The evening world. Newspaper, July 30, 1912, Page 3

THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1912, EI CONFESSION OF THREE GAMBLERS PUTS MURDER UP TO BECKER. ROSE'S CONFESSION FORCED BY EVIDENCE ACCUSING HIN IN THE HANDS OF WHITMAN District-Attorney Says He Showed His Case to Lawyer Sullivan, Who Advised Client to Tell i All, Several Days Ago. NO IMMUNITY PROMISED TO GAMBLER’S ASSASSINS. Three Informers Fear for Lives if Returned to Tombs and Are Taken West Side F West Side Prison. District-Attorney Whitman gave out the following statemaun vasty today: “I have not made any etatement to the e any wrong doing of the men referred to as er up.’ dence I should immediately ask for their indtotment. “I expect to confer with Jack Rose, ‘Bridgie’ Webber and Harry Vallon from time to time. They are in my office now, and further proceedings be- fore the Grand Jury may depend somewhat upon the information obtained from these men and other sources which they may indicate. PRISONERS FEAR TOMBS; WILL STAY ELSEWHERE. “I will confor with Commianioner of Corrections Whitney (Whitman had an engagement to meet Whitney in the Dintrict-Attorney's office at 10 o'clock) and we shall arrange that Rose, Webber and Vallon be held in the Went Side Court prison for tho time being, as they seem terrorized over the possibility of going back to the Tombs “This second development in the murder of Herman Rosenthal fs by no means an indictment of the rank and file of the Police Department. I have known the Itt HAE ony go Police Department for many years and its members who worked with me during} President of the Magistrates’) the time [ was Assistant Corporation Counsel, Court and Judge of the Court of General Sessions, have been assisting me all slong in thie cas “Do the confessions of Rose, Webber and Vallon give them absolute im- munity?’ Mr. Whitman was asked. “There will be no immunity for any of these three,” he answered, “4f ony one of them fired a shot in the Killing of Bosenthel. You might ay that Counsel James Sullivan, for Rose, has been very frank and very fair with me. We had been in conference for many days before the storm broke yesterday afternoon.” Tt was learned to-day that when Mr. Whitman first began to go over R. cave With Sullivan he confronted the lawyer with eight strong points of evi- dence @gainst Rose which were more than suffictent to hold him for com: plicity in the murder of Rosenthal. These were the cards which Whitman laid down before Sullivan's eyes and which had the effect of hastening Rose's willingness to confess: WHITMAN’S TRUMPS THAT FORCED CONFESSION. ‘That Jack Rose hired the gray “murder car” on the night of the shooting. That Ros That Roi committed. ‘That Rose was there when tho crime was actually committed, ‘That Nose was the only man, except Lient. Becker, who could have Lad a motive for the removal of Rosenthal from his sphere of @angerous activity in the District-Attorney’s office. ‘That Rose was Becker's collector—s fact established before Rose confirmed it, ‘That Rose was Becker's dummy in Rosenthal whereby Beoker is alleged to havo gambling house on West Forty-fifth stroet, The prisoners were taken to Vest Side Prison later in the dey. POLICEMANFILE TRED FOR FALG rounded up the crowd which was to do the shooting. walked to the scene of the crime just before it was Dut In the Nght of what took place Inst night I think it Is only justice to my- aelf that I say something now. “If IT am gulity it could be only one of two things. Hither that 1 was in with the people who arranged and per- petrated the murder or that I am a cow- on 1 defy any man living to say that Was in with them, and if I was a cow- F is it 1s hantly probable that I would have reached the scene of the murder before-the pistol smoke had blown away, “I did my full duty, Even the wit: nesses called by the prosecution will be compelled to admit that 1 was right at Rosenthal’s side when the smoke of the revolvers Waa sull drifting over his vody. All I want is for ‘the truth to come out, I will be wequitted on the facts.” Miss Sherman sald she had come from New Haven of her own accord to tess John J. Hickey and “Boob” Walker, Rosenthal’s Friend, Testify in His Defense. tify In the policeman’s behalf. “I know, she sald, ‘that a great in- Just File. Me Policeman William 4, Flie of the Bast | te MERE 850 Sixty-soventh street station appeared at |? SAD the office of Deputy Commissioner 1 ¥ ta dota lon tl to answer the two charges | NK ending to the secon upon which he wax suspended following! part to vie commanding officer, out to the Killing of Herman Rosenthal, File stoutly private conyers sation before his case was taken up that hargé iderstood to mean that hia that he communicated nto Lieut. Fry, maintained in informat! he had done his full duty, With him] wag on the scene. who Was Miss Sadie Sherman, the getress, | 1414 i = who was hia companion at the Metro-|MICKY AND "BOOB" WALKER A TESTIFY. | pole on the night of the shooting Paris ane ed Nye | The charges against Flic were mad 4 ey Of 3 dast Twen. | mds man Rosent by Inspector Se Witne mittberger of t against Filo were Inspector Hughes, Capt. Day of the West Firty-seventh street station; Capt, McNally of the sun A re East Sixty-seventh street station, sey- | File ronning, with volver eral policemen and employees of the in his nand, toward the fleeing Metropole. The charges are assassins. tr , He had to pass the body on the sidae 1. That he failed to take prompt | wat’ wuld Tickey, “and he antet ae and efflcent measures to effect the arrest of persons who shot and killed a citizen about 2A. M., July 16, 1012, "2 That he fatled to immediately report to his commanding officer all information recetved by him relative to @ homicide of a citizen at or about GA. M., July 16, 1912." though he wanted to shoot at tho man running away, but there were many people between him and them. When the Kray car darted away File leaped Into a taxicab. He would have started Immediately, but a police Heutenant and a patrolman called to him to watt tor h and he did." n Walker, allas “Boo Walk. FILE 18 SURE HE WILL BE Ac. » 40 East Twentioth street QUITTED, id he had gone to the Metropale to Just before he went into the Deputy | #*!i tickets to @ ball. He was in itove thal's party, The others were, Hickey, @ man known as “Butch estiles "and Commissioner's office, File said: “Tam ready and willing to go on with [arog ‘Ry i this case at once. Heretotore I have! Waikere 't eefrgined trom making any statemens, H: a . timony eye. Walker was a aes corroborated Gunmen Named as the Real Slayers of Rosenthal in Confession of Gamblers Who Told of Plo ‘GAYNOR GIVES IN TOISSUE CALL FOR BOARD MEETING Tells Alderman Curran He Will Summon Members for Special Meeting. Mayor Gaynor towtay changed hin} mind about calling a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen to take up an investigation of the police. Aklerman Curran, who submitted a petition con- taining the signatures of sixteen mem- bers of the board, called at the Mayor's office to-day, Ho had declared that | he would go to court if necessary to| compel the Mayor to call the meeting, the call being mandatory. ‘The Mayor refused to ee Curran, but sent out word that he would issue the able because of the probable raising of the point In the Mayors he shalf that such a writ cannot obtain in vw of the constitutional right of the executive head of 4 Iministration to be tree from any such action on the part of the legislative end of such administration. In any event, Alderman Curran added, arts will he appealed to, “The astounding developments in the Rosenthal-Police situation atrengihene the attitude of the Board of Al in demanding an investigation, Alderman Curran. “We are in a no- sition now more than ever to insist that that investigation take place whether it embarasses Mayor Gaynor or not, The publio will not be satiafied until all tne facts are unearthed and the responsi- bility put directly up to those who are responalble. ‘The revelations attending the murder of Rosenthal are the worst Actress Who Testified To-Day at Trial of Policeman File|. @o you? Mverybody Gamblers and confidence men— | ‘squeal’ will get you nothing.” | ONFERRED FEW DAYS BEFORE MURDER. After that, Rote said, there was a] final conference uptown between Rone | Webber, Vallon and Becker « few days before the murder, Becker was quoted | as saying that he had the power and| Webber had the money, j | Rose went on to say that from east) jaide days he had been Becker's col- ‘tector, It had been profitadle for both. | Rose peddied out protection and did a }ittle on his own hook In the way of businons that bin patron knew nothing of. Beckers mormy, according to Lecker’s alleged statement, repeated in tho presence of Rosa Webber and Val- lon, was divided amang two uptown in- mpectora and two officials connected with Polico Headquarters after he took hia own share, | “For weeks Becker kept after me," Rose said yesterday afternoon in the | Dintrict-Attorney’s office He gained confidence and new courage when he found that after two hours of pounding Whitman had broken down Webber and Valion and those two had joined him tn making a clean breast. 