Show mm LOSE THEIR JOSS JOBS two dismissed and three suspended commissioners ASTOUNDED MeN tillen and coulson peremptorily removed crosby tremayne and Fitzge fitzgerald redd suspended without pay until charges can be preferred devine to to ie asked to return promptly the board ot of pollee police and fire commissioners ners turned Us its searchlight upon the fire department and tho the reau it Is I 1 that tho the heads of 0 jack mcmullen and I 1 don ben coulson are lying in the waste basket while acting chief donovan Is instructed to suspend byron crosby I 1 joseph tremayne and ed fitzgerald the clerk was wag then instructed to advise chief ahlet devine of 0 the unexpected decimation ci of hla his ranks and to urge him i i to cut big sojourn in augusta as t as possible without imperiling Impe riling ills his i chances or of bringing the next convention of 0 lire fire engineers to this city the joslon opened with a statement by chief pratt who had the night before called attention to misdemeanors on tile iho part or of certain members of 0 tho the department lie he desired the commission to understand that he would allege I 1 that only which was capable of I 1 being sustained and thereupon he began to name those thoe who had bad offended tile rules NAMED ane OFFENDERS ile he began with john 1101 mcmullen ullen who was some time ago dismissed but who had bad since that time almost constantly found employment as a substitute mcmullen had been drunk on october let and about that time had en encased gags d in an altercation with byron crosby in the repair shop he had aho abo been I 1 seen promenading and driving in broad daylight with prostitutes joseph tremayne was accused of boing being drunk on october sib a and rid ath and would have collapsed had not lot 0 9 hand been stretched forth to prevent it byron crosby the chief charged with being drunk on october gill th tit at which time he bo paraded himself in a maudlin state of intoxication before acting enter donovan with mith the latter taking no cognizance of it 1 lien hen coulson he be cb charged s arved with indulging I 1 in familiarities with female inmates inmate of the city jail lie ile had persisted 0 in talking with one gill so that t the he turnkey had found it necessary to transfer the prisoner to a cell overlooking the alley MISSED HISSED AN ALARM it would bo be shown continued chief aratt that on sunday last an alarm 0 of f ore lire was received ELL at tile the station and no one of the chemical engines crew reported at the station notwithstanding it was the duty of crosby and mcmullen so to do it would also be shown that three firemen with whose faces witnesses were familiar had entered a saloon on sunday and that others had been getting the trust trusties les about the jail drunk not only that it would be shown that during the orgies at the tha rear of the station a drunken banjoist had furnished the music HEARING THU THE WITNESSES with this statement the searchlight was turned on i with iab howard nillson janitor at old city liall hall as the opening witness mcmullen lie ho said had asked him to go tor for a gallon growler of beer which witness refused to do whereupon young boys boya were called and induced to go he had also witnessed the exhibitions with the dl unken drunken banjoist assistant jailer kimball recited how ills his trust trusties les had been given beer and money with which to purchase intoci cants ile he had vainly remonstrated and flig finally ally appealed to the fox foi email ernan of the department lie ho also witnessed an altercation between crosby and mcmullen while the latter and coulson and a man with a big mu mustache stathe had been talking with the female inmates of the prison witness identified A R as the man with the big biff mustache bill nixon a trusty he sall said had gone to drugstore and bought liquor tor for the revelers in that case interjected commissioner Is 8 stephens 1 I think we had better get after the drugstore for selling them whisky oh it on sunday volunteered leered the witness bitnes that malcer makes to no d difference ference If cried the commissioners in concert the witness returning to the thread of his hh narrative recited how difficult it was to prevent the accused talking with a young girl whose reformation he was seeking in 1 a cell in the city jail and how they hd had persisted in this thin celli course pvn after her demov removal it I 1 to a cell overlooking the alley I 1 BYWATERS EVIDENCE W 11 bywater to having I 1 seen fireman crosby drunk on the night of october arth in the presence of the acting chief w m bile captain chalmers chalmere saw crosby standing near donovan mccarthy cCarthy I testified to CrOsbY Cros bys 3 intoxication do auy any of you know that the acting chiefs attention was called to Cros bys condition asked commissioner stephens none knew SMUGGLED IN WHISKY mccarthy said old tom king confessed to having smuggled whisky through a back window to the firemen and witness ii a lied up the window he also testified tes lined I 1 that its t no one of the