The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-14
Corn Exchange Bank,
Heights Branch,
at Amsterdam Avenue and
l43d ST,

These were the deposits that Charles
Becker made In one bank In ten
months.
His salary as a lieutenant Of police
was s2.250 year. or SlsS.7s q month.
But there are other records supplied
to the District Attorney by bank ON.
cials concerning Lieut.. Becker's pre-.
cautions against a rainy day.
There is proof now that while the
graft was good he made these deposits
in four banks:
April. isl?-Liucoin Trust Co....... 1i.Ses
MAY. iSie--wes, Side Savings Bank 5000
April. isi:-E Empire City ssvins.
BANK ................ $500
Nov, lsilto
Aus" isl?-Corn Exchange Bank 3clis
'oNei vSh,llb
a glance a these records reveals that
while Lieut.. Becker was depositing S4..
$50 in the Corn Exchange Bank he was
also storing $4,000 in the West Side
Savings Bank and that while he was
putting $4,000 in the Corn Exchange
Bank he was entrusting 1900 to the
Lincoln Trust Company.
And besides these accounts obtained
from bank ledgers. the District Attor.
ney. through the intelligent work Of his
assistants. has information that Lieut..
Becker had at least Ave other bank &C.
counts In Manhattan alone and that
Becker's total cash savings approxi-
mate 100000.
Becker's money and the use he made
OF 1t was the central feature OF the d.
velopments yesterday as to the Iieuten.
ants part In the blackmailine Of law.
breakers and In the murder Of Rosen.
thai. the blackmailed.
After the District Attorney had got
The records Of bank accounts the Grand
Jury heard from Jack Rose and Bridgie
Webber that 1t was Becker's cash that
went to pay the pistol men who shot
down Rosenthal.
Didnt Repay Murder Money.
Before the murder Becker owed Web.
bei 5000, Less than an hour after
Rosenthal was murdered he told Bridgle
Webber in front OF The Murray Hill
baths, In the presence Of Rose and with
Jack sullivan standing by. that he
hadnt much money with him. and he
ordered Webber to give Rose or Schepps
sl,o00 so that the boys could get out Of
town In hurry"
lie tod Webber that he would nav
him the whole $500 the next day.
Weber sent Jack Sullivan three times
10 get the money from Becker. but the
lieutenant lodged payment and Webber
never got his money
Having scrutinized and aualyzed thu
oronts OF blackmal as exemplified in
seekers bank accounts, the District
attorney examined with much interest
taouiation he got yesterday from
william j. Burns and from eight gam.
'lers as to the assessments and rates Of
financial details Of the
'athering OF what Rose says was g..
OO.O 900 In Manhattan alone
This tabuiatiOn reveals that there Wa
complete and systematic sliding scale
" collections from big and little gam.
ling houses. from large and small dis
'rderly houses and other unssvory re.
orts. from stuss and crap games. from
'oker rooms. from poolrooms and even
rom the dice throwing privilege In "a.
Dons and cigar stores. Nothing was too
liz for the appetite Of the Rrafters,
othing too small 70 their greed.
ScueOu1e Ou Ubockmou'
The big gambling houses--the elab.
rately furnished art galleries main
aimed by the blue ribbon gentry. paid
900 "a month. The first class pool
Doms with a wide telephone patronage
y well as a handsome cash play con.
-ibuted 5000 "a month. And on down
trough levels Of gan bling. from top to
pttom, the grafters worked their per.
,cted system. even to blackmailinG the
,eap and ny by night crap Ranes at
~ rate ~ $50 week. Here II the
istrict Attorneys table of rates:
MONTHLY PAYMENTS
rsi class gambling houses. 1900
iddle class ....t+. t.'.s..'' ~"
nall rooms t'..'t.tt. Wv" 70 sou
rs, class pool rooms 400
rdl. class pool rooms ..., zoo
,all pool rooms .., 90. 100 20 eo
nd hook men ....t .,.,.t bVv
IN bincd sAmnlins and pool
F0ens .....,....ssssss'ss''s ss~