The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-09
11Q5 Hull St.

have collected to be put before thd
people OF New York, they will ~
startled hy its disclosures SAID
Burns.
The names OF all these property
owners who have leased their build
ings fer gambling and disorderly
houses, will be made public, accord
ing 10 Alderman Henry H. Curran
who is heading the aldermanic inyes1
tigation. Landlords of this nature
Will be called on to testify before tht
committee said MIR. Cu1ran. RMS
may hit many whose names are writ
ten high in what We call social cir
Cles.' but if they know TO what pur-
pose their premises are being put
they should be made TO testify
they do not know. they should be gltse
to ret the information. The names
of all the owners of these properties
viii be published
Suspected police officials and civic
la received stunning blows today
the first when they learned that they
were being watched months befofs
Rosenthal was killed, and again whefV
lit became noised abroad that Polic.
Lieutenant Becker, worn down by his
term in jail would make a sta tetnehi
to the district attorney. Followin.
this it was announced that Jacob
van, king of the ncwsboys, on wloni
Becker had depended TO prove his al4e
on the night Of the murder had made
-At..AfA i Tag
Nnows--and he knows great dea
which the district attorney wen!d i
like to know.
While witnesses were telling theirl
stories to the grand jury this aftuf
noon. sullivan was transferred fr'.niI
Is lie pnIirRN
court prison. preparatory to his con-
fession. John =. Mcintyre. attorney
for Becker, injected little mystery
into the case today by snnoune' Il
that he would leave town for fewI
DAYS in conuec elton with his client II
defense Mcintyre declares BeeferI
will be cleared hy s. jury District
Attorney Whitman aud Attorney Nc
Intvre held a conference today. M
which it was agreed that Recker's trial.
/ would come off In November.
Indictments Expected Soon,
Indictments are expected within steI
next thirty~six hours against wv hitey
Lewis Lefty Louie, "Dago Frank
Ctronci. and Harry Horowitz- f.ouieI
and Horowitz are fagitives from I2s
tice: the other two are in jail MoreI
than twenty witnesses were examined
by the grand Jury today, and the dis
trict attorney has received statemeps|
from 12A persons most Of which, he
declare. can be suhstantiated legally
Among those who testified were Sam
Paul, Harry Pollok. Mrs, Pollok. and
Mrs Herman Rosenthal.
The two police inspectors and the
civilian. VINO, according to the revela-
tions Of Detective Burns, divided the
graft money, VIII be the subject oil
another statement from 'Bridcey
| Wehber. one OF the men whose early
confession started the endless cham
OF eyiienca nov in the hands of the
authorities Wehher knows those men
and VIII tell Of their connection with
the underworld.
Police Inspector Edward Hughes.
who has been on the trail of Lefty
Louis, and Harry Horowitz, in the
Catskills is seriously Ill with pneumonia
as a result OF his mountain trip
His physicians say 1t will be a week
before they can even tell whether he
will live or die.
RockefeIisr's Statement.
The following statement was issued
at the offices of the Standard on com
pany this evening
Referring TO the newspaper state
rnents with regard to Mr. John ID.
Stockholders connection with District
Attorney Whitmans investigation, MIR.
starr J. Murphy, Of Mr.. Rockefeiler's
Office. made the following statement:
MIR. Rockefeller, having been in
terested In white slave matters while
foreman of the special grand Jury. has
since been securing statistics with re-
gard to the social evil. Whatever in
formation Has secured bearing a. the
police situation, has been placed at
the disposition of the district attor-
nev Tho statement that Mr. Rookie
feiler. or his representatives have
been conducting q supposed disorder
ly house. IL entirely without founda-
tinn