The evening world., 1912-09-02

York gambler TO get everyone out OF
town who u likely TO aid the District
Attorney - . Rosenthai murder OF
John Doe graft wttpess
Tue gamblers and disorderiy house
proDr1stors. according to report. held .
ssesSt meeting early yesterday morning
afeR hav1ng agreed TO Join forose-
Thsy had sen the Dastrict-Attorney's
forces defeat them At every turn. and
aec1dsd their only other hope was to
remove - much corroborative evidence
~ possible from reach OF the prose-
sutss.
The conspdrators are understood 10
have carefully gone over n list contain
Ang The name Of every man who. be.
csuss OF his knowledge Of conditions In
New YORK or OF tho Rosenthai case.
might be Of use 10 Mr.. Whitman. and
picked out those likely to show "A yell
low StraAk" 1t . critical time. A num-
Der Of men In possession of damaging
facts. n 10 stated, can be counted on to
"at tight" under IRE But others might
wilt under the cross fire of questions.
end these are to Be urged. In . way
thaS win leave them little choice In the
matter, to take q long holiday where
they cannot b reached. preferably to
Europe or the Pacific coast
HAVE FUNDS READY FOR THEIR
EXPENSES.
No special fund will be raised for the
purpose. sccording to the story. There
10 enough cash on hand now to carry
81 the project Those who must beat
n" are to-day getting their instructions
from trusted iieutenants OF the vice con-
fsrress. As many a. possible will be
shuntsd out OF town before Justice Coz
gets his inquiry under way tomorrow.
What money II needed, rumor has II.
will be taken from the special defense
fund already raised. and from . $4,000
Attorneys ONCE. Tho full story Of how
this $4,000 plot failed IL told to-day. A
Bdrns detective Is credited with having
ascertained all the plans Of the vice
trust.
According 10 the story. the conspiracy
involves . police inspector through two
Of his plain clothes men. another in
opector indirectly. q police captain.
lawyer who formerly was an Assembly
man. Q former TsmmAny leader OF the
Sullivan clan. noted AZ the bondsmAn
Of criminals Of . certain class. and the
big Sig and other members Of the
'Hcs trust
Assistant D1strict-Attorney Moss and
Smith are understood to have svideucs
enough to obtain indictments at once.
and are only awaiting the return OF Mr..
whitman from Manchester. W.. to get
busy. The leak" that prevented the
arrest OF the conspirators In q bunch
Saturday 10 also being Investigated.
some Of the conspirstors left town be-
fore dark saturday.
The Burns detective maxaueraded Al q
Western man interested In the dis.
orderly house business. The story beins
todd 10 that after the recent raid on
sightsen disordsrly houses by Assistan,
pistrict-Attornsy smith. the vice
trust held meeting at which Il wal
decided something must bs done TO pu,
. Aampsr On the District-Attorney'S
activities TWO members Of the trust
ass alleged 10 have collected from inter.
sstsd persons $4,000 with which 70 .bu,
or the Distriot-Attornsy's once.
LEAK PREVENTED ARREsTs
WITH PROOFS.
~ meetings that followed the ~,
plain-clotbss men are alleged 70 hay,
bsen present. Al one meeting, II IN said
ths lawyer involved. reporting that tn,
pl1txict-Attorney's once couldn't b.
bought. suggested that ~ q meana q
Aivsrting the attention Of the Distr,ot
Attorney from themsslves, anadavit
could b procured 10 the effect that III
sisners had "hxed" some assistant Il
NJ. whitman's once. They were to pa,
okooo each for the aflidAvits. three (,
number. The rest Of the $4,000 was 4
b used - fall money"-funds 70
iswyses and bonds in case Of arrests
This meeting wAs held on Aug. ~
The plan was to 90 over the coul
records. nnd some disorderiy house cas-
IN which there was an acQuittal. an
have the three afidavit makers swsa
they had paid whichever Assistant Dii
trict-Attorney handled It $500 I
throw It" The Burns detective va
oas OF the men asked to sign IN a
ndAvit.
Last Thursday another meeting WI
held. attended by the police oaptaii
the two plainciothes men and others.
10 said. The lawyer reported he hs
found two cases he might use and hs
decided on the assistant he was
accuse. but he hadn't found out VIII,
caused the dismissal. The plot was
be completed and the affidavits draw
last Saturday afternoon. but before n
meeting for the purpose could be he
at . First avenue cafe there was
leak about the 10000 fund and 4
papers printed stories about IT, T
Burns man was the only one OF I
crowd who showed up. Detectives h
been planted about the place TO ARE
the consiprators In q bunch. but
leak" had spoiled everything.
FoeDlck's REPORT ON GRAFT
WhiTMAN's HANDS.
DistrIct-Attorney Whitman will be,
An Investigation OF the AFFAIR az 30
as he returns. He also has In ha
now former Commissioner OF Accoui
Fosdtctt's report on graft. Mr.. Fosdt
before leaving for a several days .,
In Detroit. tur: 4 over copies to J
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