The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-17
JUDGE COFF NAMED
|. BY GOVERNOR DIX
TO SIT IN CASES
Pro S ecuted Police of New
York City For Crooked
nees in 1894 .-.......
BECKER TRIAL SET
FOR SEPTEMBER 3rd
Attorney Declares Shapiro
Can Name Men Who Fired
Fatal Shots at Gam
bier Rosenthal

NEW YORK, August 1s.-Fresh
terror was thrown into the ranks OF
the gunner accused OF shooting
Gambler Herman Rosenthal when
Governor DIX. Of the State Of New
York, appointed Supreme Court JUS
tice John w Con- to preside at the
trials of Lieutenant Charles Becker
and whatever other men may be in
dieted for the crime.
In the Lcxow investigation of police
crooked ness. In 1898. John ". Goff,
then an attorney, took the leading
part Az a prosecutor. Next month he
will sit in judgment on what promises
to be as startling and revolving a
revelation of official laxity and vice as
was the Lexow probe. He was Chosen
Supreme court justice In 1908. and
has record Of more convictions than
any other Judge In the State for an
equal period OF time
Trial Begins September sd
The trials of the men accused OF
the murder will begin September Sd.
and Police Lieutenant Becker will
be the first man to be tried. District
Attorney Whitman, who has been de-
voting night and day to the prepara-
ton OF the evidence for the grand
jury, tainted from exhaustion twice
in the past few days and this after
noon left for a. short rest at Man.
chester. Vermont This gave rise to
the rumor that Sam Schepps the muir
der paymaster, arrested at Hot
Springs, would be taken TO Manches-
ter and there questioned by the dis
trict attorney. Late this afternoon
dispatches from Buffalo stated that
Schepps and his captors, Assistant Dis
fri 9t.b
Stewart, were due there al 7:se
tonight. From Buffalo Schepps will
| be brought quietly TO New York and
probably spirited INTO either the
Tornhs or the West Side D.ice court
prison, where Rose, Wehber and VAL
Ion, the inforners. are now held.
shapiro Can Name IurtiererS.
It Was reported here from a re-
liable source this afternoon that Louis
Levy. attorney for William Shapiro
and Louis I4ibbey, owners Of the gray
murder car. had said that Shapiro
saw the shots fred at Rosenthal and
could name the man who pulled the
trigger. Levy Is reported to have
said:
William Shapiro saw Rosenthal
killed; saw the man who did the kill
ing and saw Rosenthal fall IL he
can be made TO talk he can name the
man who did the actual shooting and
who IS the real murderer"
1t IL considered doubtful at the dis
trict attorneys office that Shapiro can
be made to- ted any more than he has
told
Another surprise was sprung this
afternoon when Max Freeman, az tailor.
declared that he saw "Gyp the Blood
Harry Horowitz1. wanted as one Of
the murder gang. and spoke to him In
Harlem. Rigid questioning by the au-
story and plain clothes men are out
searching Harlem for the wanted man.
Freeman says Horowitz and Lefty
Louis" Rosenweig are living In an
opium joint, but occasionally appear
on the street.
A dispatch from Detroit says that
the Anchor line steamer Tionesta. on
which a man and a woman, supposed
to be Lefty Louis'' and "Gyp the
Blood" the latter disguised as "A wom-
an. embarked. lis due in Duluth, for
which point the pair bought tickets" at
o'clock Saturday morning. The police
have orders to search the boat before
any OF the passengers go ashore.
Waldo Reduces Hays.
Commissioner OF Police Waldo this
afternoon issued an order reducing
Police Inspector Cornelius G. Hays to
the rank of captain. following a state
fnent in a morning paper. supposed to
have been made by Hays, to the effect