The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-05-20
ON THE STAND
As 4 WITNESS ~ TIRE CASE
AGAINST Dan O'REILLl.
Police Commissioner Tells Of the Accused
lawyers Visit 10 Him when Tie Was
with the PinkertOns Asked Fec
Of 1SO II Reward We're 1S .(NNb.

Of 1SO n Reward Mere 1S .O<N.
George S Dougherty. Second Deputy
Police Commissioner. WAS called by
Assistant District Attorney Buckner yes
terday a. witness in the case OF
Daniel O'Reillv the lawyer who is on
trial before Justice Davis in the Criminal
Branch Of the Supreme Court for receiv-
ing stolen property the stolen property
being securities valued al SS5.I0 which
were stolen from Aaron Bancroft last
March Abraham Levy. O'Reilly's coun-
sci. also intended 10 call MIR. Dougherty
a. witness had not MIR. Buckner got
ahead OF him
Commissioner Doughertv was in charge
OF the Pinkerton Office in New York when
the securities we're stolen He said that
Daniel O'Reily. whom he had known for
several years. telephoned TO him on
March 10 and later came to see him.
OReilly. MIR Dougherty said. asked him
IL he we're still interested in the Bancroft
! robbery and told him that ha thou gh'
he had information which might lead to
the recovery Of the securities and the
arrest OF the thieves O'Reilly asked him
who was attorney for Bancroft 4 Co
and said that he would like to be retained
as counsel at a nominal fee OF $50 and that
he could get the securities If a reward of
S. 900 was offered
| Mr. Dougherty said that he went to see
William NJ Sullivan. the attorney for
Bancroft Co. and told. him what
O. Reilly had said He did not mention
O'Reilly's name to Mr. Sullivan. however
MIR. Sullivan told him. he said that he
wasn't particularly anxious to appre-
hend the thieves. hut that he would give
&. 900 for the securities As to securing
another lawyer. even AT nominal fee OF
$50. MIR Sullivan said tina, If any attorney
made such proposition to him he would
prefer charges against him.
Later he saw O'Reilly again and the
same scheme was broached He asked
OReilly IL he were sure that what he was
doing was all right and O'Reily told
him that he was Dougherty said that
he again reported 10 Lawyer Sullivan and
that Sullivan then told him that he would
agree TO the suggestion. He told okelIiy
tina, Sullivan would accept the PROPOSE
ton. but did not introduce him to Sulli-
| van
| On cross examination Abraham Levy
asked him il he had not requested o Reilly
to keep at work and see what you can
do when O'Reillv was about TO give up
the case Dougherty said that he he
lieved he had made some such remark
and that O'Reilly had answered. AN
right. George, ! viii
| Mr.. Buckner then asked Commissioner
Dougherty il he had not in the District
Attorney office said TO MIR. Buckner that
he did not for one moment believe that
the $50 fee was all that O'Reilly really
got out of it? Commissioner Dougherty
answe cred that he had said so. but that he
did not know that O'Reilly had got any
thing more for his trouble.
Detectives Armstrong and Millmore
both Of whom said they had known the
defendant for ten or twelve years, told
how they had waited on Park row for
O'Reilly, Sullivan and Plass March -. and
then had lost sight of them as they crossed
City Hall Park toward the Astor House.
Inspector Russell OF the detective
bureau was called next While he was
saving that in his Office O'Reilly had tolo
his friends must have made of with the
400 shares of Smelters which were no,
found Abraham Levy said something to
his client
Il object" said Mr. Buckner, TO tbs
counsel for the defence talking TO his
client SO that the jury can hear him
He just said that ia the usual police
Testimony"
/ MIR. Levy said that he appreciated thai
) IL would be highly improper had th'
. Jury heard him, but that ne had intended
his words only for the ear Of his client
Justice Davis instructed the jury TO dis
regard the statement
Several character witnesses we're called
by the defence. among them Herbert r
Limberg, an attorney, ex-Judge f.. NJ
Curtis, Col Asa Bird Gardiner, forme
District Attorney; Charles f LIE Barber
former Assistant District Attorney, ant
Alderman Louis Wendell, Jr MIR Lev,
said that he intended TO put his ellen
on the stand Monday