New-York tribune., 1916-05-07
Detective Feared MINI
ic Robber Threat
ened Mayor
DISGUISED COP
BADLY WOUNDED
Woods Kept Exhibition as
Secret Climax-S,00O
in Line,

an exhibition and started north TO dis
hand At the police parade yesterday
,ttsrnoon 6 woman screamed. Pohce
Commissioner Woods sitting in the re-
Viewing stand on the Fifth Avenue side /
~ Madison Square Garden near I"en-
tv.fourth Street nudGed Mayor Mitchell
and WHISPERED: Watch this. It's 60
lrs 20 be great This has been planned
,p secret for months"
Less than 8 minute later Patrolnsn
cbrlstopher Reilly, Of the Parkville (
station. dressed in civilian attire ior
an exhibition Of the work Of police
dogs in capturing lawbreakers, lay IN !
-. arms Of s number Of uniformed
men shot through the mouth. The
bullet came from the revolver Of Act
,re Detective Sergeant Thomas Kilroy'
vto. not knowing Of the exhibition
thought that Reilly was q real PICK
rocket. who in attempting to escape
Lsd fred two shots at a detective.
Police Actor Beaten and Shot.
Immediately following the scream
that was the signal for the start OF
the exhibition a score of uniformed
,ol;comen grouped about the temporary
,roo5on structures of the subway con-
..ructors. directly opposite the review
;,, stand. dashed into the street. They
slso were in ignorance of the stunt,
and before the shot was fired by De
..etiye Kilroy at least fifteen Of them
b.5 strucs at Reilly with their batons'
Al the sound of the shots from heii-
,r,s revolver. which were blank cart
docs ered at the pursuing dog, Mayor
,r;..ho1 and several of the reviewing
-. ..sr+e6 10 their feet. The smile
isft commissioner Woods's face as De
te..;ve Kilroy started from in front OF
.be reviewing stand toward the crook,
-. bosded for the stand, for hiI-
rov had his service revolver drawn
,rd Woods knew it was not loaded WIN
N,,k cartridges. The words OF warn-
-. Woods uttered were drowned IN the
leTk Of Kilroy's gun, and the Commis-
,.o,e- blancbed as Reilly toppled back
Believe Mitchell in Peril
Commissioner Woods planned the
s.,,r,p with a view Of surprising the
,bopssnds In the grandstand. Whiie
,be ,swspaper men covering Fohce
Vssdopa-+ers knew that it was to be
staged the detail was withheld from the
advance stories of the parade in order
not to spoil the Commissioners plans
How complete the surprise was eva
snesd IN the fact that reporter, Know
ing Of the event, never suspected thS'
it had miscarried until he was swept
into the roadway by the onrushing UNI
forrosd policemen who were intent on
capturing the thief. Reilly had fred
TWO shots and with u smoking revolver
was running toward the Mayor
The greatest pains we're taken IN ar
ranging the stunt" 1t had been
staged last summer at the Police Gar
pivsi for .he widows and orphans OF
policemen. Not hitch marred tho
proceeding. but the affair was an
nounced In the programme and every
one, policemen and spectators was
prepared. No such announcement sp-
psared in yesterdays programme ana
not even the policemen knew II was 70
Be staged. with the exception Of Inspec-
tor Frank Tierney and the squad as
signed 70 guard the section around the
grsndstands.
woman's Scream a Signal.
Il was proposed 20 carry out the az
fair IN this fashion: Reilly and Mrs
Henrietta Durie, a mstron, OF the
Adams Street station, Brooklyn, were
to be the principals, Mrs. Durie, the
victim, Reilly, the crook. One OF the
dogs Reilly had trained down in Park
vile was 20 be used This animal was
IN charge Of sergeant up on Fifth
Avenue. and was TO be released on
signal That signal was Mrs. Durie's
Stream. Detective Sergeant Gallagher
was to attempt TO intercept him. Reilly
vas 70 fire two shots az the pursuing
cog but the animal was TO keep after
him.
now Detective Kilroy and the other
PsIolmen and the spectators saw il
es'red out was: On the northwest
'''nsr Of Twenty-ffth Street and Fifth
avenue Mrs. Durie, unknown 10 the
'"eemen about her. stood watching
" rarade. On her left arm she car
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