Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-17
.GYP THE BLOOD
ANDCOMP PAN|ON
ARE ARRA|GNED.
Horowitz and Lefty Louien
After Capture in Brook
lyn Flat, Appear in Court
to Plead Today.

~ Iledo lOuay.
New York, Sept. 16.-Harry Horo-
witz, alias "Gyp, the Blood" and
Lefty Louie Rosenzweig, when ar
ranged today on indictments Charging
them with the murder of Herman Ros-
enthal, the gambler, evidenced no
more disposition to give information
or make any admissions than they did
yesterday when Assistant District At.
torney Moss questioned them for three
hours. 81 s- -s
Forty or more letters and postcards
found In the room of the two mon may
furnish important information to the
states attorney. Detectives ransacked
the apartment and beneath the boards
or the floor and tucked under carpets.
correspondence was found which Dep
uty Police Commissioner Dougherty
says Is of importance to the prosecu-
ton.
When arraigned, at the request OF
counsel for Horowitz and Rosenweig.
pleading was adjourned until Sept. Is.
The wives Of the prisoners and Max
Kahn, the alleged pickpocket, arrested
IN the fiat occupied by them, were held
IN $4,000 bail each as material wit
nesses.
RosenthaI Gunmen's Arrest.
"Gyp the Blood" and Lefty Louie"
the missing gun men indicted MS two
Of the actual slayers of Herman Ros.
enthal. the gambler, were found by
the police Saturday night to be living
with their wives in flat In Brooklyn.
They We're arrested by Deputy Police
Commissioner Dougherty and squad
OF detectives, who brought them to
police headquarters and locked them
up.
The two men had been occupying
the flat since August Is, and were
alone until last sTIAsday.. when they
we're bined by their wives, through
whom clews to their whereabouts
were obtained by the police. Vi.
The four were sitting at tea when
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty and
his men burst open the door Of their
apartment, and with revolvers arawn,
ordered them to hold up their hands.
Neither of the men made any show
Of resistance.
Gyp Keeps His Nerve.
Drop your guns, you've got u.s."
said "Gyp' calmly Give us a little
time to get dressed, will you?" said
Lefty" with equal coolness. Tho
women, however, made scene, throw.
ing their arms around their husbands
necks and shedding copious tears.
They had to be torn away from tha
men before the police could get their
husbands out of the apartment, and
were later brought to police head
quarters.
With the arrest Of "Gyp" and
Lefty whose real names are Harry
Harrowitz and Louis Rosensweig, all
Of the seven men accused Of the MUIR
der Of Rosenthal, Of which Police
Lieutenant Charles Baker is the al
legged instigator, are now in custody.
The capture Of the two men was the
result of unbroken surveillance on
their wives.
How ciews Were Followed.
This surveillance was maintained
by sixty detectives in relays. The final
clew came as the result Of piecing to-
gether number OF conversations
overheard at different times. The first
was. "They are not lonesome, because
they can see moving picture show
from their back windows"
Another conversation gave rhe in
formation that there was laundry In
the house where the missing men
lived, which was named either the
New Brighton" "The Bright" or the
Brighton Hand Laundry"
The third conversation supplied the
fact that the neighborhood was full
OF Swedes and Germans" 1t then be-
came Commissioner Dougherty's task
to discover somewhere hand laundry
in proximity to a moving picture show
in vicinity inhabited by SwedesSand
Germans.
The detectives, however, did not as
sumo that the gun. men were neces-
sarily located in New York. One laun-
dry clew took them to New Haven
and another to Pittsburgh.
Early Saturday Detectives Myer and
Cassaso discovered in Brooklyn the
New Brighton Hand Laundry" which
perfectly fitted all requirements. They
set themselves to watch the apart
ments situated above the laundry and
late IN the afternoon were rewarded
by seeing "Gyp the Blood's' wife en-
ter the building. Both wives had been
missing since Tuesday and the detec-
tives were certain they were with
their husbands.
Neither gun man appeared to be, in
funds, "Gyp" having only $18 In his
possession and Lefty" $40. A thor
ough search of the apartment, which
was poorly furnished with fittings
bought, 1t was learned, on the install
ment plan, revealed no other valuables
nor were there weapons OF any kind
!, to be found.
The search, however, disclosed the
presence of fifth person In the
apartment, Samuel Kramer, with q
record as a pickpocet. The police
finger print record showed that the
man was Kramer He Is being detained
= u the charge Of harborins murderers.