The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-12
SHOT IN KENO ROOM
CONSTABLE DAN KILEY FATALLY
WOUNDED.
NINE ARRESTS BY POLICE
FOR COMPLETELY IN THE SHOOT
ING.

Dying Condition at 3 O'ciOck-Re-
fused TO Make Any Statement-The
shooting Caused by kiIey At
tempting TO Clean out" the Gam
bling ROom-"DOc" RosenthaI. Cad
Bryan, Jr.. Jack MOnOhan. I'd
Mehrtens. .sTiptOe" RahiIIy. AIber ri
Adams, j. J. JOwett, Peter Smith
and Groves Under Arrest-NonO-
hans story of the Afray-Rosen-
thai Relieved to Have Done the
Shooting.
Crazed by liquor and with revolver
clutched tightly in his right hand,
Daniel Kiley, a constable for Justice
Richard Wickham, of the First District
cleaned out a gambling room on the
second floor Of Nos Il and 10 BrOugh-
ton street, east. at midnight, and was
fatally wounded five minutes later in
the same place.
1t is believed that the shooting was
done by Julius, alias Doc Roseu-
thai, alleged to have been interested
in the place. which is generally known
as a keno joint. RosenthaI is a pris-
to make a statement Cad D. Bryan,
Jr, John, alias Tip-Toe Rahilly, ed
Mehrtens, j. J. Jowett. Albert Adams,
Peter Smith and John Monahan are
also prisoners. They are all alleged
to know something about the shooting,
and a squad of patrolmen is searching
the city for several others. said to
have been present when the shooting
took place.
Had Been Drinking
Kiley was under the influence of
liquor and was inclined to be trouble
some before he visited the gambling
room. The entrance to the place is at
No. II, and the rooms are reached by
means of a flight of steps. A door at
the head of the stairs is always open
and to the left is another door opening
into the room where the roulette wheel
crap table. stud poker game and SINH
lar layouts are operated. a door from
this room goes into the keno joint
about two feet down and over No. 10.
The room extends from Broughton
street back to the lane The keno
board, a large electrical device. is To-
Gated on the lane side of the hail.
where the man who pulls the numbers
from the wheel sits. To the west of
this platform is the cashiers desk.
with Pistol in Hand.
When Kiley walked from the small
room into the keno hall with the pistol
in his hand there were in the neigh
horhood. it is said. Of fifty people in
the place. Immediately there was
stampede for the rear and the players
scattered IL every direction. many
escaping through the rear. Some of
those who had been playing thought
that the place was being raided and
jumped through the windows in their
anxiety TO get away. So far as could
be learned. however, no one was in
jured
With the revolver. a Smith &, Wes-
son weapon of SO calibre.s Gin his nand
Kiley made his way to the rear of the
hall, where he encountered Ed Mehr-
tens and Jack Monahan. 'Knay APP
proachs ID Monahan and cursed him
in the foulest manner. at the same
time declaring that he intended to
kill him. This IS Monahan's account
Of the trouble. He told his story to
Morning News reporter in a straight
forward manner at police headquar-
tiers, and did not appear to be holding
back any information. He was the
only one of those placed under arrest
who would make a statement of the
trouble.
Monahan's story.
Monahan says he tried to argue with
Kiley and talked to him for several
minutes, during which time the consta-
bic cursed him in the foulest sort of
way. Then Kiley climbed upon the
platform and began breaking the cleo
trical machine with his revolver. While
engaged in this work he fired one shot
through the board. He then went
back to the desk where Monahan was
sitting and cursed him again He de-
clared that he only hated him because
he was partner to Rosenthal using
han says he tried to reason with the
whisky-crazed man and that Kiley put
his pistol down for a moment and ask
ed him to use it. Suddenly the con-
stable grabbed the weapon up and be-
gan again to abuse Rosenthal, deelar-
ing at the same time that if he could
run across him he. would kill him.
Began Shooting.
At this point Kiley turned towards
the entrance and fired a shot I'M
mediately several shots were fired in
his direction and Monahan, who had
become badly frightened as the bullets
whistled past him and imbedded them
selves in the wall and keno board
made his escape. Mehrtens got out
Of the way, too, and concealed him
self in closet. Monahan claims he
did not see who Kiley fired at or who
returned the fire. AS soon as the
fusilade began he got out of the way,
according to his story.
Patrolman Tullis was on the corner
and hurried to the scene of the trouble.
followed by Mounted Sergeant Joseph
McCool. Mehrtens. Rahilly and Adams
were found in the place and put under
arrest. Adams claims, however he was
arrested on the street
Police on the Scene.
In few minutes a. squad of patrol
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