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Show CHIEF FILES STATEMENT AGAINST PATROLMEN - POLICE HEAD I CITES CHARGES AGAINST MEN More Than One Case of Insubordination In-subordination Charged Against Pair PAIR UTTERS DENIAL Civil Service Hearing to Be Begun Tomorrow Afternoon at 2 Trouble which last Saturday resulted result-ed in the discharge of Patrolmen H. B Klam and H. H Butler from tho Ogden police department, will bo fully aired tomorrow afternoon before the (ipden civil service eommlsslon. The hearinK will be held in the city hall at 2 o'clock and will be open to the publle. Both discharged men filed notice of appeal of their eases yesterday with C. O. DeWolf, secretary of the com-nysslon, com-nysslon, and last night at the regU' 'ir rrrr.Tifrg thcomra)ST9lon inernbef ! set the time of hearing for tomorrow j afternoon, At this time evidence will be taken from wltne.-ses who were present when the altercation occurred In the police station last Thursday morning bo-l bo-l tween Officers Elam and Butler nnd Sergeant A H. Stephens, which re-! re-! suited in the final discharge of the J men. Butler and Klam will also tell their stories. The ccflcera seek rein j statement. DE4 IMOV TIN IXj. The commission, after listening to l all the evidence, will decide whether I the discharge was warranted and ! whether or not the officers will be j again placed on duty with the depart - ment. Tbe decision of the comjnis-i comjnis-i sion will be final and the chief of no-I no-I lice will act upon their findings, u:i-j u:i-j der the civil service law Tho commission, which Is composed ' of J. I". Eldredge, Jr.. chairman, C. J ! Humphries and W. M. Plggott, considered con-sidered the notice of appeal of the discharged officers lust night In which they ask a hearing. The notice of ap-I ap-I peal requests the commission to In-! In-! vestlgate and hear the appeal and j to entor an order directing Chief of Police Jonathon Jones to reinstate them at their same rank and stand-I stand-I ing. They also set forth in the notlec that they were discharged without cause. Arthur Woolley, Ogden attorney, appeared ap-peared In behalf of the discharged officers of-ficers lost night and presented the notice for appeal. Samuel C Powell, assistant elty attorney, appeared for Ogden Cltv CHIEF M IKES REPOB I No investigation of the charges was begun last night, but the commission received a report from Chief Jones I in which he set forth all the alleged j facts leading up to the discharge of the ufflcers. It Is understood that witnesses will be produced at the hearing tomorrow afternoon to substantiate sub-stantiate the charges contained in the report, which follows. In full. I l. 1 REPORT "In compliance with rule 12 of the Civil service rules. I herewith submit statements regarding the dismissal of Officers H. B. Elam and H 11 Butler I from the pollee department "Harry B. Elam was dismissed j January 2G. following an altercation ' with Sergeant Stephens. "The first Insubordination on the I p.rt of the officer occurred in October. Octo-ber. 1921. Chauffeur Hawkins reported re-ported to Sergeant Stephens that lie had found Klam in the Elite cafe about 6 o'clock In the morning In an intoxicated ondltlon ind that he jook him home in the police auto. Offlecr l Elam was working on the ! p m shift at the time. t mus t M.s EVE. "The next time was on Christmns eve when ho called Sergeant Stephens on the telephone and stated that he had a little party at home and wanted to be excused for an hour or so. He was Informed by the sergehnt that owing to it being holiday time and lots of people on the streets and a shortage of officers, chat he had better bet-ter report for duly. He replied that he would do so. He did not report at the station and the red Signal light used for calling officers at night, was flashed at two different intervals for long periods, but Elam did not answer. an-swer. Between 12 and 1 o'clock In tho nmrnlng the sergeant made u trip to Elam's house and was Informed by his sister-in-law that he was not there. He could not be found at any time during the balance of the fthifl. to . LRT-TO-EU KB i I kLK "Within three nights after this in-cldent, in-cldent, Sergeant Stephens met fficer Elam on Twenty-nrth street, between Ulncoln and Wall avenues, while on dutj and talked with him for about 30 (Continued on Pag iw) |