Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-15
SAM SCHEPPS, ON
STAND, TELLS Of
Staying
Paymaster of SIayerS Corrobo-
rates Stories of Rose and
Webber Against Becker.

NEW YORK, Oct 15.-Sam Schepps,
one of the states big four" witnesses
and alleged paymaster of the gunner
who slew Herman Rosenthal, was the
star witness today at the trial of Lieu
tenant Charles Becker, the police Off
cial charged with instigating the assas-
Sination of Rosenthal
Schepps, who fed after the murder
and was captured at Hot Springs, Ark,
was called to corroborate the stories of
Jack Rose and Louis Weber that
Becker plotted the death of Rosenthal
because he "squealed" on Becker's
grating. While Schepps was kept
waiting in an ante-room before taking
the stand, police, and detectives in
spected the crowd in the corridors Of
criminal courts building for gangsters.
Mrs. Becker was one of the earlier
arrivals.
When Schepps was called to the
stand Assistant District ATTORNEY
Frank Moss at once plunged into the
same story that Rose and Weber had
related. Schepps looked well groomed.
He had grown stout in prison and was
ment He gave his occupation as a
portrait enlarger. He said he had
known Rose about eighteen years and
| that he met Becker first at the Lafay
cite baths and later when Becker raid
ed the rooms Of the Sam Paul associa-
ton. Later he acted as messenger
between Becker and Rose.
Got Affidavit For Becker.
1 was at the home of Dora Gilbert.
RosenthaPs first wife, on July IS last "
testified Schepps. Il was asked 70 %
there for Becker and get an af1davi+
, and | did it to accommodate Rosa
harry WALTON and Rose went with me.
| Afterward we drove up to a number
IN Seventh avenue and got Dago
FRANK Crofici into the car. Than u,o
went TO Webber's gambling place a.
sixth avenue and Forty second s+roo+
Later l left and some time early a.
| the morning of the 18th while 7 uos
urlhklng soda in The Times snuare
urug store | heard four shots near bv
ran toward the Metropole. for the
| shots sounded like they had bean Ared
there. - gu
| a
was lying on the pavement.
ran into Harry WALTON at the
Elks club and went to Fourteenth
street where we lived, and remained
there the balance Of the night,
About o'clock Jack Rose CANA
and woke me up. Lefty Louie Rosen-
berg, Dago Frank Cirofici, Whitley
Lewis and 'Gyp the Blood Horowitz
were with him.
Paid Slayer Gang.
| They wanted to know where
would meet them with the money.
replied at Ffftieth street and Eighth
avenue.
AT the hour we had agreed on we
met at tfftieth street and Eighth av-
enue, where Rose passed over the
money to Lefty Louie. | did not have
1t. Then we went to the home of Har-
! ry Pollock. | stayed there all day. go
| Ing that night to Becker's apartments
at the request of Rose. l told Becker
that Rose was sick and worried. Beck
| er said:
You tell him not to worry. I'll fix
everything all right. They have to
| prove who killed Rosenthal before thew
can convict any one
i started to light a cigarette. but
| Becker detained me, saying: Don't
make a light here. They have been
trailing me all day
Becker wanted to know if the gum
men had been paid and | told him they
had. Then / went back to Polock's,
where l found Lawyer John w. Hart"
This concluded the direct examina-
ton and John F. Mcintyre, chief coun-
sci for the defense, began cross exam
nation.
Mcintyre attacked the witnesses
character, but most of District Attor-
ney Whtman's objections were sus-
tained by Justice Golf. Schepps final
| ly admitted that he was once an opium
smuggler in the Northwest, carrying
the drug across the Canadian border.