New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-14
| CHARGED WITH MURDER.
A HEADQUARTERS DETECTIVE An
RESTED IN A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
PISTOL SHOTS FIRED IN THE HALLWAY OF
SALOON EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING KILL
ONE MAN AND wor-ND ANOTHER.

PISTOL SHOTS FIRED IN THE HALLWAY OF
SALOON EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING KILL
ONE MAN AND WOUND ANOTHER
James Doyle. for ten years a member OF the
Brooklyn police force. and for the last three years
detailed n headquarters detective under Captain
Reynolds was arraiened in the Ewen-st police
court yesterday morning the charge Of murder.
In quarrel in the hallway OF the saloon or August
Spohr. at Montrose-ave. and Lorimer-st. at go
o'clock yesterday morning. Martin Carey. twenty
three years old. employe OF Habermans TN
shop In the Eastern District. was shot and almost
instantly killed. Half an hour later Doyle. who
had been drinking in the saloon with woman
named Maggie Miller. was locked up on the charge
Of murder. Doyle denies that he did the SHOOTING.
and says that he had revolver with him. the
police unable to ind the weapon which had
been used In the murder, although a holster was
picked up in a August Miller pedier
at the same time shot through the left hand'
Doyle. who IL thirty-two years old. Is well
known in the Eastern District. where he has hved
at No. 70 Herbert-st. with his wife. AS a police
officer he was considered fearless man. with ex-
cellent Judgment On the detective force he had
done good work in watching shoplfters and
getting evidence against propretors OF slot ma
chimes. Several days ago when Inspector Ihohp
son. OF Manhattan. sent a request to Captain hey :
nods for two good men to go out on special WORK.
Doyle sent over with Donovan. and had since
reported to the Manhattan headquarters.
James Ridgway appeared in the Ewen-st. court
yesterday representing Doyle. counsel for the
Pollcemen's Association. At his request the eN-
animation set down for Thursday. April zo
Maggie Miller who was with Doyle at the tine
Of the shooting. obliged to give bonds for sl"
to insure her appearance a witness she lives
at No. 2610 Atantic-ave. The other witnesses In
the August Spohr. the proprietor OF the
saloon; his wife Minnie. August Miller. Henry
Flotz. twenty-four years old of No. III Montrose-
ave-: Harry McLaren, twenty-four years Old OF
No. 20 RIchardson-st., and Conrad Konzelmann. or
There are a number OF stories about the anair
ana no Two ot mem seem 10 ,ay can he learned
by the police. are these: The people who are held
the saloon about o'clock In the morning; AZ TINS
time Doyle entered the saloon 1t is said that ne
wss hn he uqSeT o were h Ui
BY Miss Miller. They sat drinking Rhine wine. and
the place, who knew them both. Finally It he;
came time to close up and sPOhr It is said o naa
After the men had all gone into the little haw ,
shooting occurred Everybody. is reticent about
the matter. and spohr his wife and MISS Miler
shooting and did not know that carey had been
murdered until the police arrived.
in the case, says that Detective Doyle. took re:
yover out of his pocket and In the darkness $40 81
The men. badly frightened. ran into the street as
b s as hy feet cS sns then cae ses along LOT
Policemen James Herman and Henry Killings, or
the Stagg-st. station, were In the vicinity al the
time. They heard the shooting and ran TO the spot
Being told that the man who had committed tne
murder upstairs In the saloon. they imme-
diately entered the place As the officers were
about enter "A room on the top floor they were
met by Doyle. Behind him was the woman Miller
The detective coolly saluted the officers Hello
Jim How you. Harry he SAID with all the
freedom of casual meeting on the street MISS
Miller not so calm. and when the officers pc
gan TO search Doyle she cried bitterly. No weapon
was found the detective. who stouty asserted
that he had not done the shooting.
The prisoner taken to the Stagg-st station
as were also the proprietor and all the other per-
sons found on the premises. There Captain Cor
win nut Doyle through a close examination. The
prisoner asserted his innocence and declared that he
had not had a revolver in his possession all DAY
1t his day of. In the afternoon he had at
tended a wedding. and his trousers were so tght
that any weapon would have been noticeable
August Spohr. the proprietor OF the saloon, was
srraigned before Magistrate Lemon yesterday
morning the charge OF violating the excise law
He was placed under $500 bonds. Both he and his
wife stoutly deny any knowledge OF the shooting;
They say that they did not even hear the pistol
shots.
Michael Carey. who corporal In Company
a. Forty-seventh Regiment Is brother or the
dead man and took charge of the body. Both ne
and his brother came from Chicago few years
shop in North Second-st. Carey says that his
brother was not drunk and that 1t can be proved
by people in the saloon at the time that he had
been drinking only soft drinks.
Dovle was suspended from the force by Chief
Deverv Yesterday afternoon.