Monday March 10, 2008 TroyRecord Article 100years agoTuesday March 10, 1908 “A Third precinct policeman, John J. Heenan and his sergeant, Martin F. Kane face disciplinary hearings this morning for failure to suspend the patrolman for apparent drunkenness on duty the night of March 2. Patrolman John Ray testifies he encountered Heenan resting against a lamppost near the end of the night shift. Ray and another policeman helped him back to the Third Precinct station, where he stumbled twice on the way to the bunk room. Ray says Heenan had been sick for the past 2 weeks and hadn't recovered from his cold. Third Precinct Captain Byron Green testifies he received a call from Sgt Kane the next morning complaining about the patrolman's condition and Green advises the sergeant to conduct an investigation. Green tells the Public Safety Commissioner Francis N... Mann he had encountered Heenan and he had seemed perfectly sober. Green spoke with Heenan on March 3 and Heenan admitted he took a drink the previous night.Sgt Kane testifies he told Sgt James H. Quest that he didn't like the condition Heenan was in and he was going to report him. Patrolman Heenan says he was seized with a sudden cold after he saw Capt Green and his friend Frank Lee, a carpenter, happened to pass by and offered Heenan a good stiff drink. Lee went and got him a drink and shortly thereafter Heenan said he became faint. Lee assisted him back to the station but he felt better and resumed his beat. Heenan thinks his drink reacted badly with the cough medicine he was taking which contained morphine. Since Kane did report Heenan to the captain, Commissioner Mann acquits him but reserves judgment on Heenan. " Photo of the day Troy Record Monday March 10, 2008 1958 photo of Ella Keenan and Cathy Keenan **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)