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

left" Colonel Pickett's testimony wal on very much the same lines as MT Hamilton's and was thoroughly inter. esting.
 Commissioner Corey was then called to the stand and MT. Wolfe said "There was some testimony offered yes terday to the effect that several times during the last year the matter o1 placing these men on the veteran re- serve came up before the board. Was this sop
 ''No, sir" said MT Corey, mot since I have been a member of the board"
 Did you have a conversation with MT Clarke before the meeting of May 14?"
 NO, sir. I saw him at the meeting and he said that all the men on the veteran reserve wanted to go on the pension list''
 MT. Corey continued and said: "He said that the next board would do it. now why cant we do it?"
 Another statement that had been made number of times before by the police commissioners was contradicted when MT. Lee was called to the stand. MI. w pllE Sdlu. u lld5 DSSll olctlCb q number of times that at the meeting of May 14 you told the former commits sioners that if certain officers were ap- pointed you were in favor of placing Captain Brewer, Captain OKeefe and Sergeant Bergin on the veteran reserve. Now is that so, MT. Lee?"
 A very emphatic No, sir" was the reply of the president of the police commissioners.
 At any time was the placing of these officers on the veteran reserve dis cussed?"
 No, sir
 That's all," said Mir Wolfe. That's all,' said. MT. Goodhart and at that point the city rested it's case. The time was 4:45.
 During the testimony of MT. Lan- ders, immediately after the opening of the afternoon session, witness said in the cross examination that Captain O'Keefe told him he intended to seek reinstatement, but witness denied that he promised to help him to reinstate- ment, though he did say he would pre- vent his being placed on the retired list, and in almost the same breath the wit ness denied any knowledge of any de- sign to put Captain O'Keefe on the re- tired list. Witness said that Captains Cowles and Woodruff were talked of for the re- tired list at the meeting at Avery's house. Several patrolmen were talked of for retirement, but it was not de- cided these should go.
 we had positively decided on these | three that night, Captains Brewer, and o Keefe, and Sergeant Bergin.' Then came the examination of Ser geant William c. Doherty. He took the stand shortly before o'clock He said he has been on the police force ten years and has been a ser geant four years. under Captains Tripp and Brewer He said he has been drill master and that he was aequaint- ed with Captain Brewer before he went to station 9 He stated that he mo- ticed the physical condition of Captain Brewer and that he had some exper- fence in judging the condition of men. Sergeant Doherty in answer to ques- tions said that Captain Brewer had of- ten omitted to answer the telephone bell, whether from deafness or from the fact that his mind was somewhere else, he didn't know
 How about his injured limb?"
 "Tie showed 1t to me and I was sur prised he could get along without SUD- port"
 What was it, verbose veins?"
 Yes"
 Flow about his memory?"
 'Well, at times the captain seemed to have very poor memory I would call his attention to things in the dis trict and he would generally fail to re- member them. He seemed to forget easily"
 How about the condition of the dis cipllne when Captain Tripp was there ?" Tt was excellent,
 How is it now?"
 Tt is vastly different"
 Was the condition of the station in favor of whom?"
 Captain Tripp."
 Did you make any reports of the men?"
 Yes"
 Did Captain Brewer often speak to the men telling them that they should do this and that?"
 No, he seemed to be afraid of hurt ing the feelings of the men"
 ITO what do you attribute this laxi- ty, etc?"
 why, to his old age, think" MT. Wolfe then cross-examined the witness:
 Did you excuse certain men at any time?"
 "Yes, sir: once or twice"
 Were you ever called to account for it?"
 'No. sir"
 ''Is it so that certain sergeants were protected by commissioners against the captains?"
 No, sir; think not
 That is all'
 Here Judge Wheeler asked Sergeant Doherty who was the first sergeant at the station on Grand avenue, and he said Sergeant Mcbride was. "Who next?" Judge Wheeler asked. "I come next" ''Then who?' "Sergeants Hayes and Connolly" that of Hayes in naming an acting captain" Yes, sir" The witness was then ex- cused. The next witness was Commissioner Shanahan, the last of the Big Four.