The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-15
PECT EVIDENCE
10 Win ACQU|ITAl
Three Gunner Go on Stand and
Give Version Of Rosenthal
Murder.
PLACE CRIME ON OTHERS
Swear That Weber, WALTON and
PLACE CRIME on OTHERS
Swear That Weber, WALTON and
Mysterious Stranger
Did Shooting,

New York, November lin the pic
furesque Language of the Bower!
three of the gunner on trial as the
actual murderers of the gambler, Her
!. man Rosenthal. gave on the witness
stand to-day the version Of the Staying
which they hope will win them acquit'
tai
The three were '-Gyp the Blood de-
liberate in speech. and swarthS
B, .Whi,ey' Lewis, blonde haired and dra'
matte in manner. and Lefty Louie
even darker than 'Gyp." sullen and
stoIid. All were nattiiy dressed,
In stories which fitted together per
tectly, and in some parts proved HI
.ral repetition. the three gunner &C
.used "BridGie' Weber Harry WALTON
and "A mysterious strange man Oh
iirinx tae shots that killed the gambler
themselves, they pictured as innocen.
bystanders, lured there by Bald JACK
Rose.
"Daso Frank" the fourth gunman,
they all testified. was not on the scene
- ali. Frank Will be given chaice
10 tell his story tomorrow.
Bald Jack" Rose. graft collector Tor
lieutenant Charles Becker, since con-
victed Of procuring the murder the
gunner described to-day as a. man
who feared the vengeance of the lead
er Of the gang. Bis Jack Zei!g. re-
Gently shot to death. Rose was anX-
ious TO prove TO them that he had
nothing 10 do with having ZeIlS
framed up on the charge of carry
ing concea alec weapons. 1y Two OF Beck
er's men, they declared. That was
Roses sole purpose in seeking them
out, they said. and not word did
Hose speak TO them about having Her
man Rosenthal ''croaked.
To Furnish Proof.
Ii was to furnish them proof OF his
own innocence in the Zeiig matter
that Rose got them TO visit Webber's
poker rooms on the night of the MUIR
der. and 1t was in response to a mes
sage from Rose. delivered by the mES-
ferrous stranger that they left the
poker rooms and went TO the Hotel
Metropoie where Rosenthal met his
fate. Whether Rose Iured them there
10 throw suspicion upon them. they did
not know. but the message was that
some cops would be there. who would
prove that Jack Rose had nothing to do
with framing" Jack Zelig.
Who the mysterious stranger H:as
they did not know. All agreed that
he was about 1--WE feet. nine inches
in height weighed 100 or 40 pounds.
had black mustache and wore
SLOUGH hat" II was the stranger who
led them Oh foot not III gray auto
mobile. 10 the Metropoie. they said.
1i:,ere. on the street, they saw Jack
Rose. sam Schepps. "Bridgie" Weber
and Harry WALTON. The gray autoIno-
bile which has been called the muir
der car" was there. too. The strange
man" Joined Webb.r and WALTON. and, as
Whitley" Lewis described the shooting.
~ali OF q sudden there was flash. The
stranger shot first. Then we saw
other tiash"s--Harry WALTON and Bird
gle Weber were shootinS-and we
beat il for the subway
They did not even know that II was
Eosenthal who had been shot until
the next day, they said. All three de-
MED every discriminating statement
made by Jack Rose involving them IN
the murder. Lefty Louie" swore that
Pose had never paid him $1,000 to di-
vide with other gunner to- enable
them TO get GUY OF town as Rose had
testified.