The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-31
Weber Paid sl25 Per Month

Webber himself says that his protection
payments for his gambling house to Beck
er through Rose were $125 per month.
| Lieutenant Becker, who has been suspend
| ed spent a quiet night in the Ton1bs.
This is an awful plight for an innocent
man to find himself in said Becker this
morning.
Rose. Weber and vallon were still in a
state of terror, though locked in room
at the district attorneys office and guard
| ed by a squad of detectives. Webber was
hysterical and frequently wept.
| The confession OF Rose and the arrest
and indictment of Becker created SEN
| sation in the police department and Of
fcials and patrolmen alike wondered who
would be the next to become involved In
the revelations of the relations between
the police and the gamblers.
| District Attorney Whitman said today:
| II am well pleased with the progress
we have made. I think 1t has been good
days work. I am not In position to talk
about the grand jury proceedings, but
the statements made to me were startling
in the extreme, and l am bound to say
that each of them seemed amply cor
roborated think this is the beginning.
hope to clean out the whole affair"
I'm Jack Sullivan, alias Jacob Reich,
who was known as the go-between for
Lieutenant Becker and Jack Rose he
said ''is found one who Is ready to tell
| everything"
| In connection with the charge that has
| been made that high police officials were
among those whom gamblers had paid
| tribute. Inspector Hughes. who has been
one of the most active In the search for
Rosenthals slayers. tonight denied abso-
| lutely he was In any way involved.
III Jack Rose or Becker or any one
else makes such a statement it Is un-
qualifiedly false so far as j am con-
cerned.
Details of Killing
| Details of how Rosenthal was shot were
related officially today for the first time
| by two of his companions who were eye
witnesses of the murder, in the trial of
! Patrolman William j. File. The patrol
man has been under suspension since
| the shooting. charged with failure to
take prompt and efficient measures to
/ effect the arrest of the murderers.'
File. who was off duty, was In the
Hotel Metropoie at the time of the shoot
| ing.
The version of the shooting given by
! John ]. Hickey and Christian Walker.
who were with Rosenthal when he was
shot, differed in several respects from the
story told at the time. Both men denied
that the gambler was lured from the
| Metropole by messenger. Another point
| brought out from File himself was that
| ''Brldgie' Weber entered tho hotel res
| taurant but few moments before Rosen-
/ thai was shot. There were five men in
the Rosenthal party. according to both
Hickey and Walker.
II why did Rosenthal leave the hotel?"
WHY. the five of us decide to go home
and we just got up and went out to-
gether."
Hickey and Walker said the patrolman
rushed out OF the hotel as Rosenthal fell
with his revolver In his hand When the
gray automobile was pointed out to him
It was moving up the street File ran
| toward 1t aiming his revolver Several
persons. however, scampered into the
street and File lowered the pistol. ap.
parently fearing that he would shoot
some spectator. File then ran to a taxi
cab and ordered the driver to pursue the
gray car. but was soon distanced.
Files own story was a detailed ac
count of his pursuit OF the slayers' car
The case was taken under advisement.
Another development Of today in whtct