The New York herald., 1922-01-13

finished this story and while George N.
Brothers. Assistant District Attorney,
was reading certain portions OF the tes-
timony. that he became nervous and
angry, finally losing his temper and de-
claring that the District Attorney and
the police were trying to frame him.
Always Friendly, He Says.
'I didn't kill Neville" he said. ST
had nothing to do with il. l was al
ways friendly with Neville
The gangster went into great detail
while telling about the events that i'm
mediately preceded the murder. He said
that he went into the lot about O'Clock
In the afternoon, and entered the shack
he had there a tumbledown old place, In
which he kept his clothing and "some
bandages and iodine" He kept there
also some heroin. on which he spent
every cent he could get. He used other
drugs also, but this was his favorite.
because he had become more used to
1t, and he loved the pleasant tingling.
dreamy and soothing sensations that
followed it's use.
The first thing he did when he got
into the shack was to get out his supply
OF heroin and take some OF 1t. He
called it loading" himself. but did not
explain whether he used a hypodermic
needle. snuffed the powder or had 1t in
tablet form and took il like medicine.
At any rate he took heroin and re-
NAMED in the lot, pleasantly titillated
by the drug. at peace with the world.
feeling kindly toward all mankind. even
the police. That evening, he said,
Patrolman Neville came In and talked to
him, and Hoey was friendly with him
and gracious. because while the effect
OF the heroin was there no man was his
enemy. They went outside. and while
they STOOD there talking four men car
rying bundles went into the shack.
do you Know these guys?' Hoey
said Neville asked him.
Hoey said he didn't, and Neville fol-
lowed the >men into the shack Hoey
said he heard Neville tell them to hold
up their hands. and then there was ST.
lence for a moment. After that came the
report Of a gun and then another shot.
Hoey ran. He was afraid. Nhe said.
afraid of the things that would happen
TO him IL the police came and found
him there. He said that he told a boy
on the sidewalk to run for the police.
and he took crosstown car to Third
avenue and went later to Nineteenth
street and hired a room.
He bought two newspapers the next
morning and learned that the police
wanted to question him.. He said he
knew what this meant. 1t meant that
they wanted to get him into the police
station and hammer him with black
Jacks and with their fists and do all
manner of things to him. But he de-
cided to give himself up to the Distric.
Attorney. Still. he didn't know how to
go about It. His mind was not Of much
use to him. because he needed a load
Of heron, and he was nervous and un-
strung.
He sought the advice Of his sister
and she said for him to surrender at
once. Finally he thought of the Rev.
William Cashin, Catholic chaplain at
Sing Sing, who had been good to him.
So he went to Sing Sing. saw Father
Cashin and came back with the priest
to tho office of the District Attorney.
where he surrendered.
During ss-examination by Mr..
Brothers Hoey's criminal record was
gone into in detail. 1t was long. and
included terms in the Catholic Protec-
tory, Elmira and other prisons. He
told also of the beatings he said he
received from the police. One of the
men who beat him was Mcmahon, who
worked with Neville on the beat that
included the vacant lot in Hell's Kitchen.
whenever anything happened around
there" said Hoey, "the dicks always
came to the shack and asked me IL i
knew anything about It..
Attorneys for the defense expect an
other bit of testimony favorable to Hoey
to-day. when John McGrath, age -, will
be called to the stand :.