Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-19
Paymaster
Has C~orr0b0rated
Rose, Declares Mr..
Whitman.
LIKELY TO TELL STORY TO
GRAND JURY TOMORROW
District Attorney and PoIics
Clash When Latter Try to
Claim Prisoner - Scheopa
Crins at Crowd.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1qZsa-
schepps. alleged paymaster Of tha
murderers Of Herman Rosenfha1 g.
rived in New York from Albany f.
day, and was taken ~immediate1y -
the West Side prison. where he war
placed Ia a cell. Although held only
as a material witness, District 4ftor-
ney whitman, who came down frou
Albany with ~Schepps. said thar -
would be arraigned in court as 4 mat
ter of form.
j have obtained from Sam Schern<
the corroborative evidence 1 expecr-
3D." declared the district attorney o.
his arrival in New York, after 4 corr
ference with The little gambler on TIA
train from Albany.
There was a lash between the dfz-
trict attorney and detectives from
police headquarters as soon as ths'
train pulled In Detective HagEerty.
who said he had been senf IN -
Deputy Commissioner Doueherfx
tried to take charge or the prisoner.
but Mr.. Whitman would have none"
of IL. and insisted that the district
attorneys Office alone should have
charge.
Schepps Grins ~ Crowd
A crowd followed schepps through
the station. but Schepps only smiled
and said that he was glad to ge3
back TO New York. When asked &
he had TOLD all he knew c~oncerninx
the Rosenthai case to the district AZ
torney, he grinned and replied:
w didn't discuss anything H1ks'
that. We just had a nice chat
AS for fear of the system 81 yen@
geance. he grinned again and title
back his straw a as indicative %
his
OF the authorities. Mr.. Whitman
alone knows what part schepp1|
played in the Rosenthai affair. To
all others, including Assistant Districs|
Attorney Rubin, who accompanies
him from Hot Springs. Schepps turned
a deaf ear. Say, he would burst
cut when urged to tell Of his undeE<
world association. do you think In
going to squeal on a pai2'
Bernard Sander, counsel fo<
Schepps. i~ssuedsthis statement on a.
irving in New York
Sam Schepps is not a criminal
4 Tie mas CBtnc dNIOct lnF (1lAAnEAt 8#-
my advice as counsel to render what=|
ever aid he can to the district attor-
ney of New York in prosecuting thu
murderers of Herman Rosenthat
While he does not represent the high-
est type OF citizenship. he is a man
of no mean intellectual attainment
and he appreciates that in coming
to New York. as he has. without legal
process, he did so of his own fires
will when he could at any time have
seriously embarrassed the district at
torney by recourse to a writ Of habeaa
corpus or other legal steps
Il take this opportunity 10 deny
that I have brought any pressure to
bear on Schepps. as has been charged.
to block the district attorneys IN
curry, and l brand as ridiculous and
false insinuations hat in acting as
counsel for Schepps I represent tbs
so-called system"
Lieutenant Becker made a brief APP
p~earace in the Court of General SEES
sfons today to plead 4 the Indictment
charging murder in the first degree.
AT the request of counsel the plead-
ing was adjourned until wednesday.
Counsel for Becker made a new mo-
ltion to inspect the minutes Of the
Grand Jury, to which Judge Grain
made no comment. Becker appeared
cheerful.
Promises TO Tell An.
Mr.. Whitman joined the party at
Albany and greeted Schepps In the
stateroom of a Pullman They shook
hands cordially. and although Schepps
was he told the prosecutor
that he would tell freely all he knew
OF the event which led up to Rossn<
that's death. Assured OF this Mr.
Whitman did not prolong the eonfer-
ence, but after sizing his man up
left him with detectives and then
hreakfasted with Assistant District
Attorney Rubin, who has had charge
of Schepps since his capture at Hot
Springs. 80
Mr.. whitman regards Schepps6
testimony of Importance as confirms
ing the story Of Bald Jack Ro<e.
Schepps was not In the murder car
ct the time of the shooting. but NJ
was in it earlier in the evening. ara
according to Rose, subs -1u-ntly vaz
the paymaster OF the murder crew
The train bearing S1sepps and ni<
custodians from Bufai) reached 4t<
BIZ ' at 4;4o o'cio ( this morning. Mt-
Whitman in the meantime was waits
ing in an Albany hotel. schepr4
was taken from the train. Than Nh
whitman suddenly decided TO leave
for New York at once. and q da<Fl
was made for the station to get tAe
$50 train
Crowd Feifews Sehepp<-
Notwithstanding the early hour. 4
curious crowd followed sehenp1
? through the streets. 1t was 4ffez
midnight when schepps retired 81
the train last night. but he IVES eu<
of the first up when Albaus III
reached.
: He ate a hearty breakfast on th6
train. He dressed modeef14. ~ur<
eyeglasses. snd locked on the ~h1l@
tCcntInued - s11A.& Ez1<1