Evening journal., 1912-07-17
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sary engage all of the private detce-
tves necessary TO check up on ali
of the police evidence furnished him.
He made it plain that he had lost all
confidence in the police department.
and that he intended probing this
crime al least independent OF IT,
Meanwhile the police declared they
had their fingers on the situation
They intimated that Louis Libby ana
William Shapiro, who owned the
touring car that was used by the
murdtrers had furnished them with
all Of the facts of the killing and with
,h enames Of the men who did the
actual shooting shapiro. the police
said, told them that there were seven
men on the job and that four took
part in the actual killing.
The police were prepared today 70
arraign Libby and Shapiro i'm court
on actual homicide charges and John
Clark, a gambler, as a material Wit
ness They we're also holding, with
out any charge, Louis Webber, a
broker" Of 1913 Second avenue. He
was declared by Deputy Police Com
missioner Dougherty to be in possess
sion of certain information regarding
the murder which he has consistently
refused to give up.
While the police were seeking the
slayers Of Rosenthan, District Attorney
Whitman was setting in motion the
Grand Jury wheels to investigate the
charges Of the murdered man that Po-
lice Lieutenant Charles Becker of the
ffl4Nts a
s1,50O and declared himself IN on h
20 per cent cut Of the gambling
houses profits. Mrs. Rosenthal, sew
eral men whose names were furnish
ed by her to Whiteman, the lawyers
who negotiated the loan and John j..
Donohue, the man who appeared on
the papers as the lender OF the money,
but who says he never had $1,000 In
his life and that he was paid ten dol
lars for the use Of his name, were
all called to tell their stories.
In addition, Whitman had score
Of the hest-known gamblers i'm New
York under subpoena, and Il was
stated that he was going to follow up
all Of the clues given him by Roseu-
thai In their conversation seven hours
before the gambler was done TO
death. One OF the stories Whitman
is investigating involves one of the
best known of the higher police Off
cials Il is rumOred that Rosenthal
declared that he had paid tribute
to this man during the last two years
while he was running gambling
houses In downtown New York. Az
ter Rosonthal opened his place at 1O4
West Forty-ffth street, which was
out of this particular officials iuris-
diction, this officer still insisted il is
alleged, that Rosentha continue his
payments of blackmail and when he
refused set in motion the wheels
which resulted in the raids and i'm the
placing OF a uniformed officer inI
Rosenthal's front parlor.
In his visits to the district attor-
ney, It is alleged. Rosenthal laid par
ticuiar emphasis on the activities of
this official who has an international
reputation He is alleged to have
furnished the district attorney with
the names OF gamblers who paid
tribute, with the amounts paid, and
with the names of the collectors II
was to furnish subetantiation of these
charges that Rosenthal had agreed
10 meet District Attorney Whitman
In the latter's house. six hours after
he was shot 10 death in front of the
Metropole. Mrs Rosenthal claims
TO have all the information that her
husband had on these lines and she
has announced her determination 10
furnish IL all TO the district attorney
10 avenge her husbands killing
Hold Louis As Suspicious Person.
The police arraiened Louis. better
known as "Brideie' Webber. in the
West Fifty eighth Street Police Court
today, and had him remanded back
into their custody for twentv-four
hours on charge Of being a suspici-
GUS person They aliege thai an
an outing attended by most Of tho
downtown gamblers last Sunday on
the steamer Sea Gate. Webber told
several others
That guy Rosenthal is talking too
much II he keeps on someone will
have 10 get him"
Webber has positively refused to
give the police any information and
he was remanded so that he could ba