Evening star., 1914-01-22
Representative Citizens Ap-
pear Before District Heads
in Behalf of Sullivan.
THIRTY-FVE-YEAR RECORD
SHOWS ONLY EFFICIENCY
Time and Again Crowd in Board
room Applauds Reference
to His Service.

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F>eht appeai was niaue " ."e .., ~
Commissioners by representative citizehs
and taxpayers at a hearing today that
,b.x r.scind their action in requesting
.i.. 20 ,,ar. Sullivan
ihe retiefheh. oi aiioie" D. on
deputy fire chief, following secret III
ulIiry conducted by Commissioner Sid
do,s into the ,napapement Of the Amer
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1t is doubtful if there is an instance on
record where properly owners nave l
Tho nroposed removal of a local official.
Time and again the large crowd which
filed the boardroom of the municipal
building anplauded statements referring
10 Su,Iivan.s thirty-fiye wears of meri-
,,rio,,s serxice in the fire department
~. commissioners were asked to retain
~, =, ,cti,.. service even though they
,,,ie,bt h.1,er. he was puiltv of misman-
.gemcnt which resulted in the trapping
oS a. tran,en in the fiye-and-ten-cent
et,ra irc
Itbnngb tho announced purpose of
~ hasri,. was to Give the denuty fire
'ti.f cbancs 70 present any addi-
,innaI evidence which he might desire
~ ,lct before the commissioners. the
urocaedipss did not take the form of
triaI Sbarias " Darr who renre-
scnted Tho fireman stated that he had
hen ,,nder the tmnression the object
of the gathering was to hermit friends
of sullivan TO present to the Commits
sioners reasons why they believed his
ease sbould he given favorable consid-
eration in view Of his long and ef-
ticient record In the denartment
He contended that Sulliyan had not
been charged with anythinp and should
not he expected to reput evidence given
at a secret inouiry by witnesses who
been cross-examined
Friends of Chief Heard.
Although the Commissioners. shortly
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Inns Iesuiteo IN ELIMINATING from the
procee1Inss discussion OF the part played
py SuHisan at the ttn street nre FRIENDS
OF tne nIemen devoted themselves ex-
siusisey to presenting thelf views Oh ms
bravery ana emciency ana TO requesting
tnat tne Dnstlct heaos pe as ienient as
possioie IN olSposing OF the case.
among those VINO spoke We're Charles
W. Darr, u. W. ODonognue, Harry king
OF hns faiace' u. :; Caiiahan, former
pres oenI OF tne Shamoer Oh commerce,
I.aiPh ", Lee, =. !. MORAN, faul r.
IroFe. j. j. heenan ana others Mr.. Darr
deciared tnat regardless or any mistake
sullivan may nave made In the man
asement OF ,he 'tn street piaZe. the vet.
eran nre hghter should not be required
10 retire unoer CLOUD, ana lose the
respect OF the community tnat ne mas so
iong served
He referred 10 Sul!iVans work at the
recent hre IN the puliolnS OF the Bedeil
.MahuIacturlns company, asserting that
ni.t prompt ana eHlc1ent hanonnS or the
Sltuituoh tneFe prevented the loss pelng
., ~ po' a.''ii Soui-
'he events
~ 's .is
'---'tiiTaioiieiS III requesting MI. suii-
m retirement.
lie stated that the testimony taken at
me inquiry conducted by Commissioner
Siddons showed that Sullivan had ordered
the five firemen in the building where
apparently they were forgotten and that
it was but an act of Providence that their
presence there was discovered The Com
missiouers he declared took the action
that th,y did only after fl,T consideration
ar tn. depufy chief's mast record and
with rho desire to hurt him as l;ttIa q.
nossit1e
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