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der but positively declared that every
one mixed up in it would be brought

der but positively declared that every
one mixed up in it would be brought
to justice.
District Attorney Whitman today
said:
4 do not wish to be misunderstood.
do not wish to go on record as hav-
ing charged the murder up to the po-
lice department Commissioner Wal
do has done good work in this matter
and Is still doing good work. have
no war with him or with the police
department as whole.
Il do charge, however, that the po-
lice permitted the murder to take
place and deliberately allowed the
murderers to escape. OF this
have proof. There were FIVE police
men within easy reach at the time Of
the murder and not one of them drew
his pistol or did anything that pc.
| liceman would naturally do under
| the circumstances.
IAN automobile cannot start at 40
miles an hour however powerful 1t is.
1t takes time to work up to that fig-
ure and in my opinion there was am
iple time for the policemen to have ar
rested the murderers concerned be-
fore the car got under such terrific
speed"
coroner's Inquest.
When Coroner Feinberg appeared in
his court today prepared to continue
the inquest into Rosenthals death,
District Attorney Whitman asked him
to postpone it until 2:3O SO that he
could be present in person. Whitman
explained that he was then engaged
! with the grand jury which is investi-
eating the murder and the charges
growing out of it. The chief witness
was understood to be Mrs. Bridge
Weber, wife of one of the men under
arrest at police headquarters.
| Weber, Libby and Shapiro were
brought to the coroner's Office but be-
cause of Whitman's request they
returned to police headquarters. Ac-
cording to Police Commissioners Waldo,
Feinberg was to be asked by the police
to hold Shapiro and Libby on homicide
charges and Weber as a material
witness"
| Attorney Hibbard, who negotiated
| the $1,000 loan which Rosenthal 81
LEGGED came from Police Lieut.. Becker,
told the grand jury this afternoon that
Becker had nothing to do with the
loan. He said that 1t was made by
/ Jack Rose, fellow gambler, and that
Rose had insisted on dummy being
used in the papers because he did not
want his name to show in the papers.
According to HiDbard, few months
ago Rose came to him and told him
| that most of the money had been paid
back and that he and Rosenthal had
quaTeled and he wanted to have the
entire matter closed up. He told him to
tire matter closed up. He told him to
send for him and execute a satisfac
ton as he wanted to wash his hands
of the entire matter and that this was
done.
NY
Woman In Green.
NEW YORK, July ia mysterious
woman dressed in green went to the
Office of District Attorney Whitman
this afternoon and told him that she
saw touring car similar to that used
fby the slayers of Gambler Herman
Rosenthal standing in front of the
home of Police Lieutenant Becker
from until Q o'clock of the night be
4 fore Rosenthal was killed. Whitman
took the woman across to the coroner's
office, where after looking at the cal
used by the murderers and which
stood just outside of the door, she SAID
she identified it as the same machine
which stood in front of the Beckel
house Monday night.
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