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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
AND SAFETY , RICHMOND , I ND I PA
MONDAY, JANUARY 12, ' 959
SPECIAL MEETING
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY MET IN A SPECIAL MEETING IN CITY HALL
WITH CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING . ALL MEMBERS PRESENT . THE FOLLOWING
BUSINESS WAS HAD ,TO-WIT;
PURSUANT TO WRITTEN NOTICE SERVED ON JESSE FREDRICK BLANKENSHIP BY CAPTAIN
JOSEPH E. WHITE AND SGT. DAN HARPER , RICHMOND POLICE DEPARTMENT ON JANUARY
5 , 1959, AT 2:05 PM, A COPY OF SAID NOTICE BEING INCORPORATED INTO AND MADE
A PART OF THIS RECORD , IT WAS ANNOUNDED THIS SPECIAL MEETING WAS BEING
HELD TO CONSIDER CERTAIN CHARGES WHICH WERE FILED AGAINST JESSE FREDRICK
BLANKENSHIP OF THE RICHMOND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NOTICE SENT TO JESSE FREDRICK BLANKENSHIP:
JAN . 5 , 1959
FROM; CAPT. WHITE AND SGT . HARPER TO; CHIEF MITRIONE
SUBJECT; DELIVERY OF LETTER
1 , CAPT . WHITE AND SGT. HARPER DELIVERED TO JESSE BLANKENSHIP A LETTER
FROM THE BOARD OF WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY ON JAN . 5 , 1959, AT 2:05 PM, AT
413 NORTH 18TH STREET.
/S/ JOSEPH E . WHITE
/S/ DAN HARPER
I HAVE RECEIVED THE ABOVE LETTER
/S/ JESSE BLANKENSHIP
BOARD PRESIDENT WM . E . WILSON , INFORMED THE BOARD THAT ON JANUARY 8, 1959
HE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM DAVID W. DENNIS , ATTORNEY FOR JESSE FREDRICK
BLANKENSHIP, IN WHICH HE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIME TO ANSWER CHARGES
MADE AGAINST /SAID JESSE FREDRICK BLANKENSHIP. BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON
MADE A MOTION THAT SAID LETTER BE INCORPORATED INTO THE MINUTES AND MADE
A PART OF THE RECORD OF THIS BOARD. SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER.
UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE.
COPY OF LETTER FROM DAVID W . DENNIS:
JANUARY 7, 1959
MR . WILLIAM E . WILSON , PRESIDENT
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY
CITY HALL, NORTH 5TH STREET
RICHMOND , INDIANI
DEAR MR . WILSON RE ; JESSE BLANKENSHIP
AS ATTORNEY FOR OFFICER JESSE BLANKENSHIP, WHO HAS BEEN NOTIFIED TOAPPEAR
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RI CHMOND , INDIAN-A,
ON MONDAY, JANUARY 12 , 1959 , TO ANSWER TO CERTAIN CHARGES OF ALLEGED MIS-
CONDUCT FILED AGAINST HIM BY DAN A. MITRIONE , CHIEF OF POLICE , I RESPECT
FULLY REQUEST A BRIEF POSTPONMENT OF THIS APPEARANCE AND GEARING OF APPROX-
IMATELY A WEEK OR TEN DAYS SO THAT I MAY HAVE A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO
COMPLETE MY INVESTIGATION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY
BECAUSE I AM REQUIRED TO BE IN THE WAYNE CIRCUIT COURT ON MONDAY , JANUARY
12, 1959 FOR TRIAL OF THE CASE OF WAYNE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WELFARE V . HUNTER, IN WHICH I AM COUNSEL FOR ROY HUNTER. THIS IS A CON-
TESTED CASE REGARDING THE CUSTODY ON MINOR CHILDREN WHICH WAS , OF COUFSE ,
SET FOR TRIAL LONG BEFORE THE BLANKENSHIP MATTER AROSE , WLL BE TRIED ON
THAT DATE, AND CANNOT VERY WELL BE POSTPONED.
OFFICER BLANKENSHIP AND I WILL APPRECIATE THE COURTESY AND CONSIDERATION
OF THE BOARD IN GRANTING THIS REQUEST, WHICH SPRINGS FROM MY INABILITY TO
PREPARE AND TO APPEAR BEFORE TWO DIFFERENT TRIBUNALS AT ONE AND THE SAME
TIME , AND WE SHALL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO APPEAR AT SUCH NEW DATE AS YOU MAY
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DESIGNATE FOR THE HEARING .
WITH MANY THANKS AND AWAITING YOUR ADVISES , I AM ,
RESPECTFULLY YOURS ,
/S/ DAVID W. DENNIS
DAVID W. DENNIS
ATT . FOR JESSE BLANKENSHIP
IICITY CONTROLLER WILSON MOVED THAT THE FOLLOWING LETTER BE SERVED ON JESSE
FREDRICK BLANKENSHIP AND A COPY MAILED TO DAVID W. DENNIS , ATTORNEY OF
RECORD FOR THE ABOVE NAMED JESSE FREDRICK BLANKENSHIP , TO-WIT;
JANUARY 12 , 1959 " -
JESSE FREDRICK BLANKENSHIP
413 NORTH I8TH . STREET
RICHMOND , INDI ANA
DEAR SIR;
PLEASE- BE ADVISED , THAT PURSUANT TO YOUR REQUEST , A HEARING ON THE CHARGES
PREFERRED AGAINST YOU , AS CONTAINED IN THE RECORDS OF THE BOARD ' OF PUBLIC
WORKS & SAFETY , DATED JANUARY' 5 , 1959, AND AS SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE SENT
BY THIS BOARD TO YOU OF THE SAME DATE , WILL BE HELD ON FRI DAY , JANUARY 16 ,
1959 AT 10:00 A.M. IN CITY HALL , RICHMOND , INDIANA.
VERY TRULY YOURS ,
/S/ !'IM . E . WLSON
PRESIDENT
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY
CC; DAVID W. DENNIS
SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER , UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE.
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THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE "MEETING ADJOURNED .
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CLERK
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