The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-16

Headquarters yesterday. He visited the
Woodward avenue apartment in the
afternoon accompa MED by Lieut.. Reilly
~ his stan and by two young women,
relatives OF Rosenberg and Horowitz. 1t
was said. He did not remain there long.
Denies Police knew before.
The Deputy Commissioner had little
to add to the fascinating story. related
With such gusto by him on Saturday
night, OF the detective work which re-
suited finally in trapping the last Of
the fugitivcs. He brushed aside as non
sense any insinuations that the arrests
could have been made sooner. or that
the police. for reasons OF their own,
waited until District Attorney whitman
was long distance from New York
before closing in on Rosenberg and
Horowitz. II was work. hard. system
attic toll. which got the results, said
Mr.. Dougherty.
Little things- whispered condolences
overheard by shrewd detectives. the
appearance here and there OF CON
nections" as the police call gobetwecns
and friends Of suspects, and sleepless
vigilance-led eventually TO the retreat.
Mr.. Dougherty insisted that It was
almost, that he was sure he was finally
at the end OF the long trail.
Many OF the neighbors Of the Rosen-
berg and Horowitz families were very
gloomy yesterday over having failed to
identify the fugitives and so missed the
$4,000 reward offered by the District
Attorney-an offer, by the way. which
did not extend to the police. When Dis
a
several weeks aso that he was pre-
pared to pay $4,000 To the captor or
captors Of Gyp the Blood and Lefty
Louie he was careful to exclude any
member Of the Police Department or
ing that he believed the police knew,
until recently at least, OF the where
abouts of the fugitives.
James kllleen caught sight OF Lefty
Louie Rosenberg one day while the
latter was on his way to Ernest Becker's
grocery and delicatcssen store and re-
marked to a friend:
There goes Gyp the Blood"
BY reaching out his hand Mr. Kill
leen could have added $500 TO his bank
account. with the probability OF $500
more, since Rosenberg's arrest would
have led inevitably TO Horowitz's.
$4,000 Lost to Neigbbors.
Besides Mr.. Killeen, who lives In
Jefferson avenue near Woodward and
who Is foreman in the Department
of Sewers in Queens. Becker. the grocer,
and r. +. Harms. a saloon keeper. had
several opportunities to pounce on the
fugitives Rosenberg who ran the err
rands for the joint household. visited
Becker's store almost daily. Sometimes
he carried a tin pail to Harms's saloon
and had the pail filled with beer.
Very naturally the wives OF the fugi-
tives attracted the attention OF the
neiRhbors They were rather more
fashily and cXpensively dressed than
the women Of the quarter and several
times remarks were made that the
women living on the second floor Of
t5S Woodward avenue seemed out Of
place there. Residents commented that
the young and remarkably good looking
girls seemed 20 belong in Manhattan.
Now that the chances OF reward are
past and gone the neighbors say that
they had suspicious all along" They
say too that the detectives were shadow :
ing the house for several days before
tbe arrests were made A few days ago
a man who arrived on a bicycle loitered
in the vicinity OF the house and ques-
toned passersby. Another stranger
stopped in at the New Brighton Hand
Laundry on the first floor Of 75S Wood
ward avenue and made complaint about
laundry which he asserted he had left
there but which had never been re-
turned to him.
The streets near the house in which
rherr
With their wives and their useful friend
Max Kahn. as he now calls himself
were crowded all day yesterday with
curious people. The laundry. the Wood
bine moving picture show, the fire
escap. of tho Rosenberg -Horowitz fiat
all came in for keen scrutiny. Visl-
tors came from all parts OF the city
and kept the residents OF the district
busy answering their questions. The
police were Oh guard at the apartment
and visitors were barred from sightsee-
Ing there. hul they made a day Of II
on the outside.
They observe Il that Gyp and Lefty and
their wives were exceedingly favored in
the situation Of their hiding place.
With saloon on tho corner and a gro
Gerry and dellCatesSen opposite their
door. their wants were safely and easily
satisfied. And in addition to the neces-
saries they had the free perch Of their
own fire escape for the evening s
amusement, overlooking the mo, ing pic
ture show The screen was tackled I'D
20 Is 10 he in View OF the HoroNitz-
Rosenhcrs fiat, The laughter Of the
tenants now known to the neighhors as
fugitives accused Of murder was ten
heard by the spectators who paid for
their fun in the seats below.
Hiding Place Was Ideal
The house in which they hid Is a
three story brick building. The first
hoor Is occupied by the Brighton Hand
Laundry, owned by former Assembly
man Owen Fitzpatrick Rosenberg and
Horowitz had the second floor. And on
the third floor lives Bernard Schwartz,
Q tnsmith with his wife and nve chill
dren. II was an Ideal hiding place
While the section Is closely built up the
house at 756 Woodward avenue was
the only one in Its block. On the south
are the street surface tracks Of the
Ridgewood elevated. On the north Is
the moving picture show and the view
on the west and east IL unobstructed.
How Rosenberg and Horowitz were d.
rected TO this house IL as yet unknown,
but the police are inclined to think that
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