Evening star., 1912-09-03

NEW YORK, September 3.-The trial
indictment charging him with the murder
Of the gambler. Herman Rosenthal. will
begin here Thursday. September II. before
Supreme Court Justice John w. GOff. ap-
pointed by Gov. Dix to make relentless
investigation into all the ramifcations of
the Rosenthal murder"
The date was fixed today after the case
had been transferred from the court Of
general sessions to the extraordinary term
of the supreme court. No date was set
for the trial of the six others indicted
with Becker. Becker was arraigned for
refused to plead. A technical plea of not
guilty was thereupon entered for him by
the court.
Selecting Grand Jurymen.
District Attorney Whitman began to-
day the examination Of a panel of fifty
men, from which will be chosen the
grand jury to which any evidence OBJ
tanned at the John Doe graft pro-
ceedings will be submitted
To the surprise OF all. Becker's law
yer did not ask for a change Of venue
He requested. however. that the trial
Uc set IOT some time ABOUT the m1dQle
of October, when the present hysteria
and clamor" should have subsidized.
This was necessary, he said, in order
that his client might have fair and
impartial trial.
Becker came into court nonchalantly
and pleasantly greeted several friends.
He stood erect with his arm resting
on the railing before the bar and fol-
lowed the proceedings closely.
Find "Vice Trust" Refugees.
Aside from the arraignment of Becker
most interesting of the days develop
ments in the Rosenthal case on this side
of the Atlantic was the discovery by the
district attorneys Office Of two alleged
refugees, conducted by the so-called "vice
trust" and the report that a considera-
BILE sum of money belonging to Becker
had been traced to Port Jervis, N. Y.
The refugees uncovered were said to be a
hotel In HOboken. n. j.. and four cot
tages at Centerville, Sulliyan county. n.
Y, where workers of the underworld
who might be caught as witnesses for the
prosecution could bide their time quietly
until the storm blew over.
Some startling evidence on the subject
of police graft in New York city Is likely
to be revealed in the reports of the alder
manic investigating committee, which Is
just beginning to work here.
More Policemen Involved.
Evidence has ben submitted TO the
committee within the past twenty-foLr
hours. covering a period OF three years
and involving nineteen police inspectors
or captains and numerous lesser officers
in graft charges.
1t is said that two police inspectors in
Manhattan districts. twelve police cap
tains Of the same borough, one police
captain in the Bronx and four in Brook
lyn have been enriched by the toll from
disorderly houses and gambling dens.
Further, it is asserted that several police
| officials had confidential relations with
pickpockets and thieves.
| The criminals, 1t is said, have been per-
mitted to ply their illegitimate callings
on a percentage basis. One-han Of the
proceeds of their loot. paid out at any
| one of a dozen fem es throughout the
city, is understood to have been turned
| over to the graft collectors.
| les announced that William J. Flynn,
chief of the local secret service. has ac-
cepted the post offered him by the inves-
tigating committee. He will act in an ad-
viSOry capacity.