The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-07

up men waiting for anything nat might
turn up.
Gradually the police detail in front Of
the house was increased until at uoou
twenty-five officers in uniform and .
dozen plain clothes men were on the
block. 1t became necessary to estab-
lish lines such as are maintained about
the scene Of a fire or street trafhc could
not have proceeded in any direction.
Only q few persons were admitted to
the flat IN which the body Of the young
and his widow were there. as were
several profe ssional mourners. who
went through the ceremony Of rending
their garments and shrilling their la
ments. In accordance with the 0vtiio-
dox law the body WIS In a plain pine
box covserd with black shruud
RABBI Adolf spisgel Of the shaari
Zedek Synngogus AZ No. q Wesc. One
Hundred and Eighteenth street con-
Quoted the simple funeral services, as
sisted by twelve men. The service
brought out the fact that Zeiig's right
name was Zellg Albert and that he was
.twsnty-four years Old, During the SER
vices In the house great clutter of
carria0es assembled IN the s,rreundlue
streets. The various societies and Or
ganizations of which Zelig and his gang
we're members sent carriages an q mark
Of respect. Chief among the contribu-
tors OF carriages for the mourners was
Sam Paul, head Of the Sam Paul As
ISOLATION, who also sent carriages to
the funeral Of Herman RosenthaL
POLICE LEAD THE WAY ACROSS
the BRIDGE.
With squad Of policemen In uniform
forcing q way throuSh thu hordss Of
people, the hearse made slow progress
through BrUome street to Eldridge
street and thence north to Delaney
street. 1t was hard work to get the
carriages following the hearss into line
until the broad Plaza oe Delaney street
was reached. and the funeral cortege
was headed for the Williamsburg
Bridge. A. police escort from Manhat-
tan accompanies the corpse and the
mourners across the bridge, and at
the Williamsburg side a special detail
Of officers was waiting to continue the
escort TO the cemetery.
The police detail was not alone IN
escortlng the funeral cortege on either
side of the river. Thanking the hearse
were lines OF young men, all known to
the police who lined tho route OF the
u
mark of respect wore wide mourning
bands on their sleeves. Scores Of these
mourning bands were distributed In
Broome street Just before the coffin
was placed In the hearse.
The escort OF youths wearing mourn
Ing bands was composed OF members
Of the Jack Zelig Association. In ac-
cordance with gang custom one of these
men must kill somebody to avenge the
murder OF ZeIig. The detectives who
were in and out OF the funeral pro-
cession observed carefully all those
wearing mourning and marching with
solemn mcin alongside the hcarsc, for
there may come the news to Head
quarters at any hour Of another east
side murder. and II that should happen
the first work Of the Headquarters
sleuths will be TO round up all those
who put on mourning bands for Jack
Zells.
II is the District Attorneys secret Just
what Zelig would have testified to at
the Becker murder trial. put ne va.
regarded ~ one OF the most !mportan
Witnesses Jutes wahle. his lawyer, de-
ciares that Zelie knew nothing OF tine
Rosenthal murder and did not furnish
the gunner. but II Is underzto ID tia;
he would At least have testified tha
Rose and WALTON came to him with de-
mand that he furnish men 70 do
Becker n favor" He would have cor
roborated the gamblers on a number
Of important points. though II Ia not
believed he would have admitted any
advance knowledge OF the Rosenthal
murder.
This letter written to "Gyp the Blood
BY Jack Zelig was made public IN the
court room at the opening Of the trial
OF Lieut.. Becker II was mailed AZ p.
u. Saturday at Station d. and was ad-
dressed 70
Harry HarowItz.
Tombs Prison. New York City:
New York City. Oct. 5, 1912.
Dear Pal Gyp: Yours received and was
more than pleased TO hear from you. I
want you and tae boys TO keep writing
TO me, as II cheers ne up, and you can
imagine how I feel when I hear from
YOU boys. Gyp. keep cheered up. and
keep cheering one another up. Your In
nocence will be proven and what a grand
time we will have on that day. Gyp
you tell Frank 10 take that Dago Idea
out of his mind as ne will listen to yoa
a. you know one another better than
40. Somebody has been telling him that
don't give n damn for him because he's
A dage. Well. old Pal, want to hear
from you often. II seems to be the
hardest thing in the world to get your
wife out. Know one wants to go on
thing win turn up for the best. Your
Pal till the end.
Best wishes to the boys JACK"