The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-16

New York, July 16.AThe most sem sational gang murder in the his tory of New York was committed at 2 a. m. today, in the very heart Of thai. noted gambler and the storm center of the city's latest gambling scandal, was shot to death in the glare of the lights of the Hotel Metropole. His murderers, utilizing modern methods, came to the scene and escaped in a highpowered seven pa assenger automobile which easily outdistanced the taXicabS pressed in to service for pursuit by the police. One important arrest had been made up to the middle of the morn ing. The accused man Chauffeur Libby, was picked up in garage at 72 South Washington Square, two hours after the killing. Deputy Com missioner Dougherty, who was in d1- rect charge of the manhunt, insisted he had three witnesses who knew Libby and had positively identified him as the chauffeur of the car in which the murderers, made their es- cape and one witness who swore that Libby fired at Rosenthal.
 Libby's touring car answered the description of that used by the man killers The license number was the same given by a score of persons who saw the shooting. He was closely questioned by the police.
 Beyond insisting he had the right man and would soon have all the others, Deputy Dougherty would not talk. He already had one man de- tained as a material witness and 1t was rumored another suspect would soon be detained.
 A peculiar feature in connection with Libby's arrest was that the gar age where he stored his car was that used by Gino ,Montani and the taxi- cab robbers who recently held up two bank messengers and stole $25, ,0O0.
 The police insisted there was no doubt that the murder of Rosenthal was carefully planned and they de- clared that the actual murderers un- dertook the crime for hire. They said that when the entire operations of the plot were revealed the city would be astounded at its ramifica- tions.
 A report attributed to Jim Consi- dine that he noticed a police in full uniform in the touring car when the nurderers escaped was denied by him. today. He then told this story of the shooting:
 "I had gone across from our hotel. (the Metropole,) to get a glass of beer with couple of friends in DowIing's. As we were about to drink it we heard the shooting. The waiter told me it was in our place and I rushed out. As I got into the street I saw the car gett = away and did not recognize the oc' pants. I went over, found that R seminal was dead and gave the police the best description could of the nen in the car. I saw no policeman or any one who looked like a policeman in the car.'
 Thomas Conte. another witness. told the police the following story:
 'I saw the auto come into 4Srd street from Broadway. It ran along a few feet and then stopped but the engine kept pounding. Three men jumped out on the street side and two on the sidewalk One was in front. He had dark hair and was clean shaven. He wore dark clothes and a black felt hat. They suddenly began to shoot. I saw a man fall Then the car came up quick, all got in and it was off in an instant The leader stood on the running board as the car went out of sight,
 District Attorney Whitman per sonally cross examined Libby for sev- eral hours and finally ordered him arraigned before Coroner Feinberg where he asked that the accused man be committed to the Tombs without bail on a homicide charge pending further investigation. Afterward, in his office, Whitman said:
 Tt is not true that Libby has con. fessed. There are, however, several. important contradictions in his story