Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-07-20
CLOSE FRIEND OF BECKER
orrEN HAS BEEN SEEN IN CON-
PANY OF DEPosEo POLICE
LIEUTENANT
THE ROsENTHAL MYSTERY
IT IS BELIEVED 1T WILL Be =
MYSTERY ONLY FOR A FEW
MORE HOURS

New 1Ofk, July ~.
ann men and blackiackers that rlduieo
Herman Rosenthal, the gambler VIII
bullets Is believed by detectives 10
day to have been procured by 'Bala
JackD Rose, under pressure Oh tne
spolice system which was seeking 70
effectually close the mouth OF hosen-
thai against further charges that
gamblers had to divide their gains
with the police. Rose is close
friend of Police Lieutenant Becker
who was yesterday removed as the
head of the STRONG arm" squad
which handles the gambling situation
in the city.
District Attorney Whitman mas
cleaned enough information to con-
vince him that Rose. at the sugges-
ton or knowledge of the police, hired
some of Jack Feelings gang OF gun
Aghters to make away with Rosenthal.
The market rate for killing men by
some of the East side gun men is said
to be 50 1000. That the bamgling plot
and murder plot will lead far deeper
into the police department is now
generally believed.
Police Commissioner Daugherty Sc
cured from Rose the information that
he was working for Lieutenant Beck
er early Monday night Rose told the
deputy commissioner that he was
afraid of Becker and had gone to the
house of Dora Gilbert, Rosenthals di-
vorced wife, on Monday night be-
cause he knew she was going tP
make an affidavit.
Becker wanted an affidavit against
Rosenthal. Rose told the commission.
er he was not surprised when he was
told that Rosenthal had been killed,
as he thought he would get 1t" be-
cause he talked too much. District
Attorney Whitman, who went out Of
town last night on an important mis-
sion," did not return to his Office to-
day. Reports that he had gone to
have secret conference with the
head of the private detective agency
which he has employed in the case,
could not be confirmed That most
of the members OF the party in the
gray automobile have fled to other
cities was reported at police head
quarters, and it was said that detec-
tives have been dispatched to many
points on clues.
When Deputy Commissioner Dough
erty reached his office today he found
that his men brought there four or
five men said to be attendants in a
Turkish bath establishment where
BALD Jack" Rose claims he spent
the night after leaving the murder
car. while it was on its way up town
on its deadly mission. Dougherty
closeted himself with them at once.
1t was reported tat one matter
upon which Dougherty purposed TO
question them was concerning the
mysterious Harry Brown" who, it is
alleged, is mentioned in the affidavit
from Dora Gilbert, Rosenthal's di-
vorced wife, which mad to do with
Rosenthals private life. 1t was pc
lieved by some that Harry Brown
is none other than Rose. Deputy
Commissioner Dougherty refused to
disclose what he had learned from
the bath attendants, but declared that
when the truth becomes known the
police department will be completely
exonerated.
Lieutenant Becker broke his silence
today by making an explanation of
where he got the money with which
he purchased a new house In the
Bronx several months ago. The first
time this purchase was called to his
attention in connection with the