Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1935, Page 5

- SCHULTZS Wiow ISHELD IN SLAYING Booked as Material Witness Short Time After Beer Baron’s Death. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J, October 25— Newark police held the young widow | of Arthur (Dutch Schultz) Flegen- heimer today in the hope she can | supply some clue in a sweeping search for the assassins of the gang chieftain and three henchmen. | The 2l1-year-old woman, Mrs. | Francis Flegenheimer, was booked as & material witness last night, less| than three hours after Schultz died of | the wounds inflicted by rival gang| bullets. ‘The racketeer himself, overlord of | the beer business in the Bronx in the | prohibition era and later a figure in | other rackets, gave the police no help. | He died at 8:35 p.m., yesterday in City Hospital, deliriously mumbling | words which those by his bedside could not understand. Bernard Rosenkrantz, Schultz’s chauffeur and one of the quartet mowed down in a cafe gun battle Wednesday night, died early today. Otto Berman and Abraham Lan- dau, alias Leo Frank, the other mem- bers of Schultz’s party, preceded their leader in death. Martin Krompier, who met a hail of bullets in a New York barber shop about two hours after the Newark shooting, was in a critical condition in a New York hospital. Press Scarch for Suspect. New York detectives pressed their search for Albert Stein, 21-year-old mobster suspected of several recent killings in the outbreak of gang war- fare in the metropolitan area. Charles Luciano, described by New York officials as “the most powerful gangster in Manhattan,” also was sought for questioning. Police believed the attempt to wipe out the Schultz gang was a move of rival mobs to gain control of rackets estimated to produce as much as $100,000,000 a year in revenue in the metropolitan district. Deputy Police Chief John Haller of Newark, after ordering Mrs. Flegen- heimer held in the women’s jail at police headquarters over night, said the widow would be questioned *“on THE EVENING STAR; WASHINGTON, apparent discrepancies in what she has told us.” “We are not satisfied her story of her movements is correct,” Haller sald, adding that she admitted she talked with Schultz in the East Park street tavern an hour before the gun battle. Check Anonymous Call. Police also intended to check thor- oughly information supplied anony- mously last night a few minutes after Haller made a radio appeal for aid in identifying the assailants. A man telephoned the station giving the names of a man and & woman, who, he said, have police records. A check at the Bureau of Identifica- tion in New York disclosed the man named does have a record, but officers at the bureau were inclined to scout the theory he was involved in the shootings. They suggested the call may have been made by some one having a per- sonal grudge. The man in question—a resident of the Bronx—was added, however, to those sought for questioning. An autopsy on Schultz's body was ordered. Physicians said one bullet caused his death, the slug entering his right side and coming out the left side. Called for Priest. It was his first experience with hot lead, but he knew several hours before PEERLESS ... Washington's Largest Furniture Store g fo——— TONIGHT & SATURDAY ONLY! Startling values that will again prove to Washington that PEERLESS IS BEDDING HEADQUARTERS! This is your chance to get better Bedding Equipment at real savings! USE OUR BUDGET PLAN—I8 MONTHS TO PAY FOR BEDDING WE ARE LISTING (NLY A FEW OF THE MANY BEDDING SPECIALS CLOSEOUT of Floor Samples STUDIOS 'METAL COT and PAD Both S ™ 35 for 2-6 Metal Cot with aluminum trim- med frame, steel spring and col- lapsible base. All-cotton pad to fit, both for only $5.55. 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FRIDAY, would-be successors to his position in the racket world. Schultz, who rose to power through prohibition beer, ranked in the under- world with such notorious New York gang leaders as Vincent Coll, Jack (Legs) Diamond, Larry Fay, Vannie Higgins, Frankie Yale and Owney Madden. Madden is the only one alive, and he has virtually dropped from sight. All the rest met death at the hands of their gangland rivals. e 8,000,000 Thrifty. Upward of 8,000,000 people re- Club_checks last ¢ OCTOBER 25, 1935. BRITAIN BOLSTERS PALESTINE DEFENSE Guns Laid to Protect Ports While Warships Are at 2 Haifa. By the Assoclated Press. JERUSALEM, October 25— Strengthening of Palestine’s defenses has been included in Great Britain’s precautions against possible trouble in the Mediterranean, it was shown today. 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