Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-08-20
;58,845 DEPOSIT
WITHIN 5 MONTHS
POWERFUL FINANCIAL INTER.
GERS ARE NOW AIDING WHIT.
MAN IN PROBE.
OTHER POLICE SUSPECTS
May % Arrested for DlackmaiI.-
Bank Accounts Of Two Other
Officers Total
$4,000.

New York, Aug. 14.-Powerful bank
ing interests, acting through the New
York Clearing House committee, came
to the aid of District Attorney Whit.
man in his efforts to lay bare the
alleged corrupt alliances between the
police and the gambling fraternity,
founded on graft and blackmail. A
committee to all banks In the clearing
house to furnish the district attorney
with Q record of deposits they may
have received from any of the high
police officials whom the district at.
torney suspects of having been COL
lectors of blackmail from the disorder
ly elements of the city.
As result, records showing that
within the last eight months Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker, charged
with the murder of Herman Rosenthal
and accused of gambling graft, has
made bank deposits of $58,S45 in his
own name or that of his wife. have
been placed in the hands of the public
prosecutor.
When Deposits Were Made.
These deposits, the records show.
were first made in November. 1911.
shortly after Becker became head of
the strong-a4n squad of gambling
raiders, and continued all during tho
time that Jack Rose says he was col
lecting graft for Becker and until after
his arrest. The table Of deposits. 10
presented to the district attorney, was
a. follows:
Corn Exchange bank, Nov. 81,
1911, to August 1, 1912.......$2s,615
Corn Exchange bank, (branch)
May, 1912 Northumberland. 1880
Corn Exchange bank (branch).
April. 1912 ................. 5000
Corn Exchange bank (branch),
July, 1912 .................. 10000
Empire Savings bank, April,
1912 ....................... $500
West Side Savings Bank May,
1912 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S,OOu
Lincoln Trust company, April,..
1912 ....-. ................. 1900
.......
Total ...... .............. $5S,S45
The district attorney has been prom.
Used records of Becker's deposits In
four other banks, which did not have
time to 60 over their accounts, and
he has discovered that Becker has an
unknown amount of stocks, bonds, and
other securities, locked up in separate
safety deposit vaults.
Beeker's Salary $3.50.
Becker's salary as police Meutsn-
ant was $2,250 year.
The aid of the clearing house COM
mittee was proffered to Mr.. Whitman
after 1t became known that his repre-
sentatives had been finding some diff
Guilty in tracing Becker's bank &C.
counts and those Of other police ON.
GERS.
Mr.. Whitman was assured by lead
ing bankers of the city that they were
anxious, as public spirited citizens. to
have the police force purged Of graft
ers and that they would give him every
aid in their power.
The district attorney has received
information that Becker may have put
money away in several banks outside
of the city. II difficulty should be
experienced in obtaining the records
the New York bankers have promised
to use their influence to secure their
production.
1t became known last night that the
district attorney is holding. for presen-
tation to the grand jury in due time,
evidence by which he expects to con.
vict four police inspectors on the
charge Of collecting blackmail from
gambling houses and disorderly re-
sorts These four men are all aware,
It is said, of the nature of the EVIL
dence which the district attorney has
against them and have been making
every effort to cover their tracks.
Thus far the states Investigators have
uncovered bank accounts Of two Of
them totalling $4,000. The prosecutor
expects, however, with the aid Of the
clearing house officers. to unearth
bank accounts Of all four Of them.
which are expected to disclose some
surprisingly large fortunes, in one
case an accumulation Of nearly ST.
100000.