The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1910-12-21
.H0SEMAN CASEY
WAS SORRY FOR
CAPTAIN DALEY
So He Paid Half of Captains
Fine and Admitted He Had
Sworn Falsely Against Him
Fire Commissioners Reduce
Penalty Inflicted on Daley
and Reduced Casey to Lower
Grade

Michael F. Casey, hoseman with
No. chemical engine company. was
reduced in grade by the fire commits !
Monday afternoon, for his action in
changing his testimony relative to
charges brought against Captain
Michael J. Daley last August. The
reduction in grade is equal to a fine
of 5000.
Capt. Daley, who was fined $50 in
August for failing to answer an alarm
of fire, the principal witness against
him being Hoseman Casey, had his
fine reduced from $50 to s35 as a re-
suit of the new evidence produced at
the hearing on Monday.
Gag Captain Daley produced to the flre
was written. over the signature Of
Hosemar Casey. that he Casey
promised to pay to Capt Daley the
sum of $25, the same being specified
as one half of the fine imposed upon
him by the commissioners. The 9TH
er paper was an affidavit over the
name of Casey to the effect that he
| had not told the truth.
After Captain Daley had placed
! the statements in the hands of the
commissioners the latter were dis
| posed to dismiss Casey from the fire
| department, but found, however, that
| to dismiss him 1t would be necessary
to hold public hearing. As two
members of the present board retire
Jan. 1 it was decided to dispose of
the case.
The commissioners nearly fell out
Of their chairs when Casey appeared
signing both Of the documents pre-
scented by his captain. He said he
had offered to pay half Of the cap
tain's fine because "he felt sorry for
him."
When Casey was confronted with
the affidavit in which he admitted that
he had not told the truth the COM
miSSioners were startled with the
childlike simplicity of the husky fire.
man, who admitted signing the state
ment and said How could I help it :?
do it."
As the retraction by the hoseman
showed Capt. Daley in better light,
the commission reduced his fine and
punished Casey.
The case in which Capt. Daley was
fined concerned a dump fire IN
Maplewood avenue. Hoseman Casey
the engine house and reported that
the smoke from the fire was unbear-
able. Casey testified before the COM
missioners that upon receiving the
complaint of the woman he had
awakened Capt. Daley and reported
the matter to him. He said the cap
tain replied, LET them get a hose
wagon"
Later when a still alarm came in
for the same fire the chemical en-
i CINE company did not respond and
Chief Mooney reported the matter to
Il the commissioners.
/ A Farmer reporter asked President
G. E. Crawford of the Fire Board,
yesterday. about the hearing held be-
fore it. He replied, There is nothing
that the board win give out until
Capt. Daley wants to have it given
out. After the hearing 1 told Capt.
| Daley the newspapers would probably
| ask for the story and that 1 sup
posed he would want his side of the
| case made known. He said, he would
leave 1t with the commissioners. I
! told him that the commissioners
would not want to give out the story
! without hts consent"
The commissioners, the chief, and
| the clerk of the fire department, de-
cline to give out the details of the
| hearing.
| The case is one of the most pecu-
liar the commission has had to deal
! with.