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shrouded Reilly's corpse and when he asked for water, a. patrolman
emptied a cuspidor tn his face and placed the empty container..on
his head as a crown, Jinally he was taken to A Harlem hospital
where his wounds ex received attention and his life spared for.
his day in court. At his trial, he claimed not to have been. at
the scene of the holdup ,axa but the five Italians positively. iden-
tified him. The jury canvicted him after a short deliberation and
he was sentenced to die. He was electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison
on duly 21, 1927.
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shrouded Reilly's corpse and when he asked for water, a patrolman
emptied a cuspidor tn his face and placed the empty container.on
his head as a crown, Finally he was taken to hk Harlem hospital
where his wounds MEx# received attention and his life spared for
his day in court. At his trial, he claimed not to have been
ne of the holdup,;axad but the five Italians positively
ie The jury convicted him after a short deliberation and
18 sentenced to die. He was electrocuted at Sing Sing Prison
on July 21, 1927.
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Heslin, a 28-year-old/petty thief and axQconvic t%,- armed we th two
id cole revolvers, Attempted to hold-up and rob a party o” fiv
Italians at the intersection of First Avenue and 10! pth Str ect,
New York City, early on the morning of April , 1926, Patrolman
Charles Reilly saw the robbery and approached Heslin from behind
with a raized night-stick, Heslin turned befors. the pol iceman
reached him and fired both revolvers, killing the officer instantly.
In his haste to put his revolvers back in his pants pockets, Hes-
lin shotand seriously wounded himself in the leg. He fled to
the house of a friend a few blocks away and other officers, follow-
ing the trail of blood, arrested him there within six minutes of
the shooting, Heslin was lying in bed, clothed only in his under-
shirt. After roughing himgup,; the policemen threw him down two
flights of Stairs, beat and Kicked him and then dragged his un-
conscious form to a patrol car, When he reached the station and
regained conscLousness, he was beaten repeatedly for several hours
as well as being subjected to such torbhres as having cigarettas
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Heslin, a ras Dot hie thy thief and ex@convict,- armed
5 colt revolvers, sd to hold-up and rob- a party
talians at the intersection of Tirst Avenue and 105th Street,
New York City, early on the morning of April , 1926. Patrolman
wharles Reilly saw the robbery and approached Heslin from behind
with a raised night-stick, Heslin turned before the policeman
reached him and fired both revolvers, killing the officer instantly.
In his haste to put his revolvers back in his pants pockets, Hes-~
lin shot and seriously wounded_himself in the leg. He fled to
the house of a friend a few blocks away and other officers, follow-
ing the trail of blood, arrested hin there within six minutes of
the shooting, Heslin was lying in bed, clothed only in his_under-
shirt. After roughing himgup, the policemen threw him down two
flights of stairs, beat and Kicked him and then dragged his un-
conscious form to a patrol car, When he reached the station and
regained conscLousness, he was beaten repeatedly for severa
as well as being subjected to such torbhres as having cigarettas
and sigars snuffed out on his genitals, When he comphained of -
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