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‘GAPT. DANN sooREo;
Chief of Police Bradley Prefers
Charges Against His ..
" Captain.
Did It From a Sense of Duty.
The appearance of Prosecuting Attor-
ney Gregory at an adjourned meeting
of the city council last night was signifi-
cant of the fact that something out of
routine of the ordinary business was to
occur and the reporters whetted their
extra pencils for what one of them pro-
phesied a‘s'an approaching storm. And
it came in the shape of a charge against
Captain-of-Police Wallace Darin.
After the reading of the minutes of
the previous meeting and the ordering
of the payment of the grist of hills a
' communication was read-from Chief
’ Bradley in which he charged Captain
Wallace Dann with neglect of duty.
In effect the charge was that the Cap-
tain had allowed the keeping open of
the saloon kept by Daniel Hanlon on
Wall street, after hours, or more specifi-
cally after the closing time defined in
the city ordinances, i. e. 11:45 o’clock,
on the night of February 13th.
The first witness examined was Chief
of Police Bradley. Attorney H. W.
Gregory appeared for the accused and
conducted the case in an able manner.
He, . the Chief, said that Sunday
morning he found on the blotter left
for his inspection by Captain Dann,
that the, saloon on Wall street conduct-
ed by Daniel Hanlon had been found
open after hours. He had previously
instructed, he said, the Captain to place
under arrest any saloon keeper found
attempting to evade the closing up law.
He had he stated been informed by Of-
ficer Kenney that he, Kenney, ”had
heard voices in the Hanlon saloon an
hour or more after closing up time and
that the officer had repented the fact to
Captain Darin. That Darin went to the
saloon in company with the officer but
instead» of 'making an. arrest, had re-
marked, “They are better OH in there
than they Would be on the street.”
The parties referred to were Dan
Hanlon, John Tierney and a man
named Reynolds, all of whom were in-
toxicated. The Chief belieVed it to be
- _ the duty of the Captain to have arrest-
ted all three of the men then and there.
He said that he had cautioned the Cap-
tain in the premises two weeks ago,
and as he had failed to act upon the or-
- ders, felt in duty boundto report the
matter to the Council.
. 'Mr. Gregory, attorney for Mr. Benn,
asked as to the method of procedure in
such cases before the council with the
evident intention of having the matter
quashed, but pertinently asked it the
evidence of the Chief was all that was
to be heard against the accused, which
evidence he asserted was second-hand
or only hearsay evidence.
Councilman Tristram suggested that
the accused be put to plea, to which At-
’ torney Gregory objected, but finally
submit-ted to the plea of “not guilty."
The report of Captain Darin for‘ the
night of February 13m was ilien placed
in evidence. It made the simple state-
ment that the Hanlon saloon had been
found open, but gave no details of what
was taking place at the saloon.
It was then proposed to close or ad-
journ the case. To this proposition
Councilman Kent demurred, and
thought the matter ought to .be settled
then and there, and Mr. Gregory re-
plied “We are ready to go ahead.”
Officers Bartram and Kenney were
vthen summoned, and the hearing was
continued.
Mayor Wheeler asked if proper no-
tice had not been given of the hearing
and was answered in the affirmative,
Attorney Gregory said “If this is to
be the final hearing in the matter we
are ready to go ahead,” and was an-
swered in the affirmative and the ball
commenced rolling. He also wanted
to have the witnesses sworn.
Mayor Wheeler remarked that the
proceedings were out of the ordinary
but neverthelessjnstructed the City
Clerk to administer the necessary
oaths. ,
As sworn Chief ‘Bradley reiterated
his charges which he said were in the
main‘ based on the reports received
V from Oflicers Bartram and Kenney.
He considered that the Captain was
guilty of a neglect of duty.
