The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-08


VIE has been urging MIN to confess
was waiting for him when he arrived
uptown, and went at once to his Gel
fer q conference. II Is suspected that
the transfer OF Reich from the Tombs
where Lieut.. Becker IL confined TO the
West Side Court, where the lnformers
are the guests OF the DIstrloi-Attorney
presAses a confession from the so-called
King Of the Newsboys."
such a confession would please the
District-At,orney a whole lot. Reich
wAS very close to lieut. Becker and
was also an associate OF Chambers and
gunfiahters. His knowledge OF actual
conditions in the underworld OF New
York IL wide and illuminating.
TO 90 AFTER "hioHER UP"
cRAFrERs IMMEDIATELY.
IN view Of the fact that the needed
murder indictments are as good as
found, interest centres In the efforts
. Of the Dstrict-Attorney 90 get at tho
fountain head OF the system by which
gambling houses and other disorderly
places have been allowed TO flourish.
apparently under police protect ton. This
phase of the investigation has pro-
crossed far enough In the District-Attor.
nsy's once to warrant the presenta ton
OF evidence against the police ofYiciais
and outsiders mentioned. as soon a.
the Grand Jury has cleaned up the muir
der and conspiracy end.
The evidence upon which the six in
dlctments are TO be based has been
partly the accumulation OF seven
months of investigation Of the white
Slave" traffic and partly the develop
ments In the Rosenthai case. The
District-Attorney. Il has been learned.
has been conducting a quiet but thor
ough campaign. with the aid of civic
and reform associations. ever since the
Rockefeller White Slave Grand Jury
submitted Its report.
The names OF three hiGh police OIL
cials frequently figured In the reports
Of the investigators. a. we'll ~ the
names OF three men outside the de-
parsment When the Rosenthal muir
der brought down upon the District
Attorneys office an avalanche OF In
formation, volunteer and otherwise. the
names OF the six referred to ran all
through the story.
DECKS CLEARED FOR sENeA-
rioNAL GRAFT CLEANUP.
BY piscing together the old evidence
and the new oorroboration has been
established. witnesses have been To-
Gated and subposnaed. The decks are
csssssd for Q sensational cleanup In the
matter Of graft.
while Mr.. whitman's assistants ere
working up this phase Of the SCANDAL.
the Grand Jury. which rsconvsned to-
dan will devote tts energies almost en-
erely to perfecting the indictments
against thoss charged with Rossnthal's
murder. Twenty witnesses were walt
~ when the oras1 Jury began ,ts
ssosioa this afterneou. al Of them ma
tsrial 70 the charge that Lieut.. Becker
oeaGsd Jack Rose. "Rrdsis' weber
and Harry WALTON to bring about ths
assassination Of Herman Rosenthal
and that the killing was done BY
.''Whitey" Lewis. 'Dago Frank" Gro
het. Lefty Louie and "Gyp the Blood
aoeowits. Indictments will also bs
found. probably. against Sam sehspps
who played the part OF . messenger O.
~ ooasp.rsoy; Louis LIBBY and VIII.
lam shapiro. the latter two the owner
% The sray touring oar used by tn,
mupdessrA
Raymond Fosdich. Commissioner Of Ac.
counts. will. II 10 reported, become &C,
lively engaged a. an assistant to tn,
District-Attornsy In working up tn,
graft cases for presentment to tn,
0rand Jury. Mr.. Fosdick's resignat tor
- Commissionsr Of Accounts will TAX
sff0et 0spt I. and he 10 due TO 70 /,
Retroit to engage In business after tha
0ats. but probably will postpone hi
departure at the urgent request OF Mr.
whitman.
a supplementary confession from Jaci
Rose. delivered to the District-Attorne.
last night. has stimulated the graft In
vsstisation. Detectives havs been Abl
70 substsntiats several allegations mad
b. Rose with this added informA ton.
0gPeNeg WILL % CONSPIRACY
~ THREE ikFoRMeRe.
John r. Mcintyre. counsel in chief 70
Lieut.. Becker. had . talk issting a
hour with his client IN the Tombs TO
DAY. Becker was calm. cool. alert an.
OF great assistance 10 the lawyer II
mapping out . defense.
"Thus far" said Mr.. Mcintyre. afts
the conference, I'VE have touched onl
On the preliminAries In this case. whic
viii BE- shown up ~ . conspiracy be
tween three self-confcssed gambler
end instigstors of murder to implicit
. police ofiiosr N order TO save them
solves from the electric chair.
''Ths active work Of the defense q
DE present 10 In the hands of Mr.. job
w. Hart who y fully able to take car
Of himself and protect the interests O
our client. Ny end Of the work wi
call me out Of the city tonight
shall not return until next wednesda,