Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-26
Dennis nccalIc,I.

w y. fiedcock called Lieut. Harry 4.
Dennis, Of the highlands fire station,
back to the stand to question him
about his testimony at the Doris In
quest. Judge Ileacoek read que4-
ton, asked OF Dennis By an attorney
lat me inquest, as to what had hap
pened from the time the engine left
the house until it returned. Objection
was raised by Mr. Venable, who said
Dennis testimony at the inquest did
not contradict any statement he made
Monday night and was not proper
ss-examinatlon because of that
Judge iieaeock wanted to know why
he objected then. Mayor Boatright
sustained the objection of Mr. Venable
and upon appeal the council refused
to sustain the mayor by the we'll
know vote Of to 9 Aldermen Ham
mond and Gibson voted aye, and
Aldermen Scheer, Grunsfeld, Coen,
Gilbert Skinner and Hust mo"
Judge Ieacock then repeated the
question asked at the Inquest and also
read Dennis answer The substance
of il was that the machine was not
running IN usual form that Reed,
who was driving, changed gears, ana
that il skddod. Dennis admitted that
he had said at the inquest that in his
Judgment water leaking from a stand
pipe caused the sliddng Also he
testifying al the former time
that he saw Reed turning the wheel
around but the machine would not
pick up and kept sliding down the
the water.
Reed Not Under Influence.
Counsel for chief Klein read an
other question from the transcript of
the inquest. 1t was whether Reed
seemed to be under the influence of
intoxicants when he entered the high
lands station the night Of the Doris !
accident. Dennis cOrroborated his
answer. given Mt the inquest, that he
lid not.
The Judge read further from the
transcript that Dennis Just before the !
crash, had hold of the searchlight /
looking for the No. of the houses ana I
lid not know whether Reed was shift
ing gears at that instant
Dennis said the question asked of !
him Monday night, at the Klein hear ,
ng, was what had happened before /
he engine reached the standpipe, pre-
to explain there was no con-
radiction in his testimony upon the
different occasions.
Answering a question put by Mr..
Dennis snid he had told
Reed on the way To the fire e. watch
nut or we'll hit that wagon" Reed .
vas driving close to the curb, he said.
Judge Heacock asked him whether
he had not said at the inquest when
.he engine reached Hazeldine avenue,
IN Edith street, Reed started 10 turn
/ to "catch the middle of the street
He said he had,
"WelI Under Way
T.. c. Lippitt. 6l5 South High, was
lext on the stand He knew Reed
quite long time When asked
whether he had seen him intoxicated
lis answer was that he had observed
Tim apretty fairly that way. He
net Reed on the street about 4
,'clock in the afternoon of the day
hat the Doris child was killed. When
Reed turned his face toward him he
Tot pretty good Whit of whiskcy,'
le said.
Mr.. Lippitt guessed he had known
'hief Klein since the latter entered
he department. Mr. Lippitt has
zen service in fire fighting himself,
nut not here. He Joined the Pitts
,urgh, Pa, department in 1866, re-
NAMED there three years and then
vent to Altoona, Pa, where he was in
ervice twenty years.
Asked whether he considered Chief
<lein competent, he passed the opin-
on that he was a good worker at a
ire. but snid he did not consider him
/ good leader. He said the chief had
BECOME excited at fire and cut his
iand.
on ross-examination, Judge Hea-
ock wanted 10 know how old Mr..
4ppitt was. He is nearly az years.
dr. Lippitt questioned the wisdom OF
throwing water with the wind and not
against it, referring TO the fighting
Il some fire he had witnessed here.
William Hines lz2z South Broad
way. chief of the Santa Fe shops de-
iartment. was examined about the {
ar sheds fire at the shops December
+, 1914. CHER Klein came to him
little while after he got to the fire
nd asked him if he had any hose to t
pare. lie told Klein there was
ONO at the hose house. He heard
hat the city fire engine was outside
he fence. He said the city firemen
did all right in the way of helping
Xtinguish the fire after they got
tater on the flames.
The santa lrc shops chief said the
ity firemen wet the cornices OF the
laning mill after they were able to l.
arm n stream on. He said the city g
lremen were not supposed to come v
n the first alarm About fifteen I
minutes elapsed between the first 7
nd second alarms and from ten to g
fifteen minutes between the time of v
he second alarm and chief kloin's Il
oming TO him He did not know at p
that time the truck arrived. 4
Or Charles 4. Eller. dentist, whose I
ffices are in tho y. r. Armiio build @
*, Second street and Central avenue,
card connection outside when the u
cntral station engine rain into the u
urbing Going 10 the window, he saw @
tire roll across the street. He did o
OF see the engine turn the corner. q
i course Il was not going It &. snails q
ace az 1t would not have thrown the a
re. he added lie started to tell II
bout writing petition To the council II
at Judge Heaeock intercepted with
n obj cuon, saying the petition was o
ne hest evidence.
speed Of Engine.
J. Lewis CLARK testified about the
ime accident He was standing at "
he southeast corner II Second street v
nd Central avenue. Before the en- "
Inc started 70 make the turn it must II
ave been travelling al a twenty five tt
lille clip. he said b.
Norbert Huxley. fireman Ct the cen "
al station. said ne had no previous a
Sperience. that he had not been "
ruled aud had received no instrac-
ons rs to the use Of ropes ladders
+ the location 81 fire hydrants. He v
.stified to the fight between George il