The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-24
FIVE men ARE
SUSPENDED BY
SAFETY BOARD
FOUR FIREMEN AND ONE Po-
LIcEMAN WERE TRIED ON
VARIOUS CHARGES AT THE
REGULAR MEETING HELD LAST
NIcHT-WAs BUSY SESSION.

Four firemen and one policemen
were before the board OF safety yes
terday afternoon at the regular meet
ing to answer. to charges against
them. with the result that all OF them
were suspended for ten days and
warned that If they come before the
board again on similar charges they
VIII be dismissed from their respect
i've departments. Each Of the firemen
pleaded guilty to the charges against
him. but officer McCIosky entered a
tried.
contradicted Each Other.
The charges against Officer Nc
Closky were preferred by Dep
uty Marshal Anderson, who claimed
that on the night Of Feb. 18th the Of
flcer had used insolent language to
him and had refused to obey his or
deTs.
In giving his testimony the deputy
marshal stated that Officer McClosky
had told him to go ahead and put
word Is as good as yours" On cross
examination the officer denied this.
and said that he was positive that
he made no such remark. Capt. An
derson then reiterated his statement.
saying that he was just as positive
that the officer had made the state
ment. and neither Of them ever yield
ed the point.
The testimony Of Capt. Anderson
was to the effect that on the night re-
ferred to he had seen Officer McClos-
ky in a picture show and had quietly
called his attention to the number of
people on the street and had told
him he should be out on the street.
He said after the officer went out
he told him he ought not to stop in
the picture shows under the circum-
stances, after which the officer be-
came insoIent and he ordered him to
the station, but that he refused to
go and that he had then telephoned
the station and the chief gave orders
for McClosky to report at the sta
ticn.
officer McClosky's testimony was
substantially the same as that Of the
deputy marshal, except in the particu-
lar referred to, and that the officer
denied being insolent in either his
language or manner toward the cap
tain. He also said that he did not
refuse to go to the station. but was
or his way there and met Captain
Simpson at the corner of Jefferson
and Zarragossa streets on his way
there, having gone from the former
Of Palafox and Romano streets.
He was adjudged guilty and SEN
fenced for ten days.
Cases of the Firsmsn.
The charges against Firemen
Stearns and Williams were that dur
Ing Mardi Gras they had left their
truck house without permission and
had reported for duty in an intoxi-
Gated condition later. Both of them
pleaded guilty and, upon motion of
e. p. Preston, seconded by P. j. Will
liams, they were each given the SEN
tence already stated.
The charges against Firenen An
derson and HUMPHREYS were that they
had failed to report for duty after
leave OF absence. Their offenses were
also committed during Mardi Gras.
They were given the same sentences
as the others, against which Chief
Picker, of the fire department pro-
tested, claiming that their offenses
were not as grave as the other. mas
much as the men were there to take
their places, while in the case of the
unprotected. However, his protest
was overruled.
lecture by Chairman.
After the sentences had been i'm
posed, Chairman Hargis delivered q
lecture to the offending firemen, call
ing attention to the grfevousness OF
the offenses OF which they were guilty
and laying stress upon the RESPONSE
bilities upon them.
The following applications for po-
sitions in the police department. be-
ing approved by the chief of police
were acted upon favorably: Chas. w
Nell, Frank Langley. Louis REDEEM
back, Dan Saccaro and Frank S
Bcbe.
Resolution Of Thanks.
A committee was appointed to draft
q resolution of thanks to City Elec-
trician Len LeBaron for the installa-
ton of a new telephone and signal
system at the police station, saving
the city more than $4,000. The new
service was absolutely necessary, and
the lowest prices the board could OBJ
tain from manufacturers for a sys-
tenn to answer the purposes was
s. 900, while the system invented and
installed by Mr. LeBaron has cost
only about $500.
The following were appointed on
the above committee: P. J. Williams
Chas. Friedrichsen and E. P. Preston
Comu1iftae Reports,