New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-29
Ganggsters Vow
Aid i'm Hunt for
Neville's Slayer
Dwellers in Hcll's Kitchen
Offer to Assist Police i'm
Finding Man Who Shot
Patrolman in Vacant Lot
Two Held as Witnesses
Bill Hoey, Waterman and
Leader Known To Be Hos
tile to Victim, Is Sought

Gangsters who have for years
prowled in Hell's Kitchen district,
sinking from the sight Of every uni
formed policeman, yesterday offered 70
aid in the search for policeman's
murderer. The victim, Patrolman Dan
iel J. Neville, who was shot to death
Saturday night in a vacant storage lot
at Eleventh Avenue and West Thirty
ninth Street, was one of the most re-
lentless foes the district and It's gang
sters ever had.
Many frequenters of the Kitchen
called during the day at the Twenty
third Precinct station and agreed to
do all they could, which will be great
deal, according to the police. With the
aid of Hell's Kitchens own dwcllers
and with the efforts of the largest
number of detectives that has ever been
assigned to hunt patrolman's slayer,
the police were confident last night of
arresting the murderer.
Two men were taken to the West
Thlrtleth Street station last night for
questioning and were held as material
witnesses. They are Daniel Kerrigan,
twenty-five years old, a laborer, Of sci
West Forty eighth Street, and Hugh
Gallagher eighteen, lnborer, no home
that Kesrigan and Gallagher were in
the vacant lot at the time Neville was
killed.
One Of those being sought is Bill
Hoey, gang leader, who had been en-
ployed as a Waterman at the vacant
lot. Hoey is widely known to all fire.
quenters Of the Hell's Kitchen district
and known to many detectives and uni
formed patrolmen.
Incurred Hoey's Enmity
Patrolman Neville knew him we'll and
it is said that Neville, in his unremit-
ting drive to clean up the district, had
incurred the enmity of Hoey While
disiked by Hoey and many of his type,
according to the police, Neville had won
the admiration of many residents Of
the section, and his murder has made
them eager to bring his slayer to JUS
tice.
We'll turn the killer up if we have
the Kitchens dwclcrs as he presented
himself before a desk lieutenant. Dan
Neville was a regular guy
When the midnight detail of police
of the 23d Precinct reported for duty
at o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
West Thirtieth Street station Captain
Joseph E. Howard, commander of the
precinct, passed around among the
men Rogues' Gallery photograph of
Hoev.
"This man." he said, "is suspected of
the murder of your comrade, Patrolman
Neville. Last evening he was in your
ranks, one Of the best policemen that
have ever known. You all have heard
the fate he met and | know how it has
impressed you
A "Splcndd Policeman"
"Neville was splendid policeman.
He was we'll liked by you all and was
liked by the better element every
where. He was terror to the gang
sters in his district"
An autopsy held at the morgue YES
terday by Benjamin Schwartz, acting
chief medical examiner, revealed that
Neville had been shot twice. The bull
Jet which caused death penetrated the
left lung 1t entered his body through
the left chest, above and to the right
Of Neville's shield. The other bullet
passed through his right hand from the
back to the palm, glancing along his
right arm near the armpit. The only
other wound was slight abrasion of
the left thumb, evidently sustained
when Neville fell, while reaching for
his revolver
Both bullet wounds had been inflicted
with a 32calber revolver. Neville's
revolver, fully loaded, was found
close by.
Neville was shot when he had en-
tered the lumber luttercd lot to rout
gangsters from a shack backed up
against the Thirty-e ighth Street fence,
He apparently had stepped from behind
truck which stood about ten feet
from the shanty whom he was fred
upon. Neville's cleaning shield was
undoubtedly used as target.