Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-13
STATE TO SOON
CLOSE ITS CASE
Gunmsn on Trial in New
York to Put Up a Strong
Defense.
IDENTIFICATION COMPLETE
Shapiro, Driver of tho Muir
der Car Points Out His
Passengers That Night.
8pecial by United Press were.


New York, Nov. 13.-Before the
opening of the trial today of Lefty
Louie" "Gyp the Blood" "Dago
Frank" and Whitley Lewis" four
gunmen accused of killing Herman
Rosenthal, Assistant District Attor-
ney Moss announced that he expected
to complete the case of the state
within a few hours. Today Giovanni
Standish, Jack Rose and either Harry
Vallon or Bridge Webber will be put
on the stand to identify the four
prisoners as the ones who rode In the
murder car on the night Of the shoot
ing.
The four prisoners were positively
identified yesterday by William Sha-
pnro, thed river of the gray murder
car" as the actual assassins Of Her
man Rosenthal.
The murder of Big Jack" Zelig re-
Gently, so 1t was stated officially after
Shapiro had left the stand, had re-
lieved Shapiro OF so much Of hts for
mer fear Of being killed by Zeng gang
stsn If he identified the four gunner
ed to take the stand and Identify them.
A message from Big Jack" himself.
so 1t was learned further, had come di.
rect to Shapiro In his cell that Zeiig
and his gang would kill the chauffeur
unless he persisted in his first stories
ers whom he had driven to and from
the shooting. But even with Zelig dead
Shapiro, while waiting outside the
courtroom to be called In to make his
damaging ident1cations Of the four do
PENDANTS, shook and cbattered In terror.
They'll kill me for it. be had whined
again. and again. but when he came
into the courtroom his voice was firmer
than any of the Witnesses who had pre-
ceded him during the day, and he told
his story of the murder In straight
forward way that seemed to make a
powerful impression upon the jury.
Gunmen's Smiles Disappear.
And Shapiro's testimony, especially
when he walked straight to the gun
men and called their names one by one,
drove away the last Of the boyisb
suiifks aud the occasional sneers with
which the gunner, with the exception
of the deep thinking "Leftie Louie.
had greeted the testimony at times of
two other witnesses who earlier III the
day had identified them us murderers
They huddied together. and their faces
paled perceptibly. "Dago Frank Giro
hci drew back from the chauffeur's
pointing finger with nervous involun
tHry movement and half raised his
right palm outward as II to ward some
terrible thing away.
He had been promised no immunity,
Shapiro swore before he made the iden-
tltcations. for telling his story ON the
stand Justice Con explained TO the
chauffeur before he began to testify
that inasmuch as he was under indict-
ment for the murder himself be could
refuse to answer any and all Ques
tious without 80 much rs giving rea
son for hls refusal to answer. But he
ans Wered not only the district attor
ueys questions steadily, but seemed
equally eager 10 answer when the gun
mems awyer, Charles q. Il. Wahle
tried TO pull down the story Shapiro
had told He had been promised no re
ward, he swure, and the reason ne now
tor the first time was giving the names
Of his passengers in the gray automo
pile was, he said. because his mother
had pleaded with him to tell on the
stand all that he knows of the murder
lie made the same confession and
had named the four gunmen, said Sha.
pro before leaving the stand, the day
after kUsenthal was murdered to Law
yer A. j. Levy. Before Deputy Police
Commissioner Dougherty about the
same time and at the coroner's inquest
Inter he also swore he had denied that
he knew who the gunmen were because
OF bis fear that they would Kill me-"
Gun Pointed at Head.
When he reached the case Of "Gyl
the Blood" Shapiro turned to this gun
man and said:
THAT is the man who pointed a CUR
| at my head as we sped away from the
scene and said, Drive on, you Jew"
The other witnesses who walked t,
the defendants table and picked ou
| "Gyp," Lefty" Whitley" and dag,
| Frank as the murderers OF Rosentha
were Louis krause, Coney lslant
waiter, and Morris Luban, now unue
Indictment in New Jersey. But botl
Of these witnesses had made identified
| tions OF some of the gunmen durin,
the Becker trial, and, although tn,
muin points of their stories had no
been successfully contradicted. thei
testimony seemed to make less of al
impression upon the audience than the
ldentitcations by Shapiro. The chauf
| feurs testimony was the sensation o.
| the triai 50 far, and II made him a
once the stHte's star witness in th,
trial. as Jack Rose had been in tn,
| Becker case.