The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-07-21
Dougherty Talks Freely Of
the Charges Against the
Lieutenant.
NOEVIDENCETOARREST
But Much That Needs to Be
Explained, Says the
Deputy.
HUNT FOR A NEWSBOY
Police of to Saratoga to Find
Lad Who Turns Up in
New Rochelle. &

Lad Who Turns Up in
New Rochelle.
George 8. Dougherty. Second Deputy
Police Commissioner and active head -
the hunt for Herman Rossnthars mu-
derers. closed his review Of the case last
night BY smsshing his fist down on the
desk in front Of him and shooting out this
statement
Il would no more send out Lieut..
Becker to arrest man in connection with
the killing Of Rosenthal than would send
out Jack Rose himself" ,.
Dougherty had just sent detectives to
Saratoga with orders 10 find and bring
back the newsboy who handed paper to
Rosenthal half minute before the gang
from the gray automobile killed him.
There was q report that fund had
been raised for this boy, who has been
. familiar figure at Broadway and Forty
second street and in the neigh borhood Of
the Mctropole.
But the boy turned UP here last night.
He had been in New Rochelle since
Tuesday because he had been told that
he would be arrested II the police got
him. He was near Rosenthal when the
gambler was shot, but he cannot b
sure how many were in the gang. and
he IL hazy about the descriptions.
Dougherty's statement was the fra
admission from the Police Department
that Lieut.. Charles Becker. friend and
beneficiary os Jack Rose. the organiser Of
the murder gang. had . stake In tho case.
Tired Of Evasieas.
Dousherty himself. who hag driven the
hunt from the start with Tho idea that no
conspiracy of quarrelling gamblers wss
responsible for the murder. told District
Attorney Whitman that the Job smelled
Of policemen from long way OF. Dough-
erty spoke out last night a. q man tired
Of evasions.
There is no evidence yet sufficient to
warrant the arrest Of Becker" said the
Deputy Commissi oner. but there are sus-
picious coincidences and information OF
er's friends few hours before the murder.
Bald Jack Rose. who was working his
head OF doing Becker's work on Monday
night. hired the car that carried the assas.
sins Of Becker's enemy. Now any farmer
sitting under his own apple tree with .
straw in his mouth can draw his own oon-
clusions."
Dougherty paused a half minute.
weighed his words carefully. levelled his
finger and spoke in the rough. positive
tones characteristic Of him
Crime "a he solved. and Soon.
we are after the facts. wherever they
may lend This crime will be solved. and
shortly. And when We are ready to let
the public know as much az We know thayo
will he the most startling story OF CON-
spiracy and murder that the town ever
heard"
For half an hour before stamping Lieut..
Becker as figure in the case Dougherty
analysed the developments Of the last two
days, with particular attention. It seemed,
to the associations and movements Of the
head of the strong arm squad. The
points brought out are similar to the ones
emphasized by the District Attorney.
They assumed fresh significance last
night.
Long before Herman Rosenthal turned
on Booker Becksr's friendship for Rose
had been known. Police Headquarters
called Rose Beoker's stool pigeon. The
gamblers called him Beoksr's collector.
When Rosenthal threw Bald Jack out
OF the gambling house at lO4 West Forty
hfth street Rose went to Becker and COM
planned. And Rosenthal was raided by
Becker's squad Immediately. Thereafter
uniformed policemen were kept In Rossn.
thals house. Inspector Hayes and Capt.
Day Of the West Forty fifth street STA
tion acting in this matter.
When the Sam Paul Association went
on a picnic to Northport. l.. l.. last Sum
day tho strong arm boys OF the old Hssper
Club crowd and the gangsters that do
was going to the District Attorney the
next day with the biggest sQuesl in the
history Of gambling In this city. And
around O table on the steamer 6ca Gate,
where Jack Rose sat with Sam Paul and
Sam Schepps and men who had bsen in
at the death Of Spanish Louie and Kid
Twist, IL vas decided to kill Rosenthal
II he got too talkative. Tentative ar
rangements were made right there. Tho
dstalh were gone over carefully. But
the exact time was Dot set.
Forced to Harry Murder Plot.
Next day haste became necessary.
Rosenthal not only presssd his own 90.
cusation against Lieut.. Becker, hut b.
told tho District Attornsy about DollaS
John LANCER. who says Becker took
from his gambling house a bank roll Of
$500 that never Oame hack. though
Dollar Johns shrieks werc heard up
and down the law courts; and about
Abe HahlO and others who could toll
tales OF policemen who were deoeivins
! their Commissioner and milking gamblers
until the gamblers themselves could not
maka san honaat living With the