Show m 9 P MAN v vA WAS A WITNESS Billy OBrien Put Out of the Way Because He Saw Joe Reilly Killed New ew York April 17 liOn On thel W that the arrest of ot Benny In daiy j may V had something to do the crime brime the police today are investigating the shooting of Billy OBrien a well known east side character in front of Steve saloon on the Bowery early today OBrien was shot through the t theart heart and died Instantly The man Dlan who fired the fatal shot es en escaped escaped It was at first believed the murder was vas the result of a quarrel but when It was learned that OBrien was known to be a witness to the shooting of ot Joe Reilly in Pell street in 1905 in con connection connection connection with which Adelson is reported to have hac been arrested yesterday in Pasadena the authorities turned their attention to this phase of the case The report became known along th the Bowery and probable ap appearance as a witness against Adelson was freely talked About in the resorts OBrien had had a dispute with a man and a woman in one of the resorts and is said to have struck the woman When he left the place some time aft afterward erward ernanI he was shot down lown his ant escaping through an alley i Four Men Arrested j Four men were detained by b the po police police police lice today in connection with the kill killing killing killing ing of or OBrien Throe Three of them thorn were New Yorkers and the fourth gave his hie hi name aRnie a as Patrick Patriek Donovan of or Whit Whitman Whitman man Alnee 1 tess Ei Donovan told the police p that h It 5 was cas 38 near n Rr by b when the shooting occurred and anti saw ta w the murderer run rull runaway runaway away Donovan DODOn was later hater held with Joseph one of the men arrested in 1196 bail to wait walt the inquest Detectives this afternoon went to the Brooklyn navy yard and on board the battleship b Nebraska arrested Edward 25 2 years ea old and charged him I with the murder of OBrien |