The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-10-20

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han, a policeman, drinking beer in the
boiler room last spring.
Dan Dougherty was called to the
stand. He said he had drank probably
dozen bottles of the beer, IN COM
pany with VIM. Brakeman. He had
also drank with Ernie Thompson, the
fire chief. and Frank Brakeman. He
told of getting a quantity of beer from
Eddie Vans place, a part of which
was left at the old band room and
the rest taken to the court house. LIE
Sueur asked nm ii there was any
understanding among the police as
to how much should be left at the
CITY hall and how much taken to the
court house, and he said there was
no such understanding. He said he
had seen Frank Henneghan drink
ing beer at the city hall basement.
He knew of no beer being drank there
during the past four or five months.
Greenleaf cross examined the w.t.
ness and brought out that Hardigan,
a former policeman, had craving for
beer, and intimated that he might
know wnere large part Of the beer
went. Hardigan is at present In a
liquor institute. Greenleaf asked con-
corning the hasp being sprung and
it was shown by the witness that the
screws Of the lock were tempered
with. .,-,..a - y
Tom Henneghan, Captain Of police,
, was then brought up on the stand.
He said he had drank beer at the
city hall, but that was Just before he
retired from the force. He said that
since coming back the second time,
he had drank none Of it.
Henneghan then told the story Of
Slim Kramer and the alleged short
changing Of the man. He said he had
arrested Kramer while drunk and
placed him in Jail. He took $66.65
from the man and said when he turn
ed him loose the next morning at
6:45, he counted out his
money and gave him back every cent
OF it. When he heard that Kramer
was telling around that he was short
changed $500 he asked him about 1t,
and he says that Kramer denied ever
saying that. -.
Greenleaf asked him if he ever took
five dollars from a. man named Miller
at Ryder, for turning him loose, and
he denied this. He denied that Miller
gave his brother the IS which was
later returned, according TO the re-
port tie sand he had never kept
bottles Of whiskey, which he took
from prisoners. He also denied that
ne had ever made public his aspira-
ION for becoming chief of police, and
stated that he never asked anyone for
the job. He further denied that he
asserted that the present chief force
had better" be cleaned out, and said
1t mattered little to him, because ne
could work with them. He testified
that Kramer told him that Vandeno-
ever, and Brakeman asked Kramer to
testify against Henneghan at the hear.
ing, stating that they would fix the
red hot sport This later was denied
by these men. -r s. .....~
Vandenoever then made a state
nent that Kramer had insisted that
Henneghan had short changed him,
but said II he still stuck to his story,
ne was afraid that Henneghan would
arrest him and put him in Jail again.
Keigen, an ex-policeman, but for
the past six months a gentleman of
leisure, stated that for the past six
months he has been held as witness,
! and drew sos in all. He said he got
some money from his cousins and
others, but always currency in An en-
velope. Kiegan said that once when
he was thrown in Jail, Henneghan
, let in q girl from Mrs. Bakers house,
but denied that she was with him half
an hour. She wis with me but seven
or eight minutes" he said," but
would probably have been there lon
Der but Brakeman came down and
made her get out He said that Quig-
ley would not allow him to oommuni-
cate with his friends by phone.
e. w. Thompson, chief Of IRE de-
partment, said he had drank in the
boiler room half dozen times. He
also drank beer in the city hall.
which he got from st. Paul. LIE sueur
asked him If he hadn't his orders to
taken beer into the fife hall and he
said that he had, but that he thought
1t did not make any difference In
small quantities. He said when the
plumbers wanted to get into the