The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-20
BODY ATTACHMENT
SERvEO0NP0LLOk
He Is Held as Material Witness
in Rosenthal Murder
Case.
GAVE SHELTER TO ROSE
Also Summoned to Appear at
Becker Trial on 'Oc-
tober s.
GAVE SHELTER TO ROSE

New York. September ls-Harry
Pollok. In whose apartment baio
Jack" Rose remained while the police
were searching for him was arrested
to-day on a body attachment as wit
ness in the John Doe proceeding In
connection with the Rosenthal murder.
information reached the district at
torney's Office that Pollok was about
to sail for Europe and Acting District
Attorney Moss asked Justice COT for
a hody attachment, in order to insure
Pollok's presence at the trial OF 70
lice Lieutenant Becker. charged with
the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the
gambler.
Pollok was held in $1,000 bail as .
material witness. A woman. who was
with him at the time when arrested
was also held as a material witness
in $4,000 bail. It developed to-day tnat
Pollok had evaded a subpoena by Isav-
ing his home BY way Of . are-escape.
Pollok and the woman furnished Saai
In Justice Gon's court late to-day ana
were released As they left the court
room they were served by represen-
tative of the district attorneys once
with a subpoena to appear a. wit
nesses in the Becker trial beginn1n8
October & =
Acting District Attorney Moss took
steps tonight to Illustrate an alleged
attempt to get another Rosenthal case
witness out OF the jurisdiction. MI.
Moss was informed that Max Mar
COLES. who had made an amdavit con-
corning Lieutenant Becker's raid on
Rosenthars gambling place had been
approached with the suggestion that
there would be something In it II
he got out Of town. The acting prose-
cutor Immediately sent detectives out
presumably TO watch the prospective
witness.
Still another man involved in the
Rosenthal case has been approached.
not with brides. but with threats. 1t
was declared tonight Aaron J. Levy.
counsel for Louis Shapiro. driver OF
the car used by the slayers of Rosen-
thai is quoted as saying that Shapiro
il in fear of his life.
Shapiro has been approached"
Ievy's quoted statement says. and
told he would be a fool to assist Dis
frict Attorney Whitman. for even IL
he did win mis- liberty In this way. he
would not live to enjoy it."
SeAePps 0ssteA Seeker.
Hot Springs. Ark. september ia
-Schepps told me that Becker told him
that IL they did not kill kosenthal.
he (Becker) would
This declaration was made tonight
TO counsel for Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker. of New York. by Po-
lice Captain George Howell. Of Hot
springs. according TO the statement
cs the Hot Springs ofsic'ai after be
had been questioned by g. W. Hart
Of counsel for Becker. Howell says
n. was asked u sam Schepps. who
was In Howeirs custody while de-
,a.ned here as q witness In connection
with the killing Of Rosentnal. had Tot
Gaia TO him shst Becker had nothing
% do with the killing. Howell would
10 no further into the details OF the
interview.
Douglas Hoschkiss. editor OF local
newspsper. to-day assured @. ". Hart.
a. counsel for Police Lieutenant
p.ckcr. that sam Schepps was not
,uis,uosed wher The latter was quoted
4, a Newspaper article as having de-
.rri:~d Herman Rosenths' a. a
20 sch,r." thus causing the anger Of
1.-THE other fellows"
schepps has denounced the article
which was written by Hotchkiss.
The attorney wss also assured bv