New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-08
THE KILLING OF PETER KEENAN,.
POLICEMAN CoNRoY on TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE-ooL-
oNEL FELLows's ADDRESS.

The KILLING hLINAN'
POLICEMAN ooNRoY on TRIAL FOR HIS LifE-ooI-
oNEL FELLows's ADDRESS.
Policeman William Conroy. who is Of slight pu M.
and inoffensive appearance, sat at the par Oh tnc
Court of General Sessions yesterday while !ur G.
was being drawn for his trial on charge OF murder
in the & dsss he Sd no Six
had taken their seats in the jury box on
thursday night but two or n. three Of w IGe
iroi s" was exhausted, and a portion Of an
extra panel was called before the twelve Jurors
were secured. Assistant District Attorney Fellows
would prevent them from findings verdict OF guilty
of a crime punishable by death, and whether they
had formed any opinion that would interfere WIN
for the prisoner asked questions that showed that
the defence would probably be that OF IN
sanity. Jury was not secured until nearly O'CLOCK
the jury, describing the killing Of Peter Keenan,
who was in Cotys liquor-stOre in East Thrty-siIth,
st. ON the night of November3 Conr0y, VINO had 40
the amount of money he owed to the barkeeper He
had quarrel with man sitting near keenan, and
drew his pistol and fired shot, which stTncn
Keenan,. Afterward COnroy professed TO 6eneVe
that Keenan, had not been much injured, and kicked
him as he lay on the floor. Tho wounded man was
taken to the Twenty-frst Precinct station-house IN
Thirty -ffth-st., and then TO Bellevue Hospital
where he died almost Immediately after his arrival
Referring to the line of defence that would prob
aP s not insanity this man was drunk
is true that ne was excited wrought up by the use
OF liquor probably true but the decisions OF all to
for crime. don't myself believe, after hearing tne
evidence before Coroner that this man lntended
kin Keenan,; but do believe that he meant to Kill the
sitting next to keenan, Judge Cowng VIII od
that the shot killed Keenan,, the crime is murder; Inc
very cheapest thing in New York to-day Is human ne
DR.. Edward +. Hurd, of BELLEVUE Hospital, tesll-
fed that he was IN charge of the ambulance that
took Keenan's body from the police station 10 tne
HOSPITAL keenan, died in FIVE minutes after reach
i,r FL al Tr
wound through the body and bruises on the lore
head and ear. =, ,
that Peter keenan, came to his death from pistol
shot fred in Coty's saloon from pistol held III the
hands of William COnroy."
Colonel Fellows called attention TO the existence
of a section that made such an offer OF no Vaiue
The taking of testimony will be continued to-day
POLICEMEN REWARDED AND PUNISHED.
Tie Board of Police yesterday dealt ont equal
doses of reward and punishment with a view 10
improving the discipline of the force; " SIX police
men who were summoned before the Commission
ers three went away with radiant faces, bearing
testimonials of honorable mention Tor mefluOrlOus
conduct and the other three, who were unh"r
charges of misbehavior, were dismissed IRON ihe
Department The officers who received honorable
mention were Patrolmcn Charles H. r ancls ana
William Nelson, who recently stopped runaway
teams On the drives in the upper part OF the city.
and RoundsInan James X. Price, of the Detective
Bureau who captured several thieves and recovered
stolen property in the Twenty Preclhct lasl
engrOssed copy of resolution by the BOARD.
Pafrolmen Charles Parke and John Cannon OF the
Twenty-seyenth Precinct, who had been 1oahd
guilty of drunkenness, were dismissed by the
unanimous vote of the Commissioners who SAID that
in the future they intended to get rId OF every
policeman who convicted of like ofience
Roundsman Patrick Reynolds, OF the Nneteenth
Precinct trembled like q man smtten with palsy
when he stood before the Commissioners lie was
tried recently on a charge of collecting small sums
of money from liquor dealers on the false pretence
of wanting the money to help bury the bodies OF an
cx-poiiceman's wife and child. with husky voice
he admitted that he had done wrong and begged 10
be permitted to remain on the force He reminded
the commissioners that they had presented silver
medal to him and had promoted him Tor bravery III
the rescue of several women and children from a
burning tenement-hOuse. If they would let nm OH
with fine he promised not TO offend AGAIN lr 9
grace which he had brought upon the force and sad
that the Board not able to intilct punishment
adequate to the offence. Reynolds then was dis
Patrolman Lawrence Mcdonnell, of the Sixth
Precinct, who was charged with mtoxlcatlOn, re-
signed to escape being dismissed
THE TWELFTH REGIMENTS MESS DINNERA
The annual mess dinner of the officers of the
10Th Regiment took place last night at PlnamTd,s'
mel S. V. Il. Cruger, Colonel John Ward, Leuten-
ant-Colonel William G. Wilson, lieutenant
Colonel J. H. Jones, Adjutant William II. Murphy,
Quartermaster f. X. Powers, COmmissary Richard
Deeves Surgeon III. III. Curtis, Assistant Surgeon
n. H. Henry, Chaplain William b. Frisby, In
spectOr of Rifle Practice A. 1. Decker, captains -
S. Burns, A.. H. Herts, ii. &. ASpinwall, w. II.
Kirby Washington COutant aud Horace Moody,
and fieutenants George q. Hart, G.. w. Griflths,
ID. s. Appleton, jr., aud John +. Boylan.
A LAW CLERK CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.
Peter Leuth, sail maker at No. 1876 Eldridge-st:,
in the Essex Market Police Court yesterday, sand
that his wife deserted him about three weeks ago
and that on Thursday William w. Wallace, of FOG
East Ninth-st., called upon him as lawyer, repre-
senting Mrs. Leuth, and demanded her jewelry,
bank book and other personal effects The request
omen the doors and removed property of various de
scriptions of the value of $3.50 to No. 206 East
Niuth-st where it was subsequently recovered.
Mrs. Leuth manifested great interest III WALLACE
and when he was committed 10 default Of 81 900
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