The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-30
CONFESSION
BECKER IS ARRESTED
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change the pleading on or before Au-
gust l was entered.
Becker Silent.
Throughout. the proceedings Beck
er uttered no word. AS he left the
room he tried to smile at an ac-
quaintance sitting among the specta-
tors, and when the silent greeting was
not returned his face blanched.
Becker wore a dark brown business
suit. low collar, red necktie. and car
rted a panama hat In his hit n #
While these proceedings were GO
ing on. 1t became known thai Jack
Rose, Bridgey Weber, and Harry
WALTON were shuddering In the fear Of
death at the hands of the police in
another room of the Criminal court
building. although guarded by n
quad OF detectives attached to the
district attorneys office.
The three men believed hat If re-
turned to the Tombs they would be
killed before morning. One of the
stipulations made by the prisoners be-
fore the confessions were made was
that they be permitted to remain in
the Criminal court building unde
strong guard until tomorrow, and then
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ons.
Are Promised Protection.
Jack Rose also declined to talk un-
til he had been given the promise that
for the time being his wife and chill
dren would be protected from harm at
the hands of the police,
The confessions obtained were COM
plete. Tne~t three witnesses all testified
that the men who did the actual kill
ing were Clip, the Blood, Left Loewy,
Whitley Loue and Dago Frank,
Clip, the Blood, whose real name Is
Harry Horowitz, was arrested at Tan
nersville, \. Y, tonight. Dago Frank
has been in the Tombs for the last
three days,
Obtaining the name of these three
men is not considered half as import
ant. however. as the fact revealed by
the confession obtained from Rose,
Weber and WALTON.
Three Ready to Confess.
!. NEW YORK, Jul 29.-With the
fear Of the vengeance of the tender
loln gangsters driven out of thar
minds by the greater fear of the cleo
trio chair, three men who are held for
completely in the killing of gambler
Herman Rosenthai. are reported to-
night to be ready to confess. These
men are Jack" Rose. alleged to have
been collector for police graft among
the gambling resorts; "Bridgey" Web
Der, gambler and enemy of R~osenthal'
and Harry WALTON, gangster and hang-
er-on around gambling houses. In
the criminal courts building, 1t was
declared late this afternoon that the
men had been promised immunity II
they would tell all. and that they
had agreed to talk.
-rl1 n n =, ~ ~ . n ~ " MT ~ Tna AFTER a
conference between District Attorney
Whitman, Attorney Sullivan, repre-
senting Rose; Max D. Steur, repre-
senting Weber; Harry WALTON. anu
DR.. Otto n. Schultze. c~oroner's phy-
stefan, who performed the autopsy on
Rosenthals body.
Once the district attorney left the
conference room. is Rose going to
confess" he was asked. II hope
so" he replied. And Weber also ?
a reporter insisted, II hope so, too,
answered the prosecutor and disap-
peared into another
Rose is Weakening.
Rose is said to be weakeing and
TO have assisted in influencing the
knew. The district attorney is said
to have in his possession checks given
by Rose to police officials in payment
Of the latter's part In the gambling
graft, for which Rose acted as go
between.
Rosenthai, when ne walked TO the
entrance of the Metropole hotel on
the night he was shot expected to
receive $4,000 instead of a bullet IN
the brain. This sum a been raised
to induce him to leave New YORK,
and several police officials. as well as
the gamblers, .i'ing. are said to have
contributed TO the fund. The men
who killed the gambler are believed TO
have double-crossed their employers.
and, instead OF paying him the money
entrusted to them, killed him, peck
citing the fund.
GriIIs Mayor Gaynor.
Alderman Curran again grilled
Mayor Gaynor today with respect to
the latters' attitude toward an alder
maic investigation OF the alleged po-
lice graft. Curran declares he will
sue out a writ of mandamus, compell-
ing the mayor to call a meeting for
the purpose OF the inquiry, IL Gaynor
does not take action by August LIST.
"Bridgey'' Webber's gambling house
closed when he was arrested. has re-
opened. and Is running full blast on
one of the most prominent streets OF
the tenderloin.
Sam Paul Released.
Sam Paul, one OF the eight men
held in the tombs for completely In
the Rosenthal murder, was exonerated
and released today. He was informed
he would be held as a material wit
ness, and is nominaily in the custody
OF his attorney. but clear of all con-
with the murder.
In the tenderloin, in the gambling
places and in the gangsters retreats
of the East Side. the report is cur
rent that Whitley Lewis Is the man
who fired the shots which killed Ros-
enthal.-The- Burns detectives hold
the same theory and DR.. Otto Fl,
Schulze, %coroner's physician. who
made the autopsy. say he found but