The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-02

ed until they were in executive session at which time they refused to accept the communication from Officer Smith and they then voted to dishonorably discharge him from the department.
 The next matter taken up was the charges against Patrolman Michael F. McGann. The charges were made by J. s. Healey, and alleged that the off, cer was interested in the saloon at 161 Ashmun street and that he did work there The. specific, or rather as prov en, the unspecitfc dates were July il, 12 and 15.
 Hea1ey was the first witness and the only one and he stated that on the 11th of July he went to the saloon at 4:30 a. m. When the bartender opened up he went inside and stayed a while. While the bartender was cleaning up a man came in whom the witness at this stage of his testimony thought was Off, cer McGann. The bartender handed the man two cash books. The man then went down stairs and he (the witness) shortly afterward heard a keg of beer tapped.
 On the 18th the witness had seen Off, cer McGann Che thought) go upstairs into the living apartments over the sa- l loon.
 | On the 18th Healey was in the saloon 9arly in the morning and a man whom he thought was McGann came into the saloon. The bartender was having a discussion with the man, who wanted ! to be trusted to the extent of a dollar. The bartender told the man that his limit, as far as trust was concerned, was fifteen cents. The man who Healey l thought was Officer McGann said: No, l his limit is not fifteen cents. He can have as much as he wants" This set tied the discussion.
 Healey's testimony was contradictory from commencement to end and on cross- examination it went all to pieces. He decided that he might be mistaken about it's being Officer ,,McGann who he had seen in the saloon. Next he was not willing to swear that it was the offieer.arNext he thought it was the off, cer's brother. 3@Next he was not sure it was the officers brother, but it was a man who looked exactly like Officer McGann. And lastly it was either a man who looked like Officer McGann or it was the officers brother. About this ltime the commissioners were evidently getting nervous. Healey contradicted himself so often that the stenographer was continually called upon to read ev- idence which he had given a minute or so before and which he was contradict ing. himself upon the next minute. Healey had written his entire state ment out on paper before the meeting and this President Ullman was contin- ually referring to. Officer McGann ask ed the witness if he would swear that his (the witness) written statement was correct The witness replied that he would not, as he thought that since see ing Officer McGann's brother it might have been the brother. At this point Officer McGann sprung a surprise by saying "I have no brother"
 President Ullman said to the witness "Where do you belong?'' The witness replied that his home was in this city and that some time ago he was employ
 ed as private detective by the BostoI
 Street Railway company. He was thel excused.
 Officer McGann had a large numbe
 of witnesses present including severa
 well known citizens. When asked i
 he wished to call any of them he re
 piled that he did not think it necessa
 ". He said that he had been done
 Gross injustice, and had been held u
 ridicule without any provocatio
 Y hatever, and as he felt that he ha
 < sn completely eXonerated of tn