Councilman Tristram asked the Chief
. if that previous to this special case he
had given any instruction to the Cap- .3
'Mayor Wheeler.
tain in the matter, to which Bradley
promptly replied, “Yes sir! I told
him if he found any saloons open after
the regular hours to arrest those 'who
were in the same. .“All saloons,” he
. said, “have been notified to .close at
11:45." ‘ - ,
_ Cross-examined, by Attorney Gregg
cry, the Chief said that he had received
similar complaints in reference to
“Hen” Hoyt’s saloon; and that he had
stated the circumstances to Prosecuting
Attr'irney Gregory, who in accord with
himself had thought it advisable to,
rather than make an arrest, write a
aletter to Hoyt warning him of the
risk he was running. And that he had .
advised with Captain Dann with what
he had alone, and told him in an em-
phatic manner to arrest any one no
matter who, that violated the law. And
added, “I went to you Mr. Gregory in
the Hanlon matter for a warrant and
you said, “I guess it will be better to
use him the same as we did Hoyt.” He
then put a stinger on by saying, “I
don’t favor anybody, but arrest them
if there is cause.” '
Officer Kenney then stepped up to
the rail and was closely questioned as
to what he saw on what will prove in
police circles to be a memorable 13th
and 14th of February, night and morn-
ing. His testimony in substance was
as follows:
“I. went on duty at 12 o’clock, stood
on the corner of Wall and Main streets
Friday night; Complaint was made to
me at an early hour Saturday morning
that Hanlon’s saloon was open; heard a
drunken argument in the saloon, but
made no arrest. It was the night of
the Congregational church fire. Found
same saloon open early Sunday morn-
ing. Reached up, looked in window
and saw two or three men inside and
reported to Captain Darin who told me
he would make a minute of it and for
me to report the fact to the Chief.
Councilman Boyer asked him if he
did not have authority to arrest the
parties without first consulting with the
chief. On this score Mr. Kenney was
at sea, leastwise he answered by saying
“I made up my mind to bring the mat-
ter to an issue and find .out who had
authority in the matter of prosecution,
Lockwood or Gregory}? .
Mayor Wheeler inquired of him as
from whom he got instructions in such
matters, the Chief or the Captain.
He said that he had no instructions to
arrest a man for keeping open his sa-
loon after hours, and made such com-
plaints usually to the Captain, but had
been trying for a long time to get au-
thoritive instructions.
Ofiicer Bratram was the next witness.
His testimony was substantially the
same as that Ofiicer Kenney. He in-
structed the Captain that the saloon
was open and. the Captain started for
the place and he with him. “We found
the door open and went in. The Cap:
tain told the men to come out which
they did, had then the Captain locked
the door and started the men home.”
“They,” the three men, “were all
drunk, but Hanlon was the sober'est
one of the three.”
He admitted that any one of them
were “proper" persons to arrest.
Councilman Tristram remarked, “If
a poor farmer or a stranger comes here
and gets drunk he is arrested and
thrown into jiil. I see no justice in
that.”
Councilman. Boyer was of the opinion
that peremptory orders ought to be
giveh to the chief and entire force to
arrest all persons evading the law in
refere nce to closing up the saloons.
Councilman Kent said with no small
degree of firmness, “I am under the
impression that in in the future they
will all be closed up on time. %
Capt iio Dann was then heard irf’his
own defense. He recited the Hoyt
episode, and recited the Hanlon visit
much in the same way as had Officer
Bartram, and said that he-had reported
the matter to Chief Bradley. He gave
no plausible excuse for not having
made any arrests. He said he had not
intended doing wrong but if he had
done so, “why all right.”
Mayor Wheeler asked him if this was
the first occurance of the kind that had
come under his notice to which
question he promptly said “Yes!”
He was also questioned by other mem-
bers of the council but nothing new
couldbe elicited from his answers.
_ The Mayor then propounded a lead-
ing question by asking, “Does the best
of feeling prevail among the police.
force generally?”
“ No sir,” came the reply in a prompt
and emphatic tone of voice. '
Prosecuting Attorney Gregory then
explained his part in the matter of fail-
ing to prosecute, etc.
Councilman Kent, chairman of the
police committee made a motion that
Captain Dann be reprimanded and re-
stored to the service from which he had
been suspended by the Mayor.
Attorney Gregory put in a strong
plea against the adoption of Mr. Kent’s
resolution and cited authority by
which he claimed that Mr. Benn was not
subject to a reprimand. After some
sparring between Mr. Gregory and Mr.
Lockwood, attorney for the city, the
resolution prevailed.
