The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-20
POLICE STRANGELY INACTIVE IN CASE
Private Detectives Engaged
 in ROsenthal Murder
CONFERENCE IS HELD
District Attorney Is Carrying On an Independent Investigation-Price of Gamblers Murder Said to
 Have Been Learned

New York. July 19.-Private detectives were brought into the Rosenthal murder case today by District Attorney Whitman. They were engaged by a committee of citizens who shared the district attorneys evident dissatisfaction with the police who have failed to produce results in tracing the slayers of the gambler, who was shot after making charges of police partnership with the gambling fraternity.
 In connection with this more attention was called to what were declared to be
 amentable omissions by the police in guarding against the escape of Rosen- thals sayers Monday night and lack of properly directed activity since. It is declared the story that Rosen;hal was to be killed was in wide circula sion in East Side resorts Monday evening. but if any report of it reached headquarters no meas ures were taken to protect the gambler
 Criticise the Police
 Other subjects of comment were that six policemen nearby did not fire a shot or blow a whistle after the shooting; that the number of the murder car" was reported four different ways all errone-  zen got it right; that 1t was left to the district attorney to uncover most of the evidence so far uncovered; that the men who talked over the prospective assassina- tion of Rosenthal the day tefore it oc- cured, while on an outing. either have not been arrested or have been taken in custody and let go on small bail. or ln the case of one, held only because the dis trict attorney insisted upon if
 The independent course of the district attorney indicated today when he summoned Louis Libby and William Shapiro. owners of the automobile used by the murder party, and feard them make what may be important discloures effecting the theory of connection between the murder and the police system. :" Neither MT. Whitman nor Assemblyman Aaron Levy. counsel for the two men. would discuss what was revealed. MT Levy said he and Mr. Whitman had agreed to give out no further Information Not long before, however, the lawyer had had a two-hours conference with his clients and made a brief statement re- garding it.
 Public Would Gasp w They have told me things that did not know of before" he said If MT. Whitman desires to hear my clients he will learn of disclosures which will make the public gasp when they are published"
 At the questioning of the prisoners by the district attorney no members of the police department were present With the party however. were two private detectives.
 The private detectives hurried away after the conference and MT. Whitman n declared he was going out of town on an important mission. The case is pro- gressing very satisfactorily was all he would say
 From the police side of the investi- gation there were few important de- velopments on the surface today. Moth ing had been seen of Big Jack" Zelig. the notorious "gun-man" whom the police were said to be anxious to ques- ton regarding a favor they had heard Jack" Rose, gambler and the man who hired the murder car'' had asked of him on the night of the crime The reward declared to have been offered him was freedom from the charge of carrying a concealed weapon now pending against him.
 It was talk in quarters usually well informed regarding under world af- fairs today that the price paid for kill ing Rosenthal had been learned by the police. The figure named was $2000. | The name of at least two men who were prominent in the murder are known in-these circles, and they are sal to have been seen on East Side streets by acquaintances several times since Monday night.
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