Show THE STANTON CASE the stanton investigation was concluded may beven was the hour announced for commencing the meeting but at 8 chairman kelly was wae absent and his hia whereabouts could coula only be guessed at on motion of karrion Karr iok Council councilman mad beardsley Bear daley took the chair whereupon karrick made a second motion to the eff effect act that the captain of police be instructed ted to go in search of kelly with the hurry up wagon the motion found a prompt and emphatic second from hardy captain donovan who was perched behind councilman desk jumped up and with hat in hand hurriedly left the council chamber saying you bet 1 1111 letch latch him and in double quick time too councilman beardsley Bear daley then an bounced an adjournment of ten minutes pending the so arch for the missing chairman at the expiration of that time kelly wandered pandered in in a condition accompanied by john barleycorn and mayor borikins baskina Bao Bar kina ikins rues mes beuger A general ripple of merli ment and whispered express expressions foris of disgust ensued as ae kelly assumed the chair in a semi maudlin condition he either was unable to act as aa presiding officer or would not and after a consultation in an undertone der tone beardsley Beard gley again took the chair and at the request of J judge adge powers councilman lawson was sworn and was asked the following questions judge powers mr lawson Li awson it has been stated by mr mellroy that you informed him that the city had been paying per font for paragon hose did you do so lawson mr mcilroy came to me ana asked the price of the he hose and I 1 told him I 1 was not sure whether it was ninety cents one dollar or one dollar and ten cents judge powers you gave him no Bosit lve reply then lawson no sir air I 1 did not judge powers then teen called mr 0 P mason to the stand he testified that he was manager of the montana machinery company and that his company never shared any profit whatever with mr mcilroy or stanton in the city of any hose councilman moran he said had no financial in terest whatever in the montana machinery company MAYOR testified that chief stanton had secured permission for leave of absence when he be visited logan and park city ATTORNEYS 8 H LEWIS maid isaid that he was employed us as attorney in the case against mellroy for pay ment for the suit of clothes which stanton is said to have received he had no recollection of mallroy ever attempting to appeal from the judgment against him or to reopen the case PAYING AWLEY of the utah national bank was called by the defense and produced thu ollow follow tug inn letter written by the lindgren mahan chemical fire engine co of chicago ill to his firm dear sir we have yours of the and note what you say we have invested as much in mallroy as we care to we gave him privilege to draw for 45 and before he brew drew he asked the privilege to increase it to 90 which we allowed him to do we paid you his 90 draft and he had no authority to draw any other amount STANTON was then called and emphatically denied in detail every charge made by mallroy as published in the NEWS at the time the scandal was first precipitated during the time the chief was giving his testimony lie he suddenly turned his head and attracted the attention of the committee to chairman kelly who had fallen asleep in a chair in a remote corner of the house bouse by saying the chairman is not listening 11 never mind the chairman hels be to all right Y interrupted judge powers the break in the proceedings caused another outburst of laughter after which chief wanton admitted receiving the 65 suit and the 9 silk umbrella from representatives of fire apparatus companies but not for any service he had ever rendered them or their firms mcilroy called for the reading of a couple of letters which he said tended te exonerate him chairman beardsley carefully looked through the papers papera in his and announced that he was unable to find the letters referred to millroy then volunteered the in formation that the letters were in councilman lawson Laws outi is desk and aad from it they were obtained the discovery aroused the ire of judge powers wh said that he be objected to the 1 j reduction introduction of the letters on the ground that a member of the committee had had them in his possession and thereby was in a position to prejudge a matter of serious import duch a member was incompetent lo 10 sit as a judge of at charges which attacked the standing and honor of a prominent officer and citizen he had seen it intimated in the evening press the news that a red hot minority report would in all probability be submitted in justice to his client he be strenuously objected to such measures if there was any man on the committee who had so BO tar far forgotten himself as to conclude what be would do and give expression to his feelings before the termination mi nation of the hearing councilman lawson explained that he bad never read the letters over which the controversy had bad arisen councilman hardy made a similar statement tat ement and supplemented by saying the papers were filed with the committee atone at one ot of