The New York herald., 1921-08-31
met HOEY FLEEING
AS NEVILLE DIED
Witness Prisoner Positive
in Identification of Muir
der Suspect.
GUN HID UNDER COAT
Two Other Men Also Seen
in Lot Where Policeman
Was Slain.
Is HELD WITHOUT BAIL
Gangster Arraigned and Fur
ther Hearing. Set for Sep
tembcr 3.
IS HELD WITHOUT BAIL

The case against William lIoey
charged with the murder of Patrol
man Daniel J. Neville was strength
ened yesterday by the testimony or
John Grogan OF 522 West Thirty ninth
street, who is held with two other men
as material witness.
drogan told the District Attorney he
was standing in front Of the junk yard
at Eleventh avenue and Thirty-ninth
street last Saturday night and heard
gate because shots are not infreQuent
in that neighhorhood, but moment
later Two men, whose names he gave,
jumped the fence and ran up the
inside his coat ran out OF the yard.
One OF the men Grosan saw was
Hoey, according 10 the police. lioey
was arraigncd before Magistrate Marsh
in Jefferson MARKET Court and held with
out bail until September . on charge
Of homicide. The case was adjourned
at request of Assistant District Attorney
stiefel. who asked time t. prepare the
evidence.
The funeral OF patrolnan Neville viii
be ield at 10 o'clock this morning IN
his former residence, 80 Brooklyn ave-
nue., Jamaica Mass VII be sung In
st. Mon.ca's Church ana interment viii
be in Calvary cemeterr. The poiice
band the police glee club, and de-
tachment OF eighty patrolmen, led by
two captains and four sergeants. win
march in the procession. Inspector
Thomas j Kelley is in charge OF the
arrangements.
Arrangements are being made For tho
care OF Mrs. Neville and her three chill
dren 1t was said at Police Headquarters
yesterday The pension fund, the special
department relief fund and the Tquita-
BILE fire and police fund have sent ap
plication blanks to be filed out.
DR. Frank L. Christian, superintendent
Of E;lmira Refo-matory. said yesterday
that II his advice had been taken Hocy
would not have been paroled from Sing
Sing. Hoey was sentenced to Elmira
In February, 1919. and transferred to
Napanoch, where a short time after he
VAS accused Of the murder of fellow
prisoner. rhe Ulster county Grand Jury
failed to indict him. Superintendent
Christian then caused Hocy's transfer
10 Sing Sing. He applied for a parole
and in spite of Christians protests was
released.
Surprise was expressed in the Tender
loin last night when 1t was learned
that Police Commissioner Enright had
transferred First Grade Patrolman Clar-
ence T. DAILY to street duty in the Grand
avenue precinct, Brooklyn, a residential
section. after promoting him to a
sergeancy Whenever there has been
serious trouble in the Tcnderioin DAILY
has been called in. lie was called Sat
urday night when Patrolman Neville
was murdered.
AS the story goes at the Tenderloin
citation, Days first suggestion was,
Find Hoey." 1t was not known then
that Hoey was the watchman in the
shack where Neville was killed. DAILY
was made a first grade patrolman when
he rounded up singlehanded the Red
Hope" gang which staged a series of
Tenderloin Hotel robberies.
Sergeant Rudolph Bose Of the Snyder
avenue station, Brooklyn. was made a
lieutenanu and twenty-five other pa
trolmen were made sergeants.