The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-01-21
MARSHAL BOYLE 0USTE)
X. A. Grant Elected His Successor
BY One Majority.
SOME DIRTY WORK Is DONE
Retiring Officer Is Charged With Minor Of
feaces But He Clears Himself To the
Satisfaction of the Hold Overs
Other News of Council.
SOME DIRTY WORK Is DONE

City Marshal John q. Boyle wos de-
feated for reelection before the city
council Monday night and Ronald A.
Grant was elected in his stead.
There were three candidates for the
important Office, to-wit: j. G. Boyle,
r. A. Grant and c. E. Lum, and two
ballots were required to settle the con-
test. On the first ballot Boyle received
8 votes, Grant and Lum /. The Sec
ond ballot resulted in Boyle receiving
votes and Grant t.. On the first bal
lot George Donald, Hugh Sinclair and
Walter Reed voted for Boyle; Harry
Moran, W. Z. Ayres and J. G. Liggett
voted for Grant, and f. ]. Wyman for
Lum. On the second ballot the only
change was in the vote cast for Lum,
which went to Grant, thus electing him.
The election of a marshal for 1902 was
the most important matter before the
council, and the fight made against the
retiring officer was of the most bitter
kind. Boyle was accused of diverse
not be proven, but which nevertheless
resulted in his defeat.
As matter of fact Boyle had made
the best record of any marshal who ever
held the office in this city. He had the
full support of cool-headed mayor and
strong council in the administration of
affairs, and he succeeded in stopping up
the rat holes through whici. so much of
the police court fines had disappeared in
the past. And thus it was that oppro-
brium was heaped upon his head and
aspersions cast upon his reputation as
an officer. Three members of the old
council stood valiantly by Boyle, for he
had saved for the city $1,000 over and
above all expenses in the police depart
ment. The mayor was with him also,
and together they wished to see this
condition of affairs continued for an
other year.
Marshal Boyle's enemies resorted to
some contemplate methods to defeat
him. c. H. Ford, an old soldier, filed
an affidavit with council alleging that
Boyle had stolen $40 from him while he
was drunk. He said he had $50 on his
person when arrested on December "a
last, and that when he "came to him
SELF he only had $72. This charge was
soon knocked in the head by the mar
shall, who presented a receipt from the
city treasurer showing that the money
had been paid into his hands. The $40
had been taken as forfeit. The police
justice docket was also brought in to
show that there was discrepancy of
$l2 in Boyle's account with the CITY
dating back to some time last fall, and
Councilman Donald remarked that an
officer who waited that long to make
such charge did not do his duty. This
charge was disproved by receipts from
the city treasurer showing that Boyle
had paid every cent into the Golfers Of
the city. The marshal was also charged
with receiving and appropriating to his
own use load of hay from an Indian in
liquidation of a fine imposed for being
drunk. This charge was also disproved
and the fact established that no hay had
been received by the marshal or the
city, and that the Indians fine remains
unpaid to this day.
In replying to these charges Marshal
Boyle made some cutting remarks about
some of his opponents. He said he had
in his possession a silver watch worth
$3.50 which belonged to the city, and
Police Justice Lince had in his possess
sion an ss5 gold watch which belonged to
the city, both OF which he (the marshal)
wanted to sell when'the other property
of the city taken as forfeits was sold last
December, but that the city attorney
would not permit them to be sold. He
closed his remarks abruptly by saying
Gentlemen, | leave it to you" The
rest has been told. Boyle is out and his
enemies are rejoicing. During the time
| taken up by the officer in disproyiny the