Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-31

the district attorney the police connection
with the underworld. The trail is. how
ever, a broad and plain one. and the out
look Is hopeful. so far as the ends OF JUS
tice are concerned.
1t is even said that some of those as
sessed for large sums by the system"
made payment on several occasions by
check, and that these checks are still in
existence. For instance, one of the best
known gamblers in New York is said to
have given a check for 900 to a police
man. who not only accepted it. but pre-
scented it to superior, who cashed it for
him.
Strange as it may seem, the police who
have gone SO far as to accept prOmissory
notes when the gamblers levied ON hap
pened to be short Of ready cash. 1t is
said that some of these Cancelled checks
and notes may come into the possession
of Mr.. Whitman. and if he does have
that good luck he will have a club such
as no other district attorney ever had in
his fight against the criminals on the
force.
Becker Remains Silent.
Becker remained silent yesterday SO far
as Mr. Whitman was concerned. Neither
he nor his attorney made any advances
with reference to conference of any
sort with the county prosecutor. It is up
decides to talk business with Mr. Whit
man, and the only business that Mr..
Whitman will lend an ear to is a state
ment from Becker that he is ready to
make a clean breast of all he knows
about 1.-The system"
The chain of evidence against Becker is
said to be practically complete. The dis
trict attorney has other witnesses to
corrOborate the murder conspiracy tes-
timony Of Rose, Weber and WALTON. The
names of these witnesses are being care
fully guarded. and they are unknown to
all except the district attorney and a
few Of his assistants.
The confessions of Rose. Weber and
WALTON all point to the shocking fact that
there are in New York men who may be
properly classed as professional murder
ers-men who will do murder for even a
small sum of money. Rose says he does
not know what the remuneration was in
the Rosenthal case, and the Inference is
that BRIDGE" Weber, the financial
hacker of the crime, handled that part
Of the conspiracy. The amount. however,
according to the best information in the
possession of the district attorney. was
1000. but the actual murderers did not
get all of the money by any means. Ger
tain gang leaders who are believed to
have suggested "Dago Frank Cirocisi,
"Whitey" Lewis. Lefty Louie and
"Gyp the Blood" as the mankillers best
fitted to do the job. are believed to have
! money.
Rose said that all of the murderers be-
longed to big jack Zelg's gang, and,
had the conspira tors escaped detection.
the reward for the gang leader was to
have been an interest in two illegal re-
sorts in the lower part of the city.
while every effort was to be made to
have Zelig acquitted of the charge of
carrying concealed weapons an indict-
ment for which offense Is now hanging
over him. In his confession Rose said
that he gave the tip To Zelig to get
busy" and told him that everything was
all right, as Becker was in on the job =
Becker Boosted of Power.
AS for the present whereabouts of three
of the actual murderers, "Dago Frank
alone of them being in custody, Rose
said that he had no information. He
said that all four did escape in the gray
automobile driven by Shapiro, but that
he lost track of them after Rosenthal
was murdered. Mr.. Whitman, it was
said yesterday, would not be surprised
to learn that the murderers were right
here in New York, and that they had not
at any time been outside of the city
limits.
In one of the moments when Rec-.er
was busy reassuring the panic-stricken
wretches who say they committed muir
der by his order Becker, according to
Rose, in boasting of his alleged power
in the police department, said:
Quit worrying. Don't you know that
am a prince in the department?