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

tons with certain police officials. And
he is ready to tell more.
Yesterday the bald-headed gambler was
busy with pencil and paper writing out
knowledge. had paid for protection and
the amount that each was assessed by
the system" for the privilege of doing
business" He will make tabulation
pected to show how hundreds Of thou
sands of dirty dollars filtered through a
system of complex channels into the
pockets of those who promised protection
ton.
Rose Named Four Men.
In his confession Rose named three
men in addition to Becker, who. he said
Becker told him, were intrusted with the
division of the graft money extorted
from gamblers. disorderly houses and
, other forms of vice. that could not long
exist without protection Of some sort.
Becker, according to Rose, said that the
graft money was divided into four equal
parts, and that one part was given to
each of these men to distribute, some Of
| it in the department and some to others
who are politically powerful In this city.
| The annual levy, Rose said, totaled
about 81. 100000. according to Becker. and
was divided into four parts Of about
5000. 900 each.
One part. according to the Rose con-
| fession, went to an inspector of police
| occupying one of the most important po-
| sitions in the police department. He
| was not a district inspector. and his pow
| er was such that he could put any law
| breaker out of business II he wanted to.
| This man, Becker gave Rose TO under
| stand. divided the fourth part Of the
graft with which he was intrusted with
| men every one of whom was a member
i NJ tho fnrco and n Uh he ay.
ercised command.
Says Becker Himself Got 5000, 900
A second 100000. Becker told him, went
to an inspector who commanded one of
the most important districts in the city.
Not only policemen were lin on the
graft, but some politicians as well, were
understood to have shared in the division
of his quarter share of the spoils.
The third 5000 CO., according to Rose,
went to man who was not Of the force,
but who was q confidential subordinate OF
a high police official and who was said to
represent state senator of powerful in
f1uence in politics in this city.
The fourth 5000 Becker himself dis
tributed. according to Rose. and much of
Becker's allotment went to q select few
of the leading gamblers, among them
Rose, who acted as collectors for 'the
system
When Rose made these startling allega-
tfons those In the confidence of District
Attorney Whitman found 1t almost impos-
sible to credit the story. The gambler.
however, swore that what he said was
Information impaired to him by Becker.
and he pointed out that his own activities
as collector for Becker offered strong
proof that the total was not exaggerated.
/ Rose said that Becker always had been
| liberal with him, and that when the Ego
! ing was good" he always had all the
money that he could use.
| Becker was generous" said Rose, but
was fool gambler and l always
! lost mine. 1 never WAS a winner with the
! paSteboards. anyhow
Weber Corroborates Rose.
The gambler told the story of the huge
| sums paid for protection in way which
| indicated that he did not realize how
| really startling was the information he
was imparting. He told in detail Of his
| own work as a collector for Becker, and
readily agreed to compile as nearly cor
rect itemized statements as possible of
his own work. He promised to give the
names of those from whom he had col
lected tribute, the amounts they paid and
| the approximate dates of the collections.
! He agreed to tell all that he knew about
how the money was handled. All of the
| money he collected, he said, was turned
| over 10 Becker.
| .'Bridgie" Weber, whose confession.
| with Harry Vallons corroborated that Of
| Rose. swore that he never had acted as
| a collector. but had always paid '.protec-
| ton money. lie promised to make out
| a list of those transactions, and also to
tell as much as he knew about the
| amounts his gambler acquaintance and
| others whose callings were Illegal had
| paid to the police for protection" His
information was corroborative of the rev.
| Citations made by Rose.
/ In his sworn statement Rose said that
for long time and up to the time of the
Rosenthal murder he had been collecting
money for Becker. some Of 1t very large
amounts.
| WALTON. too, is said to have acted as
| graft collector for a police official other
than Becker, and eventually, it Is be-
| lieved he will come forward with evil
dence which will still further corroborate
the statements OF Rose and Weber
Links Lacking in Chain.
/ Information was said to have reached
Mr.. Whitman that a former high city
official was up to his knees as it was
put yesterday. In the gambling disclos-
ures. Rose did not mention the name of
this former official in his confession. AT
the present moment Mr. Whitman prob
ably has not sufficient evidence to cause
the arrest Of any of the men mentioned
by Rose and others who have revealed to