The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-17
Profits of Crime Com
bine Are Traced to
Police Inspectors.
EVIDENCE FOUND
ON TIP FROM ROSE
Other Lines of Graft Also Have
Been Uncovered in Connection
With Rosenthal Murder Case.
Justice Golf Is Desig-
mated to Preside at
Trial.

New York. August 1s.-Pendipr rho
arrival here of Sam schepps. the ma.
terial witness whom the grand Jury
wishes to hear before handing down
indictments in the Rosenthai murder
case. the district attorneys Office is
centrinS its attention on police graft
from disorderly houses.
1t developed to-day that the raids
last night upon eighteen resorts was
the result OF a tip by Jack Rose. tho
gambler. whose confession resulted In
the indictment OF Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker on the charge Of in
stgating the Rosenthal murder.
Jack sullivan. one OF the Rosenthai
prisoners, according to the informa-
ton given by Rose. was collector OF
declared to be operated by tsu vice
trust"
Although the surface result Of the
raids was the holding OF only four al
legged proprietogesses on $1,000 bail
each. Assistant District Attorney Smith
says he Is In tho possession of evil
dence tonight showing where tho
graft collected from the trust" went.
He has traced It, he SAYS. to police tn
spectors. The payments amounted Mr.
Smith said. to about $4,000 a month, or
on the basis OF 500 a month for TWEEN
ty-hve houses running steadily.
Graft is going 70 the police also from
two other combinations of higher
class Mr. Smith said. one controlled by
an East Side gang leader, whose name
has been mentioned in the rtoscnthal
case.
Woman Acts As Collector.
MT. Smith also has the name OF n
woman. the wife OF one of the prison
ers held for the Rosenthal murder.
against whom, he says, he has owl
dence that she was a collector of dis
orderly house graft for Becker
According to information obtained
by agents of the Society for the Pre-
Nention of Cline. the trust" raided
last night known as the biz nve"
nets annual pronts OF $4,000 over it's
graft payments and controls about L.
200 women The graft. 1t was said. was
paid directly to police inspectors by
the trust itself. and not by the indi-
vidual houses. While there was no
fear OF raids by the police. IT was said
the trust" feared the Society for tho
Prevention OF Crime and the district
attorneys office and for this reason
always kept several OF its houses va
cant jumping" houses in case 9TH
ers We're closed UP
Concident with these revelations.
Police Commissioner Waldo to day re-
ubttu inspector oOIItllhS tldNeS
the rank OF captain. and suspended
him pending his trial on charges that
the inspector stated that Commission
or Wado directed him not to obtain
evidence against disorderly houses. OK
cept by order OF the commissioner. and
that he failed to suppress disorderiy
houses in his district.
Beside the announcement that Sam
Schepps would not be brought into
New York until early Monday morn
ing the principal development in the
Rosenthal case to-day was the dscov-
cry by representatives OF the district
attorney Of two more bank accounts OF
Lieutenant Becker. The names OF tho
banks were not made public. but the
amounts totalled about 10000. it was
learned. making the aggregate de-
posts about $4,000.
District Attorney Whitman left to-
day for Manchester. Vermont. TO visit
his family over sunday.