The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-04

NEW YORK, Aug 3.-More
far-reaching than the Lexow com-
fnittee and more cleansing than
the work OF committee of fifteen,
an organization was formed here
today to investigate, without re-
gari TO expense and with the
afd OF the best lawyers and de-
tective obtafnable, the corrupt
alliance between the police de-
rartment and the underworld.
a call for the organization OF
great partisan, non-sec-
tartan citizens committee was
sent out this afternoon, signed by
Jacob II. Schif. Felix Adler,
Bishop Greer, Jesse Stratus. Eu-
genius Fl. outerhridge, DR.. Hem
ry Moskowitz, Allan Robinson
and Henry Green. At the same
time. Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman
was asked to head an auxiliary
committee of women. with Mrs.
Russell Sage. Mrs. E. III. Har-
riman ard others as members.
Every influential citizen Of New
York. man or woman. Is to be
asked to join one or the other OF
these organizations.
Public Mass Meeting Called.
A great public mass meeting win
be held in Cooper union as soon 40
arrangements are completed. Plans
will be adopted at this meeting for
Ii campaign aimed to clean up the
city and to free It from the alliance
between gamblers and other vieious
denizens of the underworld and the
police, az revealed by the murder "
Hermaa EoSenthai The COMMITTEES
plans not only to drive the guilty
ones to cover. as did the committ0a
OF fifteen. but to force them to Zee
the city and wipe out the vice and
crime which the Rosenthai invea<i-
CATION shows to be rampant again.
Popular subscriptions are 10 30
opened, but even nov there Is enough
money On iIaud. pledged by those who
are heading the movement. to carry
IL through. Responsibility for cadet
ism, gambling and the mass of crilnA
on the East side IS openly laid at .he
door OF the police department ~
leaders IN the new probe
Aldermen to Meet.
Coerced by the demands OF seven-
teen members of the board OF alder
men. Mayor Gaynor was compclfed
to call meeting Of the board TO W
held Monday, to choose a Committed
To investigate the police department
and Its relations with the gamDferu
Alderman Curran who headed the d.
mand for an aldermanic Investigation
declares that this work Will not iffters
fere either with the district attorneyts
probe, now going on, or with the com.
mittee of citizens. organization ~
which was begun today.
Burns detectives today surrounded
Harry Horowitz. known as Glib tn
Blood" and lefty Louis, at a SUM
uler resort near Boston. These ara
the two men waited to fill out the
death-d dealing quartet, some man ~
men of which fired the shots willca
killed Gambler Rosenthal. Dago Frauf
and Whitley Lewis. the other TIVE
are in prison, charged with the mllxG
der.
Accused Men Located.
Charles Fl. Smith, of the BOGf01
branch of the Burns agency. gave o.
this statement today. adding that tvs
ty-five men We're at work on the Co..
The entire country for radius
twenty-five miles around this r00o1
has been searched, with the result IT,
the men were found. while ala IT.
country from New York west to I'M
detectives watching every avenu4
escape for these or other men Wan13
In the case. The men have not 49,
arrested, because the detectives r.
waiting for letters which may Co
to them and which may have q 49,
ing on their connection with the err
Several suspects have been nrx4
by the police. but il was not ntI
the Burns taten took u hand III
chase that Horowitz and Louis ~
found 38z
Revolver Is Found. sss N
The revolver with which Ros4nl
was Killed has been found In t1x
belonging 10 Whitley Lewis. III
Identified as the III sseeA b. taaats
derers by Police Lieutenaglt
Jones. revolver Axpsst ane