New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-13

asking him TO hold Sam Schepps un-
an tho arrival Of Assistant Distric' Az
,o-,oy y 7. Rubin. County DETECTIVE
na,ort Stewart and Detective Lleuteh-
ant "AT" Thomas, Of New YORK WIZ
would arrive in Hot Springs at ABOUT
O'Clock this afternoon.
The three men. with Schepps' shoulu
s,et hack 70 New York on Thursday
morning. Mr. Whitman said. contingent
upon Scheppss willingness 10 Nai'o
avtradition The District Attorney mas
left II with Mr.. Rubin to wire 10 NC"
York If extradition papers are requiieO'
and If that becomes necessary o"His
~ any change in the attitude VI
scberns il will be several days later
before the missing man Will be mere u
,au his complete story TO Mr.. whitman
Mr. Whitman formally informed inc
Police Department that he mao sent
Da,oct,ve al" Thomas to Hot Springs
and that was practically all the cohhec-
ton the police have had SO lar WIZ"
the catching Of Schepps.
Link in Becker Chain
,rhc District Attorney believes that
,I,a story TO be told by Sam" Schepps'
II the dispatches from Arkansas are
,orract will be of the highest impor-
.orc,. in connecting Becker with the
murder. For the present Mr.. Whi'iila'
is more interested in fixing BEYOND d
doubt the actual responsibility for the
murder than he is in the graft question:
lie feels that the graft inquiry can
wait. if necessary until every man re-
sponsible for the dramatic murder OIL
Herman Rosenthal has been put III 'ii0
way Of getting punishment.
Along that line he believes thd'
Schepps can give great aid. SchepP'
was never accused, even by ROSE
Weber and Valinsky. Of having heipeu
to nlan the murder, although every one
of them admitted that he knew so''e-
thing was going to be "handeu u
Rosenthal But as man not dlFec''E
concerned in the planning OF the muir
der Schepps will come to the DISTRICT
Attorney as a witness rather imam aa
an occomplice. and his evidence VIII
have that much more weight.
IF Schepps's story Of the five po-
rcemen apparently searching Tor MN
I'm the Catskills and passing MN up
l. t,ue." Mr.. Whitman said Yesterday
Il will subpoena the boarding house
people and every one else IN th"t
neighborhood necessary to corrobofale
il. and then will move for the indict-
ment of those policemen
of even more importance than the
rOint of such general police impAca-
ZION. Mr.. Whitman is inclined to be-
Iieve schepps can help him on is the
question Of the instigation OF the MUIR
der bv Becker. So far in the case. al
though the story told by Rose has not
been disputed in any essential point,
tho chief cOrrobOrations have been on
circumstantial points apart from the
Rocker investigation. Witnesses other
than the gamblers who have become
witnesses for the people have brought
corroboration 10 Mr.. Whitman as Ia
the continual meetings between Becker
and Rose. as TO the continued COM
munication between them after the
murder and up to the time that Rose
gave himself up, and, most important
OF all, as to the brazen meeting in the
shadow Of the Murray Hill baths les
than an hour after the murder. and no
more than a block away from the spo
where Rosenthal had been shot down
But so far no witness other than tbs
three gamblers has contributed any
thing to corroborate Roses allegation
that Becker drove him into the murder
and Il is on that point that Mr.. Whit
man is most anxious to question
Schepps. Plans were seldom discussed
I'm front of Schepps, because. as th'
gamblers put it, Schepps had too mucl
Of the gift of CAB but il is under
stood that Rose has given the Distric
Attorney assurances that their fear o
Schepps's loquacity did not extend L
the point where they refused to discus
in general terms the question Of doinj
away with Rosenthal before him.
Has New Eyewitness.
1t was learned yesterday that MI
Whitman has discovered and talked Il
new eyewitness to the murder VIII
will, like Giovanni Stanich. be able t.
identity every one Of the men VIII
actually shot Rosenthal. This man.
name Mr.. Whitman declined TO maxi
public. In fact, he announced that tn
witness would not even be called upoi
10 go before the grand jury. He will h
held as a witness in reserve for use IL
the trial Of the murderers OF Rosen
thai. and the reason back Of all thi
secrecy is simply that prospective wit
nesses are afraid that some arm Of TIT
police ring will get them" if thei
names become public too soon. From