The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-07-31

facing indietments for permitting Az
hreaEng In return Cor a price. A nun
Der n citizens. Including some hiEh
In political life and vel known
throughout the country Also we're In
VOWED More than a dozen men OF
nation vide repute IN the sporting
world had fed the city over night and
others we're going.
In a cell On the Tombs. r~estlessly
pacing up and down like a Gagged ami
NAL. was the central figure in a scan
dal. the worst IN the history % New
Nork-Polioe Lieut.. Charles Becker.
Indicted directly for the amazing muir
der Of Gambler Herman Rosenthal
two weeks ~ In the very heart Of
New York's great White Light dis
trict.
In carefully guarded cells in the city
prison In West Forty-fourth street. re-
moved the width OF Che city from the
man they accuse. were Jack" Rose.
"Bridgey" Weber and Harry WALTON.
gamblers. whose astounding confess
sions OF murder. general crime and
police graft. told TO the grand jury at
an extraordinary session last night.
resulted in Becker's indictment. and
to-days inquiry promises revelations
that will shock the nation.
The three men who had uncovered
the scandal slept on cots in the jury
room OF the Criminal Courts building
all last night. In an agony Of fear
they had protested to District Attor-
ney Whitman that IL the three crimi-
nails were sent back to their cells
in the Tombs they would be murder
ed by the system. and Whitman.
although he ~professed to believe that
there was no danger they would be
killed. with the recollection OF the
Staying Of Rosenthal after he had be-
come a district attorneys witness in
mind. refused TO send them back.
He had them placed in a carefully
guarded room near his Office, where
they could sleep on cots. and order
ed that instead OF being sent TO the
Tombs. they be kept in the West
Side prison for the present.
Rose also appealed for his family.
saying there was no doubt his wife
who could c~orroborate many of his
statements. would be killed. The dis
trict attorney ordered four private
detectives detailed as special guard
to Mrs. Rose, and they Will watch her
at all times.
Herford Marshall. counsel for Jack
Sullivan Jacob Reich) the co-be-
tween between Lieut.. Becker and
Jack Rose. announced that Sullivan
was ready to tell all he knew on the
witness stand and that his tsory
would prove more astounding than
any yet told. Sullivan. he said.
would not talk TO either the police
or the district attorney.
Roses story was 30 amazing that
District Attorney Whitman admitted
he would not have believed certain
parts OF IL II Weber and Vallon had
not independently related the same
facts. From the time he FIRST met
Becker In an East Side precinct the
b~ald-headed gambler said their re
lations had been mutually profitable.
When Becker went TO the head OF
the "st%rong-arm squad and took up
raidIng OF gambling houses the pick
ings become soft for both. according
10 Roses story. lie peddled protec-
ton and collected for H. He paid
tne money. he alleges. TO Becker.
and the latter 'split-up." Rose told
how IL vas supposed 10 be split. and
exactly who benefited. but that is
still "a be proved.
When Essential cqueaied, Becker.
Rose alleged. dccreed R~Osenthal's
murder. Rose said that Becker
thretened Weber. WALTON and him
with a "frame-up" II they rallied TO
put Rosenthal out OF the way. Rose
said he knew Becker could do this:
that his men had already 'jobbed"
Big Jack" Selig by slipping "A pistol
into his pocket and arresting him for
carrying concealed weapons. Rose
SAID that Becker told him several
times that the job must be pulled or.
and that three days before the muir
der he. Becker. Weber and WALTON
met and went over o.. Weber. Rose
alleges. was ordered TO finance the
crime and Jack Salig was ordered
10 get the men 90 carry 10 out.
Rose Talks.
ln telling las story Co Becker. Rose
saii -Aiv God. ~ was HORRIBLE and
Becker. alarmed and fearing he had
wcak'rei came down O. meet him. In
tle rta.'w Of too Murray tIIl baths.
and WALTON not tu Worry. MA f.ere
would ue uu real o4tOTr. az a..rvhugy
would I'D" satIsred that tie "sqlsaIer'
Nti been flt out % the way.
Ihfr ZOOS" sIlI hc w,ut lu the home
oi uarrF Pollock. tae promoter. and re-
NAMED tIrre until Rose finally surren-
dersl o. fhe police. zoe surrender being
ln4er orders trOm Becker. VINO told him
DIN. HHi+- I" turned loose after being
Questioned 40 an times arer t1e m4r-
GER tu.' lIleFe1. ue was JOB touch with
De- trr ana acted under his orders.
.~t"sfrt.UI whom Doe walked 60 fIe en-
trance of fns NetroG1ir Hotel Tho ulrht
~ Tue murder expected fI receive FLH.-
900 instead ut a bullet II the brain. This
fir tt4 boon RAISED fn induce him 20
iftfH EfH YORK and rerer4I police OFF,
ale. Hs VOL ua fhe gamblers riur are
d f1 have contributed Co. the fund.
n mon who kIIlfI rho Gambler are ha-
newell o. hove dnubIr-rr.saef their sm-
lior "r4 ana inztenf az paying him che
.' entrusted fD them killed him.
lH..tfirr Pho fund
Dr. wee 30 fhlr sH nf Iu Che preceding
ifHf Rose ftrIfi r0w.ENHf nuf rf the
f.Nr activities hI flr rIumrn were
~rf'rn0f fn tr rrndy to 5000 RurerfUnL.
.' in f.e meantime bad been f~hsdared
fnl rifNf A few dave before tho
.nf Roe .lra he met Welbtr and