The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-13
FOURTEEN ARRESTED
MORE THAN ONE BELIEVED TO
HAVE SHOT kILEY.
CoNSTABLE'S PISTOL MISSING
WEAPON FOUND NEAR HIM THE
ONE USED BY JULIUS ROSENTHAL.


tying Revolver He Threw IL mt
INiIey'S Head wounded Man
Claims He Had No Pistol when He
Went Into Placc-Omcers Think
That Cad Bryan and Sol ROsen-
thai Used Their Pistols - Not
known Yet Who Crushed kiIey's
SkuII-Every Effort Being Made TO
Clear ID the Mystery and Import
ant Arrests May he Made To-day.
kiIey Has Fighting Chance for
His Life-Fractured Skull Makes
Condition Critical.
With a fighting chance for recovery,
Daniel j. Kiley, the constable who was
shot and beaten in a gambling room
on Broughton street, was resting quiet
ly at St. Joseph's Hospital at an early
hour this morning.
Fourteen men said to be implicated
in one way or another, are under ar
rest. Four of that number the county
officers believe were the actual assail-
ants of Kiley. They are of the opin-
ion that shots were fired at the con-
stable by Julius. alias Doc Rosenthal,
Sol. Rosenthal his brother and Cad
Bryan, Jr. The Morning News stated
yesterday that Rosenthal had done the
shooting, and later he admitted it. The
officers believe that Sol Rosenthal and
Bryan also fired at Kiley, Sol. probably
firing the last shot into the constable,
the bullet entering the left leg.
No confessions have yet been made,
and it is not known who fractured the
constable's skull or how it was done.
The officers surmise from a broken
chair stained with blood, that this was
the weapon used, but in whose hands
II was they have thus far been unable
to ascertain. If Kiley dies, this blow
will have been responsible for it, The
physicians do not consider the pistol
shot wounds dangerous, and the blow
on the head is what makes his condi-
ton critical. 1t was this lick, struck
from behind. that probably caused
kiley to fall in the door between the
keno room and the smaller gaming
room. Shots were probably being fired
at him at that time. and he was evil
IDENTIFY advancing upon those who were
making a target of him.
Where Is IxfIey's PistOIs
The pistol found between Kiley's legs
Is believed now to belong to Julius
Rosenthal. Under the prisoners own
statement this would seem to be true.
1t was not the constable's weapon, and
the wounded man stated at the hos
pital that he had no pistol when he
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contention that he was unarmed at
the time of the ARRAY was strength
ened by Rosenthais confession, and
thus far no pistol has come to light
that can be identified as the weapon
of Kiley.
No one was permitted to see any of
the prisoners yesterday, and counsel
for Rosenthal stated what his client
had said relative to the shooting.
OF the trouble that was going on in
the keno room and that with Cad
Bryan he hurried to the place. He
claims that he encountered Kiley, re-
volver in hand, as he started into the
keno room, and that the constable
fired one shot at him. In order to save
his own life, he says, he empted his
pistol: He then threw the weapon at
the intoxicated mans head and says
the fracture of the scalp probably re-
suited from this blow.
The revolver found by Kiley was
bent and all of the chambers had
been fired. 1t could not have been
shot after it had been bent and for
this reason the officers are certain that
the weapon is the same one that
Rosenthal used. RosenthaIs own
statement would show that this is the
case. Just where the revolver is
that 1t is claimed Kiley had is a
question that the officers who are at
work on the case have not vet been
able to answer. The constable saws
he had no weapon when he entered
the place, although it is claimed by
the prisoners that he did
If / had been armed with a pistol
you can bet l would have gotten one
OF them, said the wounded man in
declaring that he did not have a gun
when he went into the place.
Prisoners All silent.
None of the prisoners have made a
statement that is credited by the
county officers who .s%@alre il ont that
one man who did the shooting has
agreed to shoulder all of the blame
1t Is shown that Kiley was shot with
revolvers of both 80 and .3S calibre
and unless Rosenthal had a weaDon
in each hand there must have been
more than one firing at the contable.
1t developed during the day that Pa
trolman William Sheehan was one of
the first officers to reach the scene.
He was on Broughton street near
whitaker when the shooting occurred
and ran at once to the gambling room.
he remained on guard at the entrance
ana those who escaped after his ar
rival upon the scene left through the
rear of the building. 1t had been
falsely reported Immediately after the
shooting that Sheehan was in front of
the place when Rosenthal and Bryan
rushed up, pistols in hand.
The men now in custody in connec-
ton with the ARRAY are Julius, alias
Doc Rosenthal. Cad Bryan, Jr.. Sol
Rosenthal, Bill" H. Hills. Peter
Smith, John, alias "Tip-Toe" Rahilly.
Ed. Mehrtens (who has always been a
close friend of Kiley). Albert Adams.
Jack H. Monahan, j. j., alias
Charleston" Jowett. ]. w. Groves.
James. alias "Sawdust" Smith, Albert
Fabian, a negro employed in the
gambling rooms, and w. G., alias
Rubber" Tant. Tant was arrested
last night by Patrolman Jim Brown
under orders from Mounted Sergt Me-
Cool, and is held at the police station
house The other prisoners are in the
county Jail.
Keeping Prisoners Separated.
Warrants were sworn out before Re-
corder Myrick yesterday, charging
thirteen of the men with assault with
intent to murder. On these warrants
the prisoners were transferred from the
police station to the county Jail. and
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