New-York tribune., 1913-07-28
MRS. CAH|LL IS BITTER
Widow of Policeman ASSalIS
Dougherty and His Men.
FEARS LOSS OF INSURANCE
Deputy Commissioner Sticks to
Suicide Theory and Promises
Sensational Evidence.

Mrs Charlotte CahlIl. widow of John
T. Cabin. the policeman. whose death
last Monday morning was caused 10y his
own hand. according to Deputy CommIS-
sioner Dougherty, n thu Police Depart
meut pept last night IN her homo. No.
10 Chestnut street cypress HIS. a. h"
bitterly assaued the conduct Of the Dep
uty Commissioner and his men in the
case.
"lt IS coNarIly thing an uunanlv
thins." she said. TO iudiot the dead II
u. Just as cowardIy to deprive q helpless
widow and her five httlo children Of
what should bc forthcoming 10 them
Tor in declaring officially the death Of
my husband case of self-destrucuon
the detectives put us I'm peril % losing the
sums ~ money I'm which his life vas in
sured. not to speak ~ the much larger
sum that the brother officers Of my muir
dorod husband would have contributed
for our support sum totallinE thou
sand, ot dollars.
commissioner pouchcrty has only cir
cumgtautial evidence OF very slight
nature that my husband could have Killed
himself Ha saws - MS with Tho pistol
hc borrow ed from my cousin VIII that h"
was killed. Also. that another police
man Patrolman Zittop gave him bullets
for the revolver Assuming all this 20 he
true is this sufficient proof that my nus
band Killed himself? NJ husband was
harpy when he left mo last SLndav af-
tcruoor AZ { O'Clock He had com" out
to the Pnander farm IN Hampstead In
tho forenoon of that daN. After his diu-
ror he wanted to rest He had boon out
ON patrol from midnight until ; o'clock
sunday mornus. The chldre1 made a
noise He couldn't sleep. lie got Up with
2 laugh after a while. He said h" was
going back 10 the city "a get some sleep
at our house.
Then he spoke about his 7istol bc'nG
out ~ order and asked cousin VIII ''r
tho old pistol that ne used to have. W."
asked me what time | would get back
10 the city next day Monday saying
IL was awfully lonesome there since Ne
went out To the farm two weeks previ-
ously | told him We would be back in
time TO get his supper for him when he
got back from reserve duty at tho sta
tlon house a. p. m.
Sergeant Philip Cahill has offered a
reward of $500 for the conviction Of his
brothers murderer. Deputy Commis-
sioner Dougherty sticks to his belief
that CahUl was a suicide and SAYS he
VIII produce evidence of a startling nat
ure IN support Of it when the inquest IL
held ON Thursday evening.
Sergeant Cahill. and his brother, Will
lam. a grocer. of 30. 65l Carlton avenue.
expect to talk 10 District Attorney Crop
sev to-day concerning the case. II the
police intend To give up looking for the
supposed murderer under the impression
that the policeman took his own life
they wish the District Attorney 10 take
up the search. Sergeant Cahill has OBJ
tanned ten days leave of absence and in
tends TO devote 1t to trying to clear up
the mystery
one of the incidents supporting the
theory that Cahll had killed himself was
his visit a few days before his death to
q machine shop TO sharpen a knife.
Charles f.. Dooley. manager Of the
Eagle Garage and Machine Company. Of
No 1855 Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn told
Of the visit 10 the police. Il knew ca
hill we'll on account of his passing my
place at times" ne said At noon either
on July .. lU or II he stopped and asked
permission To sharpen the knife on my
emery wheel. which ! granted. He was
here fifteen or twenty minutes and then
loft