The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-16
Moth ,g VIII atever in
Nature of Confession
Is Obtained.
'GYP' AND LEFTY
BOTH STAND-PAT
Wives of Gangsters and Pick
pocket Arrested in Their Flat
Held as Material Witnesses.
Men Probably Will Be Ar
raigned on Formal Muir
der Charge To-Day.

New York, September 15.-Every ef-
fort Of police and distric. attorney to
induce "0yp the Blood" and Lefty
Louie" to break their silence has so
far failed. The arrest Of these two
gunner. completing the roundup OF
all men wanted n connection with the
murder of Herman Rosenthal. the
gambler. Just two months ago tonight,
was followed by four hours examina-
ton of the new prisoners to-day.
The men were examined separately
by Deputy Police Commissioner George
S. Dougherty and by Assistant District
Attorney Frank Moss. in the absence
Of District Attorney Charles S. Whit
man. but according to both men,
Dougherty and Moss. "Gyp'' and
Lefty" were determined to stand
pat"
Nothing whatever in the nature OF
a confession could be obtained from
them In an effort to reinforce evil
dence against the men. the police to-
day formally held their wives as ma
terial witnesses. as we'll as a third man,
! Max Kahn. who the police say Is a
pickpocket. and who was in the flat
with the gunner and their wives when
the detectives broke in upon them at
supper last night. All three OF these
witnesses were arraigned to-day be-
fore Coroner Feinberg. and held in
81. 900 bail each. The police also seized
! large number of papers in the fla.
where the capture was made.
No Promise Of I,enieaey.
Mr. Moss said no promise Of leniency
; had been given the prisoners for ad.
! mission such as some OF those concern
| ed in the murder have made. result
ing in the indictment Of Police Lieu
| tenant Charles Becker as the instfga
| tor OF the crime.
Horowits and Eosenzweig probabl,
| will be arraigned on formal charge
Of numbering Rosenthal before Jus
tice Of the Supreme Court tomorrow
! 1t is expected that the arraignment
! will take place In Justice COTS court
Although the district attorneys Of
flee had offered $1,000 for the capture
OF "Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louie
the police detectives who brought
| about their arrest will not get the
! reward. The provisions Of Mr.. Whit
mans offer specifically barred the po.
| lice.
| So far as developments here were
concerned there was no evidence OF
friction between the police and the
district attorneys ONCE over the hand
ling OF the case In its latest phases
Police headquarters secuted the infor-
nation that there was significance In
| the fact that the arrest OF the two
men followed closely upon Mr.. Whit.
! mans departure Tor Hot Springs I,
was pointed out that Mr.. Moss YVES
called in Immediately to represent Mr.
f; Whitman. and given every cpportun-
| iry to examine the prisoners.
U1bFekeD SuFve1llanee.
The arrests OF the stwo Eunmer
last night were the result Of unbroken
| surveillance Of the wives and rela-
tives Of the men since their disap-
pearance on the day of the murder
July Is. This surveillance was main
[; tanned by sixty detectives working in
relays who kept Deputy Commissioner
Dougherty constantly in touch with
| what they did and where they went
| The final clue came as the result OF
piecing together a number Of CONVEX
| stations overheard by detectives and
reported to the commissioner at Diff
ferent times. The nrst conversation
was that they are not lonesome be-
cause they . can see a moving picture
show from their back windows"
Another conversation gave the in
formation that there was laundry
In the house where the missing men
lived which was named either the
New Brighton the Bright" or the
Brighton Hand Laundry A third
conversation supplied the fact that the
reishborhood was full of Swedes and
Germsns"
Il then became commisyoner Dough
erty's task to discover somewhere a
hand laundry in proximity 20 NOV
ing picture show IN a vicinity inhasit-
! ed By foreigners .. the sationsli;ics
named
Early Yesterday Detectives Meyer
and ca.sasho discovered in Brooklyn
the View Brighton Hand Laundry.
! which perfectly fitted all requirements.
Watch Apsss1euss-
They set themselves 20 watch the
apartments situated above tn. isun-
dry. ard late In the afternoon were
rewarded by seeing ~Gyp the Bioods
WIFE leave shc building and do an
.rrand a. a store. Both wives had
Been missing since Tuesday when they
ctev~rly evsded detectives by tcmpiHg
into o waiting automobile after leav-
ing an IL train on which they were
riding On the direction Of Harlem
The detectives then felt certain tina;
they were with their husbands. The
women had several other times eiuded
surveillance by the Use OF zGtouS-
! bj,es. but previously had always re-
turned 90 their homes tn View fosk
Tn. arrest followed as soon as the
detective. could collect reinfesccments.
Commissioner Doushe said that
~;yp' and Lefty" had led Immediately
.f,er tn. murder 90 Psrksviile. v " o
! suru,cr resort IN the Catshiu NOUN
Lin. ARD remained there over wcck.