Show DAY OF INQUIRY COUNTY COURT AND FIRE AND POLICE PO-LICE BOARD rILL WORK i Matter of the Cost of the County I Furniture Coming Up This Morning i Morn-ing Amos Mercians Case Toni ht General Gossip of the Various Investigations I Today and this evening combined will be a day of investigations The county court will lead off with an inquiry in-quiry in relation to the furniture contract con-tract of the old county court with the firm of Andrews Co The court will assemble at 10 oclock this morning and if Weary and Swiney the expert furniture men from Chicago are ready to report will at once begin the taking of testimony testi-mony which will require all day There will be no surprises fur the furniture fur-niture men according to the statement state-ment of their attorneys It is understood under-stood that the county attorney will attempt to prove by the men from Chicago that the furniture is not according to the specifications that it was not all bought of the house of Andrews An-drews Co but that many of the pieces were from other places Ths it will be claimed is a violation of the contract which is said to have contained a provision that ench pece was specially designed for the building build-ing I it can be shown that some of the furniture was from another house or houses the county attorney is of the opinion that payment may b2 refused I is also claimed that if any part of the furniture was not specialy prepared for the building it cannot be accotding to specifications ergo payment pay-ment may be refused The attorneys for the firm expect to show that the furniture was iU checked up by the old county court That it was accepted aid being accepted ac-cepted it was paid for by a wrrrant issuing This being true the contention conten-tion is that the present county court cannot undo an act of purchase made by a predecessor Of course if fraud and collusion can be different phase appears But shown a diferent pha board the members of the old county express no fears There Is no need to comment upon the evidence before it is delivered The Herald will give the best reports of the investigation and the public can judge of the merits of the case after reading it The whole matter will have i Te to be judicially determined after the judicialy investigation I the present court investSaton concludes that it is warranted in saying say-ing the contract is void because of collusion in making the contract because be-cause of fraud in the delivery of goods care then the Andrews company will go into the district court and litigation will begin in good earnest I the county court does not take this action the work will have been had for nothing noth-ing The charges against Fireman Amos aioreton will be heard by the board of police and fire commissioners tonight to-night at the regular session They I are to the effect that on the morning of June 6 he reported for duty in an intoxicated condition The prosecution will state that Moreton was found asleep on the hay in the shed at a little after 10 oclock and that liquor was the cause of his drowsiness He will on the other hand produce several sev-eral members of the fire department I who will state that he was sober all the morning that he attended to his uork all risrht drove his team out on practice and after it was over backed them into the bar house something a man under the influence of whisky could not do Aioreton will state that he was home the evening before and sat up all night with a sick child that i I lie was without sleep and when he had linished his practice he was so sleepy that he went to the place indicated and tried to make up for the loss of the night previous The trial of Gilbert Mowers Clarke and MoMullin will begin on Friday I evening next The charges have already al-ready been explained in The Herald I This last trial promises to be a very I important one In this way The charges are to the effect that in June I a year ago the men were unfit for the duty which devolved upon them I is a question whether the men who testified tes-tified at the other trial can tell all I they knew a twelve month ago and It is understood that counsel for the men will insist upon no new evidence being taken I I is possible too that the courts may be appealed to in the meantime and that a writ of mandate may be applied for to restrain the commission from trying the men at all In a day or two this question will be solved The charges against Chief Devine will come up tonight and he will doubtless set a time when he will be heard I is thought that he will take the full ten days in which to make a showing |