The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-16

| educated East Siders are no longer
afraid OF the police, since the police
have been hampered in dealing with law
| breakers and peace disturbers. and that
| they have found 1t easier and easier to
slip Into criminal practices. The way
has been made 40 easy for them that
they cannot understand why people
must be honest and work hard.
Lefty Louie Is perhaps the more In
| telligent OF the two. | am Informed
that he is the black sheep OF good
| family. a family with means and high
standing. Like Horowitz, he shows the
benefit Of education.
II questioned these men separately,
beginning about +. NJ and finishing
about I A. NJ. I cannot understand why
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty did
,, not inform me that the arrests were
| Forthcoming. It was the right of the
District Attorneys Office to be repre-
| sented when the arrests were made.
or an assistant should have been on the
spot. The lack OF courtesy was, I sup
pose. prompted by Mr. Dougherty's de-
sire to keep for himself all the credit OF
the arrest. The omission was, however.
peculiar and astonishing.
Before beginning TO question the
| prisoners. I asked the Deputy Commits
sioner II he had intcrroga'cd them
| He said that he had not done so. But
I would have preferred to have been
| on hand when the arrests were made
AS II was, nobody from the Police
| Department volunteered the informa-
ton that Rosenberg and Horowitz had
been captured. The news came to me
from James Hamil. the stenographer
in the homicide bureau Of the District
! Attorneys Office.
well. | did the best could under
thu circumstances. but | found the
prisoners obviously prepared for ques-
! tioning. Although each was unaware
as to what questions I had been putting
to the other. they agreed in most OF
their answers and In their composed
refusals 10 reply To any question that
bore on the murder OF Rosenthal
Whenever | touched on the murder or
the circumstances surrounding II. they
said that they knew nothing about the
matter. or that they would not answer
questions until they had conferred with
counsel.
Il began by asking them to explain
their movements from about July 10.
the day they had their pictures taken
a; Rockaway Beach In group with
Dago Frank. Whitley Lewis and others
They talked freely and frankly enough
about their stay at Rockaway and
about visits they had made to the city
shortly after. But heir communica-
| tiveness ended when I pressed them as
TO ;hclr movements and doings on July
10 and after. They became close
mouthed.
No Damaging Admissions.
| "They made nothing resembling a
confession, nor did they let slip any
damaging admissions. They simply
stood their ground and insisted on their
right to confer with counsel
Mr.. Moss questioned Mrs. Rosenberg
and Mrs. Horowitz at length. He de-
obtained from the young women, but II
Is fact that he got more from them
than from their husbands.
He was asked why a representative
OF the District Attorneys office had not
been sent to the Woodward avenu,
apartment to look for letters or papers.
Not knowing at that time that the po-
lice had found many letters. NJ. Mos.
replied:
What was the use? Not having been
notified the night before. when the ar
rest was made, It would have been
rather late. would 1t not. TO anticipate
the police with search to-day"
He added that he did not believe the
fugitives had been carrying on much
correspondence. He had no notion he
said, az to where they had been getting
the money on which they supported
themselves and wives while In hiding.
He supposed they must have had at
least $1,000
Rosenberg and Horowitz were put IN