New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-24

~ TO all practical purposes District AZ.
rtorney Whitman took charge OF the po-
lice Yesterday, although he would not
allow Dougherty TO pass over TO hlHl
the responsibility. However, the grill
ing Of WALTON, in which both Dough-
cry and Inspector Hughes participant
ed, took place in Mr.. Whitmans Office;
tho offer which was made 20 JACK
Hose. through his counsel, Of immunity
IL he would tell all he knows OF the
murder, was made In the presence OF
the same two police officials, and tho
examination Of one Harry Signal an
'empioye OF WALTON, was also made III
Mr.. Whitmans Office, with Dougherty
and Hughes there.
Dougherty and Hughes, in fact,
danced attendance on the District At
torney ell afternoon, and at one time
cent for half dozen detectives from
Headquarters and directed them 10
take up their station outside Mr. Whit
mans office, where they could be called
upon easily.
WALTON Remsnded 10 ron,bs.
After Vallon's brief arraignment be-
fore Coroner Feinberg he was taken
over to the District Attorneys Office.
The Coroner remanded him &c the
Tombs for a further hearing to-mor-
row morning. holding him under the
Same charge that hangs over Weber,
Paul and Rose In Mr.. Whitman's Of
nce, questioned by the prosecutor,
Dougherty and Hughes, WALTON assert
ed that he left the murder car, in
which he had ridden around with
Jack" Rose On Monday night, when
the car got 10 Bridge" weber's place
on Sixth avenue
WALTON stuck to the story that he left
the car and the party there and made
his own way back downtown by the
subway He went 10 the home Of
Harry Signal, he said, at No. 226 East
;14th street, where he slept that night.
Signal, 1t appeared, was an empioye Of
WALTON at small gambling room at
No. 222 East 14th street.
Dougherty sent out some Of his men,
then, to find Signal and finally, through
trailing Signals wife, they found him
and brought him to the Criminal
Courts Building. He was asked to tell
what he knew Of Eallon's movements
on the night OF the murder. and al
though he wasn't clear on all Of them,
he was absolutely positive that vallon
got TO his fiat in 18th street at 1:45
p. m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Signal, who
was also brought in, confirmed this
All OF them were sure that WALTON got
in at 1:45 a. NJ, which happens to be a
short time before the Rosenthai muir
der, so Vallon's abb was established.
=, Vallon's story was that he met Rose
at Sharkeys on the Monday night just
previous TO the time that Rosenthai
was killed. sam" Schepps was there.
too, WALTON, said, and both OF them, to-
gether with Mrs, Signal and several
others, went in the car Rose hired to
the rooms Of Dora Gilbert 20 get the
AFFIDAVIT against Rosenthal. WALTON
said there were twelve to fourteen
people at Dora Gnberts. After the
affidavit party, WALTON said, they re-
turned to sharkey's, lost some Of their
crowd, and then, in another car went
up to Weber's
Vallon said he got off at weber's
with Rose and Schepps and that none
Of them got back in the car. He him
self went along down, by subway, to
Signals house. getting there at l:45.
He had been drinking freely all night,
he said and the result was that he
didn't recognize any one that he saw
1t weber's and doesn't even recall
whether "Bridgie" himself was IN the
ooms while he was there.
ValIon's Story Corroberstsd.
Dougherty Hughes and Whitman
Norked over WALTON from about 4
o'clock until 8. Then they sent him
aver TO the Tombs, and just as they
Gere about to separate Signal and his
vife were brought in. With perfect
teamwork they corroborated Vallon's
story at every possible point and es-
socially were they certain about the
point that it was at 1:45 a m. Tuesday
that WALTON got into their fiat.
-. VI. Sullivan Roses attorney, was
-alled up TO the District Attorneys
VfTce during the afternoon, and 1t was
said that the proposal that Rose give
ais information TO the prosecutor was
out up to him but he refused to allow
Rose TO consider ii. At any rate,
Bald Jack" remained in the Tombs and
Eas not brought over to Mr.. Whitman's
Slice.
. Aaron j. Levy, counsel for Shapiro
and Libby, the automobile men, de-
elared yesterday that Shapiro knew
avery one who was in the'"murder car, "
and that, further, he could give Mr..
whitman the names OF the men who
aid the actual shooting.
. One of his clients, said Levy, could
Furnish also clrcumstantiai evidence
Tending TO associate Becker with the
a1en concerned in the case. Levy de-
-lared that Shapiro had no gang sffilia-
ions. but the only thing that stood in
The way Of his making clean breast
70 the District Attorney was his fear