Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-04
KLEIN HEARING
is POSTPONED
BY TIKI: COUNCIL
Tlial Would Take Eight Hours,
Say Attorneys; Scheer's Re-
fusaI TO Sign Payroll Is
Given Approval

The hearing Of chief Jncob Klein
on charges made by Matur roatrlght
was postponed by the council last
night unlil the night of january IT,
the next meeting night This WIS
done hecausc Of the statement 81 at
torneys for both siQes that the cNami-
nation Of witnesses would last from
seven 10 eight hours.
Judge W. G. fIeacock. VINO ropre-
SCENTS Chief Klein. suggested TINT thf
hearing hcshtsun some afternoon and
continued at night six of the seven
aldermen pr gent said thy would pc
able tu attend an afternoon session.
Alderman q, i, Hammond, however
said he would not John Ncnable, at
tofucy for Mayor lionirsht, bore out
Judge lleacoek IN his statement of the
probable length Uf tn trial, SAYING
that twenty-four witnesses would be
summoned He said however that
both he ana Judge lIeerock were
ready ia proceed at any time
kirin'S Answer ii,sd.
In view OF the time the nearing VIE
lake II Is possible that the council ~
the next meeting mny set an after-
noon for Tho hearing ca the other
hand Il Is possible that the hearing
may be begun then. Desire WAS shown
that an members be present 1T the
time
The mayors amended charges
aa MIR Nenable u err Il 10 them, ana
chief l<lcins answer were entered "a
OF record rs the attorneys sum
mary of the mayors charges was
published at thc time they were serv-
ed on Mr. Klein. Ills answer follows.
TO the Mayor ana CITY Council
Answer of Jacob Klein Go the charge
filed by the mayor denying the au-
thority If the mayor Of the city oil
Albuquerque td remove me make
the following answer 90 the CHARGES
contained IN the mayors commnnlca-
ton Of the 9Th of December.
Answering the first paragraph. Il
Is true that after the breaking Of the
crankshaf the chief and the MAYOR
had some heated discussion REGARDING
as 20 who and who wasn't to blame,
he held that no one but the driver
could he the cause Of the accident
contcnded thai lhnt WAS hard mat
ter to answer just then for | was
Judging mostly from the report OF
The captain who WAS riding Ia The
seat with the driver The captain
said She would not pick ~ amy
speed she couRhcd ANA spit all way
down, until she came 70 a sudden
stop. this was ON - street as level
~ thia floor, Tonth ana copper, aud
na undue strain could have been ap-
Piled 10 cnua the fracture under such
favorable conditions F0r the above
stated reasou dld not feel justified
TO remove tie driver as the mayor
requested
"suhaeqnont developments sustained
my contention The broken parts
WE'RE shipped az WAS requested lW the
firm IN due time - letter was re-
reived lis the chief stating that hrot-
en- parts wore rec, lived aud that theN
had shipped same Ia some laboratory
90 have Il nnaly2ed and that ! would
hear from them ueaiu REGARDING the
matter later In the meantime the
new shaft arrived and the machine
WaH again put IA service 10y one of
their travelling engineers who put III
his appearance about tho same Time
\ few DAYS later another of their
travelling engineers arrived. took out
tho muehinc, returned her TO the STA
ton and said that's what broke Your
crankshaft. that fellow never SET the
oarIurnHtut iight there's nothing
that viii break a crunAshaft any
quicker than hackfiring. lie filed
his report accordingly aud the chief
mon the city has heard anything more
ot tho matter since The firm replaced
the broken shaft The engineer who
replaced the SHAFT Was the Same man
that delivered the machine since then
have heard that he has been called
ia of al the road Nothing else was
injured ON the machine
REGARDING the tire thc entire
charao il misstatemcnt The ma
,.hino throw the tire ON the 18th at
March Thu 2Nth uf March said dtiN-
- had bis day of and 81 the norns
ing of the aaih OF March when he re-
ported fui duty removed him Off
eially as the driver II Is true ! kept
his wages as drNes pay Tor some
ttme after fuf he was the only me-
chanie in the department during that
time and We we're IN need ul 4 skilled
handy man. and Mr. Reed WIS not
then ns SET experienced enough TO be
given drivers pay. I even bad IN
mnd 60 recommend him as depart
, ment mechanic with the same puY.
/ and spoke 60 your honor the mayor
and the former chairman Of thu fire
committee about the matter both oil
whom thought IL "A good idea. In the
meantime T. Russell lult This
changed the entire program. q. Hot
HErI ua-tuietsd the lire department
4 nude him dilver as wen as DE-
raume0t mechanic.
go Sid not take ans action ou the
a4th heeuuHe he lieutenant who wa