Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-28
OFFICER D[LAHOYDE
IS PLACED ON TRIAL
POLICEMAN CHARGED WITH
FAILING TO DO DUTY GIVEN
HEARING.
MAYOR AND coUNcILMEN
SIT As JURY OF THREE
Formal Complaint Filed in Behalf Of
Chicago Great Western by O. D.
TayIo-Five Of Compliments Wit
nesses Heard Up to Noon, When
Recess 10 Taken.

With the mayor and two councilmen
Delahoyde, of the police force. was
placed on trial this afternoon for al
legged failure to perform his duty. A
formal written complaint, said to have
been prepared in behalf of the Chicago
Great Western railroad for it's special
agent. o. D. Taylor, was filed against
rem loved or reproved."
Toylor. however, appeared as the ac-
tive complainant and the first witness.
Four others, II. Infelt, conductor; C.
H. Myers. brakeman, and Trainmaster
E. E. Stoup. of Des Moines, and Will
liam Feggardt were examined for the
complainant before the hearing ad-
jorned at noon for recess. The COM
plainant has five other witnesses. and
it is quite probable that the hearing
will not be finished today, unless the
council court holds late or sits at
night session.
All Eye Witnesses.
Four Of the first five witnesses are
Chicago Great Western employees. They
and Heggardt testified as eye witnesses
to all or part Of the two incidents that
are made the basis Of the complaint
against the officer.
According to their testimony what
happened at the Chicago Great West
ern station last Monday afternoon was
substantially as told in the T.-R. story.
Their testimony varied from It only
in details.
All five Of these witnesses were eth
er positive that Officer Delahoyde saw
the fight between Taylor and John and
Lester Aud or that he must have seen
it from where he was standing. Their
testimony was not nearly so positive
as to whether Delahoyde heard the
Aulds and their companions cursing
and swearing before Taylor drove them
away from the truck on which they
were sitting near the baggage room
door.
"couId Be Heard Block
II. Infelt, the freight conductor, who
was at his caboose in front Of the sta
ton. said the cursing and swearing OF
the five men on the truck could be
heard for block both ways" But
he did not see Delahoyde at all at that
time.
Myers. Infelt's brakeman. left the
way car and started up town while
the cursing was in progress. He said
he saw De1ahoyde standing In Third
avenue in front Of the Mcbride & VIII
drug store. when he turned from the
depot platform and turned toward
town. Taylor testified Delahoyde was
on the station platform.
Alleges He Saw Fight.
All five of the witnesses testified
Delahoyde had come east during the
time Taylor was ordering the men
away from the station. But just where
the officer was when Taylor and the
Aulds were fighting was not so def
nitely fixed All testified that he was
on the platform, and near the station
! building. and two were positive that he
! was on the south" platform between
! the tracks where a view Of East
| Nevada street for several blocks could
| be had.
Taylor admitted that he ordered the
men off the truck, slapped one of them
when he swore at him, and later
! knocked Aulds down when they at
tackled him. This fight took place on
/ the sidewalk east Of the station plat
| form. but just how far east was not
! definitely fixed. Taylor located it near
| the Fourth avenue crossing, but the
others said it was farther east.
The point as to the location seeming
| ly involved the question whether OF
not Delahoyde could see the fight from
! where he was.
| The witnesses were quite positive
that he could. In any event. they testi-
fed that Delahoyde was among the
first to reach the fighters.
HesgaIit swc-c he heard Train
| master Stoup ask Delahoyde to 'lock
them fellows up" while the officer was
starting up the platform with the
Aulds, heading them towards home.
| Trainma ster Stoup. however, was not
certain that he made any such re-
quest. He might have, he thought.