The reprimand was administered by
It was severe but was
somewhat tempered with the advice to
the Captain. to do his duty and- report
anything that he might know as against
any officer on the force and guaranteed
him that a thorough investigation
would be made of all such charges.
The_Captain thanked the Mayor and
council but was seemingly very,much
angered at the '
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THE GITY UUUNGILS.
A New Truck Needed for the
Fire Department.
The Democratic Members of the South
Norwalk Council Object to an
Executive Session. ‘
An adjournel meeting of the Cit
Council was heldiast evening. .
Several bills were. read and ordered
paid, and other business transacted,but
the greater amount of time was taken
up in the investigation of charges.
against Captain-of—Police Demo, 9. re-
port of which appears in another
column.
It was voted to appropriate $250 to
the light department. *
An amendment to Sec. 14. Chapter 2
of the city ordinances in reference to
fire apparatus, etc, was presented and
by order of the Council, ordered print-
ed. It includes a fine of $25 for any
willful injury to any of the city appur-
tenances and prohibits the riding of
others than firemen on the supply wag-
on.
A petition‘ from Pioneer Hook and
Ladder company asking fora new truck.
was received, and it was voted as the
sense of the council that such a pur-
chase ought to be made. The appro-
priation for the purchase of ' the same
will be incorporated in the call for the
annual city meeting.
The matter of joint trackage on Wall
street as between the Tramway Co. and
Street Railway company was referred
to the Mayor for adjudication. q
The Council adjourned until Monday
evening, February 22d.
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SOUTH NORWALK COUNCIL.
At South Norwalk the members of
the Council were all in their places at 8
o’clock, but Mayor Bohannan did not
arrive until some time after the regular
hour. When he arrived, however,
business was atonce entered upon and
the minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved. A petition from
Frank A. Ferris to clunge the grade
of the sidewalk in front of his premises,
was referred to the committee on streets.
An invitation for the Council to attend
the fair of 00.» D and Dwyer’s City
band, was read and accepted with
thanks. The manager of’the Conngcti-
cut Laundry requested permission to
erect a stable at the rear of the laundry
on Haviland street. The committee on
fire department reported favorably on
the petition and it was granted. Dr.
J. M. Coburn was granted permiSsiou
to build an addition to his new resi-
dence on South Main street. The an-
nual report of the City Clerk was ‘read
and approved. The report showed the
city floating debt to be on January 15,
1897, 3116.200.
City Attorney Light reported on the
request of the Norwalk 85 South Nor-
walk Electric Light company to change
their wires on Washington street, that
he was unable to determine what effect
the changewould have upon the city’s
system. of lighting and recommended
that it be referred to the Electric Light
commissioners, to report at the next
meeting of the Council. The matter
was so referred with a request that the
Commissioners report the best means
of doing the work. . '
The water commissioners were an-
thorized to set two additional fire hy-
drants on Washington street and two
on Haviland street. _ '
City Attorney Light was instructed
to prepare a new city charter and sub-
mit it to the next meeting of the Coun-
cil. The City Attorney was also em-
powered to look after the bills intro-
duced in the General Assembly by the
Norwalk Iron Works company and
Norwalk Tramway company,
other matter affecting the city.
Councilman Comstock reported that
the committee on streets had taken
charge of the city streets and all city
property in the Engineer’s d‘fiise. The
committee was appropriated $100 to pay
the necessary running expenses of the
department for the current month.
Councilman Kendall from. the health
committee submitted a report from the
city health officer Dr. Tracey on the
school buildings.
tilating of the Franklifi school unhealthy
in several rooms. The Concord street
school was found in fairly good condition
and the Knudson building was con.
demned for-school purposes.
tion to Dr. Tracey’s report, Dru . Ken-
dall reported that Franklin and Knud-
son buildings were not properly venti-.
lated, the latter especially being unfit
for school purposes. Dr. Kendal? fur-
ther related some terrible conditions"
existing in the city public schools and
recommended that immediate at .P- ..
result of the. investigar'
:be taken to remedy‘the s'
or any'
He reported the ven- _
In addi; ‘
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committee was given power in the
premises, ‘
At this stage of the proceedings
Councilman Hatch moved that the
Council go into executivejsession. ‘ His
motion was strongly opposed by Coun-
former was not in favor of secret ses-
should know everything that occured
at a meeting of the Council.
stock objected on the ground that there
was no authority for such action. Ma-
he was concerned, he was willing that
all business should be conducted open-
ly, but Councilman Hatch appeared to
fear criticism and insisted upon a secret
session. The motion having been sec-
onded’it was put by the Mayor and
carried, the reporters leaving the room
and Mr. Comstock still objecting to
proceeding behind closed doors.
