Show I BINFORDS VICTORY The Findings Were Sustained By the Board COJOHSSIONER PEERY DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE FINDINGS The Sixtyfive Thousand Dollar Damage Case Against the Rio Grande Western The Interstate Shoot It was a little after 4 oclock a m when the fire and police commission emerged from executive session and made public its findings in the matter of the Binford charges A minute later the result had been telephoned to Salt Lajte but a part of The Herald edition had then been printed although the announcement of the findings appeared in the SemiWeekly For the benefit the of of those who received copies papers first printed the news is here repeated The resolution in full was To the City Recorder of pgden City SlrIn the matter of the charges mater preferred by G W Wardlaw A T Waldram H J Chapple and C A Whalen against William Binford chief engineer of the fire department City and filed with this of Ogden fed wih Ciy board on Feb 11 1897 report that said charges were duly and regularly heard by this hoard on this day the said Binford having been heretofore duly served with a written copy of said charges and expressly consenting that said charges should be set down for hearing before this board on this day That said board after duly hearing and considering the evidence offered in support of and in opposition to said charges did and do find and decide that the said evidence is not sufficient to sustain said charges and the same were and are dismissed L R ROGER Chairman J W ABBOTT JOHN WATSON I disagree with the above D H PEERY Members Fire and Police Commission of Ogden City Feb 18 1897 The commissioners also passed a resolution by unanimous vote urging the repeal of the fire and police board lawFireman Chappel one of the chiefs accusers yesterday tendered his resignation res-ignation and it was accepted The man who has emerged from the contest with least glory seems tobe Waldram who i is accredited with working up the I charges It was stated yesterday by several parties that they had heard Waldram I speak of the mayor and three commissioners commis-sioners being behind him I the commissioners com-missioners should take a notion to investigate in-vestigate this matter it might result disastrously for Waltram though he denies ever having said the things attributed I at-tributed to him |