The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-20
Police Not Permitted to
Have Custody of
Prisoner.
HE is DEMANDED
BY DOUGHER TY
Whitman Comes With Him to-
New York and Places Him in
West Side Jail-Paymaster !
of Murder Crew Corrobo-
rates Story Told by
Jack Rose.

Jack ROSe.
New York. August 1e.-Persistent
efforts of the police to wrest sam
Schepps from the custody of District
Attorney Whitman and his represen-
tatives during his trip from Hot
Springs. Ark. have come 10 naught.
Tonight schepps, one Of the states
most important witnesses in the Rosen-
thai murder case, is a prisoner on a
technical charge in the West Side
jail under surveillance of men from
the district attorneys Office. who have
orders TO allow no one to comiuu nicate
with him without credentials from
Mr. Whitman himself. Tomorrow
Schepps will so before the grand jury.
and Is expected to corroborate in every
essential detail the story told by his
friend. Jack Rose upon which Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker was in
dicted Tor Rosenthars assassination.
Schepps reached here to-day. ac-
companied by District Attorney Whit
man. who joined the Schepps party at
Albany. after a Journey from his SUM
iner home at Manchester. VI
How essential it seemed TO Mr.. Whit
man that he should personally pro-
tect Schepps from New York police
interference appeared tonight. when
1t was learned that Detective Al
Thomas. the police officer who with
Assistant District Attorney Rubin
brought Schepps from Hot springs. had
received during the journey east sew
veral kilograms from Deputy Police
Comm ssloner Dougheriy ordering him
to bring the prisoner to police head
quarters directly upon his arrival
Ihomas, who. though a police de-
tective. is attached to the district at
torney's office. dii not answer the tele-
grams until he had wired to Mr.. Whit
shn he,
When the train bearing Mr. Whit
man and the schepps party arrived
to-day al the l25th Street station in
New York City. i've headquarters men
headed by Detective Haggerty boarded
it and demanded schepps. as their
81 Will order the instant arrest OF
any officer who attempts TO take
schepps to police headquarters" Mr..
Whitman told Haggerty. and you pre-
sent my compliments to your COM
missioner
Mr.. Whitman explained to the detec-
tive that as district attorney OF tho
county he was thoroughly familiar
with the evidence against Schepps as
an alleged accomplish OF the murder
and TOLD them that it was insurh-
cient to arrest him on such a charge.
this being the one the police have
made against him.
"Schepps has come voluntary Wit
ness into the State on ! pledge from
me that he will be protected and
intend to protect him declared tho
district attorney.
schepps was arraigned and held on n
technical charge OF vagrancy.
on the trip from Albany Mr.. Whit
man had long conference with tho
witness behind state room doors and
obtained from him. he said tonight, a
story which materially strengthened
his evidence against Becker and other
| prisoners; seven in all. whom, ne ex-
| poets the grand jury Will indict to-
morrow.
He has corroborated everything in
| Jack Roses story that Rose said he
i would said Mr.. Whitman Tonight.
Just what the details we're Mr.. Whit
man refused to say. intimating that
he wished to keep them Tor the grand
Jury.
How the murder crew was collected.
who they were. Beckers alleged orders
TO get Rosenthal. Roses alleged re-
lations with Becker 4 graft collec-
tor. how schepps acted as a go be-
tween for Rose and Becker while Rosa
was in hiding at the home of Harry.
! Pollok. are points in Roses story which
Schepps. his close pal" in the under
world life, should substantiate in view
. of the district attorneys statement
! stories Differ.
! AS to who was the paymaster o, tha
murder crew. however. Schepps. as far
as could be learned tonight. does not
fully bear out Rose. The latter said
schepps paid the blood money
schepps. while admitting that he was
present when the $1,000 was turned
over TO Glib the Blood" and the three
other alleged members OF the murder
crew says. it was learned that hs
IS not sure whether IL was he or Rose
who actually passed the money.
Schcpps. Mr. Whitman said tonight.
wanted to go to Jail 10 avoid the POI
lice. and had told him that he feared
an unfair third degree at police headr
quarters. Deputy Commissioner Dough-,
erty. ne added. knew that schepps was
a peoples witness because he had told
him so
William shapiro. driver OF the muir.
der car was to-day given his last day
OF grace to tell "a truthful story to tho
district attorney. and faces indct-
ment it was learned tonight.
Commissioner Waldo to-day sum-
moned thirty-fve police lieutenants to-
headquarters and interviewed each
! separately. 1t is said on good authors
ity that the commission is contemplate
/ inE a "shake-up" among lieutenanta
I In charge OF certain districts where
gambling and disorderly resorts have
not been suppressed.
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