "Oh, well, that's all I want to have you say" said MT. Goodhart, and he left the stand.
 In the rebuttal, which started at 3:45, Coroner Mix was first put on the stand by the counsel for the city.
 A part of his testimony was as fol- lows:
 He said he was a commissioner in 1897 and named the commissioners then on the board. Something was said about Captain Brewer being transferred in 1900 as he | allowed policy playing in some of the |