| Show JAKE RAlEIGH IS INVESTIGATED City Council Sits as Court to Hear Charges Against Street Supervisor I MUCH EVIDENCE BOTH WAY MAYOR DOES NOT BELIEVE CASE IS MADE OUT Tho The city cl council last evening pitting as a committee of the whole heard some sorn of the evidence in support of the charges of dishonesty incompetency and negligence made against Jacob T Raleigh superintendent of streets by William Jones and others and after a hearing in which nothing of Import Importance Importance ance alice was adduced postponed consider consideration atlon of the matter until this evening Jones Jonea did not testify The spectators seats were crowded crowd d to their capacity and Standing room was at a premium When points were made by either the supporters of each ach party would applaud d vigorously and W V Mont FonY who presided in inthe Inthe Inthe the absence of President Davis and I acted as Judge paid no attention to them The charges made were In brief as follows Charges in Detail First That A S Fowler Fowier secretary to the mayor had built a retaining wall valI in front of his place on Apple street and that Raleigh had hadJ hauled away the dirt and put it on a nearby street Second That Raleigh has padded the pay rolls of the department by liy b credit creditIng ci dit lug Ing to certain men twice the amount of o 0 work which they have really done The total of this extra pay allowed was liaS 27 7 but the beneficiaries benefi do not appear to have received the money as the warrants were cancelled by Ral Ual order Third That Raleigh has had timber from an old bridge cobble stones and dirt hauled to his residence and to the residence of his mother by city teams Fourth That Raleigh has had dirt and rubbish removed from his premises by city teams eams Fifth That the superintendent sup has quartered his own horses in the city barns bams and that he has loaned city tools and scrapers to private contractors contract rs Sixth That with his own private teams he ho hauled away a quantity of gravel at First North and Main streets This it developed was done by the order of former Mayor layor Thompson Seventh That of the de department deI department have been compelled to pay I hat is known as a footing looting each month to the barn foreman Other minor charges were also enumerated numerated but testimony was not of offered offered offered to prove them The session ses ion began with a long dis discussion disI 0 as to the propriety of swearing I witnesses and it was finally decided that this should be done notwithstanding ing the city attorney declared that the council had no authority to place any anyone anyone one under oath Testimony Is Taken TakenA Ta en enA A S Fowler was the first witness tailed ailed He is the private secretary of the mayor maor He acknowledged the fact fac j I that he had asked Raleigh to haul I I tome some dirt away from the front of his I place lilace on Apple street He said that most of the dirt camp came cam from the ex excavations excavations excavations made for the retaining wall waIl which was wa on city property and which I i he had built at his own expense Ral RaI Raleigh Raleigh I said that the dirt had been placed on the nearby streets and George Hampton one of the witnesses called by b Councilman Wood acknowledged that this was the case Daniel J Garrison was then sworn s ss orn Recorder Moreton administered the oaths much to the amusement of the gallery gaIler Garrison said that he had received all nIl his pay from the city He was shown a warrant for IS dated June 4 1 He said that he did not know that this amount was coming coining to him The war warrant warrant warrant rant has lias been In the possession of the ity auditor since that time and has never been called aUed for Another similar warrant for Thomas ThomasE E K Jeremy was by Council Councilman man Wood who endeavored to prove that Raleigh had padded the pay rolls roUs and was the additional money Rudolph AlIT Alff city auditor was called and said that Raleigh a week ago had hall asked that these warrants be cancelled as the pay rolls showed that they had been ordered made out by mistake He said that there were several Unclaimed warrants in his office from other de le departments departments and that some of them were dated twenty years ears back Ben Johnson representing the ac used superintendent then asked that Raleigh be called to explain this con condition condition Wood objected strenuously but Judge Ferry overruled his contention and allowed Jake to take the stand He explained that t mistake was due dut dutto to the fact that two had tak taken taken en n the time of these men when only one should have done so 50 This was due duo duoto to their having been moved from one on dass class of work to another Twelve oUt oth other er r warrants amounting to 63 which are In the auditors office uncalled for were said by b him to be legitimate claims against the city Raleigh said that his attention had been called by bythe bythe the to these two warrants some ten days ago and that upon investigation investigation investigation gation he had ordered them cancelled George Hampton formerly in the em employ employ ploy plo of the department claimed that he had hauled some old timbers and nd rock to home He said that the timber was taken from an old oldbridge oldbridge oldbridge bridge at First West and North Tem Tern Temple Temple pie streets which was torn down and that it c not have been sold for anything It was only good for kindling wood he declared Did you haul some of It to other places Was it not n t cheaper for the city to get rid of this old stuff by hauling it to nearby places by dumping it iton Iton Iton on the outskirts of the city Yes I guess it was He also said that he had taken a pile or two of material from in front of house and pad ad dumped it iton Iton iton on First West Test street where here it was needed to fill up holes Joseph affidavit was read He is In Nevada and could not be present He declared that at one time Councilman Carter and Raleigh had hall come to inspect the work at what is known as White bridge nine miles north of the city cit and had stayed all night at the home of Orson Rude who was working on the job He said that Raleigh told Rude that he could charge up the city with an extra e tra shift to 10 pay for the cost of entertainment This he lie said Rude did Former Employs Tells of Deal J 1 IV Leonard proved the most enter entertaining entertaining taming witness He was the man who told about paying p footing He could not exactly explain what the term meant but said that all aU the boys bos around the city barn had paid it to Al AI Pitts a foreman He had bad only paid it once and then only 50 cents after he had worked a month What That did the money go for tor asked Attorney Johnson Well I understood that it was to go goto goto goto to Pitts for caring for tor our teams on Sunday It was wasa a kind of a present for him I was told Did Dill you o ever pay it afterward No Did Raleigh have anything to do with it 1 Not that I know of Were you discharged from fron the de department department department I Yes Jake fired me Why Well ell because he found me rae lying down under a tree smoking cigarettes This last i statement caused a laugh which did not subside for several mo moments moments moments ments Shortly afterward Leonard said he had never smoked a cigarette in his life ute and that Raleigh had not fired him He told about keeping his hison own on own horses In the city barn and con concerning concerning concerning the loaning of city tools to a contractor who was working near the military reservation When questioned as to detail d tall he fell fetI down miserably S P Armstrong sat behind Wood and advised with him as to the man manner manner ner tier of asking questions qu Mayor Bransford was an interested spectator and after the meeting de declared declared dared that the he She charges made had not teen been een proven The circus clr us continues this evening |
