New-York tribune., 1896-05-15
A JURY TO TRY KILLILEA.
THE PROSECUTION OF THE fohiND
TAIN, ACCUSED OF ACCEPTING n
GRATUITY. OPENED.

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4 Jury TO try Police Captain Thomas ~.
fore Justice Keogh in the Criminal 6rahon =,
s,nrsr,e court. was obtained yesterday after near
p 'rp' 'e"'I ..a hosr spent In the task OF sitting
20 o,d,dates for the iury-box. Late In the at'ei"oo
the onening address by the prosecutor wac
and to-day the taking Of evidence VIII pesn, -.
Tweve Jurors were In the box soon ai'er '"e
court opened Yesterday, but seVerai oi . 49,.
sent ont on account of peremptory chaiee 80
tho nrosecution or the defence, ana IL was nv 49,
tho challenges on both sides had been uSeu up ."a
,ho ,,rv was completed The jurors VINO WI" p
non Cantain Kll,ilea's case are the fohow"e
Robert Struthers foreman. Insurance. w. " o..
combe-ave: Max Morganstern. pre'.u' ,
West EIghty-eighth-st.: William =. pain,
cultural implements. No 22s East Nine'y .,-,..
., Abraham 8 Burtis. milk, No. 37 East oiN''
second-st.; Max Just. real es'a.e' W. NJ Al
Ninth-st: I.yster c. Reighley drygooos' W. "
proor,e-s,. william r. II. Martin. clothing No
~ East Thrty-six st: John F. Palmer teas. w
oc, Uest One-hundred "a d-twenty- ty-second-st''
Charles L. Hlrsh. drug sundries. NO l'e Ems. o.
fourtb-st: Charles W. Owston. Standard vi |o',
many No. ss7 West Eighty-hfth-st; Charles ~
Hetman. butter No. lh Hester-st.; harry d. H''
,rcston ,eweller No 53 West Nnety-hfth-st
Austen G. Fox OF special counsel employed ny
District-Attorney Fellows to conduct the triais u
indicted policemen. opened the case lot '"e ~
cution after the jury had been sworn IN. ne en-
plalned that Captain Killiea had oee' , .,on
about a year ago on the charge OF receiving ~"
from the manager OF Manhattan Field for me oe,
ter protection OF the public at the iranher "a
football game Thanksgiving Day Norembbe' We ,be &C. a.
Iso2 lie defined the law on the sub)ect OF .nn maad
ccptance OF the gratuty. which 1t IS aheSeH esev
the defendant took TO do what was oh,y iit Ha,and
to do Mr. Fox said IL crime TOT tne uete,u ,.
ant 70 have taken the money for doing ms duty;
and that this duty should have been pe[iori, ia
without even the hope OF reward MI foH i salu
that witness named Bull would swear 10 hav,ns Ing
given the check for 800 to the Captain III the la
ters private office. and that Bull then hIo,seI thas IL
tho check in blank Thompson Bull. so lnat ~
.ouii mass current like n banknote. The prosecn-
ticn would also prove. he said that the Sapra urn
tnok The check 10 the saloon OF one Stein IN hs pre-
cinct. and asked Stein to cash H. stein diu u no,
have the money and asked a man IN me sa'o1l ot
named Bergman do The latter eashea go a 'ne %
check and gave II to his cashier. Mr; OK salu ~ ~
va nnfort,1nate for the people that Stein was In
Europe but they hoped TO prove the trahsac''o"
without him. , .o,,,o, d,d M, er-
Colonel Fellows said the prosecution drd no' snd
pcc' TO yet beyond the opening yesterday, h.u
rour, was adjourned until l0:3O a. m to.oay
Justice Keogh warned the jurors not 70 taK oi 'ne
case and let them 90. A.. .o,too
This is the first jury serving in any OF the ponce
cases which was not locked UP penu"s 'i'' "'
minaton OF the case