The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-13
NEAR The
SOLUTION
Rosenthal Murder Mystery to
Be Soon Cleared Up
IMMUNITY FOR SCHEPPS
If He Tells What He Knows of the
Murder of Herman Rosenthal-
Will Reach New York on
Thursday.
IMMUNITY FOR scHEPPs

New York, Aug. lS.--sam Schepps
"payinaster OF the murder crew" thai
killed Herman Rosenthal, will be held
on his arrival from Hot Springs Ark.
where he was arrested Saturday, as /
material witness and not as an accom-
plice, it was stated last night by District
Attorney Whitman.
! This form of immunity is conditional
however, upon Schepp's willingness tt
corroborate the stories of Jack Rose anC
"Bridgio' Weber, charging Police Lieut.
4 Charles Becker with instigating The
murder
Whitman does not believe Schepps ha,
any part in carrying out the murder
plot, but believes he had knowledge Of
I what was going on and will be able t.
, add links in the chain of evidence against
/ Becker that will materially help in the
latter's conviction.
Neither Rose nor Weber implicated
Schepps in their confession further than
: that Schepps acted as paymaster after
the murder and while Rose was hiding.
Schepps is expected to arrive in New
York Thursday.
Whitman has autographed Hot Springs
that his representatives are en- route to
take charge OF Schepps, who fears the
New York police and is unwilling to be
turned over to them.
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty said
yesterday that he proposed to investi.
gate the story of Sam Schepps that the
police found him in the Catskills and
failed to arrest him. Dougherty said he
would "break" the detectives if they
were found guilty.
Schepps, in his story of his flight from
the CatskiIls, where New York detec-
tives were searching for the gunman, is
quoted as saying:
ain Sullivan county I was asleep in
a gymnasium when five Of the New York
detectives that | knew came in and lifted
the cover from me. One of them asked
me who was and grinned. | said that
my name was Smith and | grinned right
back. They went away, after kindly re-
placing the cover. Half an hour later /
was on my way to Buffalo"
From the Catskills. Schepps went to
Buffalo, he said. and then to Hot Springs.
Meanwhile Whitman has unearthed
more interesting facts about Becker,
whose attitude continues one of silence
defiaAce. The latest revelation is that
Becker, since December, rented safe
deposit vault in which to deposit securi-
ties
Whitman at the present time has no
legal right to order the vault opened
but it is regarded that the fact of his
hiring it is important in connection with
the allegations that Becker has grown
rich enough gambling with graft.
For several days his detectives have
been on guard so the contents Of the
vault cannot be withdrawn. Anyone at
tempting to open the box will be taken
before Whitman as a maetrial witness.
Becker's wife within ten days, Whit
man has learned. has withdrawn $4,000
or the S25, 5000 to her husbands credit in
various New York banks.
Whitman to-day will ask from the
grand jury a blanket Indictment against
six and possibly seven men, including
Becker, William Shapiro owner of the
assassination car. and cars alleged crew,
"Gyp the Blood" and his three thug
companions.
He expects to have important wit
nesses before the jury before the indict
ments are drawn.
Although it was reported William J.
Burns detectives have been working on
the case since Rosenthal's murder, Whit
man said last night that Burns has been
In the case less than fortnight.
Assistant District Attorney Emery
Buckner, formerly a western lawyer, was
appointed counsel by the aldermanic com
mittee which plans sweeping investiga
tion Of the police graft. Buckner will
resign his present position September |.