Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-17
TELLS HOW R0SEN-
THAI WAS KILLED
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knew.
From him Commissioners Waldo and
Dougherty n Inspector Hughes learn
ed that four men, two Of whom Shapiro
knew, hired the touring car and order
ed him to drive uptown. They went to
Jacks restaurant first and paused
there momentarily because M Of the
passengers was sick from too much to
drink, Shapiro supposed. Then. at a
sudden command, Shapiro wheeled the
touring a eastward into Forty-third
street, slowed In front Of the Metro
pole and wh1rled 1t around to take up
4 position At the south curb In front Of
Acker Merralps store, Just west OF the
Cohan theater. Then, according to
6hapiro's tale, he was ordered to wait
right where be was until his passen-
gers returned. easy" -
Three. leaving both tonneau doors
wide open, crossed the street and stop
ped in front Of the Metropole. Shapiro
was uncertain as to the progress Of
matters across the street. He heard
a shot fred and then several more In
rapid succession, saw his passengers
come running for the car and then, at
their direction, put On power and went
eastward at full speed. He knew
shortly that the detectives were pursu-
ing in automobiles, but he felt the cold
muzzle Of a revolver at the back of
his neck, and he heard the sound Of a
voice in his cara threat that he wal
dead If he faltered. And 30, after a
few minutes turning and twisting to
the northward. he sent the big gray
car spinning downtown and came to
tho garage at n Washington place
south, the garage where Aontani. the
taxi bandit, obtained the automobile
that he and his confederates used In
their raid In the financial district
POLICE Withhold Facts.
Several deeply interesting points Of
Shapiro's revelations were withheld by
the police because Of their immense
Importance in the hunt for Rosenthal's
murderers. They would not tell where
Shapiro left the men whom he had
been driving. They would not reveal
other bits' of information obtained a.
to the identity Of the passengers. But
they said positively that the two own
ers Of the car had told them enough to
lead them to RosenthaI's assassins.
Dougherty indicated that the four were
members Of a gambling club that Ro-
seminal had caused to be raided on
several occasions and hat several Of
the killers were men who had suffered
physically as we'll as financially from
Rosenthal's enmity. He had two or
three of them assaulted by hired
toughs, the police said, and beaten IN
til they were hardly recognizable.
Such grudges are apt to be paid for
bitterly among the sort Of men that
Rosenthal associated with.
RossnthaI Feared Death.
Rosenthal was afraid that he would
be a~ssassinated. He knew and said to
District Attorney Whitman, Mrs. Ro-
seminal and his close friends that "they
would try to got him." He didn't at
tempt to explain who he meant by
"they." His hints covered police and
gambler enemies alike. He told a re-
porter last Monday afternoon hat he
had been most all the night before an
swering telephone calls from people
who warned him to get out Of town.
Mrs. Rosenthal told the district attor-
ney that big Tim" Sullivan was one
Of those who called up. big Tim"
and Rosenthal had been friends, and
Mrs. Rosenthal thought that Sullivan
was moved by the general belief that
Rosenthal's life was in danger after
his attempts not only to incrimfnate
police officials, but to force gambling
associates to Join him In a "squeal."
the gamblers will not cause the inves-
tigation to be dropped, said Mr.. Whit
man. He had already obtained from
Hosenthal the names of ten gamblers,
and these will be examined under the
Bowling law. And Mrs. Rosenthal,
the district attorney says, stands ready
to supply the grand Jury with intimate
details Of her husbands business. She
will appear before the grand jury with
John ]. Donohue, a clerk In the law
office Of J. Van Vechten Olcott, the j.
Donohue whose name was used in the
mortgage transaction that Rosenthal
swore he had with Lieutenant Becker.
The police hunt for the murderers
was taken up and carried forward with
remarkable speed. An hour after Ro-
senthal had been lured from the Metro
pole restaurant by a whispered mes
sage that somebody wanted to see him
outside and had been dropped with a
bullet through his brain and four other
Wounds in the face the police had I'M
der arrest Louis Libby, who owned
with William Shapiro a big gray Pack
ard touring car that they kept for rent
In front Of the Cafe Boulevard at Sec
ond avenue and Tenth street. 1t was
the number Of Libby's car that SHOWED
clear and distinct In the bright light
that was cast from the electrics Of the
Metropole while Rosenthal was being
shot down.
Several people idling in front Of the
Metropole or near the Elks club, far
Their west In Forty-third street, or near
the Cohan theater, across the street
from che Consldine cafe, noticed the
numbtr and had no trouble in recalling
1t whAo 1t became Of importance. One
of these was John Gallagher, a vaude-
Vile singer, who lives at the Hotel
Gerard. Another was Louis Conte, a
clark a. tho EIko oI,1h ouN a kb3rd ryn.