Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-08-27
LIEUT.. BECKER
IS RE|ND|CTED
Dix OTHER ARRESTS ARE ALSO
INDICTED ~ THE GRAND
JURY.
NEW EVIDENCE GIVEN
echepps and ZeIIg corroborats Story
o. Jack Rose-Former Acted 40
Go-eetween-Latter sus-
Qested Gun.

New York, Aug. 21.-On evidence un
expectedly strengthened by the testi
mony of Sam Schepps and Jack Zelis
the East Side gang leader, the grant
jury reindicted Police Lieut.. Chas
Becker for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal and handed down also the
expected indictments against six Of
his alleged tools, the four gun men &C
cused of actually doing the murder
and two who are alleged to have taken
part in the plot. They are "Gyp. the
Blood" and Lefty" Louie, who are
still ct large; "Dago Frank" Cirofici
and Whitley" Lewis, now in the
Tombs, Jack Sullivan, who is alleged
to have given the murder signal,
and William Shapiro. driver of the
murder car"
Sam Schepps, who was before the
Jury two hours, did even more toward
duplicating Becker in the murder plot
than had been anticipated by District
Attorney Whitman, who expected no
more than confederation Of the story
told by Jack Rose
zelIo Supports Roses Story.
Jack Zelig Also supported Roses
story, 1t was learned. Zelig told Of
happenings before the murder, tend
ing to show the alleged determination
Of Becker to get rid Of Rosenthal and
schepps' relation to events Of the muir.
der, which pointed back to the police
officers alleged preparations to carry
out his determination.
Schepps told the jury, 1t was learn.
ed, that he acted as go-between for
Rose and Becker, while Rose was in
hiding at the home of Harry Pollok.
He also repeated his conversations
with Becker and Rose about the muir
der and it was this testimony which
came as unexpected news to the grand
jury and the district attorney. The
prosecutor believes this evidence ma
terially strengthened Roses story that
Becker was instigator Of the murder.
Zelig's testimony was story Of
how Becker attempted to get him in
to his power and take part in the
murder plot All Zelig had to do
with it, he said, was to recommend to
Jack Rose gunner who would do the
Job.
Suggested Men to Do "Job."
How Becker framed him on the
charge Of carrying concealed weapons
was the gang leaders first chapter,
and in support Of his charge that
Becker's men planted" gun on kim,
i've witnesses testifying that Zelig,
when arrested in an East Side res.
taurant, had demanded that he be pub
licly searched. The demand was re-
fused. Later Rose had come to him,
Zelig said, and told him Becker want
ed Rosenthal put out Of the way and
would Zelig kindly furnish the men
to kill him. Zelig's reply. he said,
was that he would have nothing to do
with the murder himself, but he did
suggest the names Of men who would
do the "job."
The sum Of $4,000 was then put up
with surety company by Rose, Val
Ion and Weber for q bail bond re-
leasing Zelig, which. according to the
witness, he understood was by orders
from the police lieutenant.
More Of Becker's bank deposits
came to light. On April "a. Becker
deposited $4,000 in the Bank for Saw.
ings and on April rs his wife depos-
tied $4,000 in the Franklin Savings
bank, bringing the total Of the police
officers deposits to the neighborhood
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