The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-27
DIDN'T TELL REILLY
KENO GAMES NOT REPORTED TO
POLICE CHIEF.
STATEMENTS EXPLAINED.
TULLIS MADE HIS REPORT TO THE
FORMER SJPERINUENDENT.

supt. Reilly Had PntroImen Sheehan
and TuIIis Before iii INTO Ffnkl Out
What They Haul Told Grand Jury.
Officers Made Themselves Clear
and Police Chief sets Him
self Straight Before the Mayor.
TuIIiS Mentioned No Names
in Saying He Had Told Chief
OF Police About the joint
and Did Not Mean the Present
Chief-Sheehan Once Heard Num-
beers Being Called, But Was Not
Certain Gambling Was Going on
Within-Supt. Reilly Was Not I'm
der subpoena to Appear Before
Grand Jury and Did Not Know He
Was Wanted Until Too Late.
Following an investigation at police
headquarters, in which Patrolman Viii
liam Sheehan and Ben Tullis told Su-
perintendent Reilly what they had
stated to the grand jury during the
investigation of the shooting ARRAY in
the Broughton street keno room, the
police chief had a talk with Mayor
Myers at the City Exchange yesterday.
Superintendent Reilly showed the
Mayor that he had been put before the
public in a false light by the grand
Jury, and that things had been taken
for granted. In the first place, Super
intendent Reilly had not received a
subpoena to attend the session. He re-
NAMED at police headquarters until
o'clock, and at that hour went to sup
per- Upon his return to headquarters
he learned that he was wanted by the
grand jury. and at once telephoned the
Court House The investigating body
however had in the meantime adj
journed.
Officers Before Reilly.
Later when the police chief learned
what had transpired at the session of
the grand jury he communicated with
the two officers who had appeared be-
fore that body. Patrolman Tullis stated
that he had been asked if he didn't
know that for twenty years there had
been gambling in the Broughton street
place. He answered that he had not
been a resident of Savannah that long
but admitted that for several years he
was aware that the building was be-
ing used as gambling house. The
patTolman told the grand jury that the
place had given the police trouble when
the soldiers were in Savannah.
Tulls admitted that he told the
grand jury that upon once occasion
he had reported the matter to the
chief of police and had been informed
that the city detectives would attend
to such matters. The patrolman told
Supt. Reilly, however. that he had not
intended the grand jury to accept this
statement as meaning that the matter
was reported to him. On the contrary
Tullis said his report was made TO
Supt. Reilly's predecessor in office.
Heard Numbers Called.
Patrolman Sheehan said that he told
the grand jury he had never known
positively that there was gambling in
the place, and said that he never stated
that he had made a report to the chief
of police. He did recall one occasion
when he patroled that precinct. Supt.
Reilly was lieutenant of police at the
time. and asked him if everything was
quiet on his lewiston. Sheehan said
that he reported having heard numbers
being called in the place where the
gaming house was located He was
unable then TO say that gambling was
going on, and could not tell what the
calling off of the numbers meant.
Supt. Reilly explained all of these
things 70 Mayor Myers so that his posi-
ton could be readily understood. 1t
was shown by the police chief that it
had never been reported to him by any
police officer, that there was gambling
going on in the place. Mayor Myers
did not ask Supt. Reilly for an expla-
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chief only for the purpose. he says, Of
setting him right before the nuhllc