New-York tribune., 1896-05-16
, cAID HE FED HIS MEN.
,r PLEA CAPTAIN KII.LlLEA GOES
On FREE.
,,,r MINUTES NEEDED FOR VERDICT
u ''' c.,,,,rrA;,-TAl.K ABOUT = PI-AU-



IL. eight minutes to find verdict
u took '"'' .a,v when the tria! of Police Cap
4 .equttai ,ui,ea before Justice Keogh. IN 'Ae
"A Thoh" -, =, the Supreme Court. came 70 d"
rsnnsl d '',,.oI was on the ground ;hat Tie cap
a Tne S'td srOo at the Yale-Princeton ioo'o"i
~ hac a. r,cvtoc Day in 1892, not wi'h 'he III
ss on US. tho money into his own pocket ou'
sson u Gov the hungry policemen VINO "e'o w
IVY foou 'o' District-Attorney Fellows VINO
- a' "a -. charge OF the prosecution appe eu
yinI the acqulttai, and the ilehus VI N'f
49,. were jubilant, but nu''ioei VI pe -,
criminal Courts Buhdins' "no nav
~. ha ease closely, eXpresseu inc 80
sei TIE h,y,nc food for hungry policemen was q
p1.mls aftertroush' ,,,,,o, ..s made eass
,iufos ",,,sl Of Captain Killilea was rhade easy
The aeau, II WIS said. which was not sur
IL the p,,,t Of the fast that Killllea mas oeeH
yisins' '" % no,,e captain for years. Ex-Cap'"'i
Tsmn'a"' ~, ,leaded guilty the other day anu
Csfr'., % nrs9n. had no Tammany i'iue"0e'
vas 's ~ a plausible excuse might nave 'e'
We, 10 jury II MS c"se' -. ,,n;,,er-
p'e'n'e' "a, Dusor. the treasurer OF the UhNef-
HHn Club. testified yesterday that ne mac
GV As ohsck for s1o0. which was received oy
tSsh vu,,,sa Thomas J. Bull. one OF 'he men
CspaI ,,-pe Of the sale OF tickets at the lootp'"
vs' '1a ...rseS tha ne talked with captain h'','ed
a.Ng
before y" Manhattan Field. He told the captain
police Oh Wv ,n,,tee had decided TO give 500 to him.
that 'ne .' .o,d he received check for SIC" from
The VIM - and handed the check tc the cap
N,' '. ,,s pcvce station later.
t2'n q" :, psrgnar testified that he saw the cap
Ss". ~. csack in STEMS saloon. near the ponce
tain wiz rns captain asked Stein 10 cash the checK'
s..,r rsp,Isd that ne did not have the money
snD .s,,s,. s,r then cashed the check
Ioe " ".. d.fence Frederick Il. House FIRST asked
r" t,y he directed TO bring in verdict OF
VIZ .,,i bscause the prosecution had not SHOWN
wv .. ,sntain received the money Tor the pe'lei
,.,,,snce OF hs duty. When Justice heosh W.
F'' .sa motion l.. j. Grant advanced the theory
~ ,a,n ". K,lli,eo had used the 500 to pay for
asr policemen stationed al the Mai'na''" 'N
Ia. time Of the football game.
...,r Kilnles then went on the witness std"u
~ s,..,,ssd that hs had paid out OF his own pocket
's.n, roo for feeding the policemen at the game
.,s the understanding that he was TO be reiih-
- and tina, he had accepted the cheek IN re-
payment = sargeapt
Acting Inspector Thompson, who was SCI e."N,
rrser CAPTAIN Killilea al the time OF the ioo'oa-
,,ua testified that he received y from the captain
:. huv luncheon with. and he heard something said
BY other policemen about receiving iio"e' ' ~
can,ain for the same purpose. -
pounisman Owens testified that he received %
,,,r the captan 10 buy food for some OF the men,
polc,nan Charlton said he had received s2o 10 Duy
i0oS fo himself and other men at the grouhds. cdp
An Krcnner formerly a sergeant uhder NdP.ain
Kllea testified that he TAXED win the VaP'aii
shout feeding the policemen on Manhattan r rieIu.
M Bull was recalled by the prosecution IN r! reo!u.
,1 He said he could not remember the cohVet ~
he Mad with the captain. He said that alter ne iiau
is.n before the Grand Jury and Captain kilhea
had been indicted he met the captain dt tle -"NiO
poNtan Opera House. ,., ,,r, p,
WAT the conversation you ndu WIZ" A'
asked Mr. Fox. >, .o,a NJ
Bal ., .,rorg.s,
M House in summing up. made his strongeSS, gS,
pom, Of sowing that the 500 was gwen ~ rpe;rn
KMia 70 feed his men with. ana tnat ne a, "a
bgyh himself with the money. having hrs' "u
nnsd the sum. -, ..o n. uou,d
Caops Fellows said II this was the case pe ,seS ~v
rr even ask for a verdict. He said that tile -
tad been an intimate friend OF his. and ina, ~ -,
prsscute him. There was no vindlct veness, ne "a ~
IA the prosecution. and none would be gia1uef ''a"
/, 10 know that the defendant was innocent
Justice Keogh's charge was brief. ana couhsel LOT
s4 defendant made no request to charge. justice
;.oyh said that ~ Captain Killlea took the money
the result OF contract with the committee 70
" il 10 feed his men, then he was not guilty. II
hsre was no such agreement. and he took the
Money as a reward for duty done. no matter 10
that use he subsequently put it, he was guilty.
The Jury went out al 4:52 p m ana returned eight
,nutes later with verdict OF mot guilty" Captain
Ulilea was al once discharged He stood at the
Dor OF the jury box and shook hands with each
uror as he came out He said 10 the Justice:
Will YOU allow me TO thank you for your kindness
he captains friends pressed forward TO snake mis-
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