The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-22
COP JAILED FOR ROBBERY.
ACCUSED OF COMPLETELY IN TIE
HOLDING UP or DIR. JONES.
Jones's Knife Found In Policeman Cahils
Pockst-Pawnbroker Identities, Him A. HAv-
Ing Pawned Jones's Watch and He L. Held
is q Cigarette FIend, Brother Cops say.

Joness knife FOUND In policeman Cahtps
Pockst-Pawnbroker Identlne, Him as HAv-
Ing Pawned Jones's Watch and He IL Held
is q Cigarette Fiend. Brother Cops say.
Policeman Andrew l.. Cahill OF the West
Twentieth street station. who was arrested
on Saturday. by order Of Chief Devsry. charged
with completely IN the assault and robbery
committed on DR.. wylie s. Jones early last
Thursday morning, was taken before Msgis-
trate Mott In the jefferson Market police court
yesterday morning and was held under 5000
bail for examination tomorrow, After having
been relieved OF his shield no had spent the
night In a cell In the police station at which he
had been doing duty.
The robbery and assault on DR.. Jones, who
came here a month ago from North Carolina
b take a postgraduate course in medicine,
occurred In Mslloy's saloon at Seventh avenue
and Twenty-si1th street. He had gone into
the saloon TO get u milk punch, Three men
we're IN the place and one OF them engaged
lects drinking the punch. but recalls only dimly
what occurred later, About an hour after, ne
liam Smith, a medical student, OF %! West
Twenty-third street, standing In front OF II,
dnzed. and bleeding from he EARS and nose;
lie has been lodging At 22O West Twenty-third
street and Smith, knowing him and seeing his
condition. assisted him TO hs room. Jones
was put TO bed and 9 physician wa; called in,
80 ~ Ea' 'AN' NV
ON the following day Jones had recovered
sufficiently TO review his experience Of tho day
before his gold watch aud "haln, sS5 In bills
and his pocket knife we're missing and lie sIs-
Ie"ted, th@, he had been druaged before being
robbed lie went to the W est Twentieth street
police station and saw capt Noynlhan I" whom
he made complaint. Detectives Anderson and
Butler we're assigned To the case and they a"-
coupauicd Dr Jones to Mulloy's doom There
the physician pointed out jeremiah Donovan
of 3S5 seventh avenue and Bernard Heaiy OF
Ont A - IA ~ a NgHRNl = Taaf ma ~ nf IIa
three men who were In the saloon when he Went
there to get the drink Both men We're arrested
where they were held in 5000 bail each.
TIER cas- comes up wien CahlIs does u
morrow.
BY questioning the prisoners the detectives
obtalnoi important admissions from them.
Donovan almttte to Detective Anderson.
50 the detective asserts. that he had been con-
that Policeman Cahil HAD been the third man
In the saloon. He wore the trousers, Of his
hat Donovan, 80 Anderson alleges, said he had
given 2 JONES' watch AMI knife to Sahu;
When q electives heard this they reporteI
THOMPSON, who IN turn laid the facts before
Chief Deyery The latter ordered that Cahil
Cahil Was asleep in the police station when
the Chefs order reached his Commauderi
The policeman was called downstairs, and
He denied the charge. but when he was searched
IDr. jones' knife vas found IN ms pocket
] ne stolen NdlIn .hAd ALREADY Oeen. lOuIiu
pawned in samuel Kaplsn pawnshop IN
Seventh avenue. i had been pledged for IS
on the dav after the robbery. Alter finding
the knife Capt. Moyuihan and Inspector Thomp-
son took tahill around TO the pawnshop and
kaplau. tho ptwnbroker. positively identified
him ma the man who had pawned the watch.
He gave the name Of Murphy, kaulan said
Calm was then placed In a cell. The pawn
ticket was nor found.
Cahll l. "a CIR. old. lie Ia, been a police
Inan ten wears and has n tad record. Twice
be ha- bern charged Wit eng absent without
leave. once for q ueriCd II four da q and a half.
He smok es large quantities Of cigarettes and
hi, ComTades intimate thai the cigarette habit
has afeoto! his brain. In proof Of this they
say he has admitted having been in the saloon
when DR.. Jones va, rnhbed and I AZ no mar
accused Of a serious crime would make any
such admission n he were sane.
Dr.. Jones IL now A patlent In the New York
Hospital, but tie police eNIect TINT he will he
able to testify against tauiIl in court tO-lu1rruW. !
He le.1mo III In his room last Saturday
and was rempvel % the hospital IN an aWhu
lance His u.ment wa diagnosed ~ cerebral
honorrhaye aud alcoholism IL was said AZ
ne Hospitals last night that his Illness was not
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