After the reporters lee'ft the .Council
rcom Mr. Comstock further protested
against star-chamber proceedings and
suggested to Mr. Trowbridge thatthey,
too, leave the room and,,let those in
favor of an executive session have
everything to themselves. Mr. Trow-
bridge remained, however, and {so did
Mr. Cemstock and both gentlemen took
part in the selection of a street commis-
sion. ~
After the doors were closed, the safe
examined and the city attorney’s desk
looked into, to see that no reporters
were lurking about, Mayor Bohannan
presented the names ofE. A. Woodward
Joseph A. Volk and John F. McMahon
as the board of street commissioners.
Upon a vote being taken Messrs. Wood-
ward'and VoIk were rejected, but Mr.
McMahon received a sufficient number
of votes and. was declared: duly elected
amember of the board.
Mayor Bohadnan next presented the
names of Aid-en Solmans and Matthew
Corbett. The latter was rejected and
Mr. Solmans elected. -
This left one more member to be se-
lected and the Mayor presented the
name of Franklin A. Smith which was
confirmed. The Council then came in-
to open session and Messrs. John F.
McMahon, Alden Solmans and Franklin
A. Smith were duly declared elected
members of the board of street Com-
missioners.
The Council then adjourned until the
first Monday in March.
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eor A 6000 PRICE.
Bonds for I07.l43 and Interest.
Bids wereopened yesterday, for 875,-
000 30 year4per cent. gold bonds to
take up the floating debt of the town of
Stamford. Twenty-one bids were re-
ceived, most of them from Boston
firms. The bonds went to the New
York Security and Trust company at
107.143 and interest. This is the high-
est price paid for municipal bonds in
Connnecticut for many years.
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Will Talk to the Firemen.
The Norwalk fire department is in
receipt of an invitation from Rev. Dr.‘
Noble of the Congregational church to
attend special services to be held in
that church on Sunday evening, Feb-
ruary 28th. ' '
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Fined.
Walter Springstein became and was
found in an intoxicated condition last
night and was placed in Lhe station-
house. This morning Judge Hubbell
imposed upon him a fine of $5 and costs
chairs at the Bridgeport jail..
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FAHDTHEB 300 EFDII BUSINESS.
To-morrow’s Hourly Sales: at the Boston
Store, Norwalk,
shoppers.
9 to 10 o’clock. .
Lining Cambrics 3c yard.
5c Toilet Package 2&0.
10 to 11 o’clock.
. 10c Dress Stays 50.
Se White Domet Flannela4c.
11 to 12 o’clock.
‘ Torchon Laces half price.
5c Handkerchiefs 2%c.
13c Germantown Yarn 7c.
12 to 1 o’clock.
8e Brown Muslin 50.
Basting Cotton, per doz. 5c. ’
-1 to 2 io’clock.
39c Outing shirts 250.
.2 to 3 o’clock.
250 Table Linen 18c.
3 to 4 o’clock.
Ladies’ Sailors 350.
Ladies’ Trimmed Hats 98c.
$2.25 and 32.00 Wrappers $1.36.
4 to 5 o’clock. '
. 29c Slop. Pails 17c. -
- 250 Ladies’ Black Hose 12in.
5 to 6‘ o’clock.
Ladies: Muslin Gowns 250. .
I ,Di'llgrPan’s 9a.,
cilmen Trowbridge and Comstock. The .
sions and preferred that the public
Mr. Com- '
yor Bohannan stated that so far as ' ‘
Stamford Sells $75,000 Worth of Town
in default of which Walter will cane
will prove another feast for shrewd,
PRESIDENT
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at Washington, .D' C, on the 4th of March. , Extensive prep- '
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parade the largest ever seen in the capital city.
Thousands of visitors from all over the United States Wil
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free excursion ticket to Washington.
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