The evening world., 1904-08-24
Orders Police to Take Him Into
custody-Accused Of Being
with Crowd In Fight When
Waterman Was Shot.
READ DESCRIPTION
TO EACH PLATOON.
Is a Hard Thing for a Man
to d." He Says, but I'm
Carrying Out Ny Duty as
Commander Of This Precinct"

As the p~latoons Of police hied up TO
the desk Of Police Captain Nailv In the
West One Hundredth street station
house to-day tksy were told by the
Captain to arrest his own son. William
Nally. accused OF compiicity In the at
tempt to kill Special Policeman stadt-
muller In the Casino Dance Hall. In
West One Hundred and Tenth street.
two weeks ago. stadtmuller Is now IN
the J. Hood Wright Hospital and there
10 little chance for him to ecove
Young Nally was recognised at the
time a. one Of the men In the row. In
spite OF these charges NAliy haR been
allowed to 20 free. and no attempt was
made TO bring about his arrest until
the police were forced to act by the
Coroner. Now young Nally 10 not at
home. He has disappeared. and the
police up to this time report tina, they
cannot md him.
In ordering tho arrest Of his son,
Capt. Nally quietly read:
william Nally. aged twenty.seyen;
weight 1875 pounds; 6 feet III inches
tall; light complexion: blue eyes:
freckled face. marked a. II by small.
pox; heavy scar on left side OF neck:
teeth filled with gold; IL missing from
his home and wanted by the police OF
the West One Hundredth street sta.
tlon In connection with the shooting OF
Policeman stadtmuller In the Riverside
Cafe OF the night OF Aus, l. IL any Of
you policemen see and Identify him.
you are ordered to place him under
arrest on tho charge Of being a suspi'
cious person and bring him to the sta
tion-house for examination"
After telling his men to arrest his
son Capt. Nally sank back In his chair.
says II 10 Hard.
1T has been said that | am Sinking
my duty as a police captain to protee.
my son." he said.
II tell you It Is pretty hard for a mar
to have to call out three different pla'
toons and from the captains desk read
out q general alarm for the arrest OF hi,
boy. There was not a mar In the three
p~latoons who doesn't know Billy Nsiiy
about a. well as / do. I know how they
felt about It. II was the hardest And
| most cruel thing I ever had to do.
"Ot course they all know ! don't be-
lieve the boy guilty Of m attempt tC
murder Policeman Stadtmuller. but still
| most OF them realize that the evidenc,
| Ct the Coroner tends to show that Billy
| wes at the Riverside Casino that night
guess they are all pretty familiar with
| the fght I have made to keep the boz
away from such places and such com
panions, and I guess they all know tina
I haven ( done well enough to succeed II
keeping him at home lie hasn't heel
With US for a year or more"
Saw Him In Fight.
Jacob stadtmuller. brother OF tn
wounded policeman, said that he an
his brother were certain tina; the shoot
Ing had not been done by young Nall,
but that they also were reasonably sur
that the attack had been planned an
generalled by him.
II happened to be on the spot vac
the scrlmmase commenced" said Jaeo
stadtmuiler yesterday. and, OF course
I rushed TO my brothers assistance
lie was down, and a gang of rough
looking chaps vas beating and kickin
him.
thIck.set fellow, not Nally draw HI
gun and FIRE deliberately at m,
brothers back. He started 10 run an
In followed. but he got away from m
after threatening TO take my lie alsi