1 "When things began to look a Htt! dark because Rosunthal unexpected nerve Recker pre the more. I couldn't help mywpel) had me tn hia fist.” Rose we knows rs telling now when I first came tn If you three was able to tell of the demands that Ro. “of the was t at a final conference with hia |\ uptown Just three days hefo der, Tt wae on Friday, July 13, they wore not quite sure of his confession, driven to arrangements he sald through the use of Hecker’a namo, backed by Webber's financial support the order, through Rose, that this job 1g to be dome, and to be done right. & know they'll do whatever you say.” he associated with polloemen, got the DELAYED BECKER'S ARREST BY ADVICE OF WHITMAN, SAYS DEPUTY DOUGHERTY Declares Rose Lied to Counsel Wheri He Said He Feared to Confess and Incriminate Higher-Up Police. Second Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty was the first of 6 police executive heads to reach Headquarters to-day, He arrived alone, fe paired to his office, sent for reporters and ve out the following statement, explanatory of his course {m the Rosenthal case from the time of the murdert “| nave aever bad any supervision over Becker and never came in with him, as hie work, at all times, was outside my jurisdiction, ‘Jack’ Ross, 8 reported, said: ‘I was afraid Dougherty was Becker's treed and didn't want to take amy chances.’ “Bockeg evidently was telling Rose that he (Becker) could square evap Dougherty and the District-Attorney and evrybody. All of which was a — lie | ae far as Tam concerned, mined that I never had any relations of any kind with Hecker. Everybody tf and out gambling. When the investigation is finished it will be Getem of the Police Department knows thet I have had nothing to do wilt “I was at the Weet Forty-seventh street station forty-five minates after the crime was reported to me at my home in Sheepshead Bay, The case was absolutely cold when I got there, “I ordered the arrest of Libby and Shapiro. I got the first sntoometion from Shapiro about the who hired the car—Jack Rose—and that the car wae ‘Bridgte’ Webber's place, I waa the frat to develop the sames of two men who rode in the car with Rose—Schepps and Vallon. “I urged Attorney Bullivan to get Kose to make a statement. “@ullivas Kept telling me at first he didn’t believe it would be Rose to confess, as he would imoriminate many persone in Gopartment—intimating that I and other Commissioners wouléa’t want to confess, Motwithsanding @ullivan's statement, I continued, every caw him, to impress him with the necessity of doing what he could clear ap the situation. “Mr, Sullivan, Dlatrict-Attorney Whitman, Inspector Hughes and I hea © i} conference avout Rose making @ statement. I brought about, through Lawyer Aaron J. Levy, the agreement to have Shapiro testify and I told the Distriot- Attorney the first man to confess, in my opinion, would be Jack Rose. “At a conference with Comauasioner Waldo on July 21, I suggested the ar- rest of Sam Paul and ‘Bridgie’ Webber. Thmy were arrested that night, On July 2 after the arrest of Webber and Paul, I asked District-Attorney Walt- man if, In his opinion, there was sufficient evidence to warrant the arrest of Recker. We both concluded that there was not sufficient evidence at that time “I secared the first incriminating statements from every one of the prisoners and it was on my evidence that all the defendants‘were held. They hed me on the stand @ whole duy. 1 have co-operated with the District-Attormey day fn and day out. It must be remembered that in dealing with the prisoners Mr. Waitman could promise and grant immunity, I couldn't." day. For the most these messages were ones of cheer, Zivevgh them all tom Jnateeetions net aieas, Bese, but for Webber, Vallon it who were reached through Rose, it was perfectiy