The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-15
GYP THE BLOOD
IS ARRESTED
Last TWO Men Wanted for Rosenthal
Murder Have Been Gath
cred in by the
Police.
PICTURE SHOW CLUE
Friends Gave Out Tip Of Where tn,
Men Were In Hiding over
Brooklyn Laun-
dry.
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PICTURE SHOW CLUE

United Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Sept. IA. Lefty |
Louie" and "Gyp the Blood indicted
for the actual murder of Herman Ros-
enthal, tonight were arrested in an
apartment at 756 Woodward avenue,
Brooklyn. by central office detectives
and when brought to police headquar-
ters by Deputy Commissioner Dough
erty admitted their identity.
1t was careless word about NOV
ing picture show which the fugitives
could watch nightly from the rear
windows Of their apartment, and Incl
dentally their wives, according to a
! statement by Dougherty, that gave
/ the police their clew.
/ The deputy said that his men
t learned by listening to fragmentary
conversations among east side friends
OF the gunmen, that Lefty and Gyp.
! could see the picture show from tnen
windows, and that they lived in a
4 house. the first floor OF which was
occupied by laundry Detectives
4 searched all New York and every
i nearby town as far as New Haven but
4 never found the right laundry an,<
Il picture show combination until they
were led to Brooklyn by the wives oi
q the wanted men. Lille Lieben, wife OF
y Lefty Louie, and Lille Lefkowitz,
5 wife OF Gyp, lived at 2as Grand street
and A East 9Sth street respectively
g Detectives watched them constantly
, but for weeks without result. The
women never went anywhere togeth-
j er and when they went out would
Il ride an elevated train to some point,
/ never the same point twice and then
r would enter an automobile, thus out
]. stripping their pursuers
] Then it was discovered that two
8 Park Row dealers had sold about $3.50
8 worth of installment furniture tt
q friends of Gyp and Louie, and this
7 furniture was traced to the Brooklyn
. apartment. 1t had the picture show
e and laundry accompaniments ano
q when finally the two Lilies were
d traced there, the arrest was made.
Dougherty said he was confiden
that the men had been in the Brook
lyn apartment since July 26. Assis
q tant District Attorney Frank Mos!
u was notified of the arrest by Dough
r erty, and it was announced that men
L already indicted, would be arraignet
Monday morning before Justice Cor
e in the extraordinary term of the su
7 preme court.
= The arrest occurred twenty-fou
u hours after District Attorney Whit
man left for Hot Springs, Ark, to In
/ vestigate the stories of persons ther
y who were associated with San
7 Schepps, while he was in hiding a
= the resort.
Dougherty brought the two men t
:. headquarters in his automobile, ae
y companied by Lieut.. Dominick Refill
= and two plain clothes men. Doughel
- ty admitted that he did not arrest tn
!, prisoners, but would not say who d1
= and the other officers were not PEI
!, mitted to talk.
a The two prisoners We're "sweated
q for hours behind closed doors. Con
a missioner Waldo and the Bertillio
Is and finger experts were sent for.
\. Harry Horowitz, known as Gyp tn
Blood, and Louis Rosenweig, ALA
Lefty Louie, have been sought i
connection with the Rosenthal mu
= der ever since the identity of the o.
?. ?. cupants of the gray murder car wa
~ :. established and with their captur'
~ the last of the men indicted for tn
assassination of the gambler are ]
- custody. The two are we'll know
east side gunmen, henchmen of "Bi
=, ~ jack Zeilig. whom Sam Schepps an
- Jack Rose swore they hired to pr,
- - cure assassins to shoot down Rosel
4, thai
no When it was learned from Ros
re Bridgey Webber and VIM Shaprr
rs chauffeur of the murder car, tint
be Lefty and Gyp were in the car, the
arrest was ordered. Thereafter tt
pair were found all over the Unite
States from New England to the P
a cific slope, No town that boasted
IN constable failed to find the murdero,
,h pair with the blood tingling aliase
10 The Rosenthal grand jury returne
nd a blanket indictment charging II
RS murder to Lieutenant Becker, Viii
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