New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-21

Scbepps was able to corroborate pre-
ciselv the story told by Rose and the
story told by Barter as to Harris CIV
ing his initials y. H." as a sort Oh
password.
Palpably No Accomplish.
Altogether Schepps was a NaiudO''
witness for the people. 1t needed ON!
a look at him. particularly when III 'he
act Of speaking, to convince one tha'
in all probability he had never been IN
trusted with the secrets Of the pre-
liminary planning for Rosenthals muir
der. and this, combined with the admis-
sions of Rose and Weber that Schepps
WAS too talkatiye" to be taken INTO
things, made Schepps witness Who'
though very close TO the murder, was
still not an accomplice.
AS TO the payment Of the murderers'
or the gift Of getaway money 10
them. Schepps recalled that he was
present with Rose and two Of the four
gunner when the money was HANDED
over. Weber. who furnished the
money as a loan TO Becker, Schepps
said, did not know him we'll enough TO
trust him with it, and though he was
ready TO get it from Weber and hand It
over TO Glib the Blood and Lefty
Louie" the canny Bridge" thought
II would be better if Jack were pres
ent." Sehepps says that he thereupon
called Rose on the telephone. met him
at the Lafayette Baths and accom-
panied him TO Weber's and then TO the
Garden restaurant, near which the
money was handed over.
Charles Is. Pitt ir,: Becker's press
agent and tipster. was examined be-
fore the grand jury by Mr. Moss. Ac-
oording TO reports that leaked out,
Pitt was d rather defiant witness, but
admitted that he had been in the RED
car in which a party OF Becker s
friends went TO Dora Gilbert's 10 get
her affidavit on the Monday night just
preceding the Tuesday morning on
which Rosenthal was shot.
sam" Spiesclberg, clerk OF the
Ocean View House, at RockaWay'
told of the visits of the gunner 10 the
shore resort just before and just after
the murder. 1t was about three days
before July 1T. SpiegelberG said, that
q man whom he later learned was
Harry Horowitz engaged room al
the hotel for TWO women.
To City Every Evening.
The man said one was his wife ana
the other his wife's sister, the clerk
said. and after getting them installed
in a room he went away. He was pach
again the next day, however, with two
companions, whom SpiegelberG AFTER
ward learned were white" Lewis and
"I.eftie Louie" The three men were
around every day for several days, but
went TO the city every evening ana
would not bc seen around until
noon time the following day. The
women told him that 'Harmstein,' the
name which Glib" assumed and under
which ne registered his wife and sis
ter-in-law, was the proprietor Of a res
taurant on Second avenue.
Finally another lodger told him that
| "Harmstein" was a notorious gunman
named IIorowitz, and that his COM
/ panions were equally we'll known in
gang circles. This was on Tuesday,
July 16, and on that day, Spiegelberg
said. the three men had come down
from the city at about q o'clock in the
morning When his informant i'm
parted the news about the identity
OF the three men, Spiegelberg said,
he went to HoroWitz and explained 10
him that the room ne had been rent
| ing was engaged from the 18th on, and
he'd have to ask him for it. He said
that Torowitz made no objection. be-
| cause he had added that q woman
who had TO bring sick child to the
shore had engaged the room, and
/ GIBBS" friends went away.
! Ivanhoe Garraway proved TO he the
! Rockaway photographer who took the
! picture Of 'tGib the Blood and his
! friends. which Commissioner Dough-
erty obtained and with which he
bluffed white" Lewis into admissions
about the IDENTITY Of his companions
on the night Of the murder.