Becker, according to the three, had sald to Webber at the Friday confere “These au jw you. Wow, I wane you to give Rose says nat- ural for him to rely on Becker im- plicitly, because he belleved Becker ta be the stronzeat man in the Pollee Department. Becker had “shown” Rose And Webber did as he w told. pe extent hse power on seve “Judge,” he aald, turning to Mr. Whit-]When somo of the gang men, a bit|¢ral occasions, Me had given him to man, “I'd have told you all that I'm] fearful ° Rose because It was known| On@gratand directly thet behind hime would have seon me without Dougherty). K. from WebLer tholr jast doubts being present. T was afratd that] Were removed. Dougherty was Hecker's friend and 1] “When I heard they had killed Ro-| names were given in the confession, didn't want to tthe any chances, []senthal I went to the telephone sta-| Dat are withheld for the presemt.) hever got a square deal from tho police| tion in the Times Hullding and from| OO and 1 now T wouldi't get one now tf [there f culled up Becker," Rose says A Photoarav ree. wis going ty say oF do anything against | Ho dues not say where Becker se togravure Portrait Free. one of them," called him up —— ‘The three prisoners united in saying er reassured his weak-kneed that Rose n Becker's regular nd then made an appointinent} The Sunday World will give @ ‘ollector and a ween. Eaoh of tho him and Webber ‘large photogravufe portrait of Rosenthal's body lying dead 300 way, Becker hastened to Ponty. street, 1 meeting Rose and drew them into the shadows of the Murray Mii Baths, Hreadway and Sixth avent wave thom the comfort wad them sadly needing | Woodrow Wilson tiee (for the cous pon) in next Sunday's World: This picture is in the samo style as the famous “Series of Presiteate” pho- togravures, but more than twice as large. It Is a great picture of the ond Ver he ‘What's the matter with you fele| Democratic candidate for President, and most sensational and scandalous ae saying to him, lows?” he demanded, according to Rose. he " rid, ever before unfolded in this community, three to tel) you what yor Buck up TOL cine: | Dowie: suse next Bunday’a Ween fed brag oa of rennee ts demand- do, and if you doi e out of this, Byeryth ts move] apna ig ne interests of the community, : ours: 7 pee utifull, that the facts be known.” MISS SADIE SHERMAN. Lesh Ons foe yenseeivee, th slong beautifully This Is What Rept after Row m giving the the wong! ‘TRIXIE FRIGANZA SS Lal time to Anish Bosenthal. The —— has weer,’ Locker is quoted ay saying is Wha aaa & ’ Uved long enough. If he goes any fur-| "You know they're al right. And. you Says of nd replied, “No. the purty ther {t will be too lon; a needn't worry over the Diatrict-At~ F rnard, a waiter in the Met- enough money oF power, All right, (M4, that there won't be more ‘than a = ropole restaurant, sald he was at tho ’ there may be something tn that, That's \Wnity (ue (ae oh ace en. *. door of the restaurant whon the shot why I got you up here, Webber's got {init netiins s kolng to hapeon, | wore fired. Ho was peering out to xee Gebercieucaios eh tar are y to happen what had hapn d when File, revolver a) f ' if DAILY INSTRUCTION FROM hi . ocked put he y ‘ \ Memoieietan 0 ee i} the danger about Rosen- | BECKER, When Mise Sherman went on the tt { @ dirty squealing —— and) “} always made good, diln't £2 You stand she declared that Fie. with uU everybody'll say that the city te better {eVer Kot In bal you, Nave y I. whom she was dinning, sprang from of without him. Chane Rite and you'll see that this hin seat and ran to the acene of the « ay Se it all blow over, ‘The uniy dangor shooting as soon as ho heard the firat dd ”) ila Eel bell ped Ca facing us has been w out, Phat ae 1 continued, avcording to Rowe “It youlwas Rosenthal. ‘Phe p won't bring ‘When he returned later,” ehe eatd, | don't, Vim going to get busy. TM Joh lanybody inte this” “there were tears in his eyes and he | you just ay TI Jubbed Zale He got | Rose says he ix not positive but sald he had missed the greatest chance | what's coming to hyn. We put a frame: jDellevew that in the world by not oapturtng the mur- up on him. If you don't make |¥ the a, ond on thin T awear Tl get you each | : ; li I find Frothal an “ ’ ay, we . tose aiid that on the day Zolle wa odorizer and I intend to continue c é : I Couldn't