Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-05
SLEUTHS FAIL
IN THE SEARCH
SCour CatskiIIs for Gunner
'-Arraign Becker Today.

New York, Aug. 6.-From Inspector
Hughes, in charge Of the central office
men in the CRtskill mountains word
came to Deputy Commissioner Dough
erty that they were still hunting Louis
Rosenszweig c"Lefty Louie') and Har
ry HorowitH c"Gyp the Bloody.
The news from Tannersville. Greene
county, around which the New York
detectives and deputy shertns have
been operating. was that the two men,
accused Of the murder OF Rosenthal.
had slipped through the police lines
and that the hunt WAS over SO far as
tho Catskills Is concerned.
One Of the central office men who ap-
)eared under the circumstances to be
extraordinarily loquacious said tina the
detectives were withdra wing from the
mountains and returning to New York
because they had information that
Lefty Louie" and "Gyp the Blood"
would surrender at pole headqunr.
tiers. Headquarters, said this commu.
NEGATIVE sleuth, had been informed Of
the forthcoming surrender and had
therefore ordered back the Catskill
squad.
D~ouohsrty Makes = Denial.
Mr.. Dougherty natly denied the sto-
~. He said that he was in charge Of
the hunt for the fugitives and that he
had every reason to believe that Ro-
~senszweig and Horowitz were hiding In
town Of Catskill. He had given no or
ders. he said, for q discontinuance Of
the chase. On the contrary, he was
continuing by phone the direction Of
the Catskill squad. 1t was untrue alao.
said the deputy commissioner. that the
police had received word that the two
would surrender.
Maybe somebody is interested in cir
culating that story" he added. Il am
working now on the same theory that l
started on" said D~ougherty. The
men we want were in the Catskills re-
Gently, and believe they are now. We
think we have them located in a com
pdEutlfCiy bnIol IOoCubA " al
and Horowitz are running out Of mon
ey, and they can't conceal themselves
very much longer. If any OF my men
have withdra wn from Tannersville-
and no such information has come to
merthey did 1t because their faces
were getting too familiar to the nn
tives. Probably they had been accu-
rately described to R~osenszweig and
Horowitz. Let us suppose that 1t was
desirable to station around Tanners
vile new men who have not become
known to the natives. Inspector
Hughes may have taken this step. II
he did 1t was probably a wise move"
The report from Tannersville was
that ten central Office men had left
that town, leaving two OF guard. The
ten who departed took a train going
to Kingston. But eve Tannersville
had a notion that perhaps the with
arawal Of the main force was for the
purpose of fooling the fugidves into
the belief that the hunt was over.
at would have been a sensible
trick" said Dougherty. "There is no
doubt that Rosenszwig and Horowitz
have been hiding closely since Lefty"
Lewis was caught. l wish I could get
word to them that we had given up
the chase"
Becker Arraigned Today.
Lieutenant Becker will be taken
from the Tombs to Part II. OF the
court Of general sessions to say wheth-
er he desires to change his plea Of
not guilty. And Jack Rose will be
brought from the west side court pris-
on to Coroner Feinberg's court in an
adjourned hearing. Mr.. Whitman will
be busy also with the newest prisoner,
"Whitey'' Lewis, with Rose Weber
and Vallon, and with witnesses who
profrer confederation Of the stories Of
the informers.
Rose Is afraid to leave his prison.
He told his lawyer today that he was
from the criminal courts building. He
asked Lawyer Sullivan to appear for
him before the coroner and to agree
to smother adjournment Of the hear
ing.
Rose is as badly scared" said Mr.,
Sullivan. "as he was the night he con
fessed. His nerves have gone all to
pieces. He begged me to get District
Attorney Whitman's consent to a post
ponement"