Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-02
Becker wanted AFFIDAVIT
ROSE SAYS LUEyTENANT THREAT.
FINED TO REMOVE PROTEC-
TION UNLESS CLEARED.
INVESTIGATE Craft SYSTEM
District Attorney Whitman Details As
sistant 10 Get Names of Graft
GNcrs.

NEW YORK, Aug. white
Lewis alleged TO be one Of the actual
murderers Of Herman Rosenthal was
arrested today at Fleishmann, ~ Y,
It was announced by Inspector Hughes
at police headquarters tonight.
After searching the region for near
ly two weeks the detectives found
Lewis working on a farm, Inspector
Hughes said, and today arrested him
Just as he was to board train fof
Flcshmann to make his escape. The
prisoner will be brought to New York
on an early train tomorrow.
May Catch Other Assassins.
II was reported at police headquar'
tors that Lefty Louie and "Gyp The
Blood" two Of the alleged murderers
still at large, had been tracked to the
same vicinity, and their arrest would
come soon. The news that at least one
OF the fugatives had been trapped was
received with great elation at polict
headquarters, because of the failure
to arrest fugitlves charged with the
actual killing. With the arrest OF
Lewis, the police now have In custo-
ly two Of the four alleged assasslns
the other being 'Dago Frank" who
IL now in the Tombs, and n fellow
prisoner Of Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker, who is charged with instigat-
ing the gun men TO kill Rosenthal.
While District Attorney Whitman
is confident he has obtained evidence
pointing strongly to the existence OF
we'll organized system OF polre graft
he announced tonight that this fea-
ture would be subordinated until he
had convicted the murderers OF
Rosenthal and all involved in the plot
to kill him.
Would Leave Murder Trail.
Murder" said Mr.. Whitman to-
night '1s a graver crime than the levy
OF blackmail by the police. ! decline
to be diverted by any demand for a
general investigation of the police de-
partment and police grating until
these murderers have been brought
to Justice / am endeavoring to prose-
cute and convict all the murderers. II
/, the duty OF the 10, 400 policemen
OF this city to find them. They should
have been arrested at the scene of the
crime. The fact that they are still at
large is very serious reflection upon
conditions in the police department" )"
VIII Investigate Graft System.
The prosecutor took pains to add,
however, that the investigation into
the graft system was in his view a
secondary consideration, only for the
time being, and said he had delegated
Assistant District Attorney Moss to
carry It on.
Mr.. Moss expects to see in his cell
Tomorrow Jack" Rose. self accused
graft collector for Becker, and will go
over again with him his sworn state
rnent that Becker had told him the
annual blackmail levied by police upon
gambling houses and other Illegal re-
sorts amounted to $2,400,OO0. These
figures the district attorney believes
rects to get from Rose and also from
"Bridgie" Webber a list of gamblers
who paid tribute, and also list Of
graft collectors. These will all be
summoned before the grand jury and
fl ON them 1t is hoped to gain clues
indicating how high up" the graft
went and how 1t was distributed.
Weaves Web Around Becker.
Following this policy of two fold
prosecution, Mr.. Whitman today bent
his efforts to weaving closer around
Becker the web Of evidence by which
he hopes to convict him of being the
man who instigated Rosenthals muir
der. He called before the grand jury
John W. Hart, Beckers attorney. and
him established the fact. he
said, that while Rose was fugitive
fl ON justice Becker sent Hart to him
tc get an affidavit to clear the police
officer from the charge that he was
a partner in Rosenthal's gambling
This was on the night
after the murder and. according to
Roses story, Hart came to him at
his hsding place on Riverside drive af-
ter he had telephoned Becker IL he was
going to be protected for his part in
the murder plot. Rose admitted to
the district attorney he was almost
hysterical that day on account Of his
fear OF arrest, and had telephonedI
Pecker no less than four times.
Becker Wanted Affidavit.
The legal Importance of Hart's
visit. in the view of Mr.. Whitman, is
that Becker failed In his duty as a
police officer in not arresting Rose