The Calumet news., 1912-09-11
GREAT INTEREST BY PUBLIC
Speculation as to Whether it Will
Lead to More Complete
Graft Exposure
CONSPIRACY is THE DEFENSE

New York, Sept 11.--Supreme Court
Justice Bischoft this afternoon granted
q stay In the Becker trial. delaying the
case until October 1st.
The trial of Becker which is eX-
pected TO unfold tales of the New York
underworld hitherto undreamed of by
the general public. though familiar
enough. perhaps, to the Tenderlon
habitues, has put every resident of the
metropolis on the tiptoe Of eApecta-
tion. The Mclineux case, the Nan
Patterson case. even the Thaw case
might be recalled I'm vain TO find any
thing approaching a parallel TO the
amount and depth of the public inter
est that now centers in the case of
the accused police lieutenant
Much Back Of Case.
Tho cause for this extraordinary
display of public interest is not diff
cult to find. Back of the murder are
believed 20 lie crimes of an even more
serious character. crimes that affect
directly or indirectly every citizen of
New York. II is in this phase of the
case that public interest certers-the
possibility, or probability. that the
trial m Rosentbals alleged murderers
viii reveal the secrets of police ex-
tortion and lead to a more complete
exposure Of the so-oalled system
than ever could have been brought
about by the testimony that Rosentha
threatened 70 lay before the grand
jury.
Events have moved swiftly since
Herman Rosenthal one of the best
known Of New York gamblers WIS
riddled with bullets and left TO die on
the sidewalk i'm front OF the Metropole
Hotel in the early morning hours of
July 16. Within five hours after the
murder the grand jury began an in
yestigation of charges that Police
Lieutenant Becker was a partner of
Rosenthal in the gambling business.
Developments to Date.
Two days after the killing of Rosen-
thai, Becker was relieved from active
duty and on July 20 he was arrested
on charge of murder. Meanwhile
the detectives from the district attor-
ney's office had been busy unearthing
the details of the murder conspiracy
With little difficulty they succeeded IN
finding the murder car the big
gray automobile in which the gun
men had gone to the Metropole and
in witch they fed after the murder
One Of the first men To be taken into
custody IN connection with the crime
was 'Bald Jack Rose a noted New
York gambler and a former partner
of Rosenthal Rose. I'm the language of
the renderloin, lost no time I'm getting
from undcr." He was promptly taken
before the grand jury and rs said to
have made a confession implicatinS
Becker I'm the murder plot and also
revealing details that indicated' APP
palling corruption in the police de-
partment. According to his reported
utterances. Rose acted as a 'collec-
tor" for Becker. who he accused OF
being one OF the ring of high police
officials who divided among them
selves the enormous sum of S2.OoO'oOo
as annual tribute for the Protection
Of gambling and discrderly resorts
Two Still At Large.
With the information supplied by
Rose the district attorney was enabled
TO lay hands on nearly all of the
gunner" accused OF the murder ot
Rosenthal Several were found I'm hid.
ing In this city After their arrest
they are said to have made confessions
that supported the main facts as told
by Rose Another OF the rang was
captured i'm the Adrondacks and sun
another was found in Hot Springs ARK.
and returned TO New York. IL rs be-
lieved that tho two mon who did the
actual shooting are still at large
These are LEFTY Louie" and "Gpy
The Blood" District Attorney Whlt
man believes that those two will be
taken into custody sooner or @ter'
though the general belief Is that they
We're well supplied with funds Win
which they were enabled to ge; cut
of the country.
Conspiracy to Be Defense
When Lieutenant Becker comes 10
trial ne will be confronted With the
alleged confession of Rose. Bridge
Wcbber and Harry WALTON. the self
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