The morning call., 1892-10-23
JACK HOHY, THE Lamb.
A " Republican F" Legislators
History.
ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY.
He Served a Term in the House CT Correc-
tion, but He Was Not Wholly
Corrected.
FOR ROBBERY.

"THE CALL Is doing most excellent work
in exposing the character Of the individuals
that the Kelly and Crimmins gang has put
up for the Legislature in the interest OF
their side partner, Mike de Young. in the
hope of making him q United States Sem
ator from California" said former official
OF this city TO representative Of The
CALL yesterday. but it has not yet shown
the people of the city some OF these nomi-
nees of the self appointed Ihird-street
bosse. In their true light.
Take. for instance, John A. Hoey. whose
name appears on the Republican" ticket as
a candidate for the Assembly from the
Twenty third District" continued the
speaker "When first made his acauaint-
ance, In an official way, he was an inmate
of the House of Correction for period of
eight months.
"That was in 1879. and the following,
based on extracts from the records, which
you can verify ct your leisure. will IN
doubtedly prove an interesting bit OF read
Ing for those who are asked to cast their
votes for the choice cattle selected from the
Third-street political ranch: On the 18th OF
February. 1879. Hoey. who did not then
sport a distinguished middle-name initial,
and who was known to the police as the
notorious Jack Hoey,' was. under the name
of John Roey, arrested, In conjunction with
William. alias 'Roxey.' Shepherd. nOtori-
Gus south of Market street tough, William
Calaghan and Martin Connolly. on charge
OF having robbed man named James
Kelly. In addition TO these charges they
were all accused of battery. disturbance of
the peace and the use of vulgar language"
Continuing in this interesting bit of
criminal history the speaker said: They
were brought up before Davis L0uderback,
who was then Police Judge. You know
Davis Loudcrbaek was the chairman of the
recent Republican" nominating convention.
Well, Hoey aud the rest OF the gang had
been useful to the then bosses and an
effort was made to square the case but
without success, and the result was that
the parties were all found guilty OF the
minor offenses. But of such a serious
nature were they that the Judge refused to
fns either of them but sent them to the
House of Correction, Hoey being sentenced
on three convictions to terms aggregatng
eight months. This was on the 18th of
February, the day before the examination
for the crime of robbery was concluded.
| and the quartet was held to answer before
| the Grand Jury with bail set at $1,000
| each.
''The matter came up before the Grand
| Jury in March of the following year and
| was presented to that body by ID. J.
| Murphy, who was at that time District At
/ torney, and so strong was the case against
| the accused that the grand jurors declined
| to hear any additional testimony after hear
| ing that of James Kelly, the man who was
| robbed, and on the 3lst OF the month pre-
| scented an indictment against them.
There were numerous delays in bringing
| the accused to trial, but the cases were
| finally called Oh the 18th of September. when
| 'Roxey' Shepherd and Connolly we're placed
| on trial, Hoey and Callaghan having de-
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making witnesses lose their memory of
facts, so well known TO those who manipu-
! late our courts and juries in the interest of
| criminals who are useful TO the bosses,
| Kelly told different story from the one he
| told before the Police Judge and before the
| Grand Jury, and as might be expected the
| jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
| after the acQuittal the District Attor-
ney moved the indictments against Hoey
| and Connolly dismissed on the ground OF
the want of sufficient evidence to convict.
| The motion was granted and justice was
| once more defeated.
| 'In after years this same Jack Hoey, who
| subsequently, became John A. Hoey, be-
came useful member of the bosses close
| corporation of lieutenants, and so well did
| he perform the work OF the politicians that
| be was rewarded by an appointment as
deputy in the office OF Sheriff, which posi-
tion he held until be- was transferred TO
another post where he could be of more SER
vice 70 TIE posses. he peTIOEmeu the WOrk
of his political masters so well that they
have nominated him, knowing that he was
tool that could be trusted to do any Doodle
work to order with neatness aud dispatch,
or any kind of work that can be suggested,
even TO voting for Nike de Young for the
United States Senate"
This is sample OF the material Of which
the Repu blican ticket for the Legislature is
comuosed, and as creatures Of Hoey's stripe
only will carry out the behests of corrupt
bosses the question that presents itself is.
"Will honest Republicans aid by their votes
to elect such individuals to the Legislature
OF the State of California;"