The sun., 1912-07-19

letter he sent to Commissioner Waldo
on "wednesday and which was made
public yesterday. Mr.. Gaynor wrote
that letter after deciding TO take a hand
asserted that he has entire confidence
in the Commissioner but that he feels
II to be his duty to look into accusations
against the police himself. His letter
read
Sir Please have Lieut.. Becker and
Policemen james white. Charles Foy and
Charles steinhnrdt before me at this ONCE
at II o'clock tomorrow morning. After
the precautions We have taken and all We
have devised and done to do away with the
long seated and deep seated grating In the
Police Department IL Ia very discoura ging
to have even these Rosenthal accusations
banded about.
To be sure. he was q miserable outlaw.
against whom you and your predecessors
have been continuously contendinR. but
| would have the respect for the police raised
40 high that the accusations OF such a char
acter would not lbe extensively credited
His successive fflacrs have been entered
by the police under warrants and held
possession Of. one after another. for over
two years.
And now I see that he was at war with
the police and MIR. Jerome before I became
Mayor But hc grew more defiant and
vindictive all the while. Those who killed
him will be found. no doubt. and their
motives disclosed. But he died as he had
lived. having been a lawless character and
bribcr Of the police from his youth up.
cannot understand why Lieut.. Becker
should et down to dinner with such q
scoundrel. That he did seems TO he ad-
mitted when Rosenthal made his accusa-
tions against your predecessor and his
deputy. MIR. Driscoil ! fully Investigated
the matter and the abatement that I found
any wrong on the aide Of the Commissioner
or the deputy or that the deputy lost his
place on the ground of that complaint Is
false.
On the contrary. I found that Rosenthai
and his associates who called on me we're
the worst gang OF men that had ever seen
That Ia why ! am so greatly surprised that
Lieut.. Becker should ait down to dinner
with any Of them or associate with them in
any way. Yours very truly.
W. J. GAYxon. Mayor.
To RhInelander Waldo. Esq.
At the time specified by the Mayor
Commissioner Waldo took Becker. Foy
and Steinhardt TO Mr.. Gaynor's Office.
White was unable to appear because he
is i'll and unable 10 be out OF his home.
For nearly an hour the Mayor talked
to the Commissioner and the policemen
and after the talk nobody concerned
would make n statement. II is known.
however. that the Mayor pressed Becker
very sharply as to allegations that he had
been chummy with uptown gamblers
had only met Rosenthal once and that
was at an Elks ball. where Rosenthal's a
acquaintance had been forced on him
by Rosenthal's assiduous friends.
The Lieutenant. under fire. denied that
he had ever had friendly or finan cial
arrangements with Roscnthal
Accused Man Oot All Nisht.
II was after this talk that il became
known that the Mayor has taken into his
own hands a probing Of the Police De-
partment that he intends shall he deep
and thorough Inquiries We're made as
on "Wednesday that IL Ilecker knew any
thing about Jack Roses whereabouts
il would be TO Beckers 8 advantage to
locate the man.
This story was denied fatty at Police
Headquarters. hut il persisted just the
same. II persisted because Of Becker q
unexplained absence from his home
having killed himself were startling
newspaper offices and restaurants uptown
and downtown. but all efforts TO locate
Becker failed. II was learned that he
was not home as late as = o'clock yester-
day morning. Rose turned up at 4. II.
At the District Attorneys Office IL was
asserted that the Mayor had limited in a
chara cteristic way that IL Becker was a
friend Of Roses Becker might be better
able TO find him than anybody else in the
Police Department.
When Becker left the MAYORS Office
he was not in a pleasant hu'nor. A photog.
rapher tried to snap him. and Becker
camera mans noee and shouted.
Don't you dare to take my picture
I warn you. II you try it again l will
have you arrested
Becker left the City Hall ip company
with ex-State Senator John c. Fitzgerald
Big Tim Siillivan's friend. He declined
TO make statement yesterday and his
lawyer. John W. Hart of ~ Broadway
said that there was no occasion for Becker
to say anything more than has been said
general denial OF the Rosenthal affi
davit that Becker enjoyed 20 per cent oi
the profits Of Rosenthai's gambling house
and put Jack Rose in the house to see that
the money didn't get away.
From the police end Of theinvestig gator
into the Rosenthal case there was no com.
ment concerning Becker But from the
District Attorneys 4 end there was this:
-Becker's activities have taken on new
interest since Rosenthal accused him
The Grand Jury will look even more
closely intoJBecker q icaseo because Of the
discovery that such mort gage as Rosen.
thai spoke of was actually executed by
Lesinsky 4 Hibbard because of Hibbard',
testimony that Rosenthal said when the
mortgag was being executed by means
Of young John J. Donahue. the dummy
that the loan Of 81 800 for which the mort
gage was security was actually coming
not from Jack Rose. but from Lieut.
Becker. and because Of Roses 9 active work
on behalf Of Becker in getting an affidavit
from Dora Gilbert.
Waldo Impartial Toward His strong
Arm Chief.
Police Commissioner Waldo would moi
discuss Becker Il IL known that the
Commissioner Ia not committed one way
or another as regards Becker but that III
ia waiting for the District Attorney and
the Grand Jury to get evidence.
SO far as the general investigation has
developed Commissioner Waldo has seer
no reason to suspend Becker or to blame
more than one policeman for letting Ro.
senthal's murderers get away. That po.
liceman Ia Billy File. Jim Corbett a former
sparring partner and a we'll known figure
in the Tenderloin, File has not been pop.
uiar with his superiors and was reduced
more than a year ago from the rank OF
first grade detective.
Yesterday Commissioner Waldo sus
pended File. The Commissioner did moi
believe that File had been active enough
in getting after the murderers. File wa,
in the restaurant. a few feet away from
Rosenthal. when the gambler was shot