The Washington herald., 1921-08-30
ILL HOEY, BAD GUY
IF HELL'S KITCHEN,
[SKS PROTECTION
ears Police Who Seek
Slayer of Patrolinan
Neville.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-Bil Hoey,
hovn In HelPs Kitchen as zone
u of q bad guy" Is just a weedy.
himpering little poolroom loafer.
ding behind the cassock of a
ison priest. mortally afraid to
ce any policeman from the Hell's
chen station on the upper West
pey was in the junk yard on
Thirty-ninth street when Pa
an Dan Neville, who feared no
an alive, stole through in the
was betrayed by the refiec-
Z a distant arc light glinting
. nickeled badge, and fell dead
N a bullet in his heart and a
e through the shiny shield on
left breast.
Police Hunt Murderer.
lIoey disappeared. and from that
ur posses OF uniformed patrol
In and detectives went rushing
rough the dark Railways and over
roofs, through Easements and
Fty tenement quarters. dragging
ople out of dark closets and from
lder beds, in search of him. Hoey
now "a His criminal record be-
IN eleven years ago.
|Three detectives from the Helrs
tchen station, away on their va
ttions, read Of Dan NeviIle's death
the Sunday papers and rushed
Rck to round up young thugs of
! |eir acquaintance. That's what
her policemen thought of Dan
eville.
Monday morning a sIovenly little
Rllow walked into Sing Sing prison
Ossining and asked for Father
ashin, the Cathoic chapain. who
as accompanied so many gunmen
} the electric chair.
Asks Police Protection.
1t was Bill Hoey, the bad guy.
He was qivering with fear. He
'as wing to go back to New
ork, but he wanted protection"
-om the policemen of the HelIs
itchen station. Hoey has been ar
ssted times enough to know that
certain firmness makes it unpleas-
Mt to go through an interview in
lie captains office of Hell's Kitchen.
e was afraid.
Late in the afternoon he was
rought to New York in an auto
Ioblle to be questioned by the dis
let attorney. He will be deliv-
red to the West Thirtieth street
oice station because in that pre-
net Dan Neville was killed.
Partner Seeks Vengeance.
William Schofer, just eight
Ionths in the police force, but
fth five battle stars on his serv-
q ribbon, was Dan Neville's last
lrtner. A middle-aged policeman
amed Hogan used to travel with
an, but the gangsters got him
-opped a brick on his head from
roof one dark night and killed
m Now SchOfer is charging
.ong his beat like an inspired
Senger, looking for certain famil-
T figures and not finding them.
This Hoey maybe didn't kill
an" Schofer admitted, at the junk
lrd. this afternoon. But he knows
no did. and 1 want him. Dan just
dn't have a chance. These little
is around here-these gunmen
I'd burglars and leapers-they
OuIdn't fight a man like Dan Ne
lie was. He used to just wade
with his fists and mop up a whole
ON full of them.
But this is the end of the Hell's
.tchen gang. They're running
Nv.
Find Comrades Body.
Il was standing Ust up in front
that tenement there when a lit
2 kid came up to me the other
ght and yelled: Hey, there's a
ad cop down in the big lot. Then
found Dan. Therell be no more
that.
An Irish woman came down the
cps of the same tenement and
Cr to where Gchofer was stand
e. My Gawd"' she gasped. My
Iwd! There's a man just killed on
c landing in our hall. Come get
m"
bounced up the stairs
id found a young bill collector
stabbed. beaten, his
" smashed, his shirt torn almost
and his undershirt drenched
tn blood. Some children said they
W three men go through the sky
;ht and over the roof a short
ne before.