Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-23
fIREmEN ACCUSEEACHOTHER
Hollywood Found Guilty But Had
 Sentence Suspended.

Francis R. Hollywood, hoseman in engine company No 3, while on trial by the board of safety yesterday afternoon for absenting himself from duty without leave almost keeled the boani over by charging Captain Dem his F. Dunn with graft. It was the first intiination of anything of the kind existing in the fire department. Hollywood pleaded not guilty and his defense was that he swapped his days off, first with Captain Dunn for a consideration of $1O for the captain, and afterwards with fireman Thomas Conlon. He left the engine house on the morning of August 10 and did not return to duty until the evening of August 19. without notifying the cap tain, which he should have done. ac- cording to the rules of the depart ment Chief Snagg arranges the schedule of days off for the firemen, and while the men are at liberty to swap their vacations they must noti- fy their captains when they are go- Ing away.
 In answer to questions put by Hollywood, Captain Dunn answered sation with Hollywood about chang ing days off with Conlon, or how many days there were his own days off would arrive.
 "What consideration did you get
 from me for swapping?" asked Hollywood The captain said he did
 not understand the question and n few more questions point blank about
 consideration" Hollywood asked him
 if he (Dunn) did not give him s last
 Monday morning. The captain said
 he did and that it was half the sum
 he borrowed from Hollywood Holly
 wood retorted if 1t was not s of $10 he gave him for swapping days and again the captain answered that 1t was not.
 This accusation spurred mp the cap- tain. evidently. for his face usually very pale. flushed up and he did not know Hollywood had left the house until he was informed by Fireman John J. Mitchell that Hollywood had told him (NIitchelD that morning about 8 o'clock that he was going away and he did not want the cap
 tain to see him for he would not let him off. The captain and Mitchell were on job around the house to-
 gether when this information was told him in the course of conversation. Captain Dunn added that all the firemen knew that Hollywood offered to pay the vacation expenses of what ever man who had the most days coming to him, if the man would trade days. As for the s1O the cap thin said the money was borrowed two weeks or more after Hollywood had made the above offer.
 Captain Dunn requested that Fire man Mitchell be sent for and while
 he was enroute. the board took re- cess. Mitchell testified that he heard Hollywood say on the morning he went away that he did not wish the captain to sec him going as he might
 not let him of. He heard Captain
 Dunn tell Hollywood he could have
 his days off, and that he did not
 want his money. The captain told Mitchell he had borrowed s10 from Hollywood.
 According to the original schedule Hollywood's time off was from June 10 to June 19. Conlon from August 10 to August ID and Captain Dunn's from August 19 to the 21th. Holly wood was positive he informed the captain the morning he went away and the captain. was equally positive he did not.
 Hollywood then requested that the
 entire company be summoned and F.. c. Loughlin. s. C. Wheeler, D. F. Leary. J III. Kennedy and w. j.. Reynolds were sent for. They testi- fled that 1t was common talk among the men that Hollywood and Conlon had swapped their vacation days. but
 whether or not the captain knew of it they did not know. This closed the case and after some deliberation
 the board found Hollywood guilty as charged and suspended sentence.
 A communication from Chief Snagg on the proposition to pay the firemen weekly instead of every two and sometimes three weeks. took an af- | firmative view of the question and a
 committee was appointed to confer
 with the comptroller and arrange for | n weekly payuipnt If if can be done