New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-08

went back To- the gang district 10 Hldh'
other raids
Zelig was questioned yesterday by District
Attorney Whitman, and though he gave 1T
, tie promise Of making any kind Of witness
against Charles Tort. ne was asked TO stay
i'm Bellevue Hospital until next Tuesday.
Tort. who Is charged with having shot
Zelig in front Of the Criminal Courts Build
INK last Monday. will be arraigned for trial
on Monday and Mr. Whitman wants 10
have Zelir on hand to testify
Threatens Murder Charge.
According 10 report. Zelig was AZ first in
clined 10 be denant. and Mr. Whitman dis
missed him temporarily while he held
hrief conference with Inspector Hughes. OF
the detective bureau Then he sent Tor
Zeuz AGAIN and told him that II he tried
10 leave the hospital before Tuesday ne
would be arrested on 2 murder charge. on
which the police believe they have plenty
of evidence "a hold. II not convict him.
Meanwhile Tort had been arraigned b.
fore Judge Rosalsky and had pleaded not
GUILTY. ~ charge ~ attempted murder
His LAWYER asked for a week In when 10
prepare tie case. saying his client might
aecid, 20 change his plea, and asked also
that bail be fNed az Soo1. The District
Attorney appeared I'm person To ask Judge
Roealsky 10 set Tortrs bail at not less
than So50r. which was done Judge Rosal-
skv said hr would hold 20 the letter or
the law on the matter 81 setting the date
~ the trial. and thercupon he fixed Mon
d,, morning as the time for beginning the
trial
Ey wav ~ further precaution Judge
Ro-alsk, suggested that II Tortrs bail was
rroducsd the District Attorney should take
advantage of IN" full forty-oight hours al
lowed by law for investigation Of profrcred
bail
Zelig was brought down 10 the District
Attorney office In an automobile from
Bellevue Hospital His bandaged head was
IN. only sign he bore Of his close escape
from death last Monday Tn" bullet II was
said. IS still lodged In the fieshy part Of
his neck Following the custom Of gang
members he maintained silence both as To
friends and enemies He said he didn't
know who shot him, and added In something
as near plaintive tone as he could assume.
81 can't understand what anybody would
want to shoot me for.
Saws Police Had to Arrest Some One.
Torti WAS brought over from the Tombs
later in the afternoon. He was just as
Ioouacious as Zclig lie said he hadn't
seen the shooting. and although he ad-
mlttcd seeing Iehg In saloon SAID he
did not come out Of the saloon until after
he had heard three shots hred Iheh he
rushed out. and the police grabbed him
THE police had to arrest some one. 80
they arrested me-" was his explanation OF
the whole affair.
District Attorney Whitman thought 1t
strange that with n street full Of people
No one had seen the shooting and he
tboupht II still stranger that Xcig had not
turned To see who was firing at him.
Zolig was also taken before Magistrate
Kcrnochan. In the Tombs court, while he
WAS I'm the building on his trip from Belle
vuc. Mr. Whitman appeared there also
and asked that Xeligs hearing I'm the case
of assault and disorderly conduct upon
which he had been admitted to 5000 bail
last Monday, just prior To the shooting, be
set over TO next Tuesday
Second Deputy Commissioner Dougherty
believes the gang war will cease at least
until after the two leaders now I'm Gus
tody get out Of their ENHANCEMENT with
the law In the mean time he has placed
his men at vantage points in the haunts
Of the gang men. and thinks he Will hold
the gang men In check.
The police were cheered up by Judge
Rosalky's $2J 90 bail decision In Tortis
case, and are hopeful that I'm spite Of the
difficulty Of getting witnesses against gang
members In general they can produce
enough evidence To have Tort and Xelig
put away" for while. They hope TO get
Sirocco also, and If they can clinch the
case against him. as the story Is now going
the rounds, that II was Sirrocco who hand
ed the gun To Tort, they feel the gang
men will be likely to come to some kind
Of truce
Acting Captain Arthur t. GlastOn, in
charge Of the detectives i'm the 4th District.
and Detective Mccormick visited the Bern
heimcr home last night. but DI. III. \. Cone.
the family physician said the injured WOm-
an was not IN condition TO answer ques-
lions. trained nurse was attending her.
The detectives expressed regret. for they
hoped for Information from her that might
lead 10 an arrest. They admitted little
progress bad been made, but said that the
Newark clue was being followed.
Mr.. Bernheimer said he would DC unable
To give a complete list of what had been
stolen until Mrs. Bernheimer recovered.
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