New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-10
IDENTIFIED BY TWO MEN
r4TLIFFE IVI7NE S.SE.S PICK
OFT DETECTIVE KIERNAN.
SAY He HELPED TO CARRY MAN FROM
STATION TO CAB OK DAY OF
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.

detective duty there was identified early tnls
-,ornine in the West Forty-seventh-st- police
e-aticr as one OF two men Who were seen on
spndav morning February "A, carrying man
from Tie door If the station toward can that
stoo5 waiting by the sidewalk. The identi1ca-
ZION vas made 10y Aaron Cohen, who says that
t1ierna- IS the man who walked on the left
tord side Of the man who being carried
10 the cab
1ob, o,,,or alec declared that Herman was
saan h, him helping to carry man from the
e-a.ton to = oai, and WIS walking up the left
hand side
The men Of the first platoon We're the first to
be inspected by the witnesses that have been
brought forward il the case after tV" months
of search. There was present as a rej7osenta-
tive Ct District Attorney jerome Assis'a,'t Dis
tric7 Attorney Lord. No one was there - rep
resent Police Commissioner Partridge.
The me-: rtre sent TO their sect'o1 rc''-11s
Wien they c-ne in at midnight from = 'r"i
i.--. .-d 4.ac,. - change their uniforms 90
ci,izers c:o5fnae. Then they were ali brought
-e..r e Ia COON in tft front Of The station,
where tl,ey we're divided inc two equal strafs
Hall # therl we're placed in I'VE i:c"s, eSi@fd-
i.,r acraz@ the front Of the room, facing The
cenrre. and the other half were placed in toe
back Of the room. also facing the centre Cap
tain Donohue gaze orders and Sergeant shibles
Wa II the desk
Lemon was the first 10 inspect the lines. lie
walaed in front Of the men. but made no iden-
ti6cation Cohen followed and with this
platoon had no better success.
The men of ire second platoon were then
placei in lines These men were also made 10
don citizens clothing Kiernan was not in either
of the four lines bus instead stood in the short
narrow and somewhat dark hallway, leading
from the front room of the station back into
the section or squad room.
He had his hat on, and II was tipped slightly
forward. He leaned against the wall OF the
hallway.
Cohen was the first Of the witnesses to be
taken along the lines He walked slowly and
carefully III front of the two lines in the front
Of the room and closely scrutinlzed the features
of each Of the men.
Then he shock his head slowly and turned TO
walk across the roonc, where he was to inspect
the men of the two ranks in the back.
Two lines Of burly policemen were between
him and the hallway in which klernan stood
leaning against the wall. Cohen had got close
10 the front rank of the policemen. when he
happened to glance through between their
shoulders and saw a form in the hallway at
their rear. He stopped suddenly Then he
started forward walked UP to the front rank of
the men SO that he almost leaned against them,
and peered through between them into the hall
yav. For minute. or perhaps more, Cohen
stood and stared at kiernan.
That's the man." he suddenly cried out, as
he pointed his outst-etched through be-
tween the men and straight at Herman.
Captain Donohue then ordered Kiernan out
e the hallway into the bright light OF the sta
ton.
Again, and more positively than before. Cohen
said that Kiernan the man whom he had
raan VIII a from the
station on the Sunday morning that McAul!fre
was found at Sixth-ave. and Forty-seventh-st.
toward cab standing IN front Of the station.
Then Kiernan stood in the middle Of the room
and Lennon was called to make his tour Of the
men lie made the same Identification Cohen
had done.
When Herman came out into the room he held
his head somewhat lowered: his hat was tilted
down over his forehead to some extent; his
eyes seemed 10 be nearly half closed, and mis-
brow was wrinkled. He had the appearance OF
trying to avoid Identification.
Herman detailed the West Forty-sev-
enth-st station. and doing duty there at
the time OF McAuliffe's death. A short time
afterward, within a day two. he was trans
ferred back to Police Headquarters, where he
has been doing detective duty since.
Another Identification was made at the inspec-
ton. That was the Identification Of Policeman
John Gflligan as the who had stood
ii alb - TIE morning man was placed in it
by Two men and who had told Cohen Ito move
on" and TO get TO out Of there
Cohen identified Policeman Raddigan the
man whom he had met in Sixth-ave. yesterday
and who had told him he had been having alto
gether TOO much To say about the. McAuliffe
case and that he knew too much about it,
and that the least he had 10 say and the least
he knew the better or he would be.
Two policemen not in the station at the
time OF the inspection. Policeman Loefner was
away, Il being bis night off Policeman Wen
Dell was scl, leave. Mr. Lord said that he
would have the men both present at some
future time and reviewed by the witnesses
hiernan while doing duty in the West Forty
seventh-st. precinct was not, strictly speaking.
attached 10 the precinct. HIS chief duty was to
watch for pickpockets and vagrants in Broad
way
After the identification Assistant District Az
torney Lord said there would De no arrest last
night
The policemen will probably be summoned to-
oay before the Police Commissioner as well as
Tie District Attorney
Naptain Donohue would say absolutely moth
--s regarding the Identification. kiernan HIM
@ ei. lelt the station at once and refused TO make
ol4s statement He started. il was said. on his
wy 70 Police Headquarters
sergeant Shibles IL is said. was at the desk
~ ne night that McAuliffe was arrested ana
taken TO the station
James J. kiernan appointed to the police
loIce on November B 1882. He was appointed
detective sergeant on November %. 1901. He
wac porn IN 1896. is married, and was a line
nan before joining the department He lives
VIII MS wife at No. 353 East One e-hundred-and-