chemical engines crew reported at sundays sunday a alarm when and crosby have been there they entered colored five minutes later and ho he warned them it if it occurred again he would report them capt workman notified charles vall vail mike earl and jack mcmullen that it was w against a the prison rules to talk with its inmates and ill that I 1 it I 1 must cease karl earl pleaded that ile ho had known the vic gills I 1 a parents and m was as asking king of them capt chalmers Ch almera testified to having eeck see n 1 mcmullen mcmullen drunk amos amon moreton denied having been a witness to any misdemeanor the lt ness was not inclined to indulge in an any I 1 agn great at amount of garrulity and commissioner took him irn in hand at which he confessed having havir detected the mell of liquor on ferem fireman an Cr arby by breath on saturday night Firem tat it 13 water mild asid that from the general appearance of tremayne Trem nyne mi mullen and crosby he judged had bad been drinking ile he was wan not cerl in to ed fitzgeralds fitzgerald condition fitzgeralds CA V U cant calt mccarthy coluni r d a stat re mont ent that ed fitzgerald Fitzgera lct wr a year yar I 1 had beun been very 1 I saw him settled in rent front of tho th police station nt atlon ill r platt very every drunk on ctol i r i 1 i and 2nd nd capt chalmers saw raw I 1 i ald apparently apin parent ly i in much neb u v i 1 i th in n f I 1 U once ence of 1 q 11 out t t th h 0 i in n q ciu u lion H R lit ih t T 1 l I 1 th tire dror chief IN di 11 M 11 within few r fi I 1 if r C fh f hitt ill ralli his 1111 ipp or ar in m li 12 n lp did an no ri rr T r to it nillson as amk k 1 1 ch ihrman aman J on nn ill 11 not a c d C mlp mir loner Step tirl ams W wre re wh ouch hIbIt lon of such frequent occurrence that the they excited no comment corn mentle with M th the acting cilcy chief present pree ni it agot was n s not my duty to reprimand re 1 him re patrolman parry testified to having seen mcmullen associated with a and had on oil one occasion occa alon ordered him off the street tor for char charles ex 13 wood a fireman to baa havone ang wen seen crosby mcmullen McM and fitzgerald alty kern id drunk the latter about tour four days ago ACTING CHIEF DONOVAN others corroborated coiro borated those who had been called after which captain mike ake donovan conove n acting chief in I 1 the lie absence of chief devine was clif called fled witness had on sunday lost last in company compan with com coin jennings made a search for a keg of beer which it WAS mas said had been on 0 n tap t ap but only succeeded in un r in a tin can that anul been emptied dball it had undoubtedly y contained beer have you ever seen any ono drunk about the department in the last ten days raked asked commissioner stephens very very deliberately no sir was mag the answer an have you seen any neyr ono no who be had h 4 been drinking yes sir air I 1 saw McMullen and crosby the former was drinking on saturday last laet was lie reeling no air B r how did you learn then that he was wa drinking 1 I smelled his breath 1 did aou ou tee see crosby satur saturday I 1 d ay night 1 I did had he been drinking 1 I only smelled ills hla breath 11 la n it not a f fact ac t that you knew be wea wan d runk drunk on S saturday night ino it did not come to my knowledge until monday day night you have seen them talking to the prisoners never heard of it until sunday night what about blows between the men thov thew occurred between crosby and mcmullen did you reprimand them no they had pone gone to bed did you next day no dismissed bis MISSED AND SUSPENDED commissioner commission r stephens 1 ens then offered a motion that tha t 1 mcmullen lien and paulson be peremptorily and that the acting chief bo be instructed to suspend crosby tremayne and fitzgerald without pay charges charf foa to be preferred at once the motion prevailed and added commissioner stephens 1 I think it wise miss to have the as assistant chief f know IL a roan man when he sees him drunk well evell its ita such a common occurrence such a common occurrence to see the firemen drunk rasped gasped the commission in a chorus ns as it at seized the word ward from donovant donovans Don do n oven 8 mouth 1 I metri me tri to smell whisky on their breaths 71 it aks to me as it if the assistant chief had better be suspended exclaimed commissioner stephens and the chief too it if such things are within his knowledge know led charles T vail and it II if earl 11 alre re men were examined concerning tips lips to the trusties and capt mccarthy and fireman frazier as to entering a saloon on sunday both of whom denied it mr frahler salt he be had deplored the fact that it was necessary to reform young gills ell li in the city jail when the churches were reforming the heathen chinee and that he had so lie expressed himself to the jailer after talking with the in inmates ates this closed closed the proceedings and the commission adjourned to meet again this morning to select substitutes for the outgoing firemen and formulate 11 t charges |