The San Francisco call., 1904-11-11
?. David Kiniry, Wanted
for Completely in Killing Of
Oakland Policeman, Is
Arrested in Los Angeles
ADMITS IDENTITY
TO THE DETECTIVES
Tries to Shift All Response
bility for the Crime on
Frank Goldstein, His Com
paniOn, Who Is Now Dead

pan1On, Who is Now Dead
LOS ANGELES, Nov 1O-A sensa-
| ton was unearthed at the Los Angeles
| police headquarters to-day when Fred
| West, who was wounded last night by
Special Policeman j. s. Hendrickson
while he was attempting to rob the
residence Of T.. L. Doheny in Chester
place, was identified on the operating
table at the Emergency Hospital as
2. David Kiniry Cor Kanary), wanted in
Oakland for the murder of Policeman
James II. Smith on November 27, 1903
and for the arrest of whom a reward
Of $3.50 is offered The Identification
Of Kiniry was made by Detective Paul
F1ammer of the city detective force.
who, in examining the mouth of the
prisoner, discovered a false porcelain
tooth, which corresponded with the
printed description of the murderer OF
Smith.
Kiniry became visibly excited when
accused of being the fugitive murderer.
A detailed description of Kiniry, sent
out from Oakland at the time of the
murder was then secured and COM
pared with the prisoner. 1t was found
to fit him exactly in every detail. In
face of all the proof the prisoner stead
fastly maintained he was not Kiniry.
Later he was removed from the oper-
ating table to a room in the hospital
and a strong watch placed over him.
He Is known as a desperate character
and every precaution will be taken TO
prevent his escape from the hospital
until he can be removed to jail. His
injuries are not serious.
In the presence of half dozen de-
tectives tonight Fred West, alias Kin
Try, confessed that he was one OF the
men who, on November q last year,
engaged in the running fight which re-
suited in the murder of Policeman
James II. Smith of Oakland. The pris-
Oner denies, however, that he fired the
shot which killed the officer. He de-
clares that that shot was fired by Gold
stein, the other burglar, who was killed
in the fight.
Il begged Goldstein to quit the bur
glary business" said Kiniry tonight
II told him his duty was to his mother
and sister, but he declared he found 1t
easier than working. On the night Of
the killing we had been through two
houses and when that policeman tried
to arrest us we had the stuff us.
We ran and the policeman ran after
us. Goldstein stopped and said he
was going to kill the bull and began
shooting at the officer. 1 kept on and
did not fire a shot Goldstein called to
me that he had been shot and wanted
me to help him. BY that time the po-
liceman was out of business, for Gold
stein had fixed him. / took GoldStein
to some Chinese, but they would not
bind his wounds. Then we went to the
place where they later found his body.
He died in my arms there and 1 left
him. 1 took part of the stuff he had
with him and went. downtown. The
next day 1 went to San Francisco. Yes,
l admit 1 was there, but no man can
prove that fired a shot at that officer.
'I committed the big jewelry rob-
berry in San Francisco unassisted. 1t
was easy. / passed a policeman on
the corner, got into the house
through a window and got the jewel
ry. l knew there was other good
picking in that house, but 1 could not
get into one of the rooms and had to
leave sooner than / wanted to. 1 also
committed that Potter job in Chicago.
l worked there for months and got
away with nearly $4,000 worth of
stuff, but 1 lost most of it. 1 have
been working in Los Angeles for
months and have robbed twenty-three
houses here.
The authorities have not decided
what to do with the prisoner. If the
Oakland police have a case against
him they will be permitted to take
him there for trial. He can be con-
victed here of eight burglaries and of
the murderous assault upon the Of
ficer last night.
Kiniry received his wound last night
while attempting to enter the house of
z. L. Doheny, q wealthy citizen of
Chester place. He was detected enter
ing window Of the house by Special
officer Hendrickson and attempted to
make his escape. The officer opened
fire, wounding Kiniry slightly. He,
however, succeeded in getting away in
the darkness. To-day he was found at
the residence of G. p. Barnes, where he
had been rooming for four months past
under the name of Fred West He is
only about % years old.
The crime for which Kiniry Is wanted
was one of the most sensational in the
police annals of the State. After a long
series of burglaries in Oakland, during
the fall of 1908, Kiniry together with a
pal, Frank Goldstein, was detected on
the night Of November 81 attempting
to enter a private house there. A pistol
duel between the officer and the burg
lars ensued, in which the officer shot
and killed Goldstein, and was pursuing
and firing at Kiniry when the latter
turned and shot the officer dead. He
succeeding in making his escape from
the city, and while a search for him
has been kept up from the date of the
crime, no trace of him has been found
until to-day.