Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-08-23

1 said, why most Of these fellows
have given up carrying revolvers or
| account Of the severity of the Sulli-
van law. He said, what difference does
that make? Zelig didn't have one. My
men when they start out on these
night trips always have a few spare
ones that they will produce in the sta
tion house. Now, he said, 1t Is one
thing or the other. Rosenthal to be
croaked or the fellows down town to be
framed. All this while I was only
thinking Of my position, the fear Of the
crowd, who knowing I was Becker's
collector, were accusing me Of jobbine
J Zelig. / said to him will send for Ze'
ligs friends and talk with them.
! Rose Sends for the Killers, Lefty Louie
and Whitley.
First l. met Harry Vallon and Bridgie
Webber told them Of 1t all and they
agreed with me that as far as I was
concerned it was serious matter, sc
we went to dinner at the Cafe BeauS
Arts and there telephoned and located
two Of Zeligs friends, Lefty Louie and
Whitley. They came to the Beaux Arts
and we told them of my innocence and
as proof of it Bridgey paid $3.50 to the
Empire Surety company to release Ze-
lig on bail.
We warned them Of Beckers threat
to frame everybody and begged them
to stay Off the streets and that the
only remedy was the murder Of Rosen-
thai as Becker said Rosenthal would
make squealers out of others, and his
murder would act as a warning to any
future squealers. The next day Zelig
was released on bond and I met him
for the first time. I explained that
knew his case was a lob" also told
him that 1t was only the beginning Of
a long campaign of framing by Becker
and his men unless Rosenthal was
murdered. Zelig wouldn't have any
thing to do with 1t and besides he said
he wouldn't have any difficulty proving
his innocence at the trial as he had
many witnesses to prove his innocence.
saw Becker and he asked me what
I had accomplished. I told him every
thing was arranged, and the men were
out on the job. 1 also said that hop
ed for the present there would be no
more framing and he said there would
mt be. He kept asking me every day:
Well, isn't that job done yet? I said,
they are on the job. Well what is the
trouble all that is necessary Is to go
right up to where he is and blaze away
at him and leave the rest to me. Moth
ing will happen to anybody that does
1t. I will take care Of that.
Told to Do II After Torti Shot Zelis.
I said all right. In the meanwhile
the Torti case came up and Zelig was
remanded to the Tombs in default of
$4,000 bail, and Becker at once came
to see me and he said now Is the time
to get those fellows to croak Rosenthal.
Zelig is in the Tombs. a lot Of excite
ment about gangs, etc. Rosenthal can
be murdered. 1t will be blamed to some
gang trouble as he is known as lead
er of gangs.
1 argued that on the contrary 1t
would hurt Zelig's case. That while
Becker and knew he was innocent, the
general public who do not know the
workings Of the police figured he was
guilty and he would be railroaded and
my position was a terrible one.
Why, he says, now you leave it to
me to take care of everybody. I said I
had to get Zelig out on bail first to
clear myself. finally succeeded in rails
ing the money for the bail, got Zelig
out, gave him $50, asked him to leave
town until his case came up as figured
by that time Becker would be through
as the head Of the strong arm squad as
there were rumors afloat to that effect.
1 thought everything would blow
over, but Becker kept asking, demand
ing why Rosenthal wasn't dead yet. /
offered one excuse after another, until
finally he said, guess you can't make
good on that proposition. I will have
to do it myself. He then started to
work on Bridgey Webber. He said to
Bridgey: I guess these fellows don't
take much stock in Jack. wish you
would go after 1t for me, Bridgey. Af-
ter all the assurances he gave Bridgey,
Vallon and me about everybody who
will have a hand in the murder will be
absolutely safe. But on the other hand,
If it isn't done quick will do it myself
and send everybody down town to
states prison.
Went Out to Fight Rosenthal.
1t was shortly after this that one
night about o'clock was in Stills
restaurant on Third avenue with Har-
ry Vallon. Webber came in and said
there was some people around the baths
waiting to see us. We went around and
found three men waiting. Webber sat
aside and Vallon and me talked with
them and they were very anxious to find
Herman that night. We got a taxi and
started up town and located Herman in
the Garden restaurant with his wife
and Jack Sullivan. We waited around
until they came out and they started
after him when they noticed man
following them all the way and decided
that he was a Burns man, as there was
a report around that Burns men were
acting as bodyguards for Rosenthal, so
it was put off again.
I reported all this the next day to
Becker at the Union Square hotel and
he was furious to think that such
chance got away. He said all this delay
was getting dangerous as Rosenthal
now had interested District Attorney
Whitman and they were getting after
him through District Attorney Whit
man, and he had submitted affidavits
exposing Becker and his methods and
naming me as Becker's collector.
Becker said evidently Rosenthal has
got confederation as Jack Sullivan was
keeping Becker posted to the effect that
the district attorney would not lei
Rosenthal go before the grand jury un-
less he had confederation. so Becker
said ROsenthal has evidently succeed
ed in getting some one to testify. He