Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
Witnesses Declare 4
Was Paid to Gun.
men Day After the
Shooting.
WHITMAN GETS MORE
C~ORROB0RATIvE EVIDENCE
Declares He Has EstabIishe<
Motive - Confessions Sal
Becker Personally orders<
Killing.

NEW YORK, Aug. L-Distric1
Attorney Whitman expects III
Sam" Schepps will come out of
tirement today and tell how 81 600 ID
paid to "Gyp the Blood and Lefty
Louie for the murder Of Herman Re-
the gambler.
~Schepps. according to the sta
Jack" Rose has told the distr1
attorney, received from Rose s. Loco
bills. which Becker had handed hin
Rose says that Schepps gave q
money to Harry Horowitz. otherHH
as "Gyp the Blood and Lou
Lefty Louie Schepp
it is understood, viii be treated LEM
emily if he can show that he did nd
pull a trigger.
The information that Schepps va
the actual paymaster for the player
makes him a valuable witness, an
Schepps's lawyer has promised
surrender him today. The main 8
Germ of the district attorney Is
keep the police from getting
Schepps first, and every precautfo1
will be taken to prevent it. schepp1
according to report. viii be able
tell a lot about graft, also.
"Dago Frank Cirofici and Shapir1
and joint owner of fE
murder car, were today taken to ii
attorneys office and B
fronted by three witnesses. who 3
lively identified them as participau<
In the murder-Shapfro as driver
the a and "Dago Frank as one
the passengers Shapiro had alread|
his part in the AFFAIR, m
his Identification was merely i To-
confirmation of his story.
One of those who identified CiroI1
along with William Shapiro. driver
the murder car. was a man whom {
ticials of the prosecutors Office ref
to as the unknown" Ciroici 81
peared to be greatly shaker ID
appearance of the 'unknor md
confession seemed immin oficIa<
of the district attorneys office sai<
John w. Hart, counsel for BeckeI
was taken before the grand jury tn
afternoon and asked about an afilda|
Wit he is supposed to have obtains
from Rose before the latter surre1|
dered. Hart declared TO answer
the ground that 1t would be unfa{I
TO his client, Becker. He was ther&|
upon taken before Judge Muloueez
who instructed him to answer Dis
trict Attorney Whitman then had 81
lawyer taken back TO the grand jur
room.
Expect Becker VIII Confess.
Rose has told the district attorn@
he believes Becker will confess.
Don't worry about Becker. ID
says. Il know him through and
through. He's a big bully and
plug-ugly. Without the backbonl
that his blue coat and brass button|
gave him, he'll double up like 4
piece of pasteboard. A few days z
the Tombs will fix him-heH com]
across with all he knows"
There Is a rumor today that TIA
public prosecutor needs only a littI1
more evidence to cause the arrest q
two men on Police Commissions
NdiuO stdn oh ehai6CS "a tAA4-
ton.
Following the reeitals under oaf1
by Rose and Bridge Weber u
the events leading up to the killia8
of Rosenthal, steps toward corrobo1
ration are to be taken carefully ard
slowly that, as District AttorneI
Whitman says, the whole truth q
the relations between the gamhlee3
and the police viii come OUT
Is Getting Missing Links-
Satisfactory progress is being mae
by District Attorney Whitman ID
supplying the missing links in I'D
confession of Rose. Weber aud
Harry WALTON, who. in their stori43
to the public prosecutor. said Becke3
instigated them in the killing II
Rosenthal.
District Attorney Whitman says ID
has obtained some important testI1
mony confirming parts of Rose and
Webber's story that they met Lieu
tenant Becker by appointment afte1
the murder. Two restaurant ein4
ployees, according to the district at
torney, have given the informafi9i|
that they saw Becker talking N3fi|
Rose and Weber in Forty-secor1
street after the killing. District A.
torney Whitman. who has been a61
vised by several Supreme Court iaz1
tees TO go slowly, said today:
Il am confident that the who'd
truth will come out. 1t may appear 4
little slowly. but I am not going ID
rush the case.
Believes Motive II PLATA.
''The Court of Appeals has held
that there must be some corrobprafierI
of the testimony of aceomplices. m
establishment of a motive is corrat3
grafton. There is no doubt in ms
mind that the motive has been esfat1
lished.
"The intimate relations bct~ezn
Becker and Rosenthal. their quarfc
Becixer's fear of Rosehthal. the aeelz3
sations against Becker. the killing III
self, the meeting OF Becker and Eo5|
after the killing. all point to on
thing"
The grand jury probably VIII ne1
fcontinasd On secand Ps<e1