The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-13
SHAPIRO TURNS STATES WIT NESS IN TRIAL OF FOUR NEW
 YORK GUN MEN.
CRINGES UNDER THEIR GLARE
Talks in Monotone While the Four Gun Men on Trial Crane Their Nccks and Glare in Threat
 ening Manner at Him.

New York, Nov 12.--Wm. Shaprio, co defendant of the four gunmen if dicted as the actual slayeTs of the gambler. Herman l,osenthai today turned states evidence.
 Testifying at the gunmens trial for murder Shaprio identified the quaTtette. Lefty Louie" "Gyp The Blood" "Whitey Lewis and "Dago Frank" as his passengers in the car when he drove to the Hotel Metro- pole, where Rosenthal met nis fate.
 He saw them jump out of the ma chine he swore, he heard the shots fired. and declared that when tihey came back to the machine they had revolvers in their hands. Clip the Blood Shapiro said, had placed a revolver to his head and ordered him to hurry and drive away" He had heard "Dago Frank say. he testified, that Police Lieuteas ant Becker, since convicted of insti- gating the murder, had fixed the cops'
 Shaprio's appearance as state 1 witness was one of the results. ac-
 cording to District Attorney Whit
 man, of the death of Big Jack
 Selig. leader of the gang of east side thugs to which the gunmen belong ed. Shapiro testified on the stand today that he had heretofore refused
 to identify the gun men through fear of being Jlled.
 @sshapriT told me, explained MT. Whitman after court adjourned. that he was afraid If he testified against the gunmen, Big Jack Selig would have him crooked. When
 Selig was killed Snaprio got his
 nerve back and decided to tel the truth.
 Mir Whitman added that the indict. ment against Shaprio would in ail probability be dismissed.
 The witness told his story in a low monotone looking straight ahead, and avoiding the angry glares of the four gunmen, who sat bent far for ward in their seats all the time he was testifying. Shaprio told of re- ceiving telephone call the night of the murder and of driving his car to Snarkeys saloon, where he met Jack Rose, Sam Schepps, and Harry Vai-
 Ion. They got into his car and they drove to 'sDago Franks" place win them, and there Frank got in. Thence. he said, he drove the party lo "Bridgie" Webers, where his passen-
 gers got out He drew his car ID across the street and waited 20 min utes.
 Then Jack Rose came down and told me-" Shaprio continued, "to drive around to Third street 'Gyp.' Whit ey, Lefty and Dago Frank got in and l drove to the Metropole.'
 The witness stopped his recital to identify the gunmen as his passen-
 gers.
 While on the way to the Metro
 pole" he resumed, T heard DagoD
 say everything is all right. there l is no cops there; Becker said SO T stopped my car near the Metro pole, and they all got out They had
 revolvers and heard four shots. Then they jumped back into fine car and Clip the Blood" put a gun to my head and said hurry up, you boob. drive away"
 Shaprio declared ''he started up and drove to Madison avenue ana thence to 125th street. where his t*aEeth 1Nfo 6Vt VAt. T tt HltAt91 denied, on cross examination, that Sam Sehepps or Harry Vallon were in his car when he drove away from the scene. He admitted he had not told the truth when he had been be fore Deputy Police Commissioned Dougherty. and refused to identifY two of the gunmen as his passengers, but declared. fear sealed his lips. Then" asked MT. wahle, "did you identify these men tssiay also be, cause you were afraid ol being lSilled, in order to escape trial for murder in the first degree?" No" replied Shapiro. Did you get any promise of la-
 munity for testifying?" interposed Mir, Whitman.
 s'No sir.'
 | And the same statement you made today you made in full the day after you were arrested. to your eounsel7F 1 Yes sir. I testified today for the sake of my mother who begged me to tell the truth, replied the witness in a low voice.
 Court was then adjourned until
 tomorrow when Jack Rose is to take the stand as the first witness