The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-20
"'LL STICK TO YoU,' HE CRIES TO JACK ROSE AS HE PASSES
 HIS CELL.
POLICE TRY TO TAKE HIM
Whitman and His Men Show Fight When Five Police Detectives De- mand That Schepps Be Turned
 Over to Them.

New York, Aug 19-Persistent of forts of the police to wrest Sam Schepps from the custody of District Attorney Whitman and his represen- tatives during his trip here from Hot Springs, Ark, have come to naught Tonight Schepps, one of the states most important witnesses in the Ro- seminal murder case, is a prisoner on a technical charge in the West Side jail under surveillance of men from the district attorneys office, who have orders to allow no one to communi- cate with him without credentials from Mir Whitman himself
 Scheppswill go before the grand jury tomorrow and is expected to cor roborate in every essential detail the story told by his friend, Jack Rose, upon which Police Lieutenant Charles Becker was indicted for Rosenthal's assassination
 Schepps will go before the grand panied by District Attorney Whitman, who joined the Schepps party at Al bany after journey from his sum- mer home at Manchester, Vt.
 How essential it seemed to MT Whitman that he should personally protect Schepps from New York po- lice interference appeared tonight, when it was learned that Detective Thomas, the police officer, who, with Assistant District Attorney Rubin, brought Schepps from Hot Springs, had received during his journey eass several telegrams from Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty. ordering him to bring the prisoner to police headquarters directly on his arrival. Thomas. although a police detective. is attached to the district attorneys office, did not answer the telegrams until he had wired to MT, Whitman. When the train bearing MT. Whitman and the Schepps party arrived today at the 125th street station in New York city, five headquarters detectives. headed by Detective Haggerty. board cd 1t and demanded Schepps as their Fpisssssseiiiesff.
 q will o,Eer the instant arrest of any one who attempts to take Schepps to police headquarters" Mir. Whitman told MT Haggerty, and you can pre- sent my compliments to your commis- sioner"
 MT. Whitman explained to the de tectives that as district attorney of the county. he was thoroughly famil- far with the evidence against Schepps as an alleged accomplice of the mur- der, and told them that it was insuf- ficient to arrest him on such a charge, this being the one the police have made against him.
 1Schepps has come as a voluntary witness into the state on a pledge from me that he be protected, and intend to protect him." declared the district attorney.
 Schepps was arraigned and held or technical charge of vagrancy.
 His fellow prisoners in the West Side jail are Rose "Bridgie" Webbel and Harry Vallon with whom he ex changed greetings in the prison today
 I'm going to stick to you,' yelled Schepps when he spied Rose today be hind cell window across the cour yard of the prison.
 On his trip from Albany MT. Whit man had a long conference with tho witness behind stateroom doors ant obtained from him, he said tonight, | story which materially strengthene, his evidence against Becker and othe prisoners, seven in all, who he ex poets the grand jury will indict to morrow
 Ills has corroborated everything il Jack Roses story that Rose said h' would said Whitman tonight Jus what the details were MT. Whitmal reused to say How the murder creY was collected who they were. Beck CTS alleged orders to 'get" Rosentha Roses alleged relations with Becke as graft collector; how Schepps aete as a go-between for Rose. and Becke while Rose was in hiding at the nom of Harry Pollock. these are points l Roses story. Schepps, it is supposed will substantiate, in view or the dls trict attorneys statement.
 As to who was the paymaster or th murder crew, however, Schepps, a far as could be learned tonight, doe not fully bear out Rose. The latte said that schepps paid the 'bloo money" Schepps. while admittln that he was present when the $l,Oo was turned over to ''Gyp the Blood and the three otlher alleged member Of the murder crew" says 1t wa learned that he Is not sure wheth' lt was he or Rose who actually passe the money.
 Schepps. Mir. Whitman said tonish