El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-12

2 let ROSenthal satisfy the mortgage
first I'll raid his place if it's the
'E.An right 1 said. I'm not going
to be in the house when it's raided.'
The house was raided
.'wOuId Show Becker up
Rose said his next meeting with
( Becker was at his own house He
told me- Rose said, that ROsenthal
had been calling him up every day
asking a meeting to find out what
he was going to do about the indict-
ment against the men arrested in ROs-
{ enthaIs place. He put ROsenthal off.
Soon after Becker said, ROsenthal had
begun to talk around street corners
that he was in partnership with Beck
/ er and was going to ShOW him up.
/ Becker, a few days liter, told me
! Of having seen commissioner Waldo
and that the commissioner had heard
| of ROsenthaIs charges and had not
believed them"
Becker said to me, That fellow
/ Rosenthal is getting dangerous
81 said, Nobody will believe Rosen-
thai
Well he answered, so long as
/ commissioner Waldo doesn't believe
him, I guess there's nothing to worry
about
Il asked Becker if he had taken the
1 policeman out Of ROsenthaIs place.
/ He said No.
7 told him as long as that man
7 stays there, ROsenthal viii talk "
Did you and Becker discuss news
paper interviews that Rosenthal had
Eyes. Becker told me I shouldn't
/ worry about that; that he had Jack
Sullivan looking after the papers and
that ROsenthal couldn't get anything
printed. Later Becker told me a morn
( ing paper had got an affidavit from
ROsenthal and was going to print it
I guess ROsenthal means to do
what he said he WOuld-tO sqUeal and
1 break me- Becker said.
I'll get a couple Of gangmen,' 7
told Becker, and go around and tell
ROsenthal that If he doesn't stop his
attacks on you. something will happen
to him
Says Becker Wanted Him Killed.
oh. hell Becker said. I don't
want the fellow beaten up. If I did
I'd beat him up myself, but a beating
put where neither you nor I nor any
body else will ever have to worry
about him again
What do you want done with |
him? 1 asked Becker during the con- /
versation.
II want him murdered. shot,
croaked, dynamited or anything /
Becker replied. I want him put where 4
we will never have to worry about him |
again.
Ordered ~ZeII=g to Croak RosenthaI. /
The witness told or Becker's alleged !
instructions to get out on bail Big
JACK Lell5s the gang leader, Lneu IN ]
Ihe Iombs, ana have Ze1g's men put I
Rosenthal out Of the way. DO you
know sentiment at police headquarters
is so strong that they don't care II /
Rosenthal is put out Of the way? Beck
er asked. 4 want you to 90 over 10
the Tombs and see Zelig and ask him
to give orders to crOak RosenthaI to-
night I will see that Zelig is out on
the street
Becker gave me 500 to take to
Zelig. I'll meet you tomorrow morning I
and see what Zelig says he told me
Tell him that there viii be no dan
ger to his gang
7 saw Zelig and gave him the 500
and told him that it came from Beck
err, Rose continued. "Zelig said. I
don't want that 800. I want to get out
Of here. You and Becker got me into
this trouble
4 told him that the 800 was just a
little favor from Becker and that he
was not to worry.
'Zelig said If YOU want to do me a
favor, get me out. I won't do anything
for Becker unless he does get me OUT
I saw Becker next day and told him
that Zellg wanted to get out and would |
not do anything unless he did get out"
Becker Impatient at Delay.
Rose said he went to the home Of |
the four gunner. 'Gyp the Blood" and /
his pals-and explained the RosenthaI-
Becker situation. He told them that
Becker We uld frame them up If they
did not 'crOak ROsenthal"
They agreed to do it that night. Rose /
said they had delayed doing the Job" I
ana Becker had insisted that they
hurry It along" He told of a plan to !
XIII the gambler at the Garden res
raurant It failed he said, because of
\ suspicion that private detectives were
present and guarding TsOsenthal
Becker got hot at this Rose added.
He kept asking why all this stallinge I
Why don't you get him.
one day he said; Now, this is going
On too long, either YOU are staIIine- them
u they are stalling you
L told Becker that a detective scared
he boys off at the Garden restaurant"
rose continued Detective2' he said
Wake up and shoot Rosenthal in front
u policeman; get through with it,"
Events Preceding Murder.
me witness then passed quickly to !
ne events Immediately preceding the
murder. He told Of going to Bridge"
" ebers gambling place, and then to
ne lafayette baths, where he met
ack Sullivan.
4 received telephone message I
rom Becker Rose testified He 6
-sked me if 1 had heard of suopenas \
ssued by the attorney, Dollar john \
md II L had fixed it so that Dollar T
ohm would cOrrOborate RosenthaI he I \
ore the grand jury. 1 told him IL / T
ladnt been fixed. \
Becker said: I told you wlrat this s
hing would come to n you didn't get \
I'd of this fellow Why don't you do
t tonight?
I remained at the bathhouse that
light and had dinner with Sam Schepps,
'allOn and Pitt. F
Pitt has been described as Beck y
RS press agent. 6
Rose testified that Vallon. Schepps L
nd himself went to Fourteenth street C
nd Second avenue and got an automo- s
lie Then they went to "Dago Franks Y
OuSe c
I asked Frank where the rest of E
he crowd was" Rose continued He
aid they had received a message to
ONE down town to Bridge Webers
lace
We went to Bridge Weber's place -,
nd saw Bridge 'Gyp the Blood, 4
Lefty Louie and Whitley Lewis on ( j
he sidewalk We all went up into
Bridges place and had drinks
3rldgie' said: Herman ROsenthaI is at !,
he MetrOpole' Everybody got up then I y
nd went out" Il
Congratulated by Becker. | Y
Who went Out2" he was asked. ! =
Lefty 'Gyp,' Whitley Dago Frank ( n
nd 'Bridgie.' stayed behind and was I +
rating, when word came in that Ro- ( F
snthal had been shot"
Rose said he went to the Lafayette ! r
aths and telephOned to Becker n
Did you hear the news?" I asked ! s.