The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-22
INF ORMERS NOW
OUT Of PRISON


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very nose, Mayor Gaynor refu ed to
remove him. am not afraid of
gangs. Their rule has been broken
of the police / am as much afraid
as ever. The system got hard knock
from the conviction of Becker. but
the system still remains the system.
In the face of 81 street full of peo-
pie shouting "Murderers." Inform
ers.& and "Squealers," Sehepps, Rose,
Weber and WALTON quit prison to he
gin live over again. Schepps was the
first TO go. Arraigned before Magls-
trate Murphy, in the West Side court,
at 1920 O'Clock. Schepps appeared in
all the style of a Broadway boulevar-
der. Bernard II. Sander. hts lawyer.
asked that the charge OF vagrancy
against Schepps be dropped, and at
the acquiescence of Assistant District
Attorney sullivan, the magistrate
granted Sehepps his liberty.
Crowd Hoots Schepps.
In Fifty fourth street the dapo4r
''vagrant' was greeted by an uproeri-
Gus crowd. which shouted "Murierer,
'Squealer." and other like epithets.
AS a battery of photographers Hank
ed by a moving picture man, nloTnen-
tarily blocked his way TO taxi,
Schepps exclaimed:
Take 'em away. This is an out
rage" Then turning to the reporters
he shouted, I'm going to Hot Springs
for my health, and then you'll see me
on the stage. I've been offered 5000
ID week. but l want $4,000"
You'll get tin the neck" yelled
a newsboy.
Run over him." Schepps shouted
TO the chauffeur. as he jumped into
the taxicab. which carried him.. by
a circuitous route, to the home sS his
mother, in West One Hundred and
Forty-fourth street There. later he
was served by Sadie APPEL. from the
law office of r. T. Reilly. with papers
in a divorce action. The woman n
named in the papers was Gene Will
son,
II won't fight the case" said
Schepps. MY wife is a good woman,
and deserves her liberty. too.
Rose, Webber and yallon, having
been released by Coroner Felnberg.
on their stipulations with the district
attorney, left prison shortly after /
O'Clock Inspector Dwyer and ten
other policemen kept the crowd at
bay. When Rose saw the police, he
exclaimed:
No Police Protection.
Police protection? That's the last
thing we want Take them away"
After much maneuvering, Rose, his
brother, Norris, and Lawyer Sander.
hid behind the drawn curtains OF a
taNicab, dashed out Of the prison gate.
and through Fifty-third street. Eighth
avenue and Broadway, tried to escape
up Riverside drive Oyertaken hy a
touring car filled with photographers.
Rose jumped out and posed for his
picture on the condition thar he he
followed no further, He then went to
the home If his mother in West one
Hundred and Tenth street
Mrs. Weber, dressed in ermife.
kept her arms around her husband
while they fled In another taxicab
vania station.
DO let my husband alone" she said
bescechingfy. Hes through with this
terrible thing We look ahead To n
hetter life. Bridgey fs through with
gambling We will sail in a few days
for three months trip abroad
WALTON Walks Out
In the excitement Harry Valion
walked down the prison steps In Fifty
third street, and. unrecognized BY the
crowd. derarted in big touring car
hired hx. his brother
All four informers expect tn stay In
New York for the next few days.
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