Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-02
GUNNER MENACE
..CAPTOR OF LEWIS,
SLAYER SUSPECT
Gangster's Pals Meet
Him as He Is Re-
turned to City.
CAUGHT IN CATSKILLS,
DENIES KILLING GAMBLER
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Is Named by "Dago Frank" as
One of the Men Hired to
Murder Rosenthal.

NEW YORK, Aug.
Jake Lewis, one of the four men ac-
cused of shooting down the gambler
Herman Rosenthal, was gwen a
third-degree grilling today TO CLEAN
further information that would sup
ply c~orroboration of the confession Oh
BALD Jack" Rose, Harry vaiion anu
"Fridgiev Webber that Police Lieu
te.snt Becker sought the de'th OIL
Rosenthal.
Lewis. whose real name is FRANK
S~eidenshue, was picked up yesterday
on the station platform at Flelscn-
mans, n. Y, just as he was ABOUT 10
ta Ike a train for the West. He was
brought to this city this morning by
Detective Harvey. The trip to thus
civ was without incident until the
train drew into the Weehawken
terminal. There a band of six or
seven East side gangsters leaped over
the gate separating the platform from
the tracks and started toward the
train.
Detective Harvey came out with
"Wbitey, h~andcuffed to his wrist. he
had brought his prisoner all the way
-G~-- ,1vnaininO IN HOOK
alone, ing ss" ard 81 ,aftv
Ia,a"
R.yo,vers Awe Gangsters.
pataotives from the West Sixty
a,th strset station were there to
n,otaot the prisoner. Before the train
arrived the detectives removed tnei-
reyolyers from their holsters and put
49,, IN their coat pockets. a detail
No. ,ras not missed by any of
ivy itay,s,, friends
No. thon forty of "Whitey's"
friends who had seen in the morning
,anars that be was due in New York
- 20 u,ere waiting at the Forty-sec-
ond street ferry. SO he detectives
took Rim to Cortlandt street. As he
boa rded the boat some of his friends
.no,ted az him.
.xeen vorr nerve. Whitley. Don't
ret cold feet. and similar advice.
At rortlanuf street, several reserves
IRON, the Greenwich street station
- were there TO act as an escort to
Broadway, where the party caught a
car for Grand street. At Grand they
got off and walked to police neau-
quarters. where the prisoners peoi-
gree was taken
Lewis in BoastfuI Mood.
n,,s hs.ap ia brag and buster
as soon as he reached Kingston. lie
had been visiting the Indian HEAD
Hotel. near where he was captured
pretty frequently. but was not staying
there.
The detectives were not ~ TO
have him do much talking but py the
time he reached Kingston the dlsap-
Monument that came after his arrest
and he did nothing except
talk,
II was Inspector Hughes's ORDERS
To try to worm a confession OUT Oh
him bv telling him "Dago Frank nad
confessed. but it didn't work.
II was stopping at a respectable
MACE" Lewis boosted. II went to
Eleischmann's to spend a little time
and saw in the papers that l was
wanted. saw I was up against It..
NV money was about gone and l
knew / had a good alibi. So | de-
cided ia ,eo to New York and give
mvself up. The bulls don't deserve
any credit for t,.s collar. was walt
ing for a tram TO ne" -
p
auto RIDE ana ! thanN n
Declares He Has an Aitbi.
After being nut in a cell in Kings
ton he rave an order for a meal that
would have taxed the ingenuity of a
Broadway chef. The restaurant
couldn't fill it and he had to be con-
tent with '.ham and"
He slept for a while before train
time, but was wide awake again o 0
after entering the smoker. His loud
and boisterous talk soon had every
body aroused and he was an object of
curiosity all the rest OF the way to
Weehawken.
lie pulled his cap down over his eyes
with a sort of tough motion when he
saw some of his friends near the sta
tion. but the were brushed aside by
detectives and all they had q chance
to saw to him they had to shout.
The last words he spoke before dis
anpearing at qua were that
he was dead broke. hut didn't Know
ANYTHING aboutSthe Rosenthal murder
una hau an ANU