New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-30
Paroled Convict and junk
Yal'dW atchnan Surren.
ders TO Sing Sing Chap
lain Protests Innocence
Meyer Committee
TO Consider Case
Gang Leader, Said to Have
Shot Neville, Blanaes 4.
Bandits for the KILLING

William H. Hoey, twenty-one wears
cid Hell's Kitchen gang leader. and a
criminal since his early childhood. the
police say, was locked UP last night at
the West Thirtieth Street police station
charged with first degree murder. The
specific charge is that Foey shot and
killed Policeman Daniel j. Neville Sat-
urday night in a vacant lot at 542 West
Ihlrty-ninth Street. He will be ar
roigned in Jefferson Market Court to-
cay. hoey, quarry of a police and un
derworld manhunt since Saturday
night, gave himself up yesterday to
rather William Cashin, Catholic chap
lain At Sing Sing, where Hoey once
served term
Al the West Thirtieth Street police
station 1t was learned last night. a
special order has been issued directing
that Hoey be placed in a cell separate
from other prisoners ana stating that
II 1t was known any patrolmnn had in
Jured him 1T would go hard on the
patrolman.' This order was issued. it
was said. because of the feeling Of the
patrolmen toward the alleged SLAYER
OF one of the most popular men at the
station. way
The Meyer committee, investigating
the Hylan administration. took official
notice OF the murder of Policeman Ne
Vile and issued this statement:
he committee has investigated
continued practice whereby danger
ous criminal is admitted to easily OBJ
talnable bail and Immediately released
TO prey upon the community. On ac
count of definite program the COM
mittee will not be able to take testi
mony on this matter However, among
the cases being considered is the muir
der of Policeman Neville.
Served Only Nineteen Months
"While we wish to safeguard the
rights Of the accused and have taken a
strong position against unwarranted
and brutal police activity, our position
is none the less strong with respect to
a proper consideration Of the rights
of honest and fearless policemen.
I'VE find that on the 2lst Of
February, 1919, Hoey, who then had
long criminal record, was sentenced to
the state reformatory at Elr,.ra for
first degree robbery, for s maximum
period OF twenty years He was
paroled September 3, 192O-that is. he
served one year and seen months out
of a maximum reriod of twenty years
"On or about August 22 last Hoey
was taken before a city magistrate
upon charge of highway robbery and
was admitted to bail in the sum of
5000 While Hoey was at large on
bail Patrolman Neville was shot and
killed.
Delay in Trials Assailed
"Ihe admission to bail oe notorious
criminals and delay in bringing them
to trial. under the present system.
have not secured to the citizens of
New York nor members Of the Police
Department. that degree Ct safety to
which they are properly entitled. The
committee is firmly of this opinion and
at the proper time testimony will be
dduced in support of this contention."
The record of Hoey, further than
given in the above statement Of the
Meyer committee, shows him to be one
Of the most remarkable of registered
naDitual criminals. April II, 1914,
when Hoey was fourteen years old,
here were six cases Of juvenile delin-
!uency resting against him in Chill
iren's Court Petty thefts and small
ooy violence were among the offenses
charged He served, during his early
IVY SHOOu, one sentence IN Ine CatnQllc
Protectory and another in the House
If Refuge.
Killed Fellow Convict
When not yet fifteen he committed a
,heft in Weehawken. n. j., and was
med in the Chldren's Court there.
n 1916 he again was sent to the House
If Refuge. In 1917 he went to the
State Reformatory on a charge of as
'ault. Two years later he went to
Napanoch on a charge of assault and
'obbery. Sentenced in February, 1917. !
o Napanoch, he was transferred TO
llmira after he had stabbed and killed
| fellow inmate, Zach Roberts. col
,red. Later he was transferred to
Sing Sing.
Father Cashin, Of Sing Sing, 20
brought Hoey from Ossining to >.al
'ffice of Assistant District Attorney
Dab A. Banton, said:
Hoey is the type of boy who is a
lu!lard in school and begins life bv
ittracting attention to himself by be-
ng tough. They get to a point where
hey want to win great prestige in the .
Underworld by killing a policeman.
wen if they burn for it, as they ex-
'ress 1t. Such a murder makes their [
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