the meetings they lever held on commercial sti est lawson mr stanton is 18 it usual for you to go to other cities at your own expense in the interest of fire corn com pa me chief stanton yes yen sir air a company compan y of fire chiefs from san francisco are now on their way to london to help their neighbors across the water that is only professional courtesy laisun but it costs something it stanton but I 1 have a railway pass you lawson yes yea but not a hotel pass it coat cast a fire anything for his hotel bills laughter CAPTAIN DONOVAN was placed on the stand he testified that he be know knew mcilroy mallroy Mo llroy that he saw him in ogden about a year ago mcilroy I 1 object to anything ano anil everything the captain may say regarding it me he is placed on the stand simply to blacken my character and do dome me untold damage judge powers 1 I want to show just what kind of a man mellroy if I 1 propose to show the public the species of bird some members of this committee have been harboring I 1 propose to show that mcilroy ran away from this city and when w hen followed to ogden by captain donovan he attempted to escape by jumping through a hotel window mcilroy jumping up 1 I object judge powers I 1 expected you would mcinroy I 1 appeal to the committee the idea is simply to get this into the be papers and blasting my reputation again I 1 say I 1 appeal to the committee karrick let me dek ask you yet judge powers what bearing this kind of testimony has on the case judge powers it has bus this bearing jf if I 1 prove that mellroy is generally gene raby disreputable that he be has bae approached at least one ojue member of this committee for money and that that member referred him to another member of the committee beardelee Bear deley I 1 will rue this thin evidence inadmissible captain donovan was then excused and SHERIFF said while he was la in the saloon business about three years ago mcalroy came to him and spent a good deal or money and asked him to approach stanton tor for him that he might thus secure an order mellroy emphatically denied this and the committee adjourned mr beardsley that the findings would be presented to the council as soon as an the shorthand notes were transcribed STANTON AND THE HOLLOWAY HOLLOW AY COMPANY the following letter was turned over to a reporter today it was written by chief stanton and explains whether or not he was wae acting an aa agent of the holloway company FROM ABE ABB LEVY OGDEN utah may 22 1893 frank B mcilroy mallroy Mc llroy dear sir enclosed find letter that I 1 found today I 1 hope that the investigating will use this letter to contradict the evidence presented by W A stanton hoping that t he committee will continue this investigation by inquiring about his horse deals american feed store and inquire of mr james anderson how much St antons commission was to be in a deal for a hayes truck of which horace moore was agent also why he struck the assistant chief A levy in the face and then got licked for his trouble in the fall of 1890 I 1 hope the committee will give you a square deal and not allow the at attorney torne for the defendant to bulldoze you I 1 remain yours as ever A SALT LAKE CITY utah february 1891 H W shurtliff alderman ogden utah dear sir I 1 note from the ogden papers during the latter part of january and fore part of february the proceedings of the old city council in regard to 10 the purchase of a chemical engine which I 1 presume IF in yet one of the necessities in your fire department mr mitchell Mito hell the w representative of the champion chemical I 1 has offered to your city a champion champel chemical engine for 1975 charles T holloway the manufacturer of the holloway chemical engine has no representative lion at this writing in this portion of the country coun and has instructed me to make you prices which I 1 offered to the ex mayor and city council mr holloway will deliver to your city an exact duplicate of our chemical engine 1 in I salt lake which consider one of the best beat in use today for 1850 delivered in sixty days from time of contract our oar engine has given perfect satisfaction in every respect and much admired by everyone it also has the latest improvements I 1 consider that you are getting a bargain at the above figures the price paid by this city was 2200 f 0 b oars cars at t baltimore the freight was making the engine cost a total ot of mr hollway wired me to offer for 1850 delivered and said he was putting it in at just above cost as he is determined to not be outdone by mr mitchell Mii chell or agents making false representations I 1 make this representation to you in good faith and I 1 want to work in conjunction with you in case of a big fire I 1 would be able to give you assistance could send some apparatus up on a flat car in course of three quarters of an hour and I 1 would like to see you purchase a good chemical I 1 have written to 10 aldermen lundy and and mayor turner regarding the matter I 1 would respectfully invite you and your friends to visit our department and make a thorough exam inalien of our chemical before purchasing any other I 1 am yours respectfully W A STANTON |