The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-16
SCHEPPS STARTS FOR
new YORK TO TELL ALL
Says Before Departure That He
Will Confess to District
Attorney.
ROUTE is KEPT SECRET
Whitman Asked Too Late. That
Start From Hot Springs
Be Delayed.
ROUTE IS KEPT SECRET

Hot SPRINGS. Ark. Aug. l5--Sam
Schepps took his departure from the city
this morning with Assistant District
Attorney Rubin. Detectives Stewart and
Thomas and four newspaper men Their
route back to New York is not known.
Mr.. Rubin having decided to keep that
secret as far as possible. but they left
Hot Springs via the Iron Mountain and
are supposed to 60 by way of st. Louis.
which city they are due to reach by q
o'clock tonight. II is thought they will
go from St. Louis to New York over the
New York Central via Cleveland.
The train had been gone this morning
only about thirty minutes whom Acting
Mayor Thomas Petit received a telegram
from District Attorney Whitman re-
questing that Schepps be detained here
until such time as his start would land
him in New York not earlier than Mon
day morning. The acting Mayor at
tempted TO intercept the party with a
message both at Little Rock and Benton.
but failed and will trust to luck in catch in e
them at some point along the route.
Detective Thomas arrived here shortly
before midnight last night and the pris-
oner was formally surrendered into his
custody by Postmaster Fred johnson.
Detective Thomas was weary from his
long ride on the train and as soon as he
could finish what preliminary business
was necessary. he took himself OF to bed.
Schepps was assigned to one room and
Detective Thomas to another, the two
rooms ad joining. No one slept in the
room with Schepps. but there was COM
municating door between his room and
that occupied by Thomas.
AT 2 o clock this morning the house tele-
phone in the hotel Office rang and the
night clerk answered.
Send some one up to my guard room
and tell him not to snore so loud, came
Sohepps's voice over the telephone. -He
Ia keeping. me awake"
The clerk was rather surprised at such
request, but obligingly sent a bellboy
to Ihomass room with request for thft
onioisl TO turn over and sleep on the other
side for a while.
Attorney Rubin was secretive bout
his movements early this morning and
was particular not to give out any in
formation as to the route the party will
take back to New York He seems
at once to the Office Of District Attorney
Whitman, where it il expected Schepps
will reveal all he knows Of the murder
OF Rosenthal and Of police graft. II is
understood he offered to sell a complete
confession to newspaper correspondent
ioSe ihkut Si,uD, Dut tills oUeT WAS
refused, and he then declared he would
give his confession to Whitman.
Attorney Bernard Sander of New York
who has been employed to look after
Schepps's y interests. arrived this afternoon
on a much belated train, but when he
Leaned that Schepps had already started
back to New York he caught the first
train and started in pursuit. He had a
card on which was written: / have en-
ployed Attorney Sander to look after
your interests. Your brother Bob.
This card was addressed to "Sam Schepps
Hot Springs. Ark"
tn. Ugh the man has never been a pris-
oner OF the city police acting Mayor Pet i.
tit, Chief OF Police Leonard and other
police officers are tonight better satisfied
than they have been since his arrest here
last Saturday. The constant dread that
something might happen to the man while
here or that he would escape haunted
them.
Before retiring last night Schepps re-
marked TO friends in the lobby of the Mar
quette Hotel that he would be back at
bot Springs soon.