The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04

members. Every influential citizen OF
New York. man or woman, 10 to be asked
to join one or the other of these organ
nations.
A great mass meeting will be held in
Cooper Union as soon as ARRANGEMENTS
are completed Plans will be adopted at
this meeting for a campaign aimed to
clean up the city and free ii from the
alliance between gamblers and other vi.
cious denlzens of the underworld and the
police. as revealed by the murder Of
Herman Rosenthal- The committee plans
not only to drive the guilty ones to COW.
err. as did the committee of fifteen. but
to force them to fee the city and wipe out
the vice and crime which the Rosenthal
Investigation shows to be rampant Pop
ular subscriptions are to be opened, but
even now there Is enough money on
hand. pledged by those who are heading
the movement. to carry 1t through. Re-
sponsibility for cadetism, gambling and
the mass of crime on the East Side %
openly laid at the door of the police de-
partment by leaders In the new probe.
Mayor Calls Meeting.
Forced by the demands Of seventeen
members of the board of aldermens
Mayor Gaynor was compelled to call q
meeting of the board to be held Monday
to choose a committee to investigate the
police department and its relations with
the gamblers Alderman Curran who
headed the demand for an aldermanio
investigation, declares that this work.
will not interfere either with the dis
trict attorneys probe. now going on. OF
with the committee of citizens. organiza-
ton Of which was begun to-day.
Final Death Dealing Revolver.
The revolver with which Rosenthal was
r. Id no. III
ing to Whitley Lewis" and identified as
the gun used by the murderers by Police
Lieut.. William Jones. revolver expert.
and Capt. Faurot, in charge Of the finger
print department
District Attorney Whitman. who is In
Manchester. Vt, working on the New
England trails Of the fleeing men. an.
nouncsd over long-distance telephone to-
day that the case had reached such a
point that he is practically sure OF get
ting and convicting all the murderers.
Further than this he refused to discuss
the details he has IN hand
II was learned to-day that Police Lieut..
Becker, alleged TO be the man who insti-
gated and paid for the murder OF Rosen-
thai. will make the defense that Jack
Rose planned to kill Rosenthal because
of a deal in which the gambler did
Rose out of a large sum of money. Tho
accused policeman will tell the story OF
a gamblers feud of long standing. said
to have existed between Rose and Ro-
senthaL The prosecution is hard at work
to secure evidence to discredit this story.
mysterious tip was passed in to
Jack Rose. Harry WALTON. and "Bridgey''
Weber, in the West Side Court prison
to-day, that some one on the outside is
trying to poison their food. The pris-
oners Immediately stopped ordering
meals from hotels, as they have been
doing, and have taken TO eating only
food prepared for them by their wives
or other relatives.
These precautions taken by the prison.
ers themselves are no more rigorous than
the safeguards provided by the authors
ties against the Introduction of revolt
vers, knives. poison. or any other means
by which the men might kill themselves.
Everything that reaches any of the sus-
poets, even their food. Is thoroughly in
spected before its delivery to them.