Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-14
GUARD SCHEPPS To J
PREVENT SUICIDE
PaymeSter for SIayerS to Tell of
RoSenthaI Plot.
ARRESTED AT HOT SPRINGS
IH and With Nerve Broken Prisoner
Who Says He Is keystone of
System" viii Be Vital
State Witness.

Hot Springs, Ark, Aug. 12.-Sam
Schepps, reputed paymaster to the
gunner in the gray murder car"
who was arrested here, is being close
ly watched to keep him from commit
ting suicide.
Scheeps was taken into custody
by Postmaster Fred e. Johnson i'm
mediately after he had received let
ter at the post Office from Jack Rose,
in which Rose pleaded with him to re-
turn to New York and make fun
confession to District Attorney Whit
man.
Prisoner Is DoWncast.
After Postmaster Johnson had ques-
toned Schepps George Howell, cap
tain. of police, was called in and the
prisoner formally delivered to his Gus
tody.
Schepps was downcast after his ar
rest.
You look like you'd shoot a man
if he attempted to rum" said Schepps
to Captain Howell.
Il would" answered Howell, "and
I can hit a jack rabbit as far as can
see.'
Well" answered Schepps, prob
ably l will decide to run. l will think
it over. Between the police, the dis
trict attorney and the chair and a
quick shot I might decide to take the
shot. If you shoot, shoot straight.
About to Post Letter to Rose.
oh
was about to post letter addressed
Indirectly to Jack Rose" in which
he said he would change his address
Immediately, and unless he heard from
Rose on certain details he would not
be here later if sent for.
The date of Schepps' arrival in New
York will not be revealed-nOt even
to the New FORK police department
but it is supposed that he will leave
here under strong guard of the dis
trict attorneys detectives within a
day or two Sleeps probably will
make a clean breast of the whole mat
ter, more to aid his pal" Jack Rose
than to further the end of justice.
His confession, if he tells all he
claims to know, will probably reveal
the whereabouts of "Gyp, the Blood
(Harry Horowitz) and Lefty Louis
the two remaining members of the
gun mems gang who fired the shots
into Rosenthal, and who are still at
large
Driven to desperation through fear
of capture Schepps almost collapsed
when arrested.
81 don't know what to do" said
Sleeps ct looks like either the
Dutch route or squeal. | am not a
squealer. I don't know what they did
all this foS I might as we'll be dead
as driven from New York and exiled
in some other part of the world as a
squealer.
IF | tell l can't live in New York
They won't let me. And if l don't
tell, God only knows what will become
of me. l never sanctioned the killing
of Rosenthal I only wanted to serve
all my friends"
Schepps a "Fixer" for Years.
Raving in this vein, Schepps talked
about the situation in New York. He
said that he has been a 'fxer" for
years. 1t is charged that after the
Rosenthal murder he was given
money to slip to Whitley Lewis and
''Gyp, the Blood" for a getaway, and
that he was harbored for three days
in or near the home of Lieutenant
Becker.
Schepps denies that he gave money
to "Gyp" or Louie" and then half
confesses by stating that he acted
only for friends and that he cannot
tell his story until he has had talk
with Rose, "Bridey" Weber and Val
Ion.
81 am the keystone to the whole
situation in New York" confessed
Schepps. eff / start to telling things
it will reach a long way. l can't
make up my mind that am going to
tell it all. Why, Jack Rose, my best
pal, seems to have told things not
necessary. l don't see why he was
ever brought in.
THE graft situation Iii New York
Is SO far reaching that this investiga-
ton will last well into next year,
They can't get through with it. Whit
man seems determined to go through
with his work, and he is too honest
to stop now. He wants to be COVER
nor, and then it is only step to the
White House.
"The moral Of the whole is that
there is nothing in the graft"