The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-07-25
ROSENTHAL WASIN FEAR
Told Wife'S Brother Of His
Dread of the Police
Lieutenant.
facing Crowd. Rcislcr Denies He
said He Saw Webber
After Shooting.


from Lcut. Charles Becker why hc l.
:" Interested in the Grand jury pre-
ceedngs. The Grand Jury IL going
not merely into the accusations that
Becker was "a CRATER hut also is con-
sidering th. testimony OF Herman
Rosenihals relatives and friends that
the gambler believed the police would
kill him.
otto Avcrsi. tho chauffeur who has
been wheeling Becker around town for
more than a year. admitted yesterday
that hc went straight to the lieutenant
at Police Headquarters ON Monday
afternoon after telling the Grand Jury
that r"ckcr had coached him about
what hc WAS to say. II Becker Is will
ing to appear before the Grand Jury
he will be asked aDou; this conference.
and Aversi will he requestiOned.
The discovery that Aversi rushed to
Becker from the Grand Jury room came
just before Joseph zimmerman. brother
of Mrs. Eosenthal, testified. zimmerman
told the Grand Jury that Rosenthal
had told him he was afraid of Becker.
Mrs. Rosenthal's brother also described
the relations that existed. he said, be-
tween the lieutenant of police. the
gambler and Jack Rose.
Statements made by zimmerman as
to the profitable dealings Of police
men with gamblers will be threshed out
by the Grand Jury. Inspectors Hayes
and Iahey and Capt. Day of the West
Forty-seventh street station have been
subppnaed to appear to-day.
An Arrest for Perjsry.
No apparent progress was made yes
terday In locating the men who are
wanted for the actual killing Of Rosen.
thai or In tracing the plot back to the
policemen that the District Attorney
and Deputy Commissioner DOugherty
believe had most at stake in the muir
der. John Reisler. known To gamblers.
actors and sporting men. was arrested
and held without bail ON a charge Of
perjury.
Reisler told the District Attorney.
that official says. that he saw Webber
running away from the MetrOpole Just
after Rosenthal had been shot. But
Reisler before Coroner Feinberg in the
hearing as to whether Webber was to
be held for murder In the first degree
looked over the court room crowded
with men, who had been smiling and
signalling to Sam Paul and Weber
and then denied that he had said any
thing of the sort. After Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Frank Moss had cor
| roborated the District Attorneys state
ments Relsler was arrested
The District Attorney has thrown
aside all other business. leaving As
sistant District Attorney Mott in charge
as acting District Attorney. Mr.. Whit
man Is giving all OF his attention to
the murder plot and the investigation
az TO police partnership with gamblers
He believes with Second Deputy Police
Commissioner Dougherty that one or
two Of the men now held for murder
will break down and tell the whole
story
They are concentrating on Jack Rose,
who is regarded as having been the
general manager OF the Rosenthal kill
ing. and William Shapiro. who has been
telling all sorts Of stories In order to
convince the authorities that he 10
worth bargaining with. But the Dis
trlct Attorney has been told that Rose
tect him and that he halts at turning
informer.
Rose himself tells for the frst time
Of his relations with Rosenthal and
with Becker. He denies that he had
any knowledge even that Rosenthal
was to be killed and he says that his
activities In obtaining the affidavit from
Dora Gilbert were as much on his own
account as on Becker's. Rosenthal had
attacked him az well as Becker In the
affidavit, and he was just as sensitive
about aspersions on mis character as
Becker was.
Burns Men Go to Work.
The W. j. Burns Detective Agency
informed the District Attorney that
their men have gone to work on the
Rosenthal case and that every bit OF
resourcefulness and energy they possess
will be directed toward getting at tho
truth.
II was said that twenty-three Burns
men have already been detailed for the
work and that Mr. Burns himself. when
he returns to New York In a day Or
two, will devote his entire time to the
investigation.
a hint of the probable expense of the
Investigation was obtained. It is ex.
pected that tho services Of Burns. fees
and expenses, will approximate $4,000.
William j. Schieffelin and others who
have guaranteed this money have
agreed not TO discuss the investigation
In any way.
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty, now
admittedly under the direction Of the
District Attorney, says that the hiring
Of the Burns men will make no differ
anna In his xNork Mr. nNu9hartv In.
tends. he says, to keep on until he finds
the men who killed Rosenthal, and the
men who wanted him k''lrd, whether
they were inside or outside Of the Po-
lice Department. pcugherty insists that
he. Is not being driven or restrainsd
by anybody. and that he Will mako \