Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
FIREMAN FAILS
TO APPEAR FOR
A BOARD TRIAL
The Commissioners Therefore
wake Leon DonneIly's Sus-
pension Permanent.
M'MAHoN-Du DuENWALD
CASE is ABANDONED
F'len Engaged in a Fight in Bay
onne and Were Beyond
Jurisdiction.

For the second time in the memory
eg any of the fire commissioners.
which dates back probably throug
4. period Of twenty years, fireman
cited to appear before the board 10
paswer charges failed to put IN an
pppearance. The fireman is Leon +.
,nonnelly. of Engine Company Nc. 13,
rho was charged with dispensing
with his uniform, while under the in
! auence Of liquor, and conducting
: Aimself In a manner prejudlcial to
GOOD order. The ehaf5es were made
by Captain William ]. Saupe, for
ferly Of Engine Company No Is, but
] row in charge OF Engine Company
: No. 20. His case was set down FOR
trial yesterday afternoon.
On a motion made by Commissioner
, stratton and seconded by Commits
4 sioner Lagay. II was decided to make
DonneIly's supension permanent, this
being the only course open to the
board in view of his failure to ap-
pear.
Captain saupe's charges were based
on information and belief, as he had
no personal knowledge OF the occur
renee. Donnelly having been on SICK
iaaver when the alleged offense took
tlaee. The board had directed the
captain to enter formal complaint.
The purchase price Of $S.0po for the
,ew Dixon combination automobile
sngine was ordered paid on motion
Introduced by Commissioner STRAIT
ton and seconded by Commissioner
I.agay. The new apparatus was re-
Yorted as having passed the test sat
ssfaotoriiv bv Commissioner Stratton,
az the apparatus committee, who
1.rged its purchase
A request from Thomas Edison that
the board grant its sanction to the
installation OF two private fire alarm
boxes in the plant of the company IN
the silver Lake section Of Belleviiie.
connected with the alarm system IL
this city, was referred to the COM
-nittee on telegraph. In the letter.
Mr. Edison said that he had severaA
snanufacturlng plants in that section,
emnlnying several hundreds or peo-
ME In case of fire he wanted to oe
ssfeguarded by the help Of the wei
souipped and up-to-date apparatus OF
tfe Newark fire department.
a communication was received
from the town council of West Or
anre thanking the local department
FOR the aid given In the recent Eol-
son fire.
Fnrther investigation in the counter
xharges case of F'iremen Laurence
NfcNahon and Richard c. Duenwald
were practically abandoned, the laws
siena rfnnent. to which the matter was
referred. holding that the commission
ers were without jurisdiction. The
wen attended the State convention OF
flremen, held in Bayonne, Hudson
county. last October. and became en-
xaged in a fight. Mcmahon was ar
raigned under the leave OF absence
of the Newark department
rules He in turn preferred charges
against Duenwald.
Commissioner Burke, anticipating
legal action for reinstatement in the
event of a dismissal, raised the point
that the trouble occurred IN anotnef
county on the fremen's regular one
day off in six" and was not covered by
yhe terms of the leave of absence
regulations. The "one day Off in
aist', Is the property of the fireman, so
exchange with another fireman, with
ont the formality of consulting his su-
pelior officers. Under the leave or
absence" rule the fireman to secure
time Off must follow a defined course
and is held accountable for his con-
duct to his superiors.
Fireman Duenwald strengthened
Commissioner Burke's contention by
explaining to the board that he had
obtained the day Off to go to Bay
onne in an exchange with a comrade,
whose regular day off" happened to
tall on the convention date.
The city counsel ruled that it was
clear that the commissioners had no
Jurisdiction under the circumstances.
After a conference with Mayor
Haussling and City Counsel Nugent
the commissioners decided 20 take
no action on salary increases that
had been suggested, it being deemed
but fair and courteous to the incom-
ing administration to leave such
matters to its representatives,