The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-16
NO. 43
"KID REGAIN"
Reported Capture of a Former
HOnesdaIe Boy Long Hunted
as q Murderer.

contains an account of the capture in
California of Peter, alias "Kid' Regan,
son of Peter Regan, who several years
ago carried on the shoe making and
cobbling business on Main street, below
Sixth, but later, with his family, went to
New York city to live. The father him
self was a peaceable, industrious and
much respected man while living here,
and, in fact, all of the family were we'll
thought of with the exception of "Kid,"
who got into many boyish scrapes, some
Of them of serious nature. The story
of his alleged crime in New York, and
his reported capture is thus told by The
World:
After a search extending over three
years, Peter Regan, alias kid" Regain,
who is wanted for numbering Roy Joyce,
during gang fight in Tobey's cafe, at
Broadway and Thirtieth street, in April.
1905, is believed to have been arrested
at Los Angeles, California.
When it became known at Headuuar-
ters yesterday that Fourth Deputy Com
missioner Woods, in charge of the De-
tective Bureau, had received information
that KID Regan was in custody, there
was great stir among the old timers.
for certain faction in the Police De-
partment had done everything possible
to block the efforts made to capture
him.
The accused man is brother OF Lieut..
Martin Regan. Soon after the murder
of Joyce, the "system" became active,
and for weeks Regan remained in the
/ CITY frnunaptip0 bic old b,,,,t, ,,,,l
iting his friends, while supposedly every
bluecoat and plaincothes man on the
force was trying night and day to cap
ture him.
| Regan had connections with the police
which led to the inner circles of the
system and he was kept posted on
all that was going on. The little gang
| fighter, who had been member of Paul
Kelly's notorious band of thugs, was
seen often on Broadway and the Bowery,
but he was not arrested. Police Com
missioner McAdoo had men assigned to
hunt down the murderer, and they made
false reports to him, it was said
Among the men to fall under suspicion
OF having protected "Kid" Regan was
Lieut.. Frank Peabody, who is now out
of the Police Department. Peabody has
been a most persistent hunter for the
fugitive murderer ever since his retire
ment.
"By capturing Regan l will vindicate
myself and will find him if he is alive"
said Peabody.
1t was through information obtained
by Peabody that the present suspect was
captured in California, it is said. Last
April Peabody thought he was on the
trail of kid" Regan, and he caused
the arrest in Port ,Iervis, N. Y, of man
he believed to be the murderer. This sus-
pect turned out to be Thomas Regan, a
brother of the missing gang fighter.
Thomas Regan told the authori-
ties at Police Headquarters that while
working on railroad he met his brother
near Pocatello, Idaho. One night, Thomas
Regan said, his brother fell between two
freight cars and was ground to death.
He was buried in the Potter's Field, at
Pocatello, his brother said.
This story was gladly accepted by GER
tain persons at Police Headquarters, and
the search for kid" Regain was prac-
tically abandoned. Peabody refused to
believe the story was true and renewed
his efforts to find the fugitive on the
theory that Regan might become bolder
in view of the report that he was dead.
The information from Los Angeles re-
/ SetiN'iiiS NiN vi VIC llldll DtllDNeu
to be Regan is meagre. Deputy Police
Commissioner Woods said he was not
prepared to tell how the capture had
been made.
1--WE are pretty sure we have the right
man, but until / am positive | do not
care to say more about tine case than that
Il man answering the description of
"kid Regan, and who we have other
reasons for believing to be the fugitive
murderer, is under arrest somewhere in
the West" he said. "Whcthpr we will
send some one to identify the man, or
whether he can be identified bv those
who have him in custody, do not know.
If the suspect is identified we will have
him eNtraditcd and brought here to stand
trial
A Coroner's jury has held Rcgan re-
sponsible for the murder of Roy Joyce,
which was the outcome of one of the
most sensational gang fights ever known
in the Tenderoin. Regan and several
members OF the Paul Kelly gang were
sitting in the rathskelar of Tohey's cafe
when a woman who was with Regan,
left him to go to table where another
man was sitting. fight followed and
Joyce attempted to interfere. Regan had
no grudge against Joyce, but he stabbed
him to death. Three other men were
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