Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-22
ASSASS|NS OF
GAMBLER FLEE
Hahs $50
Lieut.. Becker Is Sent to Bronx
Precinct by Commits
sioner Waldo.
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on which Sullivan has been held
point away fom Lieutenant Becker? p
II will not say that" replied the
commissioner.
Asked directly whether he intended
to order the arrest of Lieutenant
Becker, the commissioner replied
IT cannot answer that question"
Becker will probably be given ar
opportunity to testify before the
Grand Jury soon. II he refuses to
waive Immunity before testifying he
may be suspended.
How Plot Was Laid.
Detectives have learned enough oil
the, case to show that the gunner
were assembled Monday night and
taken to Webber's poker rooms, where
final arrangements for the killing OF
Rosenthal were perfected Weber
denies all knowledge of the shooting.
Plans to kill Rosenthal were laid
on the excursion trip of the Paul As
ISOLATION. Rosenthal had been talking
too much. Some well-known gunner
and b~lackjackers were along on that
trip and the detectives know, that
BALD Jack" Rose and BRIDGE
Weber were aboard.
II was learned today that Rosen-
thai scarcely had fallen to the side
walk undersa fusillade of buttels
when someone called District Attor-
said.
You had best get down to the Met
ropole ahead of the police, or a pistol
will be found on RosenthaPs body"
The prosecutor hurried to the scene
and satisfied himself that there was
no weapon on the body of the gam
bier. He then went to the police sta
ton and found that no mention had
been made of a weapon in the entry
on the police blotter.l Later the story
developed from several sources that
the murder plot included a statement
to be given out by the police that
Rosenthal had been in a gamblers
duel, that two other gamblers had
been wounded and that the police
were looking for the injured men.
District Attorney Whitman's prompt
arrival On the cen is said to have
thwarted that part of the plan.
The district attorney has received
a communication signed "a Woman
Who Knows" giving the name of
the gunman who fired the first shot
said, originally came from Cincin-
natl and may have returned there.
It was the day that Rosenthal
threatened to tell more about how the
police grated on gambling houses
that the word was passed around
that he must be made away with.
Police Commissioner Dougherty has
found thai Rose was very busy that
day, and that. Jack" Sullivan, al
legged go-between for Rose and Lieu
tenant Becker, also was actively en-
Sullivan admitted today to Commits
sioner Dougherty that when he left
Lieutenant Becker at Broadway and
F~'orty-second street at 1870 a. m, or
tw~enty-seven minutes before Rosen-
thai was shot, ne went to BRIDGE
Webber's place to find Paul. lie could
not find him, but did find several
gunner there.
Real SIayers Still Free.
Six men now are in custody in the
Rosenthal case. one of whom is held
as a material witness and five others
charged with being implicated in the
crime. Commissioners Dougherty.
however, says not one of the men
who killed the gambler is under ar
rest.
District Attorney Whitman re-
turned to the city today to prepare
for the grand jury an investigation
of the Rosenthal case. Lieutenant
Becker will be permitted to testify,
provided he agrees to waive all i'm
munity. The public prosecutor makes
no effort to hide his belief that the
shadow of Becker rests upon the
Rosenthal case, and in consequences
will not subpoena him.
Whitman takes the position that
If Becker is as innocent as he says
he is, he will waive immunity.
Because of the illness of Mrs. Ro-
seminal, widow of the gambler, Dis
trict Attorney Whitman announced
that there would be no proceedings of
the grand jury today. The prosecutor
wishes to call Mrs. Rosenthal as the
first witness in the case.
The grand jury also will take up
the charges that the police profted
from gambling houses by permitting
them to run without molestation.
Acting on advices. from New York,
detectives are searching Chicago for
t.Whitey" Lewis and Lefty Levy.
They are believed to have gone to
Chicago several days ago, although
no trace of them has been found, it