Help Myself, Becker Had Me in|...) "4. n $10,000 hall Becker jHisuse wt all cmes." He Seats thems of the Hote! s Mict”? ave aaa 4 Wo went for and sald Zelte was jmen ett of the mur | al ; Rieter His Fist,” Says Alleged Tool to handio te Jody that avon Ht [JOR Ieee oF afterward when the big K: TRIXIE PRIGANZA. declared that the o nO j Hdn't do the actual work himself Ber me Mu he nen 00 ho! ¥: oar mt tap ape a, on fuat he did so Bo Rose said when, with Vallop and jiyuie the setool of instruction for the Frothal has a host of enthustastie gw machine Following 1e Jack Rose's confession {n outline, made to the District. Webber, be left the Friday conference | murder Lach was told what to do friends, for this dainty cream, ap- e J. Meewan and Burko Igoe - be went to Selig and had a talk with | Bose swore that for the two days he| plied to the arm pits or feet once @ also twatifed that Pile apparently inet | Attorney and confirmed by “Bridgie” Webber apd Harry Valion at all polnta him, and through him got four men to| was at Pollok’s honse Beck | day will destroy all odor of perspira- no time in gotting hia taxtoab unuer| where these two were directly concerned. A striking feature of Rose's 40 the Job. The four were the one RE Bp BS Loaat Saree $6 ch/ tion, lessen excessive perspiration way named as being the murd and keep the body sweet and clean, SE A Bee Ss a revelation jg his statement that he telephoned the news of Rogenthal’s poute, Whitey Lewis, G@yp the Blood | Frothal contains no injurious # i ler to Ke nd Dago Frank. | powders or ase to clog the pores, LA FOLLETTE WOOL BILL muriler to Becker ; eR ee TET inin-arracaamentecseitn t Peet a ute of bral, dagen gat bute REJECTED IN THE HOUSE,| My ¢ e) Ko ' himself w ing over the telephone, .), Wot Va an gree.) A eat “itiiaba th halve ¥ ROTA | Measure Refused as a Substitute, This romark on the part of Rose conveyed to Hecker, as Rose himaolt: Bayer VE the princinal Wabner | ih but Conference With Senate admits. an intimation that the men who had engineered the crime were in vomnotines uptown and often in| May Be Agreed On, fright over the actual consummation of the plot. And this ts what brought rer's poker room at Forty-second | Made extra strong, and kills bee on Becker hurrying downtown te meet Rose and Webber before he went to the #treet and Sixth avenue |]} roaches and water bugs. It ABHINGTON, July M—The Hose, | Secret BUTT " it to © hede ROSENTHAL HIMSELF FIXES | Gpntaing a food, substance hy @ vote of 17% to Of, to-day refused to| West Forty-seventh street poltoe station, to which the body of Rosenthal DAY OF DEATH. that entices the bugs spt the Senate La Follette Woo! bill| bad been removed A '] thetr Presing paces, they [) as @ submtitute for the House bill, but scordl ». acl . Under advice Webber kept up a pre- eat It and die. I, pos Krovi Rill as Rosenthal, according to Rowe, sented his own death warrant when he tongs ot friendahip with Kosonthal, | 3g | eraldvask for one |’ 8°") arranged to go before the Disirict-Attorney with his story of police graft, which ho had no difficulty In doing, we eeenian’s Dinaexery pt When Rosenthal first became troublesome y did not believe he would relatio white aeralhy t, had) Eells Bad bugs and their i f s to take his troubles to Whitman heen entirely Hevker Gl | sure preven A Photogravure Portrait Free, |®° 60 fara ik take his tr Jos to W iminn Aiicltanes aorhenca’ semieanier pr | The punday World will give largo| Six weeks or more before, Rose sal hen Rosenthal indicated he {n- t Hever | photog, Wee portrait of Woudlrow Wilson | tended to cause trouble, Becker sent for Rose and sald oom ated Wort. rn Na in suite nsiecas| “PRIS manta got to he stonpel, Now. myself, but before ¥ do 1 send every Wiieh the report carne that Rosenthal | the famous “herles of Presidents” photo-| there's only one way to do {t. I'm giv-\one of you np for seven years 1'll Wi. Whitman fe 1 a reas Hat more {han twice ae large. ing you the chance. If you do ft, all| ‘frame up’ something om yon—I don't jell all be knuw the word PEM ERMAN Ss ens candidate for Prosideat. Don't mise| Tt; We cam all go along as usual.|care what it is. I'll drop weapons in V'* passed that the time had come, OID IT fuader’s Wale Bul & you don't do is, 2 4 vous pockeys, What geod wil a Hoag ye been, able to make al) the. 7 r avnee 1