The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-21
SHUFFLING THE
CARDS THOROUGHLY
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Ecussing the situation tonight Dough
erty said:
In the first place It must not be
overlooked that we have in our pos
session the car used by the murder
ers; the chauffeur who drove the car
to and from the MetropoIe, where the
murder was committed, and the man
who hired that car, We know the
names and are looking for every one
who rode In the car that night. We
believe there will be further suueais,
but we also know that there has been
much unjust criticism of the depa4t-
nent. We will arrest every mar
concerned in the Rosenthal murder
and every detail Of that crime and the
facts leading up to it will be revealed. II
Despite these confident assertions
IL was learned today that he and his
associates were badly worried over the
situation. It was reported that the
district attorney had all of the infor-
nation that the police had and much
more. This he has given to his priv.
ate sleuths and forty OF them were
on good authority tonight TO
be WORKING on the case.
Dougherty took issue tonight with
the report from the district attorneys
Office that RosenthaI was enticed out
Of the Metropole to be shot to death
THAT woald be too rough work for
the men who committed this crime"
said Dougherty I'VE believe that the
men who killed Rosenthal knew he
was In the Metropole. SO they Just
waited for him to come out and then
committed the crime We are certain
that the actual killing OF Rosenthal
was not decided on until after the car
was hired and some Of the men now
under arrest are likely to tell more
before they are finally turned loose.
II they ever are
In support OF his assertion that the
courts have not been supporting the
have restored roulette wheels and 9TH
/ err apparatus to their owners after the
police seized them In raids, Commits
sioner Waldo tonight made public a
statement showing that the equipment
returned In the last year was worth.
1 in round figures, $4,000.
| With the expectation OF important
Developments, the newspaper squad at
police headquarters was reinforced to-
night. SO numerous were the report +
| ers and so busy were the photograph /
lers that a crowd collected, blocked /
traffic and was fercibly dispersed by
| the police.
| Inspector Hughes threw Gordon |
OF policemen around one of his mys-
lterious women witnesses, ordered a /
taxicab for her and announced that If /
1.-THE newspaper men or photographers I
molested her they would be arrested
for disorderly conduct.
Bridge webber, noted gambler and I
declared enemy Of Rosenthal who
escorted another woman from the /
headquarters, struck one OF the pho [
tographers across the face when he /
snapped his escort. A crowd gathered, +
followed Bridge and his friends until I
they we're forced to return and ask I
police protection. The woman be-
headquarters She declined to give
her name, but loudly declared that she I
was not connected with the Rosenthal /
case. Another squad was formed and /
she was hustled into a closed cab by /
the police.
Inspector Hughes then ordered all
the photographers from the building. {
One who hesitated was elected and
told to never re-enter headquarters.
The massive doors were ordered I
closed to all photographers.
Deputy Police Commissioner Dough /
erty admitted for the first time tonight /
that the police investigation involved
Lieutenant Charles A. Becker.
He said: Il am investigating every |
thing that has to do with the MUIR
der. I am only after the facts and |
am going to get them. | don't care
where they lead me to, I'm going to
get them,
There are certainly some curious
incidents and somebody will have to
do some explaining. Here we have
the man Rose hiring the car In which
rode the men who killed Rosenthal
who had assailed Becker, and earlier
in the night we have the same man
Rose very active in behalf of the man
Becker in another direction, the get
ting Of the Gilbert affidavit attacking
Rosenthal.
Now these are the facts, and a
farmer chewing a straw in the shade
of his own apple tree can draw HIS
own conclusions. This will be the
most wonderful crime this town has