Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-30

York, tonight, ''Dago Frank" has
 been ill the Tombs for the past three
 days.
 New York, July 29.-Police Lieu
 tenant Charles Becker, whose con-
 nectlon with lthe Rosenthal murder
 mas threatened to involve the police
 department in the gambling scandal
 was formally placed under arrest
 this evening.
 With the fear of the vengeance of
 the Ienderloin gangsters driven out
 of their minds by ihe greater fear of
 the electric chair, three men who are
 held for com 3licity in the okilling Of Gambler Herman Rosenthal. are re- ported tonight to be ready to confess.
 These men are Jack Rose. .Bridgy' Weboer and Harry Vallon. In the
 criminal courts building it was declar- ] ed late this afternoon that these men mad been promised immunity if they
 would tell all and that they had agreed to hlk.
 The announcement came after a conference between Eistrict Attorney Whl'ran, Attorney Sullivan, repre- sentlng Rose, M. B. Stouer, represent ing Webber; Harry Vallon and Dr. Otto Ii. Schultz, coroner's physician who performed an autopsy on Rosen- thals body. The District Attorney left the conference room.
 "Is Rose going to confess?'' he was asked "I hope so,' he replied. And Webber also?' the reporter insisted. sI hope so, lioo,' answered the prose- cutor and disappeared into another room.
 Rose is said to be weakening ard to have insisted in influencing the other two prisoners to tell all they know. The District Attorney is said to have in his possession checks given by Rose to police officials in paymen of the latter'ss part in the gambling graft for which Rose acted as go-between.
 Rosenthal, when he walked to the entrance Of the Metropolis Hotel on the night of the murder, expeo ed to S20.00O instead of bullet in his brain. This sum had keen raised to induce him to leave New York and several police officials, as well as the gamblers ring, are said to have con- trlbuted to the fund. The men who killed the gambler are believed to have double-crossed their employers, and instead of paying him the money en rusted to them, killed him and pocketed it.
 Alderman Curren again thrilled Mayor Gaynor today with respect to the latter's attitude toward an alder mems investigation of the alleged po- lice graft. Curren declares he will sue ouil writ of mandamus, compell- ing the mayor to call a meeting for the purpose of inquiry if Gaynor does not take action by August 1.
 "Bridgy' Webber's gambling house, closed when he was arrested, has re- opened, and is running full blast on one of the most prominent streets of the Tender.oin.
 Sam Paul, one of the eight men held in llhe Tombs for complicity in the ! Rosenthal murder was exonerated | and released today. He was inform ed he would he held as material witness and is nominally in the GUS tody of his attorneys, but clear of all | connection with the murder
 In the Tende1,oin, in the gambling places and in the gangsters retrea of the East Side, there is report that "Whitey" Lewis is the man who | fired the shot that killed Rosenthal. | The Burns detectives held he same theory, and Dr. Otto O. Schultz, who | made the autopsy, says he found but | two bullet wounds. He adds that ] probably one man fired both shots from position close to Rosenthal | If q her shots were fired, they must have gone wild
 Mrs. "Bridgy' Webber, wife of one of the men held, has retained Max B. f Steuer, noted criminal lawyer, to defend her husband. The retaining fee is reported to have been $10,O00. | Webher's preparations for a strong fight has caused the detectives to re- double their work in his case in tae belief tha,l his connection with the murder was much closer than at pres ent known.
 New eye-witnesses to the killing of Rosenthal were promised by District Attorney Whitman this afternoon. MT. Whitman also sent to ,lhe grand jury room Max Margolis, who claims to have been press agent for Becker at one time. Margolis swore to have heard Mrs. Rosenthal say to Lieuten- ant Becker at the time of a raid on 1er husbands gambling place, ''Why, Charley, what does this mean?' And o having heard Becker coaching his ial man as to what to do in the case of this raid, which was in ended to be fake affair, to forestall real raid planned by another of he strong arm squads.
 The examination of seven other men held for eomplicity in the murder, vas continued by Coroner Feinburg