The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-16
Wealthy N. Y. Gambler, Aft
er Confession and Predic-
ton Police Would Kill
Him, Is Shot Down.
DIST. ATTY. TELLS
A PECULIAR STORY
He Says H. Rosenthal Said
Just Yesterday, They Will
Get Me. You'll Never
Know Who Did It,"
(National News Associat,on)

NANoSioihA ANC"o
NEW YORK, July 16.-Herman Ros-
enthal, wealthy gambler, who main
tanned a palatial home at IA West
Fortyninth street, was assassinated in
front of the Hotel Metropole in West
Fortythird street early today. Four
men who escaped from the scene in
a slate colored auto fired the shots
which killed the we'll known gambler
in the very heart of New York's white
light district.
A chauffeur was arrested. The po-
lice declared Libby was not only the
tor in which the murderers fled, but
also one of the men who fired the
shots.
Libby, the chauffeur, was locked up
at the West Fortyseventh street police
station charged with homicide.
The assassination of Rosenthal fol-
lowed revelations which he had made
to District Attorney Whitman of a
full scale of prices charged by the DO.
lice for the operation of all kinds OF
gambling in New York. Rosenehal
had further charged that Charles
Becker, a police lieutenant in charge
of what is generally known as the
Strong arm" squad, was a partner
with Rosenthal in the conduct of his
gambling house. District Attorney
Whitman had summoned ten police
men and two lawyers, the latter charg.
ed with being brokers' counsel, to ap.
pear before the grand Jury today and
testify concerning the charges.
One Wore Uniform.
According to witnesses, one of the
men who was in the auto when Rosen.
thai was shot wore policeman's uni
form. This is believed to have been
a ruse to attach suspicion to the po.
lice.
Rosenthal reached the hotel about
midnight, where he had evidently had
an appointment. He had some drinks
with companions and talked earnestly
to them for over an hour
Upon being told that someone want
ed to see him at the front door of the
hotel, Rosenthal followed the messen.
ger. No sooner had he reached the
pavement than shot rang out quick
ly followed by four others Just as
Rosenthal reached the sidewalk a low
gray bodied touring car which had
been standing on the other street
crossed over. The man who fired the
first shot and who later escaped with
his companions in the motor car is
believed to be an Italian.
The prompt finding of the automo
bile which was used for the murder
was due to the fact that several per
sons read the number ,133 New
York" on the plate as it stood in the
full glare of the electric lights in
front of the hotel. The police after
finding Libby's name in the records
as the owner, learned that the cal
was kept in a Madison Square gar
age. This garage was the same used
to house the taxicab which figured in
the 5000 bank messenger robbery
several months ago. Libby was soon
found. He admitted having the cal
out early in the evening but denied
having any part in the murder De
spite his protestations the police lock
ed him up and declared that his iden
tification as the chauffeur in the case
had been made clear.
What Whitman Says.
District Attorney Whitman who had
hurried to the scene of the assassina
ton within twenty-four hours after
the shooting, was making a persona
investigation at the Hotel Metropole
He questioned persons who had seer
the automobile and the actual shoot
ing. District Attorney Whitman to
day asserted that Rosenthal had told
him yesterday that he expected to be
killed by the police because of reve
lations he had made. "RosenthaI came
to me yesterday said Whitman
He said he did not want to go away
before going before the grand jury
He declared he was sure the police
would kill him for the statements he
had made about their connection with
gambling. / laughed at his story, but
he added that better men than he had
been killed when the police wanted
them out of the way. They will gel
me and you will never know whc
did it, said Rosenthal, according te
Whitman's statement.