New-York tribune., 1883-12-11
THE TRIAL OF CONROY.
NOW HE SHOT AND KILLED KEENAN,.
WITNESSES WHOSE TESTIMONY DISAPPOINTED TIE
PROSECUTION.


PROSECUTION.
ExPolceman William Conroy iookea t9ln anu
haogard as he sat in the Court OF Speclal oessl9ns
ssaerday on the second day of his trial for murder
,ba 6rs degree Judge Cowing and the jury that
had listened on Friday to the opening speech oi AS
sstant District Fellows hSatS te %rosec
tion '' The court-room was crowded. The testi-
mony on the previous day had shown m that Peter
keenan, had died Of G wounds MSess assd c%ed BY Colonel
Fellows. testified that about o'clock on the even
ing of November he met Conroy at
thing was said about getting drink. and ConrOy
gave the witness fifty cents, with which ne optainea
two glasses OF sherry Tne oGSy Sns m had another drink
of sherry at Buckley's expense. About IL o'clock lock
Buckley was in Codys liquor store, at NO 33Z East
T-brty.sixth-st As he was leaving 1T he saw Con-
row outside. Thomas Murphy, local candidate,
had been giving drinks to the crowd. The witness
said ConrOy murphy has left drink NIX TOT fGS you
drink of sherry The witness asked COnroy wnat
he would do ii a roundsman came by: Conr0y SAID:
srsneio9s arieSe Character and followed you in"
Conroy then called up the crowd TO nave a ark, int
The policeman again took sherry lie tnen gCI ,0 h,U
dispute with one McGuinneSs and knocked nilu
down and kicked him. He smashed pane OF giss .
with his club. He then drew his pistol ana as & tno
crowd shouted at him he fired The TltnesS S .nod tnod
took the officer out Keenan,, VINO WAS hhi0u' '''
at some distance from Conroy' II, .lo+ C,on
On crosse animation the witness said that Son-
roys acts were irrational that evening" ne ao No o
ticed him saving and doing many peculiar things. lie
thought he acted as though he was crazy The wit wit
asked by the prisoners couIit H 70 said that
Conroy had his pistol in his right hand ana MS cruz
in his left hand. The witness then gave repre-
sentation of Conroys motions re S.oUd up H
the muzzle of the pistol lie sald that Gonioy T Mo
not looking in the direction i'll which he hred' ihe
prSVHe aWas the pistol pointed at anybody when the
q No, sir" said the witness
HnUra--That
Colonel Felows-The pistol was not pointed al
KeeHani
.Then can YOU explain IN what manner the bullet
happened to wander around and get INTO Keenan,
bodyp ,., H.. Aha ritross
finally said that the pistol was pointed toward the
floor when it went off, W. co.oor +os+;ecd
that hemade an autopsy on Keenans body. and that
the bullet went inward from i'll front ana q Ittle
toward the right. The bullet was found aGud a1out
three inches from the surface of the back. lhere
was also fracture of the nose and an injury TO one
of the ears The course of the bullet was not dowh
ward at all. o. ,to
Daniel Heating, another of the young men who l
was in the store before and at the time OIL the soot
ing gave an account somewhat similar TO tlat 70 Ol
Buckley He, however, represented Conroys yd"o aco
tions as those of drunken rather than an insane
man. His testimony, like Buckey's, was diSap-
pOintment to the prosecution. .
Patrck Cody the keeper of the liquor store at No.
800 East Thirty-sixthst., was the next witness ne
said that Cantwel Heating, Keenan,, Buckley ana
others were in the store on the evening OF NoNeIl-
her g When COnrOy came in he took drink
The men were talking among themselves, ana Caht-
we'll said Conroy was not much good without ms
club Conroy then gave his club to Keenan, and SAID
he could fight any man in the house. Buckley sad
there was no use in fighting without money ana
Conrov showed some money: but there was no
fight: Conroy then treated" the crowd, and dis
pnted the reckoning of Cody. He got IN dispute
with Mc(;uinness and knocked him down ana
kicked him Conroy drew his revolver. The wife
of the witness who was in rear room came came ao the te
noliceman had his pistol. Cantwell and Keenan,
were standing near Mrs. Cody when the the policeman
raised his pistol and fired. Keenan, fell and wa was
helped M bv Cody while the policeman went ont
Keenan, said 81 am done for" A little later the
witness called in the defendant and another olcer
and Keenan, was taken ont. Captain Ryan ana
Sergeant Walsh of the Twenty first Precinct, told
of Conroy's arrest The trial will go on to-day.