The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-17
BY AssocIated Press.

New York, Aug. 16-Pending the
arrival of Sam Schepps Monday to
testify in the Rosenthal case, the dis
trict attorneys office is centering at
tention on the police graft from dis
orderly houses. 1t developed today that
tonight's raids were the result of tip
from Jack Rose.
Assistant District Attorney Smith
said he is tonight in possession ef
evidence showing that the vice trust
paid twenty-five hundred dollars
monthly, which has been traced to the
police inspectors.
Coincident with these revelations,
Commissioner Waldo today reduced
Inspector Cornelius Hayes to captain
and suspended him pending his trial
on charges that he failed to suppress
disorderly houses in his district.
Two more bank accounts of Lieut..
Becker have been found, which brings
the total of his deposits to over seven
ty-five thousand dollars.
The net results of raids conducted
simultaneously tonight on eighteen
places alleged to have been maintained
by the so-called disorderly house trust,
is the holding Of four women on
thousand dollar bonds for further ex-
animation. The district attorneys as
sistants are disappointed at failing to
get the real heads of the alleged vice
trust.
Interest in the Rosenthal conspiracy
and its core of police graft centered
today in Gov. Dix's appointment Of
Supreme Court Justice Con- to hear
the case in extraordinary session, be-
ginning September 8. Justice Goff's
selection at this time comes before all
the indictments in the case have been
returned-Becker alone having been
indicted so far for murder-but the dis
trict attorneys staff regards the return
of the other true bills as a foregone
conclusion They will be handed UP
early next week after the testimony
of Sam Scbepps has been heard.
First to be placed on trial, accord
ing to present plans, are the gunmen.
Becker's trial probably will come last
Justice Goff is especially well quail
fed for a sympathetic understanding
of cases involving police graft. He
was counsel for the now famous Lud-
low committee which uncovered much
crookedness in the department years
ago and he has been assistant district
attorney here. On the bench, he pre-
sided in such we'll known cases as the
Kennedy, Patrick and Molineaux
trials.
Investigators of the Rosenthal con-
spiracy marked time today, pending
the outcome of the search at Meuthen,
Mass, for Lefty Louie and "Gyp
the Blood" and the arrival of Sam
Schepps, en- route from Hot Springs.
The public prosecutor does not want
to start the murder trials until he has
caught Lefty and "Gyp" unless he is
compelled to.
Clues leading to the search In Mas
sachusetts were gained from "Bridgie"
Webber, accused in the conspiracy. He
received a letter. The prosecutor dis
covered it and determined it was writ
ten by the fugitivies, and detectives
were sent to Meuthen. There is a re-
ward of $4,000 offered for the arrest
Of the gunmen.
When Schepps arrives here Monday
he will be arraigned on a charge Of
murder and placed in prison along
side of Rose, Vallon and Webber. As
sistant District Attorney Rubin, who
is bringing Schepps back to the city,
has sent word that the fugitive will be
a useful witness for the state.